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.