Congrats Matt,

That is a beautiful Jalpa. Please PM on what you sold the red one for, as you may remember, I was trying to buy that from you way back when.

__________________
Lambotsavy
Jalpa #ELA12100

I was wondering that myself. I have never seeing that modification. Keep us posted.

__________________
1986 Jalpa Twin Turbo

Congrates!

It looks like a good buy. I envy you guy's with the Bravos!

Have fun

__________________
Jalpa #ELA12131

matt, post pictures when u get it...looks like a great purchase...best of luck!

congrats too!, matt...you also helped me when i started looking for a jalpa....thanks

__________________
Lynn
1986 Jalpa
2002 Dodge Viper GTS
2004 Mini Cooper
1957 Chevy Resto-Rod

matt, did you get your jalpa yet? post up some info and any pictures you may have...would be great to see!

all the best...

I've been busy, I apologize for the delay in posting anything.

I did get the car a few weeks ago. Despite a few little dings and some paint issues, it really is very tight when driven. I notice it especially when driving on rough roads, etc. As for the brakes, they are definitely different than the originals in that they take a little while to "warm up." As someone who has never driven a Porsche, I'm not sure if this normal. Once they are warm they provide adequate stopping power, but I actually prefer the added feel of the original brakes in my old Jalpa vs. the "on/off" feel of these. I might have them switched back.

The interior is really in perfect condition save for the opening closing mechanism on the glove box - the trunk even smells like new carpet. Speaking of which, does anybody know a cross reference part # for a new trunk strut? I suspect this one was rarely ever opened and eventually just lost its pressure. Also, the instrument lights are quite dim even after turning up the little switch - I'm wondering if a bulb burned out?

There are a few little things I want to do (one of the fog lights is out, etc) and I'm going to have it tuned up as the carbs are a little bit off in my estimation. However, it idles quietly and right at 1000rpms. For the most part, I'm just happy to have it. After I get it back from the shop, I'll take some pictures for you guys.

I can already tell that keeping the miles low is going to be very tough - I've already increased the miles by 200 miles (or 7% of existing miles!!!!)

Matthew, that brake behaviour is all about brake pads, seems they installed racing pads, in my former Porsche 944 Turbo I used EBC red stuff, they stopped right from touching the pedal.
Trunk strut is a common stabilus strut, NAPA etc should be able to give you a similar replacement, measure the length and the Nm written on the strut and you get one for ca. $30.

__________________
RaymondQV
Countach QV Ex-Mimran #GLA12997, Urraco P300 #20530, Jalpa #FLA12203 sold in May 2006
www.countach.ch
www.jalpa.ch

When Frank Sinatra got his Miura S in 1970, he said: “If you wanna be someone, buy Ferrari - If you are someone, you own a Lamborghini”.

Raymond is correct, it's your brake pads. A good body/paint man can fix your paint. As low as your miles are, it would be nice to have the original (mostly) paint. There is a post on this site about a trunk strut from Lambostuff.com for about 50 bucks if you want to hit the easy button.

Thanks guys, i'm sure that is it. Sometimes you get so caught up in all of the other stuff, you don't see the answer! I might just use them until they deteriorate and then switch back to a softer compound when the time comes.

Any thoughts about the instrument lighting getting dull? Has that ever happened to anyone? My old one was much brighter even with the little knob turned down.

On a side note, I brought the car to a place in Stratford, CT called automotive restorations. They gave me a little tour of the shop (which is quite large) and I was like a kid in a candy store. They had a Muira SV that was originally white, but had been restored to a really pretty deep dark blue. They also had a Countach circa '78 or so....it was black. The coolest car there though was a Pegaso from Spain. They were restoring it and had just gotten started, but still had a long way to go. And there was a real testarossa there too....and not from the 1980s....