67' Barracuda

67 Barracuda Formula S package, 273 Commando V8, column shift, Torqueflite tranny, this car I owned in the early 90s, selling it later to my friend Ali who restored it to high standard. It got a nice color, dogdishcaps and a healthy exhaustsound too. Watch the Vid or take a look at Alis Blog. http://schwarzlackenau.blogspot.com/

Future Jensen

Keith Anderson of the Jensen Owners Club has done a nice sketch of how a Jensen Interceptor could look in 2009.


Interceptor 2009

Interceptor S at NEC Show

Pictures Courtesy of Jensen Owners Club



Interceptor S


400hp LS2 GM engine


Luxury Interior


Shifter GM tranny

Overhaulin 70'Cuda 383

Overhaulin Austrian Style, the fish will be restored without hurry and with knowledge of the owner, no prank, no con-Foose-ion, seven months instead of seven days, it will cost hard earned money and in the end nobody will yell "Oh my god".
I have to take care of the 383ci Commando engine and the 727TF transmission. Just a basic overhaul to stock specifications with some blueprinting.


383 HiPo Fish

Superrare...

...carbon Mopar W8 intake auctioned DownUnder goes for about 1000Euros. Built for a handful of Chrysler LeMans engines used in the Dallara SP1, which competed successfully 4th place overall in the 2001 LeMans Endurance Race. There is not much known about this engines rather than they were similar to detuned USAC Silver Crown engines.

Engine
Engine Builder: JOHN CALDWELL CDI
Manufacturer: MOPAR
Type: LEMANS
Displacement: 365
Horsepower: 650+
Torque: 500+
Induction: CARBON FIBER INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH EFI
Heads: CUSTOM RAISED PORT W8 HEADS FOR LEMANS ONLY
Block: MOPAR ALUMINUM MADE FOR LEMANS
Main Caps: PROGRAMS BILLET CROSS BOLTED
Crankshaft: LA ENTERPRISES BILLET 3.37 STROKE
Connecting Rods: CARRILLO
Pistons: CP CUSTOM
Camshaft: LSM
Valves: 2.18 1.625 DELWEST TITANIUM
Valve Train: JESEL AND T&D
Races: 1


Ebay auction


Mopar Lemans engine


Dallara SP1

Professional Motorsport World Expo

Last week we visited the PMW Expo in Cologne a trade show exclusively open to qualified visitors who are specifically involved in motorsport. There is no entry to the general public, so this tradefair is not crowded and there is a lot of time to talk to your favorite exhibitors. At evenings of the Expo the Professional MotorSport World Expo Awards and the Race Engine Technology Awards will be presented. For the winners go to PMW Winners. There were also the possibility to attend forums covering performance technologies and business issues. We had the chance to test some chassis dynos by our own, gather infos about all kind of electronic equipement, coating technologies and so on.


Audi V12 TDI Lemans winner


Rods by Arrow Precision


Performance Friction Brakes


Torqueline kevlar driveshafts

The Interceptor S

The first 'new' Jensen Interceptor for a very long time....
V Eight at Cropredy Bridge is building the first of a new generation
of Jensen Interceptor Limited Edition of 50, the INTERCEPTOR S.

The Interceptor S offers classic Jensen Interceptor styling and luxury, augmented by the reliability, power and control of a modern car :
414 BHP General Motors 6 Litre LS2 V8 Engine
4-speed Automatic Transmission
Jaguar XKR suspension front and rear
AP brakes 330X32mm behind 17 inch version of the MK3 alloy wheel.

The car will retail at £74,960(about 165.000USD). Mr David Duerden, Technical Director said "This car is a complete rebuild with significant upgrades in performance, quality, and luxury. It stands comparison with other vehicles in this sector and we believe it represents excellent value for money for a unique hand-built vehicle"

For a full technical specification go to http://www.veight.web.com/


Courtesy of V Eight

Mexxspeed

I have done a new blog for my friend Martin F. aka Mexx. Bringing you information about his fast Karmann Convertible, his new radical Karmann dragracer and everything aircooled. Check it out. Mexxspeed

Start from scratch

Something is growing in Styria, its made of metal, built from scratch and has the shape of a '32 Roadster. We have to be patient some more month til we can see this beauty on austrian roads. Watch out, more infos will follow.

My Jensen Interceptor on YouTube

Semifinal run Pannoniaring 2003 and this happened. Look



Final run Pannoniaring 2003 against Mexx's Karmann

Gordian Knot

Yeahh the BeaMini exhaust tubes are ready to feed the hungry turbine.

Exh primaries

Firestream Foundation

My good friend Christian Sch. has lunched a new website Firestream Foundation where he tells us about his passion. Check it out.

Paxton Mustang GT 5.0

Finally the Paxton installation was tested over the quarter under same conditions as last year. My feelings were approved, there isnt much powergain. Boost comes in at 3000rpm with low 1-2psi and rises to 5psi@5000rpm. Next step checking fuel pressure, upgrade pump if necessary, installing smaller blowerpulley.


2006 test NA


2007 test Paxton 5psi

Classic Endurance Nürburgring 2007

Impressions

Enjoy again ...

the big bad fat Olympia Charger qualifying at Nuerburgring 2007.


qualifying run

News BeaMini

The BeaMini got a beautiful welded plenum with 4.0L HO Jeep throttlebody, new brake disks and some new fabricated parts to complete the turbo installation. Look at Harry's 16v project


trialfit plenum & turbine

4-link , ...

wheelhubs, diskhubs, calipermounts and QA1 shockmounts are done on the Karmann tube chassis racer.

Jensen racecar candidate

For several month now I am looking now for a Jensen racecar project. There are so many on the market, good for the prize, but difficult to decide. RHD cars in great Britain are cheap and rusty but expensive to bring to Austria. LHD cars in America the prizes go up and also expensive to ship. LHD cars in continental Europe often good condition and too prizy for break up as racecar. Not easy to get a usable rolling chassis for under 3000€ in your garage.

Dumpvalve installation

...on the Paxton Mustang GT 5.0 done. Negative effects like idle, brakeboosterproblems are gone. Power still dissappointing. Qurtermiletests still pending. Interesting article on supercharging you find here. Jim Roal article

"....Most of the 6psi to 9psi centrifugal kits don't build any measurable boost until about 3,000 RPM. The higher pressure kits will start to build boost at lower engine speeds. Higher pressure, inter cooled, centrifugal superchargers work OK in full race applications on an engine with a high RPM power band. The street kits can be disappointing. There are good reasons that very few professional race teams in only a few types of races select centrifugal blowers. They are certainly better than no blower and they will give you the peak power gains...."

Jensen vs. Pontiac

In 2003 we did a lot of dragracing at Pannoniaring racetrack in Hungary. All the races were 1/8 mile and held on evenings. Here is a run against my friend Peter in his 1968 Firebird 400HO. Both cars run in the 8's.

My first V8 car

... a 1967 Dodge Coronet 500 Coupe, 318ci 2bbl. engine, auto trans. I couldnt afford the car alone, so I bought it together with a friend. Insurance and tax costs were really high 1985.


Me 1986

Weight is the enemy

A quote from the most famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy . No one should forget when building a racecar. Lightened motorbike brakes for the tubechassis Karmann racer.

752g the bigger rear rotor
792g caliper with pads

Blow Off Valve

All the necessary adapters and necks for the Bosch 0 280 142 103 Blow Off Valve are done. Installation in the 90' Mustang GT will follow.


Dumpvalve

Nitro afterglow

Last post we have seen what nitro does inside. Now the spectatorside of view. Same car, same engine and some beautiful nitrobackfire.


Mexx

Nikasil vs NOS

... and the winner is: NOS. Thanx to Mexx's engine research and developement we know now that Porsche piston and Nikasil cylinders cannot handle 200hp nitrous shots. Peakpressures smashes the ringlands down, blowby and disaster follows.


Mahle piston


Nikasil cylinder

BeaMini

Harry's BeaMini gets a first engine try-on before fitting the artificial breathing. And yes we are anxious to hear it running :-)


BeaMini engine fitted

The beauty takes...

...shape. No name yet for Mexx's chopped Karmann. Suggestions welcome!


CroMo tube heaven

Erlkönig

Spyshot of Mexx's ultraliteweight Karmann racer. Go for sub 10's.
The recipe: 1000lbs dryweight, 500HP nitrous bigcube Type1(?)


Mockup for moldings and tubechassis


Steel remains, bits of roof & dash

Ever...

seen a 16v Mini engine, and yes it will be under pressure. Its be built by my good friend Harry which was ashame that his old blown and intercooled Mini A-engine couldnt reach the 200hp goal. But with the new Beamer motorcycle head there is hope now. For more pics go to Harry's 16v .


Beamered Mini engine

T/A style

The Follmer/Jones Trans Am Look is still setting trends.
On George's gone racer #69 or on a new 2006 Mustang GT.


Histocup racer #69


Courtesy of Autospies

Problem solver

Here is the little problem solver which shall teach the Paxton good manners. Cheap and reliable. Bosch 0 280 142 103 Blow Off Valve widely used in production cars like Saab, Porsche. Where bigger diameters are required use two of them.

Boot 2007

Boot 2007 in Düsseldorf one of the biggest boat shows in the world.
Still there the big old engines.


Twin supercharged 1200hp BBC for the Class 1 boats


Supercharged off the shelf 800hp BBC

Bold Moves again

After the Germany commercial there is now a Shelby GT police chase commercial.