Martin Friedschröder Vienna, Austria '64 Karmann Ghia

  • '64 Karmann Ghia Convertible
  • L23A Blood Orange
  • Fully street legal and driven to all the races
  • 3" narrowed beam
  • Porsche-ball joint hybrid dropped spindles
  • Wilwood 4 piston calipers with 12" rotors front and rear
  • Porsche IRS trailing arms 2 1/5" narrowed per side
  • 6" and 7 1/2" Centerline Convo wheels
  • Full interior with Simpson 3" belts
  • Autometer tach, speedo, oil temp, oil-, fuel- and nitrous-pressure gauges
  • Tec Edge WBO and logger
  • Porsche Berg hybrid shifter
  • 930 lightweight CV's, tool steel axles and stub axles
  • Biondo line lock
  • 1880 lbs
  • Special thanks to Pat Downs, Mario Tavares, Mike Flynn and Steve Houston
  • Best ET 11.46@192km/h


  • 2276cc
  • Modified WBX case with oil squirters
  • Full ARP Hardware
  • Converted to 12mm main studs and 10mm headstuds
  • 82 CB crank wedgemated
  • 94 coated Wiseco pistons
  • Type 4 cylinders
  • 5.5 Scat Rods with ARP 2000 bolts
  • Titanium wrist pins (85 g)
  • Engle FK 47 with straigth-cut gears
  • Lightweight Scat lube-a-lobe lifters in bronce bushings
  • Manton pushrods
  • Drysump oilpump by Mexx
  • Competition Eliminator heads 48x38 Manley valves, K800 springs K-motion titanium retainers
  • Pauter 1.4 ratio Rockers
  • CB EFI with 48mm throttle bodies bored to 52mm
  • MSD distributor
  • MSD Digital 7 (launch 5500 RPM, limit 7400 RPM)
  • KEP stage 2 with Back Magic
  • 1-3/4" merged with 3" muffler
  • NOS with soft plume Foggers 180HP shot


  • Porsche 901 mag cased with full ARP Hardware
  • 4.43 R/P
  • 2.40/1.55/1.12/0.86/0.70
  • Modified gear selector
  • Modified welded up nose
  • ZF LSD 50%