Jensen Quartermile ET

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

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