After bringing the QJ home from my buddy's house, it was time to get back to work on my '83.
I wasn't thrilled with my first experiment with lifting the '83 so I decided to spend some time experimenting with the best setup. I probably spent 45 minutes to an hour yesterday trying different combinations until I think I got it right.
I made two mistakes the first time I lifted the 911. First, I had the ramps oriented the wrong way for the 911. Mark's advice here was spot on -- I just forgot it in my excitement.
The second mistake was I had the ramps a little too far inboard.
Here's what I found works well:
1) Start by placing the "front" of the ramp against the rear wheel as a guide for the starting point. Then move the ramp inboard until it clears the inside of the wheel.
2) Align the front tire end of the ramp so that it will clear the inside of the front wheel. The hinge at the end should have room to pass by the inside of the rear tire as the ramp is raised.
3) Try to keep both ramps as close to parallel to each other as possible.
4) I use a combination of the tall blocks and "Small Universal Slotted Polyurethane Jack Pad Frame Protector" (Amazon.com).
5) For anyone with A/C lines, I only had an issue at the front left wheel. There are 2 clamps that hold that line in place by the pinch weld. Use an 8mm socket to take them off and you can move the A/C line out of the way.
Right rear jack point. Not using the "slot" of the hockey puck here. It's just aligned right centered on the torsion tube.
Right front jack point. The slotted jack pad "hockey puck" is sitting right on the pinch weld.
This proved to be a much more stable setup than my first attempt.
With this setup, here is the total lift height:
31" to the top of the bumperette.
~22-1/4" to the bottom of the bumper skirt.
Pic with the tape measure to the floor for perspective. Again that's 31".
