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09-20-2005, 12:58 PM
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Milano 24-valve New Pictures! (Now with Dyno Vid!)
I did a little Milano switcheroo recently. To make a long story short I sold my mechanically finished 24 valve Milano project (still needed interior & paint) to Nizam and used the money plus some to buy this finished car from Larry. The car is mechanically pretty much the same as my old car other than a few small details. I've been working so much I was never going to have the time to finish the other car so I decided to go this route when I heard Larry was selling the 24v Milano.
Here are some pictures:
Some quick specs:
- 3.0L 24 valve 164Q motor
- Autodelta EPROM chip
- Lightened front & rear flywheels
- Custom headers & plenum (along with all the other bits to make 24v fit)
- Extensively lightened gears & modified LSD.
- Custom front tower bar
- Porsche 944 turbo front calipers with 12.5" custom 2-piece rotors
- Euro bumpers, headlights & gauge cluster
- 16x7" SSR Competition wheels (11lbs!)
- Drop spindles
- Sparco progressive springs
- Tons of other stuff I don't have time to list (would be pages and pages of stuff!)
Pretty much the only things I'm going to do to the car are: Swap out the 3.54 rear end for a 4.10 and install the RSRacing coilover setup. 
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09-20-2005, 01:02 PM
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"Pretty much the only things I'm going to do to the car are: Swap out the 3.54 rear end for a 4.10 and install the RSRacing coilover setup. "
It's never done hehe  .
BTW, don't you have bigger things to think about these days? (Hint hint). |
09-20-2005, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 75evo
"Pretty much the only things I'm going to do to the car are: Swap out the 3.54 rear end for a 4.10 and install the RSRacing coilover setup. "
It's never done hehe .
BTW, don't you have bigger things to think about these days? (Hint hint). |
Hey, hey, hey! I get enough harassment already about that, trust me! 
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09-20-2005, 01:21 PM
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holy crap that thing is damm nice, really really nice in a sleeper kinda of way.
Now i must ask u, wich one is faster, the milano or the s2k?
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09-20-2005, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dave_fonz_164
holy crap that thing is damm nice, really really nice in a sleeper kinda of way.
Now i must ask u, wich one is faster, the milano or the s2k?
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My old 24 valve Milano with the 4.10 rear end was pretty much dead even with the S2k, with the Milano losing a tiny bit of ground at each shift. You can just shift the S2k so much faster than the Milano, even with the lightened gears.
We raced the 24 valve Milano with 4.10 vs. 24 valve with 3.54 and the car with the 4.10 had a noticable advantage.
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09-20-2005, 01:28 PM
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interesting, i was assuming the milano would be fractionally quicker with its major torque advantage and similar weight, but those hondas have incredible shifting action.
wich sounds better?
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09-20-2005, 01:31 PM
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The S2k weighs a little less than the Milano, and we raced from a roll so the Honda was already in the powerband when we started. From a stop it MAY be a different story, but then again you can probably be more brutal with the Honda off the line and not have to worry about donuts exploding |
09-20-2005, 02:42 PM
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Damn, thats the kind of milano i've had dreams of  (with the limited slip of course...)
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09-20-2005, 02:54 PM
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Nothing a lil' elbow grease, several box-o-parts and some Ben Franklin's couldn't do to your Milano, Don!
Congrats, Chip! My new 75 Super (3.0V6 24v, yea I have the badges for that) has a date with the painstshop in February, after I clean up my EVO kit! |
09-20-2005, 03:06 PM
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Those euro bumpers make a worlds difference, and u know what would make it even more euro.....
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09-20-2005, 03:10 PM
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Dat be ballin'
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09-20-2005, 03:14 PM
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deep dish mags are pure ballin' outta control, euro style of course.
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09-20-2005, 03:15 PM
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the euro plate?
nizam: i want to do the 24 valve conversion over this winter, or supercharge, not sure which would be better..
only problem with my milano = a bit of rust
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09-20-2005, 03:33 PM
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Them WORK whEelz are pHAt yO! Dey r SICKKKKK!
But, they weigh a ton so I'll stick with my SSR Competitions. Can't beat 11lbs per wheel. With the Toyo T-1S I have on mine, the combo is right at 30lbs ... compared to 42lbs with the stock 15x6" Benzoni or Speedlines (including Pirelli P600 195/55/VR15 tires). Just putting on those wheels (whEelZ?) changed the character of the car so much that I couldn't go back
Don, Milanos are a dime-a-dozen these days (in some places, quite literally). Surely you can find a rust-free junker from out west? |
09-20-2005, 05:34 PM
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Congrats Chip! Looks good.
Jes
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