V8 Garage News

The Jensen Interceptor Office

2010-07-22T15:16:00.003+02:00

Nice vid of Jensen Interceptor promotion car in a London departement store.

JENSEN OFFICE CAR

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Got Colors?

2010-04-01T16:07:00.006+02:00

Yes the Mexxspeed Ghia paintjob is already done. After 250hrs hard work by ToxicTom and Mexx the finished result is just amazing. ToxicToms artworks and paintjobs are one of the best in whole Europe.

The finished product

Slideshow direct link

Time goes by

2010-03-31T16:23:00.005+02:00

Whilst kids, family and work keep me off writing news, my old friend Mexx put another 2500hours work in his Ghia Racer. The hell knows who gave him the energy to move forward on the project this fast. You may say other racers are built in one year. Thats right but they are built from shopped parts. This one is built from 100% Mexx parts. Still the maxim is “how to modify dam everything…” which was overruled the last years by “how to fabricate dam everything…”

Pictorial overview ( take your time, about 400pics)

Slideshow direct link

First rollout this summer? Hopefully there is a lot of work left.

If you want to read some comments from Mexx go to http://www.cedrag.com/ and scroll down the news to March 8th and 3rd. To contact Mexx use info@mexxspeed.com

Merry Xmas 2009

2009-12-28T19:46:00.003+01:00

...and a happy 2010!

The Mopar Steel Tree

Prince Valiant

2008-07-31T13:52:00.005+02:00

Everyone know Hal Fosters stories about Prince Valiant. Would he have used our new purchase as workhorse nowadays? Of course, nice red interior with fancy mopar mats, airconditioning, auto trans and v8.

1966 Plymouth Valiant V100

1966 interior

1969 Shelby GT500

2008-05-09T14:39:00.003+02:00

The first warm days of 2008 I did some tuneup work on a friend's 1969 Shelby GT500. The car was fired up after 20 years of storage and 2 years of restoration. The untouched 428 Super Cobra Jet did run well but had no idle. After some fiddling the problenm was localized, a wrong gasket did hinder the fuel flow to the idleslots. So far I remember this Shelby was in Austria from the beginning. It has a unique steel oilpan with cooling tubes and fins this style was also used on some other 428CJ cars delivered in Europe.

Austrian GT500 4speed

'69 Shelby 428CJ oilpan

'70 Mach1 428CJ oilpan

Jensens in the V8garage

2008-04-15T15:25:00.005+02:00

2002 was the year of Jensens. Beside my yellow '73 MkIII I already owned several years I bought a metallic blue '75 MkIII S4 and a silver '74 MkIII Convertible.

The blue Saloon was the original Frankfurt Motorshow Car of 1975, first LHD wooden dash. Originaly white color it was in very good mechanical condition but had some former accident and rust repair. It did go back to Germany in 2003.

'75 MkIII Saloon

The silver '74 MkIII Convertible was one of 83 RHD cars and came to Austria in the late 80's. It was the converted to LHD and partly restored but completely disassemled. It did go back to homeland UK in 2003.

'74 MkIII RHD Convertible

On the following pic you see a '72 MkII FF owned by my friend Martin T. whilst a visit in Vienna. Helping him out with a throttle cable to go back to Leipzig.

'72 MkII FF fourwheeldrive

Josephs silver '70 MkII awaiting service work beside my yellow MkIII. This one was originally delivered to Austria and is now completely restored.

'73 MkIII, '70 MkII Saloon

New resident ...

2008-03-23T23:27:00.002+01:00

...in the V8 Garage. Couldnt resist to buy an old Suzuki T500 Titan. Its a '72 model with Pearl Orange and White paint scheme on the tank. These are really rare here in Austria beside the Triple RamAir Suzis. These T500 were big two-strokes that worked more reliable than many four-strokes of the time, required less maintenance and featured oil-injection direct into the crankcases along with massive and durable main roller bearings. Quite fast for its capacity it put many contemporary 500cc and 650cc four-stroke twins to shame.

Need some TLC

Titan ad 1970

Titan ad 1972

Balancing Rig

2008-02-29T20:51:00.003+01:00

To build a crankshaft balancing rig is more difficult than you will think. We were aware of problems but as usual further ones expose during the building process.

Currently fighting these problems

-weight of the table and base
-rigidity of the table and base
-induced noise of roller bearings
-design, rigidity of crank holders
-usability of drilling fixture
...

The next weeks....

2008-01-31T11:38:00.000+01:00

...I will not get bored. Fact is, I am running out of engine stands. In the waiting queue 350 SBC, 403 Olds, 383 and 440 Mopar. Further we built a balancing rig for V8 cranks, the necessary Schenk Ind. measuring equipment is already there and used by Jakadofsky Jet Engines to balance their turbines which turn up to 120k rpms. The rig has provisions to run shafts and cranks on either roller bearings or teflon prism.

Balancing rig

Vibration control

Hot Rod Hangar

2008-01-07T23:27:00.000+01:00

Knud Tiroch and his son Dominic will run a Reality Soap called "Hot Rod Hangar" from on 7th of January 2008 on SAT1 channel. Main content will be driving not wrenching. No easy task with old cars :-) BTW " Hey dude, yes Knud I mean you, there is still a new 440engine waiting in my garage to burn rubber of your Challengers rims off. Pick it up"

Teaser

727TF transmission

2008-01-01T16:07:00.000+01:00

Overhaulin the 70' Cuda Torqueflite transmission was an easy task. It takes some hours to inspect all the parts and change clutches, seals and some bearings. Due to low milage all of the hard parts were in pretty good shape.

Insideview

valuable scrap

67' Barracuda

2007-12-18T16:58:00.000+01:00

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

2007-12-16T00:44:00.000+01:00

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

2007-11-29T10:53:00.000+01:00

Pictures Courtesy of Jensen Owners Club

Interceptor S

400hp LS2 GM engine

Luxury Interior

Shifter GM tranny

Overhaulin 70'Cuda 383

2007-11-28T16:05:00.000+01:00

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...

2007-11-20T23:55:00.000+01:00

...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

2007-11-12T21:23:00.000+01:00

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

2007-10-20T21:22:00.000+02:00

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

2007-10-05T21:38:00.000+02:00

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

2007-09-26T22:31:00.000+02:00

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

2007-09-12T23:41:00.000+02:00

Semifinal run Pannoniaring 2003 and this happened. Look

Final run Pannoniaring 2003 against Mexx's Karmann

Gordian Knot

2007-09-12T23:12:00.000+02:00

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

Exh primaries

Firestream Foundation

2007-09-12T22:53:00.000+02:00

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

2007-09-12T22:29:00.000+02:00

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

2007-07-19T10:23:00.000+02:00

Impressions

Enjoy again ...

2007-07-19T10:18:00.000+02:00

the big bad fat Olympia Charger qualifying at Nuerburgring 2007.

qualifying run

News BeaMini

2007-07-17T15:52:00.000+02:00

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 , ...

2007-07-17T15:03:00.000+02:00

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

Jensen racecar candidate

2007-06-26T14:24:00.000+02:00

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

2007-06-06T16:49:00.000+02:00

...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

2007-05-28T23:25:00.000+02:00

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

2007-05-23T10:09:00.000+02:00

... 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

2007-05-04T13:09:00.000+02:00

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

2007-04-26T10:49:00.000+02:00

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

2007-04-26T10:44:00.000+02:00

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

2007-04-23T13:35:00.000+02:00

... 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

2007-04-16T16:42:00.000+02:00

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...

2007-03-19T16:34:00.000+01:00

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

CroMo tube heaven

Erlkönig

2007-03-13T12:54:00.000+01:00

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...

2007-02-20T16:03:00.000+01:00

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

2007-02-06T15:02:00.000+01:00

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

2007-02-05T13:10:00.000+01:00

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

2007-01-30T17:28:00.000+01:00

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

2007-01-16T21:06:00.000+01:00

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

Done

2006-12-05T12:43:00.000+01:00

Last week I completed the Paxton installation on the 90's Mustang GT. Pressuretube from charger to intake was rewelded to correct angle, some bracket mods and wiring partly redone. First impressions, except for a little whine the paxton runs smooth and quiet. Testride a shock, the car lacks power from standstill doesnt even spin the tires. After checking boost and fuelpressure over the rpmband its clear that everything is working properly. Boost is coming in at 2500rpm with about 1psi and rises to 5psi at 4500rpm. There is a noticable powergain above 3000rpms, but the engine is now definitely weaker below 2000rpm, it has to work the charger and there is no measurable boost. Maybe that wont be noticed with shorter rearend gearing, but the 2,76:1 takes its toll. Also there is less vacuum for the brakebooster when you close the throttle and the idlestepper is confused for about some moments. G-tech and AP22 will tell the realnumbers next year.

Arcwelding

Paxton

2006-11-23T15:28:00.000+01:00

Every Peterson Publication will tell you "easy weekend job". Real life is, four evenings are gone and its still not possible to close the hood, this f* Paxton is sitting to high, beside several other things that have to be modified. Proud to be American Made, you are kidding!

Truxmore Torino

2006-11-17T11:27:00.000+01:00

There is a good chance to see one more NASCAR running beside the Olympia Charger at LeMans Classic in 2008. Junie Donlavey's Truxmore sponsored Torino with a Boss 429ci engine was running 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans. For latest News go to Truxmore Torino, the racecar currently undergoes restoration.

The only ...

2006-11-05T10:46:00.000+01:00

bargain i did ever in Grat Britain was this old Santa Pod fueler chassis. It was running a blown nitro Hemi which was seperately sold long time ago. According to Jon Spoard of UK Dragracing Nostalgia its probably Pat Cuss's Ratcatcher one of the early rear engine fuelers of the late 70's. It's got the massive early Olds/Pontiac axle and nice 14x16 American Racing BearClaw wheels. It will get some refurbish for garage display, I dont think it will ever see the racetrack again.

Then...1977

Now...2003

Corvette L82

2006-10-23T21:47:00.000+02:00

G-Tech test of a 1979 Corvette L82. Stock engine with headers and Holley carb. Testweight 4000lbs two onboard, streettires, airtemp 12 degree Celsius. Not bad at all.

Megasquirt

2006-10-23T16:07:00.000+02:00

The last time I visited my friend Mexx we did testdrive his Karmann Ghia with a new engine. Waterboxer block with widened borespacing, Nikasil-cylinders and pistons from Porsche 911, rollercam and the proven selfmachined heads with SBC Valves. A premiere was the Megasquirt DIY EFI which replaced the outdated GEO Storm EFI. The Megasquirt was really amazing and worked flawless over the rpm band. Still things for refinement are coldstart, coldidle at low temperatures, but its not easy to obtain smooth operation with a radical camshaft. For further info and purchase on Megasquirt go to MegaSquirt Electronic Fuel Injection Computer by Bowling & Grippo .

Aston Martin Valvetrain

2006-10-01T15:42:00.000+02:00

Last year we changed a piston in the AM engine but its still not in the car. Lazy! There is hope, last week we set valvetiming and valvelash. Complicated and not very service friendly, there is no adjuster at the cam gear, it must be set with an excentric gear resting between intake and exhaust cam. So you have to set everything at once, intake timing, exhaust timing, overlap and not to forget chain tension. Maybe the Aston engineers wanted to take care of the assemblyworkers so that they earn enough money from workovertime to feed their families.

AM Vantage valvetrain

Bold is 500hp

2006-09-11T09:31:00.000+02:00

New Shelby GT500 TV commercial is playing in Germany.

You wonder

2006-08-18T13:51:00.000+02:00

how a VW Type1 magnesium enginecase designed for 34hp can handle 400hp. It can frequently in Mexx's Agent Orange but not for ever. Sometimes it seperates by its own after 6 to 10 races for the sake of Mexx who is on edge to put a new better engine in.
Quote of the Q-mile: "Renewal & progress from destruction"

Mahle, Scat mix

Time has come

2006-07-27T14:25:00.000+02:00

to lower the Mustangs ET over the qmile. Had the chance to buy a new Paxton Novi 1000 for reasonable money. Reason for Paxton was prize, minimum modifications, positive oiling, passenger side mount, developed from the McCulloch design, longterm history. The Novi 1000 is the smallest of the Paxtonchargers with 5-6psi boost in standard configuration, but capable of 950cfm thats up to 550hp with different drive ratios. The manufacturer promisses powergains up to 30% with 5-6psi boost levels. That should bring the Pony up to 290hp. Who knows? G-Tech and AP-22 will tell the real numbers.

Novi 1000

Congratulations

2006-07-11T13:26:00.000+02:00

to the Olympia Charger team who finshed 25th overall out of 65 competitors at Le Mans classic 2006. Enjoy the big fat Charger roaring down Mulsanne.

Le Mans lap 2006

Disappointing

2006-07-10T10:39:00.000+02:00

Testing the 90 Mustang 5.0 GT over the quartermile was a little disappointing. No chance to get close to high 14's (Car&Driver times then) with wintertires and 105k miles odometer reading. Even with 2.73 rearend gearing on concrete there was wheelspin. By the way it was a good chance to figure out the measurement differences between the AP22 Performance Meter and a G-Tech Pro. Here are the timeslips for the same single run. Both devices were set for streetcar, but I forgot to adjust for same rollout so its not a perfect comparison. The Horsepower printout is not relevant, because its generated by the 1-2 gearchange. Horsepower measurements can only be done in a single gear.

G-Tech Pro

AP-22 Performance Meter

Olympia Charger

2006-07-05T18:47:00.000+02:00

Next weekend 7-9th July the Olympia Charger with Christophe Schwartz at the wheel will hit LeMans. Take a look at Le Mans Classic 24 Hours for further info and results. Good luck to you and your team!

Practice at Le Mans

Jensen Quartermile ET

2006-06-30T14:59:00.000+02:00

The last time I tested the Jensen Interceptor was July 2004 in Hungary. The runs were performed on a dry hot summerday with about 4000lbs. testweight and new overhauled engine at Rabaring. Best result 12.7@110mph. For further details see Drag Times.

Rabaring 2004

Braking the 5.0 GT

2006-06-16T14:41:00.000+02:00

During a trip to Switzerland and Italy I had lot of possibilities to test the refurbished Mustang GT brakes(see Brake upgrade 5.0 GT) whilst driving over several mountain passes. On streetdriving the Hawk pads give better brake feel and less pedal effort. You can feel that the pads have a higher friction coefficient and I am quite sure that the stopping distances are reduced. But driving mountain passes reveal new problems with this setup, due to the higher friction cefficient and better braking the heat builds up much more quickly, the frontbrakes start to smell and smoke, disks start to warp and the brakepedal jumps. Luckily the Hawk pads can handle the heat and the car is still braking. Conclusion: Instead of the stock pads the stock frontdisks are now weakest point in the system.

Simplon pass

Bye, Bye Mustang

2006-05-28T21:50:00.000+02:00

The 69 Mustang fastack is sold. The owner George Komaretho switched to a Ford RS2000 for rest of season. I m a little bit sad about it, we raced the car for two seasons with success. 90% of the races were finished. Walter K. and me were responsible for concept and building. The car wasnt built strictly for winning more for reliability and as a TransAm clone of the famous George Follmer car.
2004 3rd place overall Per.G over 2500ccm
2005 3rd place overall Per.G over 2500ccm
2006 1st place overall Per.G over 3000ccm after 2 races

Be aware maybe there will be a worthy successor next year!

In the rain, Brno 2006

Jump around!

2006-05-04T12:57:00.000+02:00

Mustang #69 this year #25 at 2006 Season Opening in Melk spinning and jumping after locking the rear brakes. More pics at Histo Cup Fotos

Jump up, jump up, and get down!

Gurney Eagle engine on Ebay

2006-05-03T10:47:00.000+02:00

Last month a Ford 302 with the super rare Gurney Weslake heads like in our Mustang racer #69 was auctioned on Ebay. Engine was in no working order used condition and didnt look very faithful on the pictures. Location Victoria/Australia. Dont know the start prize but winning bid was 24000AD that should be about 18500USD.

Ebay Gurney Eagle auction

Agent Orange

2006-04-25T15:56:00.000+02:00

My friend and long time dragace companion Mexx thinks about selling his awfully fast Karmann Ghia Convertible to be in favor of building a tube chassis Karmann. Featured in various magazines and articles this is obvisiously one of if not the fastest Type 1 engined Street Karmann Ghia Convertible in Europe. Top restored and modified with uncountable hours of machining and labor. Car runs high 13's with long streetgearing (150mph topspeed) and low 11's with slicks on nitrous. Car is built with lot of Porsche parts (5sp.tranny, drive axles, cooling), lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber parts, big brakes, datalogging and various uncountable details (i.e. carbon throttle blades). Engine is a fuelinjected 2.6litres Type1 with about 250hp naturally aspirated and about 400hp on nitrous. Asking prize is 30k € obo which reflects about 50% of investment. For further details mailto: info@mexxspeed.com

11s strike at airport

The 455ci water tank

2006-04-06T09:34:00.000+02:00

The Olds 455 engine project is stopped. After partly disassembling the sticking engine it appears that most of the engine parts were in a condition beyond of rebuilding. The engine was stored outdoor and we drained about one and a half gallons of water. All the parts inside heavily rusted, major engine failure at cylinder number one, bent pushrods and valves, cylinder wall completely broken down to its base. Way to much risk to repair the block with sleeves, other parts maybe reusable after further inspection. Sorry for the owner there are not much 70's Toronado engines around today.

Mopar goes Le Mans

2006-03-17T10:18:00.000+01:00

The McGriff Dodge Charger that ran the 24 hours in 1976 will run again at Le Mans Classic in 2006!

For full coverage visit http://www.olympia-charger.com/

New relativity revealed

2006-03-16T10:05:00.000+01:00

Brake upgrade 5.0 GT

2006-03-07T15:42:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I installed a Maximum Motorsports Brake Upgrade Package plus new disks and drums on my wifes '90 Mustang 5.0GT Convertible. We will see if it can keep the promise written in the description.
"Reduces stopping distances by 12 to 15 percent! The next best thing to Baer Claws at an affordable price. This upgrade package includes Hawk brake pads HB-263 , High Performance Rear Shoes, Stainless Steel Caliper Sleeves, and Stainless Steel Brake Hoses(3-hose kit). The complete MM brake upgrade package produced an average stopping distance of 114 ft from 60 mph, with the shortest distance at 98 ft (Mustang Monthly, Sept. 1993). For more information, also see our article in Super Ford, July 1994."

#69 Ebay

2006-03-06T16:01:00.000+01:00

Whilst my well deserved vacation in New Zealand Mustang #69 was offered on Ebay. No bids but the sitemeter showed 12821 visits. Although the car was stated as racecar clone with FIA papers most of the tirekickers did comment "...thats no real Boss, I know for sure!"

Ebay #69 auction

Vacation

2006-02-20T23:12:00.000+01:00

Had a one month vacation with my family in New Zealand and South Pacific region to relax and readjust mind. Look at http://kiwivacation.blogspot.com/ . Took this shot of a nice 69' Dodge Coronet Coupe in Tokyo last sunday while heading to the airport.

Sushi Mopar

Projects 2006

2006-01-10T22:27:00.000+01:00

New
-build a hot '70 Olds Toronado 455ci engine
-build 470ci Pontiac with Kauffman heads
-rebuild original Jensen 440ci engine
-brake upgrade '90 Mustang 5.0
Pending
- fitting hilborn EFI to my Jensen Interceptor
- testing new camshaft in Jensen Interceptor
- restoring old dragster chassis "Ratcatcher" for display
- restoring 65' Buick tail for display

New alternator for #69

2005-12-30T10:53:00.000+01:00

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

2005-12-30T10:42:00.000+01:00

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

2005-12-30T10:34:00.000+01:00

Ready to eat rice

Little S800 project

2005-12-25T22:39:00.000+01:00

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

2005-12-15T11:29:00.000+01:00

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

2005-12-02T11:38:00.000+01:00

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

2005-11-15T10:31:00.000+01:00

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

2005-11-09T10:15:00.000+01:00

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

2005-10-28T13:45:00.000+02:00

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

2005-10-13T09:00:00.000+02:00

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

2005-10-05T12:21:00.000+02:00

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

2005-09-12T12:44:00.000+02:00

Hungaroring 2005

no comment

Komaretho & Jörg

Race report "Sounds of Speed"

2005-09-01T14:36:00.000+02:00

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

2005-08-30T10:33:00.000+02:00

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

2005-08-22T14:45:00.000+02:00

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

2005-08-08T10:24:00.000+02:00

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"

2005-08-05T14:45:00.000+02:00

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

2005-07-05T12:33:00.000+02:00

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

2005-06-30T12:00:00.000+02:00

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

2005-06-22T08:21:00.000+02:00

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

2005-06-19T22:00:00.000+02:00

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

2005-06-17T12:32:00.000+02:00

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

2005-06-14T09:04:00.000+02:00

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!

2005-06-03T09:26:00.000+02:00

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

2005-05-31T08:58:00.000+02:00

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

2005-05-25T13:55:00.000+02:00

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!

2005-05-25T10:02:00.000+02:00

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

2005-05-10T11:22:00.000+02:00

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!

2005-05-06T12:58:00.000+02:00

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.