Jyrki Laune Helsinki, Finland '65 Sedan

  • '65 Sedan
  • Street legal and driven to cruise nights etc
  • '58 Sunroof
  • One piece front end
  • Rear fenders and engine cover with dzuzes
  • Fiberglass bumpers
  • Lexan side and back windows
  • Metallic black by Hermanni & Co
  • NHRA certified roll cage & safety equipment
  • Two bucket seats
  • Full interior with new door panels, floor mats
  • Gene Berg shifter
  • Autometer 5" tach
  • Adjustable beam
  • Disc brakes and C/E adjustable shocks in front
  • Narrowed rear 2½" per side
  • 31mm torsion bars
  • Adjustable spring plates
  • RLR adjustable rear shocks
  • Gene Berg wheeliebars installed when racing at strip
  • Weld wheels, 3½" & 8" w/ front runners & M/T 28x11.5x15 dot street tires
  • Lots of custom parts manufactured by JP and Markku Esko
  • Weight 2042 lbs with driver
  • Best et 9.803sec/137,85mph in street trim (dot tires, through muffler and fan belt on)


  • ARPM 3-piece case
  • Gene Berg 84mm crank w/ wedgemated flywheel
  • 3000lbs clutch
  • 5.6" Bugpack rods w/ ARP bolts
  • 94mm Wisecos
  • HD cylinders w/6 studs
  • Pauter Gerotor dry sump
  • Engle FK-89
  • Magnum gears
  • Pauter 1.3 rockers
  • Gene Berg 160.000psi pushrods
  • C/E heads ported by JP, 44x40 valves, K800 springs and titanium retainers
  • CR 8.8:1
  • Holset HX-50 turbo
  • 1-3/4" header
  • 3-1/2" exhaust with muffler
  • RLR black magic disc
  • 2000lbs F&S pressure plate
  • Dual Audi wastegates
  • Air-to-air intercooler
  • Motec M800 engine management tuned by RRE
  • Deutz fan (quite similar to Porsche)
  • 20lbs boost in the street with 98 octane european gasoline
  • 22lbs and a more agressive ignition map in the races with 101 octane race gas.


  • MD4S by Weddle
  • 4.11 R/P
  • 3.44/1.93/1.35/1.04
  • Full syncros
  • Finnish Karpiola axles