Additional info on my GTO
There is a complete writeup and some pictures of my car over on the CarDomain web site.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/236622/1962-ferrari-250-gto
My car was made from a kit that was originally designed by Barry Goldstein of Eagle Manufacturing and sold by Joe Alphabet as an Alpha 1 GTO. I originally purchased this kit from Joe at his Alpha 1 Engineering shop in Huntington Beach, California. The body installs on a Datsun 240Z to 280Z (except 2+2) so a rust free 1971 240Z was selected as the donor. The ’71 was preferred because it was prior to the bumper laws and would not have to go through the trouble of lowering it.
The real 250 GTO had a Colombo designed 300HP V12 with six 2bbl Weber carbs. – one barrel for each cylinder! The cost of a Ferrari V12 was way outside of my budget but a 1965 327 Corvette motor wasn’t. The blueprinted 365 HP 327 SBC, has 64cc Trick Flow 23 degree aluminum heads, 1.5:1 aluminum roller rockers, new (but stock) 365HP solid lifter cam, .030 over 10.5:1 forged pistons and ceramic coated Hooker "Block Hugger" headers. The dual exhaust uses two 31” stainless steel glass packs with “Ansa” dual tipped outlets in the back. To save weight there is a Summit gear drive starter and aluminum water pump plus a Chevy 16lb nodular iron flywheel with a Hayes competition clutch. It’s topped off with a Tri-power setup that has 3 Rochester 2 bbl. carburetors sitting on a vintage single plane Corvette Offenhauser manifold.
The engine is bolted to a Camaro T-5 and installed using the “Jags that Run” (JTR) conversion method. A 1984 and later Corvette bell housing was used along with a 7/8” bore Wilwood (Tilton) master cylinder through a braided stainless steel line to the stock Corvette slave cylinder. Behind the T-5 transmission is a custom-made 19.25” driveshaft, which goes to a R200 LSD 3:70.1 rear axle.
To keep it cool there is a custom Griffin 25” x 19” aluminum radiator and a pusher type 1980-CFM electric fan out in front of it.
The entire car was rewired using an 18-circuit “Painless Wiring” kit and all the marker lights are real Ferrari units. A Ferrari GTO type dashboard was installed with custom Stewart Warner 5” speedometer and tachometer. Except for the dash and the Nardi wheel, the rest of the interior is all stock but almost every piece is brand new. Of course, the custom mats have the Ferrari shield on them and the horn button, as well as the gearshift knob, are genuine Ferrari parts.
The custom made Dayton real knock-off 72 spoke stainless steel wire wheels are 15x8” and 15x10" in the rear with the rear wheels having quite an offset. The “knock-off” spinners have had the Ferrari horse engraved into them. Dunlop P205R70’s were installed up front and P225R70’s on the rear. The rest of the suspension is stock except for the usual “trick” pieces, polyurethane bushings, Eibach springs and Tokico struts. Stopping power is provided by using Toyota 4 piston brake calipers on the front along with a later model Z 15/16” master cylinder and 280Z vacuum booster.
The car is painted Ferrari red using PPG Durathane Ultra without clear coat. After it was painted, all new weather-stripping was installed as well as a new front windshield and rear window. It has a full set of Ferrari emblems on the car as well as replica hood hold-downs and leather belts.
BTW, there were 39 Ferrari GTO's made although only 33 were 1962 250 versions. Another interesting note is that a Ferrari 250 GTO is the most expensive car ever sold with one going for a report 28 million dollars!