1978 LOLA T492
Chassis # HU36
Engine #: Titan 78083
Hewland #: H9-892
Price: $42,000
This car is part of Carl Haas’s initial order for Sports 2000 cars ever imported into the USA in 1978. In ’78 Haas ordered 4 units of the T492, this car was sold to Mr. Bollinger and had the desirable Titan engine, the car was first raced in May of 1979. The car has its original log book and has full documentation on the ownership history. When I bought the car in 2010 it had been sitting since 1993, as we all know, unlike wine, race cars do not get better with age. I undertook a 2-year complete and total restoration of the car where we fully dissembled the car, the engine, the gearbox and the tub. I took my knowledge accumulated over 30 years of restoring race cars to make this one perfect. I spared no expense and have had a wonderful time racing the car. Unfortunately, my daughter is going off to college and in the future, I will need to funds to cover the cost of her schooling.
The T492 is an elegant and beautiful car, I have been racing it in major vintage races like The Hawk and Daytona Classic 24 as well as running with the very active VS2NA group on the east coast. This is a great group of guys that always have a deep field of cars. My car has been fast and competitive even with the new cars. The 492 handles well but also has a much smaller frontal area than modern cars so I was very quick at tracks like Elkhart, The Glen and VIR. During my 8 years of ownership, I have continued to upgrade and develop the car to be as beautiful and competitive as possible.
The car is absolutely race ready, we could put gas in the car, bleed the brakes and race tomorrow. The annual tech is done, the belts are new OMP Hans style, fire system is up to date, the battery is charged, and ready to go. It would be impossible to find a finer more sorted concourse race car on the market today.
Rebuild work
Tub
- New plating on all steel parts on the tub
- New roll over bar with new cross brace for seat belt mounts
- New forward-facing roll bar stays
- New outer tub skins
- New purple rivets from the UK
- Rear sub-frame was media blasted, repaired and powder coated in the original Lola gray
- New skid plates
- New front lower a-arm dust boot system
- All bulkheads have new nickel plating
- Addition of rearward facing roll bar stays to strengthen the chassis
Paint
- I made a new nose and tail for the car as the original body work was too bad and heavy to restore
- Body work was done by Motorsports composites based on molds that I purchased (they do not go with the car)
- The paint was done by State of Mind customs in Michigan. This is a high-quality concourse type paint job. The work and finish are outstanding and very durable. The fit on the bodywork is virtually perfect.
Engine
- Engine has 2 race weekends since a full rebuild by Steve Knapp at Elite engines. In the initial rebuild we used all the best parts including the new rods and new forged pistons. Anyone who raced with me will assure you that the engine is very strong. In a draft at Daytona our top speed was 157mph!
- Light flywheel
- New single plate clutch (2 races)
- Dry sump tank converted to AN fittings
- New Mocal oil cooler
- New Stainless-Steel exhaust header with fitment for a supertrap muffler is necessary
Brakes
- Major upgrade to the front brakes based on development from the Kohler guys
- New Willwood 4 puck calipers
- New hawk brake pads
- New vented floating rotors with alloy hats
- Media blast calipers
- Gold irradiate coating
- New caliper hardware
- New brake piston seals
- New bleed nipples
- New brake pad cotter pins
- 2 new brake master cylinders
- New clutch master cylinder
- New clutch slave cylinder
- Powder coated hard brake lines
- RaceParts brake bias adjuster
- All new Aeroquip fittings
- New crush washers
- New banjo bolts
- New Aeroquip flexible lines
Suspension
- All suspension disassembled
- Stripped
- New polished nickel plating
- All new rod Aurora rod ends
- All new AN jam nut
- 4 new radius rods
- New spherical bearings in upper and lower a-arms
Uprights
- Disassembled and crack checked rear uprights
- New di-chromate coating
- New wheel bearings
- Rear hubs have new Kephos coating on hub and CV mount
- New inner hubs on rear uprights, 4 new CV joints
- Front uprights
- Disassembled
- Blasted and Kephos coated
- New brake rotors
- New front hub hardware
- New inner and outer bearings
Gearbox
- Fully disassembled
- Main case media blasted
- Rebuild by gearbox boffin Averill Racing Stuff
- 6 worn studs replaced
- New REM polished 10:31 ring and pinion
- New pinion bearing
- Reverse lock out was rebuilt
- New shift fork for 1st / 2nd and 3rd /4th
- Shift forks reset
- Shift detents reset and new springs installed
- New reverse idler gear
- New stub axel AN hardware
- New CV boots
- New input shaft seal
- Reinforced clutch lever arm
- All new hardware
- New clutch throw out actuating shaft bushing
- New throw out bearing
- Car has 4 gears in it and comes with 8 additional gear sets
Water system
- New alloy radiators
- New water pipes
- All new blue Samco hoses
Dash board systems
- All new dashboard
- New RaceTech gauges
- New RaceTech electrical tach
- Momo steering wheel with RaceTech splined quick release hub
Oil system
- New 19 row Mocal BSP oil filter
Electrical
- New rear brake lights and rain lights – original Lucas OE units
- New lighting rubber mounting system
- New professional wiring loom by RGE (Ray Grienkie). This wizard is the engineer who created the wiring systems for Champion Audi as they ran the R8s in IMSA.
- Car is also wired for optional headlights for endurance racing
- All switches are the highest quality aircraft type with top quality “Terminal Supply” ends on each wire
Fuel System
- Rebuilt fuel cell by Fuel Safe
- New access plate
- New fuel cell foam
- New fuel lines
- New fuel test port
- New fuel pump
- New fuel filter
- All new fittings
Spares:
- Original radiators
- Rear A-arm
- Radius rods
- 2 additional sets for Revolution wheels (3 total sets)
- 24 spare lug nuts
- Rain tires
- Engine spares – Head, intake, carb, cap, rotors, belts
- Brake pads
- Headlights for endures
- Rear hub
- 3 brake rotors
- Notebook with all vehicle info and set up docs
- Original factory diagrams (chassis, suspension, water, oil, electric)
- Original log books
- Gearing for most race tracks (Midwest and east)
- Hewland gearbox manual
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1978 Lola T492 S2000 for sale
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