HORSEPOWER TALK AUGUST 2006

AUGUST NEWS

The weather this past July has been record setting in Oklahoma as it has been in most parts of the Country. A chance to get the P-car out and catch a little lake breeze and the view can cool things down. You can read more about this car pictured in the next issue of 9 Magazine.

Lindsey Racing is proud to be the major sponsor of the "944 Fest 2006" . If you are a 944 enthusiast and need something to do Friday and Saturday August 4th and 5th in the Ohio area, then you now know where you need to be! The 944 Fest will be held at Nelson Ledges road course. I understand that track time is full, but make sure you get on the waiting list in case something opens up. For registration information, pictures of previous year's events and more, make sure you visit the "944 Fest 2006" web site.

AUGUST SPECIALS

For the Month of August, we will be offering the following specials. This special pricing is for our retail customers only. Other discounts and programs do not apply and cannot be combined. You must request the special pricing when ordering. Special pricing ends the last day of the month.

The Lindsey Racing Injector Harness is 20% off regular price. Time and time again we see problems with the original harness. Add the Knock Sensor option and nip two problem areas in the bud at the same time.

SPEC Clutch Kits for all models are on special this Month. Whether you have a 911/964/993, 944/951/968 or 996 based car. The summer heat can be tough on clutches. Especially when on the track. SPEC has a performance clutch for your particular application. Call or write for information if you don't already have one picked out.

For the month, we are offering either a 10% discount OR a free Light Weight option (a $75.00 value) on all SPEC clutch kits.


Our Instant RWHP Kit makes a great first upgrade for a 951. You can build on this kit and take things as far as you like. We use the same chip set when making over 400 RWHP. Save 15% this month.


Give your brakes a break. Freshen up the pads and/or rotors this summer with some new "Go Faster", or should we say "Go Slower" parts. Save 10% off all Pagid Orange & Black or Mintex and Mintex C-Tech brake pads. Also 10% off all Brake Rotors with free ground shipping within the United States. Regular shipping applies to International Orders.

Our popular Dual Port Wastegate is one of our most popular items. It's going to be even more popular this August when we throw in a free Manual Boost Controller with every wastegate purchased.

CUSTOMER CAR OF THE MONTH

Would you like to be featured as car of the month? Please submit pictures and information to Dave Lindsey.

You're looking at the planet's only C4 RSR (C4 drive train with a early 911 RSR look body). This 4 wheel drive machine has all the toys like AC, cruise control, anti lock brakes, power steering and brakes, heat, sunroof and a kick butt stereo. The car was built by Air Cooled Classics in Knoxville, Tennessee. Let them build you one! The car is sitting on a set of Lindsey Racing P2 wheels. Excellence Magazine is shooting pictures in August for an expansive write-up on the car coming out soon after.

SHOP TALK

For those of you that don't know we build wheels.... well.... we do. Our P2 (two piece) and P3 (three piece) wheels are perfect for the early 911s and 914s where the fuchs was originally offered. We can also build a set of fuchs for the 86 model 944 Turbo in either our P2 or P3. What makes their growing popularity is the various sizes we can offer them in and the correct period look for these beautiful bodies. We offer 16" and 17" versions with virtually any width in the P3 wheels and several in the P2. We will have produced over several hundred wheels this year and expect continued growth.

One of the limiting factors is the availability of the 16" X 6" factory fuchs wheel which is used as the starting point of both the P2 and P3 wheels. We often rely on the customer to locate and supply cores before we can start on their set.

We are currently sourcing and investing in a new forged center to speed things up and make the wheel more of a stocked item versus a "custom built" once we have wheel cores.

Our wheels have been seen on several cars featured in Excellence Magazine, on 911s used in Pelican Parts advertisements, and we even built a set for a 911 in the recently released movie "The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift". Only the car and film footage must have ended up on the cutting room floor as it wasn't seen on the big screen.

The RSR look wheel has become one of the most asked about wheels in our P2 wheel. Mike has tried several different finish techniques until settling upon this one. The finish is not identical to the true RSR wheel but our P2 RSR finish is very user friendly. The Powder Coated finish is durable and easy to clean.

We are also introducing a few new additions to our Harness Replacement line. We now have available a Reference Sensor Replacement Harness for the 944 and 951. In addition, you will soon see a Throttle Position Switch (TPS) harness and a Coolant Sensors and Idle Stabilizer harness. Like our injector and knock sensor harnesses, these are 1200 degree FIREBraid covered for a permanent solution.

This allows you to change only the portion of your harness that needs attention. Since we have all the sensors covered except the stock Air Flow Meter (and don't plan to), you can either replace all vital systems or just the ones damaged or tired.

We are just finishing up specifications and pricing on our 944S2 and 968 16 valve cylinder head upgrades. We have Light Weight Solid Lifters, Racing Springs in two levels. The Standard Lindsey Racing spring and bullet proof "IRL" quality spring that you can rev as high as you dare, as well as full Port & Polishing. Give us a call if you're needing some 16 valve cylinder head work to get pricing and lead times. We should have it up on our web site in the near future.

We just released our 911 Turbo (930) valve spring sets. We have a complete spring set with Racing Springs, Titanium Retainers, and spring buckets. We have various spring rates for different boost levels.

For those building 2.5L 951 engines, we just released our custom built WISECO 4032 Forging piston sets. We currently have them available in 100mm+.003" and 100.25mm oversizes and ring sets for both Alusil and Nikasil bores. These light weight piston sets are affordable and available now.

We are making more progress with the Thermal Hard Pipes (THP) on our Twin Tube THP Intercooler for the 951. By the time you read this, we will already have a working system up and running and have begun testing.

As you can see above, we put the TT THP on the Super Flow and measured it's flow capability. We surpassed the estimated 500 CFM we were shooting for and achieved 517.7 CFM @ 25.49" of water column. To convert to 28" you use a multiplier of 1.06 which means the TT THP went 548 CFM. On a side note, the equivalent altitude was 4919 feet ASL and the temperature was 97 degrees on test day. This large number doubles the air flow of our air-to-air intercoolers. If it passes the cooling phase of the test, which we believe it will, it will mark a breakthrough in intercooling with endless possibilities with not only the 951, but anything you can dream up to fit one on.

Here you can see the cooling hoses routed on the Twin THPs. The coolant enters on the bottom of the THP outlet and exits on the top of the THP inlet. This combined with the upward vertical flow in the coolant cooler makes the system self bleed any trapped air. The fill tank is located under the hood (not yet mounted in this picture).

We managed to mount the 14" Long 6-pass Coolant Cooler behind the front bumper keeping things simple and clean. A universal mounting bracket was developed that simply slips over the bumper reinforcement bar and attaches with two bolts at the bottom. This can accommodate the 18" and 21" version just as easily by selecting different bolt holes. Those would give you 40% and 70% more cooling power if needed. We are testing the smallest unit first to see if it's enough for the job. We installed the Coolant Pump under the windshield washer reservoir attaching to the chassis with a 3" saddle clamp. On this car, it originally had headlight washers. In order for the pump to fit in this area, changes had to be made. We installed the non-headlight washer reservoir which is at least 10" shorter in depth. That was something never used on this car so it will not be missed. Does anybody use those? This gave us plenty of room to work with and still stay clear of the headlight mechanisms.

A few feet of Purosil Heater Hose and a handful of hose clamps tied it all together.

Next month we will post more details as our testing will have been well under way.

FINAL THOUGHTS

We greatly appreciate our Lindsey Racing customers. We get new ones every day and on most days several. That inspires us and it's you that keeps the gears churning around here and moving ahead with new and improved developments in both our parts line-up and customer service. We continue to invest in facility, equipment, tooling and inventory which means we are also investing in you, our customer.

If we fall short in your expectations for any reason, it is our goal to make it right and keep you coming back. The old adage, "No News is Good News" is what we assume unless we hear otherwise.

Until next month, we wish you many safe and quick laps.

- The Lindsey Racing Crew