# Home-Built Lamborghini; Owner Gives Details
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [October 28, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835 "2008-10-28T14:35:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@SBC427](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SBC427)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/1 "2008-10-28T14:35:35Z")
> **[EXCLUSIVE: "I Am The Guy With A Lamborghini In The Basement"](https://jalopnik.com/5069251/exclusive-i-am-the-guy-with-a-lamborghini-in-the-basement)**
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> Last week we brought you the story of Ken Imhoff, a Wisconsin man who, after falling in love with the Lamborghini Countach in the classic movie Cannonball Run, followed his dream by building his very own Lamborghini in his basement. The amazing build...
For all you home jobbers, this gives an in-depth on what is possibly the coolest home-build ever.
To entice you to read more: all aluminum, curb weight 2700 lbs. Stroked Ford Cleavland block (377 cubes; 11.75:1 static compression; 500+ hp), ZF 5-speed.
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/2 "2008-10-28T14:57:35Z")
Now who said that was an AMG motor :shifty
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### Author:  [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/3 "2008-10-28T14:58:13Z")
Hasn’t this thread already been made?? I seriously forget if I saw it on here.
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/4 "2008-10-28T15:01:11Z")
not about the specs. just about the car being built in the basement
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/5 "2008-10-28T15:20:19Z")
nothing about suspension work… :sad
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/6 "2008-10-28T15:25:24Z")
> [@RocketPunch](#):
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> nothing about suspension work… :sad
gotta hide that part. most race car builders keep suspensions specs under wraps as well.
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### Author:  [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/7 "2008-10-28T15:45:31Z")
> [@Mk4 30R](#):
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> not about the specs. just about the car being built in the basement
I see, I thought I remembered it. Sweet find SBC
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/8 "2008-10-28T16:07:43Z")
The extraction is my favorite. :lol
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/9 "2008-10-28T16:26:27Z")
> “I can’t understand why anyone would buy something when they could make it”
:+1
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### Author:  [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/10 "2008-10-28T17:17:27Z")
I didn’t bother to read the article but why didn’t the guy just find a garage to build it in? went through a lot of trouble to get it out of his basement, not to mention to have to haul that shit down a flight of stairs while he was building it.
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/11 "2008-10-28T17:21:06Z")
This is really awesome, I would seriously rather a home built one of these rather than a real one fo sho
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### Author:  [@CSholtes612](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CSholtes612)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/12 "2008-10-28T17:24:21Z")
so sick
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/13 "2008-10-28T17:31:55Z")
> [@JRubino](#):
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> I didn’t bother to read the article but why didn’t the guy just find a garage to build it in? went through a lot of trouble to get it out of his basement, not to mention to have to haul that shit down a flight of stairs while he was building it.
Read the article it’s pretty good. He explains exactly why he built it in his basement. I think digging his basement was probably one of the easiest parts of his whole build :lol
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### Author:  [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/14 "2008-10-28T17:39:53Z")
shit is crazy man, very well done !
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### Author:  [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/15 "2008-10-28T17:40:11Z")
> [@ninety1two40](#):
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> Read the article it’s pretty good. He explains exactly why he built it in his basement. I think digging his basement was probably one of the easiest parts of his whole build :lol
yea i just got done reading it and looking all the pics, redic !
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### Author:  [@BlueS14240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlueS14240sx)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-built-lamborghini-owner-gives-details/239835/16 "2008-10-28T19:36:35Z")
thats sick lol, i built my quad in the front entry way to my house in the middle of the winter lol