Re: Welcome to the Garage Chad!

Fred, on my 350GT I have not noticed what you are talking about on the suspension arms, maybe you are just lucky::)) The intake manifolds, I was torquing the ones on the 80 Countach at a 15 lb torque and they just broke. I cannot believe it. Junk metal is what they are made of, at least I think so.I am going to make a template and weld these back together. Chad Bolles 803 798 3044 FAX 803 798 4512 > The main question I have is that when I drilled into > the trailing > arms (aka: leading links) I noticed that the metal > was very, very > soft.Being that I"m working all day in my shop, > and know my milling > machine pretty well, I"d say the metal is as soft or > softer than > brass, which is pretty scary. > > Have you noticed this on the older lambos?Does the > metal > deteriorate in some manner?I"ve also noticed this > in the aluminum > intake manifold, which seems almost unable to hold > the studs in, even > though I only hand-tighten very carefully (no power > tools, I don"t > own any). > > Also, what do you think of this description of metal > fatigue: > > > > It seems to point in the same direction.I"m also > wondering about > the quality of metal that was being using in Italy > when our cars were > made. > > Comments?I know you spend more time with the > countaches, but maybe > you"ve found the same problems there. > > Anybody else feel free to comment too.Has anybody > else found this > to be true? > > All the best, > > Fred