Alpl Hillclimb 1971

The International Alpl Hillßclimb was hosted by the Styrian Automobil & Motorsports Club in the years from 1954 to 1990. A time when racing was much more colorful than today even in black and white. When you have seen recently race officials which loose hubcaps from their Mustang, big fat Commos, strange driving styles, an Alfa Romeo sponsored by SPAR or a couple which manage to drive equally elapsed times?

Die Rennleitung
courtesy of Erwin Jelinek/Technisches Museum

Opel Commodore
courtesy of Erwin Jelinek/Technisches Museum

Moto X style
courtesy of Erwin Jelinek/Technisches Museum

SPAR Alfa
courtesy of Erwin Jelinek/Technisches Museum

girl/boy racing
courtesy of Erwin Jelinek/Technisches Museum

Austrian Muscle

The great Franz Albert racing his Camaro at the airfield Langenlebarn in 1970 and 71. After his career as racer Albert opened an engine shop and became famous for turboed and supercharged engines powering Koenig Ferraris and Mercedes of the 80s.
The Camaro was later used in hillclimb trials and ended in the yard of my friend Michael K. The aluminum small block chevy was apart for service, the chassis suffered some rust damage. In the early 90s Michael offered me the Camaro but I couldnt afford the prize of 50k austrian schillings. The last trace of the car so far, its owned by a famous austrian rally driver and will be restored to former glory.



courtesy of Arthur Fenzlau/Technisches Museum

courtesy of Arthur Fenzlau/Technisches Museum

courtesy of Arthur Fenzlau/Technisches Museum

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

Gordian Knot

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

Exh primaries

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

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.

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

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

Truxmore Torino

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.

Congratulations

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

Olympia Charger

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

Braking the 5.0 GT

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

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!

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

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

Mopar goes Le Mans

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



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