Lindsey Racing Newsletter 9/25

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Lindsey Racing Newsletter

Dateline: Sept 25, 2001

September/October Special: The Afterburner normally priced
at $389, now on sale for $249.00

The Afterburner is a device which allows dual level boost
control at the push of a button. The Afterburner used in
conjunction with our wastegate gives a driver the ability
to adjust the boost as low as 7 pounds and as high as 24.
Visit our web sight to view a dyno chart which illustrates
the drastic jump you feel when the secondary boost stage is
activated. The blue dyno run shows a normal pull at 15
pounds of boost. The red dyno run shows the Afterburner with
a 13 pound primary setting with a 17 pound secondary. The
Afterburner was activated at 4200 RPM, just as the engine
was pulling hard, see the HP line take a near vertical jump.
The engine was suddenly producing an additional 60 HP by 4400
RPM. The total HP at the 17 pound boost level would be there
whether you had an Afterburner or not, this simply illustrates
how fast the engine reacts to the higher boost setting. Imagine
how valuable it would be to have an additional 60 to 75 HP
available at the push of a button, kind of like having a Nitrous
system in you car, only this one never needs refilling!

*** NEW **** CYLINDER HEADS:

Lindsey Racing is now offering performance modifications to
the 944 turbo cylinder head. Visit the web sight to see a
price breakdown on the different options available.
Everything from 5 angle competition valve jobs, competition
port and polish, O-ring and Ceramic Thermal Barrier coating
the combustion chamber. When you call Lindsey Racing for
cylinder head work, we will quote you flow numbers on our
porting, unlike the competition! Heads will be available
and ready for immediate shipping.

PROTRAC DEALER:

Researching a suspension purchase for our race car led us
down a path that we had not planned on at the time. We
looked at most all the choices. We discussed each with the
different vendors of the different brands. We sat back and
listened to the pros and cons. We were so happy with our
final choice, that we just had to make a commitment to the
company for a long term relationship. Having said that...

Lindsey Racing is proud to announce that they are now one
of a very few dealers in the USA for Protrac Damper Technology.
Protrac is on the cutting edge of technology in the racing shock
absorber field. They make single, double and triple adjustable
shocks and struts. The double and triple have remote reservoir, for
the following cars: Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Cross cars,
Dodge, Ferrari, Ford, Honda Civic, Integra, Lexus GS 400 ,
IS 300, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, 911, 924, 944, 964, 993,
996, TransAm cars, Circle Track cars, Volkswagen.
Protrac was founded when the three owners of "JRZ" split up.
One stayed and retained JRZ and the others each started
their own companies. The "R" of JRZ, Rob de Rijk, started
Protrac and was formerly both the co-founder and engineer for
the original company and has made several improvements in
the design which he now owns exclusive rights. All shocks
and struts are on a custom order basis with normal delivery
time is 2-3 weeks.

Lindsey Racing is currently installing a set of double
adjustable units on our own race car and will be able to
report directly as to their performance on the track.

MASS AIR FLOW:

Developed and manufactured by Pro Flow for Lindsey racing.
Pro Flow (who also makes the Authority MAF for them) incorporate
the latest technology into our unit which is specially designed
to work with your Porsche car. We asked them to take their
‘Optimizer' technology and adapt it for use on the Porsche.
The primary reason for some MAF units to run special software
is that the software is where the voltage values for the
Hot wire sensor are changed so the computer understands what
the Hot wire is telling it. We wanted our unit to work with
the car's existing software, so Pro Flow incorporated a custom
control unit for Lindsey Racing that not only adjusts the fuel
mixture but also makes the voltage value change there so the
signal going to the computer is the same as it was originally
receiving.

Our MAF has remote fuel adjustability for both idle mixture
and high load conditions, it will deliver maximum airflow
and will work with your existing software!

A very unique feature about our MAF is that it has in it a
"VAT" air temp sensor along with the hot wire sensor. The air
temp sensor in the factory vane air meter does more than help
to measure the air density. By telling the computer what the
air temperature is, it adjusts fuel and timing for start up
and warm up stages of the engine. Other systems program a
nominal temp setting into their software, but the engine only
runs correctly when the engine is at this operating
temperature, not necessarily during start-up and warm-up.
For street use, this can be a serious concern. Others tap
into the engine's water temp sensor, this to does not give
the computer the correct air temp so it can correctly adjust
the engine controls.

Only Lindsey racing's MAF kit provides you this ability along
with the fuel mixture control of the MAC II.

We are offering our MAF in three different configurations:
Stage I: Will be installed in the stock air inlet hose similar
to the stock air-flow meter. The stage I kit will come with
a conical air filter, all mounting hardware and clamps, and
best of all; it will include our Injector/Air Flow Meter.

Stage II: Will be installed on a power tube that goes between
the MAF and the Turbo which adds additional HP gains. The stage
II kit will also come with a conical air filter, all mounting
hardware and clamps, and will include our Injector/Air Flow
Meter.

Stage III: This kit is currently offered on a custom order
basis and is intended for use on race cars. The air cleaner
sits in the location of the left headlight and requires use
of a one piece header panel. Again this kit comes with all
mounting hardware and includes our Injector/Air Fuel Meter.

1986 944 Turbo Big Red Brake Upgrade:

Lindsey Racing has designed a custom ‘Hat' for use on the
1986 944 Turbo big Red brake conversion. Very few companies
even offer brake kits for the 944 Turbo cars and only a
special few even want to get involved with the 86 model.

In the past, special machining was required to the front
bearing hub along with the installation of longer studs. We
have designed a hat which does not require any of this. It
will allow you to bolt the rotor directly to the hub and
makes the installation on this year of vehicle much easier
and believe it or not, less costly than the later year cars.

These special components are currently being manufactured
and should be ready for shipment mid October.

944T WASTEGATE:

We need to announce a policy change regarding our Wastegate
upgrade. We are now charging $300 for our core charge. Several
of our customers have neglected to return their cores to us
and we are forced to purchase new ones when this happens. We
are having to pay more for our cores so we are passing that
cost onto our customers that don't return the core back to
us. This means nothing to those of you that do return the
required core.
Another matter to inform you of is our new policy regarding
broken bolts and studs on your core return. If you have the
misfortune of breaking off one or more bolts in removing
your old wastegate, we are now charging for removing the
remaining broken material. The rate is $20 for the first
stud and $10 for each additional one. This is our cost that
we pay a local shop to burn out the old stud and are simply
passing this cost back to the consumer. This usually only
applies to studs that are broken off flush with the mounting
surface, if there is ½ inch of studs sticking out, we can
usually remove it ourselves.

This cost will be deducted from your core charge. We are
sorry for this new policy but we can not longer absorb this
cost ourselves.

Fiberglass:

Believe it or not, we are in the final stages of fitting the
wing to our race car. Mounting hardware is being fabricated
and by this coming weekend we should have it mounted and be
able to start taking pictures so you can see how this is
looking.

Our intention is offer a wing configuration for both street
and race applications utilizing several different wing
designs. Our own car will start out with the ‘swept wing'
originally seen on the Dodge Vipers. Initially this wing
will be offered only in fiberglass. We will also offer a 60
and 70 inch straight wing. These will be available in both
fiberglass and carbon fiber construction.

We are in early development stages of designing our own
rocker panels. Also a pair of dive planes which can attach
to the side of your front bumper to aid in down force to
the front of the car. These will be offered in styles that
work with and without a splitter.

Many more custom body ideas are being considered, it is
only a matter of available time to develop these ideas.
Now that we have a mold shop that can help us in our
endeavors, future product development won't take as long
as our wing design did. This was a very complicated
component involving 12 molds and many internal components.
We will continue to update you as things progress.


Mike Lindsey
LINDSEY RACING