Thanks for the replies, I primarily posted this picture to show anyone interested that there is some kind of progress on this thing, and that it does exist. I have mentioned this project in posts and replies before when talking and asking about turbo Buick drivetrains here, and think it's good if we can show everyone what were talking about, a picture can say alot. Anyway, the car as shown is only tack welded together, and is currently made of all metal, there is no fiberglass or anything, the panels are either made from different car body panels or fabricated, and all panels are painted black so I can see how the body lines are flowing. Once everything is final, the plans are to make most of the panels of carbon fiber including some of the understructure, and while extreme maybe, the whole point for me is the challenge of successfully designing and building something practically from scratch. While true I am using inspiration from the Ferrari F50, it is not a copy, and I am making many things on it the way I would like to, and since I can't afford a real one (average used $450K) and no kits available ( Ferrari does'nt allow that), this is the only way to go. Now if I can just get it finished, sure is a lot of work,sometimes it's fun, other times would just rather let it sit there! As far as the twin turbo motor, it's not for the coolness but rather again, a challenge to see if it can be succesfully done. Like I said in post, 1/4mile performance is not my main goal, but rather performance under many driving conditions, and particularly good response at any speed including sustained high speed. I have replied and posted here before about the 1983 twin turbo Riviera Indionapolis Pace Cars, Buick built these before the hot Grand Nationals, and the the Riviera used was going 130+ mph at the 1983 Indy, and was detuned because they were concerned about the chassis, not the motor!, and it was not intercooled. Sure it won't be easy, but Buick did it and I have some of the pictures how they did, so at least there are some guidlines to follow: hardware layout including turbo mounting, throttle bodies, intake manifold design, etc. If it does'nt work the way I hope, then I'll just go to the 87 set up and usual mods, easy. As far as the weight, hope to keep at about 3000 lbs, maybe 2900, just have to wait and see after all is done though. WIKEDV6, would like to e-mail sometime, swap any ideas, etc. about Buick powertrain into custom/kit car. TRiv
