batbuilder's LP640 called "No Mercie"

[batbuilder]

Hey Autopro, yeah thats my plan on the rear louvers. Thats why the bars are straight across rather than curved. I'm trying to come at this car from another perspective rather than following the real Lambo's way of doing it. Not saying its a better way just different. I can tell already the framing on the hood and rear deck is a little over the top. The thing I like about the thin bar approach rather than rectangular tubing is the distance that the fiberglass has to drop over the edge. I hate having air bubbles and poor bonding.Sometimes its hard to get that fiberglass to follow such a big drop. The fiberglass cloth likes to remain somewhat ridgid and not lay down in the corners as well. So yes glass...Thanks for looking

[autopro]

So are you going to replace the louvers in your deck lid with glass?  That would be sweet, I really want to see how you do that, and I might just do it to mine also .  The replica engine will look awesome under that deck lid.  You have made a lot of progress so far.

[batbuilder]

whoops that last block is from another engine. This race shop is a gearheads heaven. Just love looking around here and these guys really know how to modify engines

[batbuilder]

This is a full view of the 3800  head

[batbuilder]

Here's another view

[batbuilder]

Here's a closer view of those cracks. Not sure how far they go in there and there is a way to repair them but we are opting to replace them with improved heads

[batbuilder]

The crack in the head of our 3800 engine. Both heads have a crack between the exhaust and intake valves. After market heads are built up in this area.

[batbuilder]

The roll bar has a riser that goes down to the square tubing that surrounds the Fiero unibody. You can see it through the quarter window

[batbuilder]

Here's yet another part I need Lol. A gas cap lid

[batbuilder]

Here's the deck lid in action. Sorry guys have a lot more pics to post and got some pics of my replica engine but my eyelids are going down. Thanks for looking....dave

[batbuilder]

the louvered rear deck fits ok but needs a lot of tweaking

[batbuilder]

here's One of the braces going from the chassis to the skid plate

[batbuilder]

The rear deck lid frame is built to last also. Have some ideas on supporting the glass but that's me just being a little over kill. These louvers are curved but the eventual glass will be flat.

[batbuilder]

Here's the steel strips creating a frame on the hood that will later be fiberglassed. May have gone a little overboard here.Lol

[batbuilder]

these are the two mounting plates drilled and tapped ready to be installed