Hi Mark,
Glad to see you post!
>First off, there's
only 1 LM600 road car in existence. It was built
>to satisfy
the FIA that the LM600 race car was a bona-fide GT and not
>a one-off race special. Factory testers reported, even undeveloped
>(all the
return edges on the car were razor sharp!), that it'd exceed
>170MPH and talked of a "developing it properly if
someone comes along
>with £100,000". The car was, to my knowledge, last seen
with Eurotech
>(Cor Euser's
outfit) in Holland. There are some
pictures of it
>somewhere on
my website, with Dutch trade plates over its English
>plates.
Great info here. I couldn\u2019t imagine having a 170MPH + road car. That would be loads of fun!
Alvin, THAT\u2019S the car you need to track down!
>Secondly, the pre-Mantula coupe is often described as having
a high-
>nose (there being no front spoiler), but looking at Jeff's
photos his
>car does
look unusually high. I'd expect this to be solved by
>lowering the
setting of the spring seat on the shocks. However, it's
>worth
considering WHY this has happened. It could be a case of too
>long springs,
but equally (or maybe more) likely it's due to the car
>dragging its sump on a lower setting (My sump's been welded
3 times
>now!). So (daft as it may sound), it may well be worth
raising the
>rear
suspension (perhaps not to match, but 50% down on the front, 50%
>up on the front sort of thing), unless you live in area with
pool
>table smooth roads :^)
Thanks for the comments here too. Paul also suggested that I compensate by raising the rear some, which is probably the best solution. That way I\u2019d get more exhaust clearance, but still keep the car\u2019s fairly low-slung look.
Now\u2026 time to go get some adjustable shocks…\u2026
Jeff Caraway
#8052 1984 V6 GT