Anyone know makes this fuel rail ? Thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bille...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Lindsey Racing?

 

Nope, not according to the description ............. Read ................

 

Hummmm..... interesting.

Someone should contact the seller.

 

I just did Steve and asked (according to him) why the "LR Rail is flawed". I want to hear what he has to say about that, and to know who makes that unit he is selling too. And Steve, how is your portfolio doing pal? J/K!

 

I think

is what he is referring to.

 

I read it and know, but I want him to specifically clarify and tell us why, and also who makes the one he has.

 

He told me it just sold .......... He said the lindsey only has 2 bolt holes to hold the rail and this one has 4 like the factory. Bolt holes on the valve cover , I guess........ He also said a friend custom made it for him. Looks like good work and I would rather 4 bolts than 2 , but has anyone ever heared of the lindsey rail failing ??

 

Failing as to mounting points? I've never heard that, and I had one on my old car too. There have been other issues, but not "specific" to what he mentions.

 

I have the Lindsey Rail and it is very good quality and I have had no issues with it. If you don't put the second o-ring on the injectors it makes a little noise at idle but that is it.

 

you guys do know the seller of that fuel rail is "944 Fanatic" here on rennlist, right?

i don't see him just making something up..... i to have an LR fuel rail and he makes a good point.

 

I know a few guys are using threaded studs with a little loctight and stopnuts on their LR rails. That would be the set up I'd go with.

Rolex - The portfolio is just fine. I got me a new money man just this week! Soon I'll initiate a takeover bid for Porsche. My first action as the Stuttgart overloard will be to re-introduce the 951 as the new company flagship! Who's with me?

 

Hey guys, Yeah, thats me, and the buyer is another member here who knows a thing or five about these cars, trust me.

I didn't say that to bash the Lindsey unit, and those who run the Lindsey Fuel rail shouldn't worry too much, provided you took some care installing it. I've never actually seen one fail in this manner either. But I have seen many cast aluminum threads fail, and think about it this way - you are mounting a highly flammable pressure vessel via 2 small steel bolts threaded into 20 year old cast aluminum threads. The example I had in my hands (one of the first Lindsey made) didn't leave more than 4 or 5 threads to fasten with using the stock fasteners due to the revised dimensions of the mounting plate. They didn't supply replacement fasteners with that one, maybe they do now. If so, then its less of an issue. If not, and you used the stock fasteners, hope you at least used a torque wrench! Even then, with so little depth it just seemed risky to me to run it like that.

Of course it is obvious why Lindsey does it this way, it is far more profitable for them to take a $20 length of off-the-shelf fuel rail, laser-etch their name on it and sell it along with a vanity plate 'upgrade' than it is to engineer proper mounts, precision machine, bend and weld them on a jig, and supply 12 new fasteners to go along with the non-stock dimensions. The idea here is to emulate the stock configuration rather than compromise it for ease of manufacturing.

 

As long as there is a 700 whp GTR road going version as well

 

Very interesting!

Thanks for the info, Paul!