PROJECT LANCIA

Plans for the Car


Plans for the car:

  • Although there was some discussion about making the car street legal, plans are to keep the car track-only. Once completed, it will be taken to car shows and maybe a few track days.


  • Strip the car, bodywork, repaint, and rewire. Lots of cleanup and detail work to make the car look good.


  • The goal is to have the car finished for ItalianCarFest 2007.


  • What to do for the engine? Ideas have included a turbo 2 liter, supercharged 2 liter, bore a 2 liter out to 2.2 liter, turbo 2 liter with later 4-valve head conversion, source a mostly original race motor or a Lancia Delta Integrale motor. Well, Jerry has acquired an engine. It is a 2 liter Lancia Volumex engine brought over from England with lots of headwork and heavy-duty internals. It was assembled and tuned by Robert Rodgers of ShadeTree Enginetrics (more technical details later). Jerry and Garrick went to Houston 1/27/07 to pick up the engine from Stan Ramirez. See a few pictures below.


    • Loading the engine into the van in Houston. We were assisted by fellow Fiat enthusiast Wayne Mausbach.




    A couple pictures of the engine in the van.




    The supercharger and Weber carb.





  • The original sloping rear hatch was no longer with the car, so Jerry made a mold and had one made from fiberglass. It has a place for a plexiglas rear window. It is also designed to replace the original metal sail panels and when installed will fit on the sides down to the top of the fender panel.


    • A picture of the mold and a couple of photos of the rear hatch before finishing and plexiglas.





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