Lipman '72 911T

sramdeen · Post by **sramdeen** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:45 pm

fantastic, nice work. I just want to read about this car every day.

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:44 pm

... and here's how to undo days of work in less than six hours:

EFI 911T

Carbed 911T

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:51 am

I was amazed how quick I "Unconverted" my Maserati before selling it !!
But that decision was based on the fact that the efi kit was worth more than the car. I understand why you converted it back though. I'm sure more potential buyers would be put off by conversion. I hope the experiment into EFI has been fruitful. Good luck with the sale.
Tim

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:54 am

Hi Tim. It was epic. Saving it for the next one...

DamianF · Post by **DamianF** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:10 pm

This is such a brilliant thread! (and a brilliant car)

Slightly off topic, but I'd be interested to know how much you reckon the EFI system costs to put together Jamie?

I wonder if some enterprising soul will produce complete EFI systems as a kit in future? There's is no way I'd ever figure out how to do it myself!

I just had my T (on Zeniths) tuned and it is running really sweet, I love it - but its interesting to think about what the options will be in years to come when carbs are totally worn out and there's hardly any petrol left

Best of luck with the sale

Damian

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:26 pm

Suspiciously slow week with work, so today I had the car tracked-up by Gwyn, who runs the motorspares shop around the corner from my house.

Gwyn is a rallyist and from the oldschool of engineering - properly thorough. There are bits of random rally car everywhere. He will quite happily lie half under the car, spannering in the rain as you relay adjustment figures from the computer screen!

... I can't show you any more from here on in as it involves blocks of wood and a big mallet.

Gwyn did, however, get everything into shape. The offside rear camber wouldn't adjust enough to bring it in to spec, but it's damned close. Best news was that, unlike other cars I've owned, there was no iffy geometry to suggest the car's ever been spanked

Considering I'd had everything apart to fit the SuperPros, it wasn't too bad at the start, but now it is tracked to zero degrees and one (ONE, 1, uno) minute (that's 1/60th of a degree - AKA, a gnat's cock)

First thing you notice is rolling the car off the slip-plates - with everything in line, you can push it with a single finger!

Driving home was surreal. It's beautifully poised, glides like a hovercraft on the bypass, turns in like a kart. I'm over the moon.

This is the spend I will make on this car. If I'd known what a difference it would make, it would have been the first. Balls. Cost was £150.

Disco · Post by **Disco** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:06 am

its fantastic to see what you have done and how much love and attention you have put into the car Jamie.

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:01 pm

DamianF wrote:This is such a brilliant thread! (and a brilliant car)

Slightly off topic, but I'd be interested to know how much you reckon the EFI system costs to put together Jamie?

I wonder if some enterprising soul will produce complete EFI systems as a kit in future? There's is no way I'd ever figure out how to do it myself!

I just had my T (on Zeniths) tuned and it is running really sweet, I love it - but its interesting to think about what the options will be in years to come when carbs are totally worn out and there's hardly any petrol left

Best of luck with the sale

Damian

Hi Damian. Sorry for ignoring you. Check this for kit and prices: http://www.bitzracing.com . Tony, who puts them together, is really helpful, too.

I can't remember how much it cost me in total - probably best not to think about it! There are loads of extra cost on top of the kit. My car needed a high-pressure fuel pump, the intake spacers, removal of the intake manifold studs by a clever man with a steady hand and a sharp drill etc etc etc. Plus loads of fuel to tune it up!

After all this, I noticed some people turned their noses up at the system because it looks odd and isn't a pair of cock-waving ITBs. But it works great. I liked that it looked kind of quirky, and after I'd set it up properly, was faster than I'd ever expected

I forgot how nice the carbs were though. And I put the standard steering wheel back on. The car just feels like a classic 911 again. I'll admit that I think I prefer the car's character with everything as standard. It's less hectic to drive.

I'm not having any luck selling it at the price I want for it, and I'm beginning to realise the car might be worth more to me than the (serious) offers I've had. It might be too good to keep, but it might also be too good to let go

Err... this is not what I expected to happen.

Hmphhh.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:12 pm

sometimes it takes a while jamie for you to ....

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:14 pm

GARRGGGEEGEGGHHHH!

Never take your car on a trackday if it has a backfire because you may blow 36-year-old back box apart and melt a freshly-painted license-plate panel.

New exhaust, paint rear license panel. Again. I think it knows it's for sale

sramdeen · Post by **sramdeen** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:11 pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085333/

Bertroex · Post by **Bertroex** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:52 am

Jamie,

So sorry to see that the car is being moody... I did wonder earlier today about the extra noises but never made the connection....

Good to see you are safe and well back, the car can always be fixed.

Best regards,

Bert