What started as a idea to only respray the car ended in this completly overhaulded car.
Together with the owner we started looking at the available options to make the car complete. After changing the body of the car and started backdating it, the front fender where changed to lightweight fibreglass/carbonkevlar materials. same as the front hood and engine lid. Also the rear fenders are made wider with the ST-flares.
The engine also received a lot of attention.
The cilinders are boret up from the original 3.2 Litre to 3.4 Litre. The pistons are replaced for higher compression ones, the valve springs are upgraded, we installed motorsport camshafts, high butterfly throttle bodies (RSR specs), Programmable engine managent computers, lightweight flywheel, aluminium pressureplate and custom ‘Longhoods fuel rails’. . To make the engine upgrades complete it was finished with a airfilterbox, rearmuffler and matching manifold like the ST-specifications. After professional tuning the engine it made a total of 304 pounding horsepowers!
The transmission was rebuild during this project and the gearshift selector was changed to give it the right feeling when you are ready to shift it up a gear. To finish the drive-line of this car there was a limited slip differential added to the package.
After the technical part was almost complete we started changing up the interior of the car. There was a quickrelease steering will added and some great looking Recaro bucket seats and a matching 4-point harness.
At this point the lightweigt upholstery and rollcage was also mounted inside the car.
To finish the looks and to optimise the handling of the car it was put on some 17 inch Fuchs wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 tires, and was given multiple suspension upgrades.
An complete photo documentation from during the build of the car is available.
Looking for more information about this orange missile, or are you interested in this car?
Please send an e-mail to: info@longhoods.nl to make an appointment for viewing the car or to get your information!
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