Ferrari Mailing List: Re: V12 added to the scuderia

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hey Rick -
   Congrats!  A friend of mine had a 72 V12 E convertible - we used to ride 
to work together and because he knew how much I liked to drive - especially 
sports cars he usually let me drive.   Yep, no end of torque and I'd be 
surprised if you ever get near the redline in any gear - it just keeps going 
and going, faster and faster, while the tack needle hardly seems to move!

OK, problems I know of -
   There's an ignition module mounted between the V which dies of heat 
stroke at least once a year - you might consider putting some heat 
insulation around it for protection - and be on the lookout for a 
replacement module.    It's not "if" if dies, but "when".

   The electric cooling fans also had a habit of deciding not to come on as 
they should - a cleaning of the motors, etc usually fixed them - but without 
those fans it *will*  overheat pretty quickly.

   You might notice a theme here - electric gremlins - Lucas at its best - 
but as with any LBC, a good maintenance regime will prevent many problems.

I have no experience with the Jag AT - any idea what the source is?  Seems 
there was a GM connection with Brit Leyland at some point.

The good thing?  Back it up against a brick wall - an enclosed garage is 
best, then fire it up - that song alone is worth the price of admission.  As 
with any (?) V12 when it turns over it's like a sewing machine - then it 
lights.  Very cool - at speed it always reminded me of a P51 or Spitfire 
doing a flyby.

Good luck!
LarryT
66 MGB
74 911
91 300D


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From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:16 AM
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] V12 added to the scuderia

> Hello Friends,
>
>   This is just a short note to announce that we have added a V12 to the 
> Lindsay Scuderia.  Yes, we still have the 308GTB, the Mondial QV and the 
> Triumph TR3.  Now Nancy has a '73 Jaguar E-Type, V12, automatic with A/C. 
> Mr. Phil Tegtmeier found this car for us and as if to continue his 
> reputation, the car is even better than advertised!
>
> http://www.aubard.us/Jaguar/HPIM1974.JPG
>
>   For 30+ years Nancy has quietly tolerated my sports cars, not able to 
> drive any of them because of their manual gearboxs.  She now has her own 
> sports car.  It has a PILE of torque in any gear and the big 5.3 liter V12 
> is electric-motor-smooth.  The manual gearbox version of this car will 
> pull away from stop, in to gear, idling!  The GM automatic leaves one 
> wondering why anyone would mess with manual gear-shifting at all.  Add in 
> power steering, power brakes and a nice cool A/C and she has a sports car 
> that she can actually use in Houston's heat.
>
> Back to lurking.
>
> -rick
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