Paulson Racing

The winter was spent digging up old photos of the Zagk 13/6 and consequently trying to recreate the wing it was fitted with during 1979 season. It took four attempts.

Finally #38 had a wing again. At the same time exhaust and intake manifolds were tidied up from the rather truncated shape they had had since we got the car, immediately unlocking 15% power on the dyno. Hopes were high for the start of the 2015 season (=Kinnekulle), but sadly the performance we had hoped for remained absent.

Although the car now balances beautifully, aided by the wing, speed also requires power. No power however. Instead we seem to have cooked the engine so well (running lean) that indeed molten aluminium resulted at the next race start (=Mantorp Park). We then spent the rest of the season trying to get that same engine up and running again.

We ripped it out and in of the chassis so many times during 2015 season that we in the end considered velcro engine mounts a good idea. At the end of the season the whole engine-project was handed over to Logmech (a very specialized VW-power builder, see under “contacts”) to scratch-build a new engine. In the end only flywheel, crankshaft, con rods, distributor carburettor and oil pump remained from the old, cooked, engine.

 The GT40 finally saw the Gurney-Weslake 302 installed and dynoed. As well as a new rear body. Made in moulds direct from old 1081 in Switzerland

A brief testing day at the end of 2015 confirmed the thunderous capacity of the car. Now the struggle is for FIA papers…

The RPB is undergoing a thorough rebuild.