fortysixandtwo

But the 16V is so good looking. Don't mind the loose wires, I was still putting stuff together at that point.

Tom M'Guinn

Nobody likes a show-off...

Looks awesome.

fortysixandtwo

Thanks Tom,
Thought its not nearly as sorted looking as I want it to be. Its still a bit messy looking under the hood.

DivineE

I like that very much. I think all the big capacity 944t's are stealth over here. What power figures are you getting with the standard AFM and intake route though? Paul S gained 50hp in 30mins by putting a Vitesse maf on his car.. it is tempting to do as you can use the standard airbox and keep it pretty subtle.

Tom M'Guinn

I've never dyno'd it like that picture, unless smog-dynos count. For dynojet purposes, the motor looks more like this:

Chris White

Tom – you might want to have the plenum brace mod done to you intake….

DivineE

Haha Wow! Your kidding with the original picture right? That's quite some setup. What throttle body is that you have and was it easy to get it to work with the standard throttle position sensor? Also which coil pack ignition system is that? I would like to think about those two mods for my car.

Does freeing up the intake restrictions in that way make a big difference to the feel of the car? I'm trying to judge whether its worth going all out as you have done or leaving it standard for stealth like I did before. I hear my old car is making 420hp and 495lb/fb torque on the original intake system now (just a vitesse maf that's non standard). So that's not a bad feat. Makes me wonder if it could be a lot quicker with all those restrictions removed.

Tom M'Guinn

There's a brace inside... Is there something else I should have? I'm actually thinking about trying a different approach altogether.....

Duke

Chris, were you referring to an internal brace because of the large plenum, or were you talking about a brace holding up the weight of the plenum?

Chris White

The original SFR intake did not have a center 'post' inside and the plenum would balloon a little under boost – the aluminum could eventually fail from the fatigue. They can be updated. Usually you can see the welding for the post in the center of the plenum.
'post'

apitts73

hey all,
adam up in canada...have lindsey racing built 3.0 with everything!!
just have a fuel problem stopping me from breaking the new beast in!!
very frustrating

DivineE

It's not starting fine and then getting richer and richer as it gets warm is it?

apitts73

long...very long story short..bought car 2.5yrs ago new motor but guy put wg in backwards..no boost gauge so many head gaskets later...new Lindsey Racing 3.0l motor w/ All goodies. got it running but super rich...broke in cam for 20 min(this is the porsche shop!!) and then played for days testing, etc. $10000 shop bill later and still cant run cause too rich!!
sent all wiring and stuff back to LR and Dave found the aftermarket injector harness that came in the car when i bought it was wired wrong...but the car always ran fine fuel ratio wise.. when it did run! so now im taking it back to the shop to try that.
thats where im at now...oh ya new motor has been sitting in the car for 7 months now in the garage....so sad everyday i walk outside past my car!

Tom M'Guinn

Adam, Great looking car -- I'll add you to the list. So sorry your car is sidelined with that problem. If it is consistently too rich, it should be relatively easy to isolate the problem (I know, easy for me to say). What engine management do you have? Worst case, you could always start over with a proven system from Vitesse -- injectors, MAF, DME board/software. That would get you up and running overnight!

apitts73

here is whats on the car:
1986 951 turbo
3.0l motor:

1. 968 block w/ med lightened crank
2. pauter rods
3. 104mm wossner pistons w/ thermo coated tops
4. LR stage 2 cylinder head work
5. LR solid lifter cam combo w/ adjustable cam gear
6. polished extrude/honed intake
7. LR super 75/10 extrude/honed hotside turbo
8. LR stage 2 maf kit
9. LR polished crank breather tank/kit
10. LR stage 2 intercooler
11. racing oil cooler
12. all steel braided lines through out engine bay
13. 044 fuel pump
14. 55lb injectors/adjustable fuel reg
15. LR mafterburner fuel control system
16. LR max chip set
17. polished intercooler pipes
18. electronic boost controller
forgetting more things!

exhaust:

1. full 3" exhaust from turbo back
2. turbonetics new gen wg
3. B&B headers

car:

1. 968 door handles/mirrors/rear wing
2. AIR front splitter(not on yet)
3. 18" turbo twist wheels

suspension:

still dont know exactly..but it works!!!

other stuff:

1. white face gauges
2. sport roll bar
3. full gauge cluster( boost/ air fuel/exhaust press.)

hope that gives everybody a better idea of my car.
( wife calls it the "GOLD DIGGER" or "THE MISTRESS" or " THE GOLD DIGGING MISTRESS!")
owned the car for about 2.5yrs and only driven it about 500 miles b/w the 2 blown(cracked cylinder #2 and #3 on 2nd motor) motors and this fuel problem for the last 7 months or so!!