{"id":6844,"date":"2016-01-08T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T13:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=6844"},"modified":"2024-08-23T20:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:40:06","slug":"1986-koenig-specials-countach-turbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1986-koenig-specials-countach-turbo\/","title":{"rendered":"1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo<\/h2>\n<p>Walter Koenig was definitely used to transforming Ferrari&#8217;s Boxer into a real road-ready race car. After he did a few conversions on these Ferrari&#8217;s and on some Porsche Turbo&#8217;s, he tried something a little different and less extremely restyled, the Lamborghini Countach.<\/p>\n<p>The car had new side skirts and multi-piece BBS wheels painted gold. The interior was reupholstered and new Recaro seats were fitted.<\/p>\n<p>Power was upgraded by installing a single turbocharger that rasied overall output to 500 bhp.\u00a0But Koenig was able to install a twin turbo V-12, but nobody actually bought this one.<\/p>\n<p>The sole Koenig-Specials remained in Germany until 1996 and was subsequently sold to an owner in the Dutch Lamborghini Club<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/countach_lp500_s_twin_turbo_600.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/countach_lp500_s_twin_turbo_600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/countach_lp500_s_twin_turbo_600.jpg 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<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1986_KoenigSpecials_CountachTurbo1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n            <\/div><\/figure>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vLtP4N5X0m8\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vLtP4N5X0m8\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In Detail<\/p>\n<table class=\"cardetails\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">type<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Professionally Tuned Car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">built at<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Munich, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">production<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"boldlabel\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">engine<\/td>\n<td class=\"boldvalue\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">V12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">aspiration<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Twin Turbo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">valvetrain<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">DOHC 4 Valves \/ Cyl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">displacement<\/td>\n<td 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345\/35VR-15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">front brakes<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Vented Discs w\/Vacuum Assist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">rear brakes<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Vented Discs w\/Vacuum Assist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">front wheels<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">F 38.1 x 21.6 cm \/ 15.0 x 8.5 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">rear wheels<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">R 38.1 x 30.5 cm \/ 15.0 x 12.0 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">steering<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" 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width=\"70%\">2000 mm \/ 78.7 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">height<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">1070 mm \/ 42.1 in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">transmission<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">5-Speed Manual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">gear ratios<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">2.232:1, 1.625:1, 1.088:1, 0.858:1, 0.707:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">final drive<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">4.09:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"boldlabel\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">top speed<\/td>\n<td class=\"boldvalue\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">~330 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After he did a few conversions on these Ferrari&#8217;s and on some Porsche Turbo&#8217;s, he tried something a little different and less extremely restyled, the Lamborghini Countach. The car had new side skirts and multi-piece BBS wheels painted gold. The interior was reupholstered and new Recaro seats were fitted. Power was upgraded by installing a single turbocharger that rasied overall output [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2188,399,85,9348,17406],"tags":[2272,6834,6361,19714,86,1926,6536,19860,13061,17407],"class_list":["post-6844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1980s","category-koenig","category-lamborghini","category-guides","category-model-guides-tuner","tag-1980s","tag-1980s-cars","tag-koenig-specials","tag-koenig-model-guides-all","tag-lamborghini","tag-lamborghini-countach","tag-lamborghini-model-in-depth","tag-lamborghini-model-guides-tuner-cars","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-tuner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1986-koenig-specials-countach-turbo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1986 Koenig-Specials Countach Turbo Walter Koenig was definitely used to transforming Ferrari&#8217;s Boxer into a real road-ready race car. 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