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Originally Posted by simonjrwinter  Personally, I would suggest this is pretty damn poor show for a $130,000 car. Not being the builder of the car, I think Kim should be able to expect better than this.
ALL GT40s leak, that seems to be a fact of life I can accept, but this level of leakage just seems to be ridiculous and possibly dangerous!
I've never owned a GTD that leaked this badly (more to do with the way they were built rather than being inherently less leaky!)
Simon |
Again,
Keep in mind this is a race car, not a luxury street car. Yes, they can be made reasonably watertight, but the inherent design makes it a project to do so. That GT40s became street cars was secondary to the original mission-win Le Mans and damp drivers be damned!!
There is a LOT of fiddling and tweaking to do on a car such as this. That this car might cost xxxxxxx amount is not the point. Yes, the dealer/installer/assembler should resolve many of the issues, but that is up to the buyer to require. And it will not be free. I spent a lot of hours working on P1116 to solve some issues that existed when the car came from a very highly respected performance shop that had done the engine install and completion.
Plan on having fun and spending some quaility "car bonding time" doing the "prove-out" and you will be happier. If you want real "turn-key" plan on spending more........lots more.