New alternator for #69

The Mustangs alternator was not functional since buildup of the car in 2003. After rebulding, installing the unit, still there was no charging at all. Alex figured out a complete mess of the wiring which he is trying to fix. Otherwise we have to make a new wiring curcuit for alternator and regulator.


Alex "MrOlds" at work

V8 Garage pics

In wintertime the garage is always packed with cars. Currently a 72 Charger, 68 Firebird Conv, 73 Jensen, 90 Mustang GT Conv, 71 Aston Martin DBV8, 66 Impala SS, 78 OLds Cutlass, 84 Audi Quattro and finally Mustang Racer #69

440 Swap '72 Charger complete

Ready to eat rice

Little S800 project

This years "Braveheart Award" goes to my friend Manfred T. who wants to resurrect this little Honda S800 and motivate it with a 150hp Blackbird motorcycle engine. Neither the very questionable condition of the car, nor the fact that Manfred is almost 7 ft. tall and wont fit in the little screamer, will stop him. Good luck with your rice!

New MS-Insider HistoCup Special

The austrian magazine Motorsport Insider features again the Histo-Cup scene. Lots of stories about the 2005 season and a speial on Sami Hamids TWR Jag.


Dont miss it!

Austrian HistoCup 2006

Austrian HistoCup entrants for 2006 with US V8 engines.




Paul Koppenwallner
Huffaker Genie & Bizzarini 5300 GT


Georg Böhringer
Shelby Mustang


George Komaretho
Mustang Boss 302


Heinz Janits
Shelby Cobra


Gerhard Jörg
Chevrolet Corvette Stringray


Andreas Mairzedt
AC Cobra 427


Norbert Walchhofer
Shelby Cobra

Turbine News

My partner Peter is developing a new turbine wheel for a 10-15kw industrial application Turboshaft engine. The hot section wheels are milled 5-axis HSC from Nimonic turbine steel at our shop. There are current works on a digital mockup and a preproduction model should be running next year. Using latest 5-axis HSC technologies, we are able to mill one piece turbine and compressor wheels from exotic materials like aircraft aluminum, titan and high temperature super-alloy. Diameter 30-300mm

Status 440 Swap '72 Charger

The bigblock 440 is sitting now in the Chargers enginebay. Hooker Super
Competition headers fit quite well. 727 tranny is still out of car. The
transmission tunnel was welded too small during former rustrepairs. I
have to say that the hole car is a piece of crap. I have not seen one
part where I can say whow this one looks nice. Bad chrome, bad interior,
no options, 4 drums without power, 14" wheels, .....
Buhuuu... I am really sad to put my nice little 440 in that car.

Is there anybody out saying "money stinks" ?!

Fuel Altereds

If you like Dragracing especially Fuel Altereds take a look at this page.
Find all the past time heroes Pure Hell, The MOB, Nanook and so on.

440 T&C engine ready for installation

The overhauled 75' 440 T&C engine is given a new home in a 72' Charger the next days.
Engine has STD bore size mild streetable Crane cam 114LSA and about .500 lift, topped with 2.14 IN, 1.81 EX hardened seat insert 906 heads and Mopar dualplane intake. Nothing fancy for longlasting troublefree operation.

On the picture you see the engine was given a trial fit of the hilborn injector manifold to take measurements for my future Jensen 500ci EFI Hilborn project.


Draw a deep breath !

Monza 2005

Monza final race of the season. This racetrack is very hard on the brakes.
A 40mph turn after a full throttle 145mph straight. The Mustang #69 was prepared with new Ferodo DS3000 racing pads up front in favor of the Wilwood A pads mainly of cost reasons. I renewed the complete brake hardware in the back with new drums, shoes, etc. Brake system was bleeded with new DOT5 silicone fluid. New Good Year BlueStreak tires, ready to Go!
For results goto www.histo-cup.at


Mustang #69


Flamethrower


#69, a bunch of beamers, Huffacker Genie

Mustang #69 Hungaroring impressions

Hungaroring 2005


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Komaretho & Jörg

Race report "Sounds of Speed"

The "Salzburgringclassic" www.salzburgringclassic.de last weekend wasnt an easy task for the Jensen and me. Biggest problem was my lack of driving expierience on a race course. Before start I got a short briefing of a friendly racer which helped a lot. Use the outside lane when you are slow, dont look in the rearviewmirror, etc. etc. Surprisingly I managed the turns quite well with the skinny Pirelli tires. After some laps the Jensen got more and more easier to handle, because of hot tires and traction loss. Unsurprisingly the long straights were no problem with 500cubes and some horsepower. On the 1km backstraight I lifted the throttle at 145mph scared to topout at 155mph before Fahrerlager turn. The Jensen had the ability to outrun any other car in its class. Quite annoying is that you can overtake fast racecars(slicks mounted) on the straight for a short time, but even then they have sometimes 20sec. faster laptimes. Biggest drawback was my disability to brake efficiently before turns. I braked in rates several times I was too fast or too slow, one time the brakes faded.

Conclusio:
half hour racing = 10 gallons of aviation gas
loose exhaust system
brakepads almost gone plus major wear on disks
major wear on tires
one time I smoked the 3rd gear clutch pack of the TF727
no engine problems, neither cooling or oiling
major drawback my own driving skills
lots of fun
addiction factor very high

Most stylish Mopar website

Thanks to D.Behlau this is the most stylish Moparsite in Europe.
Hurry up click the link for this mind-blowing eyecandy.

Clutch repair #69

Clutch mailfunction was caused by ripped off friction material at the pressureplateside of the disk. there were slightly signs of overheating on the pressureplate. Only the organic friction material was completely ripped off, metalic material on flywheelside showed no signs of wear. Followed by throwoutbearing failure and weakened diaphragm springs. On the pic you see the toploader trans with selfmade hydraulic throwout cylinder, destroyed old and new clutchdisk. Both old and new clutch assemblies are Centerforce Dualfriction 11inch DF226049. Mustang will be ready for Hungaroring Race next weekend.

News Mustang #69

George Komaretho hasnt too much luck this 2005 season with his Mustang #69. Long repair works let miss him the Novo Mesto and Pannonia race. After a complete engine service the Mustang competed at Salzburgring but couldnt finish cause of a loose front suspension.
This weekend at Hockenheim again bad luck with clutch mailfunction caused by a scuffed throwoutbearing.


Brno 2005

Jensen Interceptor at "Sounds of Speed"

On 27th of August I will compete with my Jensen Interceptor at the ADAC SalzburgringClassic "Sounds of Speed" event on Salzburgring racetrack. www.salzburgringclassic.de Hopefully the 500wedge engine, auto transmission and especially the girling brakes will survive the 4 kilometres highspeed track.

Aston Martin Vantage Engine

This happens when a loose bolt from a weber carburator enters the #8 cylinder. Luckely the bore was undamaged, bombed combustion chamber of the head is already welded, new valves fitted and new standard size piston installed. Hopefully there is enough time that the 385hp Vantage engine will rumble in Josephs '71 Aston Martin DBV8 this summer.

Still to do:

• weld windage tray
• assemble and clean engine
• install in car

1952 Olds 303 Rocket Engine

Yesterday I was called by my friend Alex that his new rebuilt '52 Olds Rocket engine with only 200 miles on it makes funny noises from the valvetrain. He disassembled the complete valvetrain. There were some rockerarms seized to the shaft and a pushrod with a quarter of an inch shorter than new. Oiling problem, a real tragedy. These hard to get valvetrain bought new from Kanter Auto Products almost completely destroyed. After further investigations the problem was found. All rockerarm oiling wholes bored the wrong way and wrong position!!! No sufficient oiling to valve, pushrod tips and rockerarm on the shaft.
Conclusio: Check every part twice you buy new!!!

440ci for 73' Barracuda

Last evening we assembled the 440ci engine for a customers 73' Barracuda. Engine got a standard performance job. SpeedPro forged, coated 060 over pistons for a 9.5 to 1 static compression ratio. Pocket ported 452 heads with 2.14, 1.81 stainless valves, new valvetrain and pushrods. First time I use not a proven camshaft design and opted for a new hydraulic grind from CompCams. Named Xtreme Energy XE274H 230/236@50 110LSA 488/491 lift. Should be good for lumpy idle and at least 400nethp with 1 3/4 headers. Intake will be dualplane M1 with 750cfm 3310 Holley and half inch spacer. Completion next week.

Hell of a Ferrari P4

A customer car worth to mention here. Ferrari P4 kitcar on a custom tubular chassis and Testarossa drivetrain and suspension. Engine built by Albert in Tyrol famous for engineering the Koenig Ferraris of the 80's. Four intercooled variable vane turbochargers feeding the 12 cylinder Ferrari engine with 1.5bar of compressed air. Good for approx. 850 to 1000hp depending on boost. Monster brakes bring the 2200lbs car to a halt. Body was cut in half and widened 5inch in front 10inch in back to house the Testarossa's engine and wide track suspension. One of a kind custom job.

New camshaft

A new camshaft was orderd today for the 500ci wedge engine in my Jensen Interceptor. The cam is a custom grind Compcams with 241/247@050/112LSA and 545/545 lift. It is very similar to my current cam Engle 238/244@050/108LSA and 537/545 lift except the fact that the new cam has less overlap to recover idle, vacuum. Should be more suitable to the future Hilborn EFI setup.
I will run the new cam with 1.6 rockers for a total of 581 lift.

Leanout Katana 1100

The leanout condition on cyl.#1 is almost gone. After driving awhile the situation was getting better and better. All exhaust tubes have same temp now.
Still slight hesitation between 5000 and 6000 rpm.

Katana 1100 alive!

The last two days a played around with my Suzuki Katana 1100. It was retired now for five years and it wasnt easy to bring it back to live. Complete service done with oil, filter, sparks, brakes bleeded, etc. New battery installed, fired it up, did run immediately, also the carbs overflowed immediately. Complete fuel mess....f..*
Ok disassemled the carbs, cleaned them up, blew air and solvent through all the jets, emulsion tubes, idle circuits, blah, blah,....
Runs perfect now on idle and lower rpms, leanout condition above 5500rpms and 240 degreeF too low EGT on cylinder #1 .

OK next week, next try.....

The mighty sword of the Samurai's Katana

Ringfailure Jensen engine

Picture of ringfailure during a 175hp nitrous shot on my 440ci Jensen engine. A quarter inch of chrome came off the SpeedPro topring, most of it was sticking to the piston ringland. Produced a loud squeaking noise at low engine speeds.

All that happened during quartermile run on Pannonia racetrack at end of 2003 season.

Projects

current

- building 440ci engine for 73 Barracuda
- building 440ci engine for a bigblock swap 72 Charger
- servicing Georges #69 Mustang
- assemble & install Josephs headrepaired Aston Martin Vantage engine
- bring my Suzuki Katana 1100 back on the road

future

- fitting hilborn EFI to my Jensen Interceptor
- testing new camshaft in Jensen Interceptor
- restoring old dragster chassis "Ratcatcher" for display
- decision if 75' T&C Chrysler will be kept alive
- restoring 65' Buick tail for display

440ci problem solved!

The 440's overheating problem was a haircrack in the exhaust valveseat of cylinder #4. I have often seen haircracks on Chrysler bigblock heads but this one goes down to the water passage. heads are unleaded 452 castings. Will switch to 906 castings with 2.14, 1.81 valves. Engine will go into a 72' Charger. No decision yet for cam and setup.

440ci 75' T&C Engine

Yesterday I began to disassemble my 1975 Chrysler T&C engine. It was sitting about 20years in the junkyard with popped out freezeplugs. Had overheating problem without exhaust smoke. Standard bore and crank sizes in very good shape. Still had plastic gear timing chain which proofs the 60k miles odometer reading. Stock headgasket almost complete rotted away at water passages. Found some burnt exhaust valve with rusty spots on it, maybe crack in head which caused the overheating. We will see.

#69 blows a piston!

Mustang #69 blowed a piston during Race at the GrandPrix racetrack in Brno/Czechoslowakia on saturday 30th April. Car is brought to Mattighofen for repair works by Robert Strobl.

Motorsport Insider article

The austrian magazine Motorsport Insider No.1/2005 features the Histo-Cup scene and an article about Georg Böhringer's Shelby and George Komaretho's Mustang #69

Mustang #69 rear axle

Surprise, surprise! The 8" rearaxle still lives happily with detroit locker, Good Year bluestreak tires at the beginning of the 2nd season. Thank You George for the smooth driving manners!

Changed gearing from 3.55 to. 3.80
Splines on stock axleshaft almost no wear.
Some problems with axleseals, maybe future installation of inner seals to keep oil at the diff.

further info: 4-link, watts linkage, coilovers

Garage members

Uhhhh these boys are looking good. Brauni, Reini, Jackie and finally the revival Brauni&Hutch

Brauni's BBChevy built in 2003

In 2003 I built this 468ci BBC for a good friend of mine, streetuse in mind with a flat torque curve and a 6000rpm limit for longevity.

Finished Engine


Extensive pocketwork and valve unshrouding


Simulated Dynorun

Heads failure reports Mustang #69

2004 all races finished

• 8th race Monza No.8cyl. blows gases to rear water passages

2005

• Pannonia testing No.7cyl. complete head gasket failure
• scuffed pushrodtipp rockerarmside
• complete thread repair on both heads for rockerarmshaft holddown saddles (helicoil not enough switch to studs or use time-sert)

Gurney Heads in Racing History

The famous Gulf GT40 chassis number 1075 driven to victory by Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver in 1969. It was the fourth consecutive overall victory for the Ford Motor Company and the second consecutive win for 1075 - the first time the 24 Hours had been won by the same car twice. The 1969 season marked the end of the line for the Ford GT, which debuted in 1964, as rule changes by the European governing body made the car illegal for competition in 1970. 1075 was powered by a 302 cubic inch Ford V-8 engine with Gurney - Weslake heads.
http://www.motorsportcollector.com/GMP1075.html
http://www.gt40.org.uk/Gallery/Gulf.htm




Famous austrian Jochen Rindt was driving the Eagle Gurney Weslake Ford in the Indianapolis 500 1967 for the All American Racers Team.
Couldnt finish. Cause: flooded engine

George's Boss back on track

After blown headgasket, a scuffed pushrod at testing on Pannonia racetrack the Mustang is back in time for the 2005 season.
17th April racing in Melk after speed repairs by Reini, Jackie.

For actual results look at www.histo-cup.at

The #69 Mustangs Ford 302ci Gurney Eagle Engine

Engine:
Jack Roush built 302ci
vintage Gurney/Weslake alum.cyl.heads
4x2 48'Weber Induction
377nethp@6000rpm