Vidar Christensen's Historic Cars

Small report on Vidar's 2009 Monte Carlo Rally

A picture of the engine bay of Vidar Christensen's 1303S.

The car was completed to FIA Appendix J specification for a Group 2 car, as the original Porsche Salzburg cars were.

He made the car for Monte Carlo use only, with no service car.

All parts on the car were brand new, the engine is 1600 cc with 125 hp, a close-ratio gearbox with a ZF 75% locking LSD, Bilstein shocks, a close-ratio steering rack and 250 mm rear brake drums.

He entered it in the 2004 Monte Carlo Historic rally under start number 11, where he and his co-driver Turid Christensen came 23rd overall.

The 2004 Rallye Monte Carlo Historique

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Vidar Christensen entered the 2004 London to Sydney rally in a Peugeot 306 S-16:

But he has decided that, for 2005, he'll be entering the Historic class.

The car he's working on, a 1302S has no rust - the body is almost like new!

	Vidar Christensen's 1302S as found © Vidar Christensen	All the bits that Vidar has collected for the new engine - all new parts: new engine case with 69 mm forged crank and flywheel, racing rods, Mahle forged 85.5 mm piston, Engle camshaft, Scat lifters, CB 044 performance heads, 1:1.25 performance rocker arms and shaft, 4-gear dry sump pump, 44 Weber IDF carburetors, Bosch 009 distributor. © Vidar Christensen	The engine partly assembled. © Vidar Christensen	The transmission: from VW 181/2 "Thing" or "Trekker" army type with HD case and original ZF LSD with 75% locking, American close ratio gear kit with hand-packed needle bearings on all 4 gears and welded 3rd and 4th gear hub, VW type 2 drive shafts and joints. © Vidar Christensen	The original ZF limited-slip differential. © Vidar Christensen	The engines nearing completion, including a spare for the Carrera Americana. © Vidar Christensen
	Body painted © Vidar Christensen	Body painted. © Vidar Christensen	Body painted. © Vidar Christensen	Engine in. © Vidar Christensen	Rear view. © Vidar Christensen	Driver's view of the dash. © Vidar Christensen
	Co-driver's view of the dash © Vidar Christensen	Dry-sump oil set-up, cooler and fuses. © Vidar Christensen	Satin body parts painted. © Vidar Christensen	Satin body parts painted. © Vidar Christensen	Next to the 2004 Monte Carlo black 1303S. © Vidar Christensen	'Marathon' wheels fitted. © Vidar Christensen
	Rear compartment showing the dry sump oil cooling arrangement. © Vidar Christensen	Engine fully installed, with the BAS exhaust and SuperTrapp silencers. © Vidar Christensen	Digital XD-1 Air/Fuel Lambda display to assist in re-jetting the Webers when high in the Andes. © Vidar Christensen	FIA-spec extinguisher and 80-litre fuel tank fitted in the front. © Vidar Christensen	Driver's cockpit. © Vidar Christensen	Dry cell battery fitted behind the front seats. © Vidar Christensen
	Home-made Bilstein coilover struts, German Beetle Cup brakes and master cylinder. © Vidar Christensen	More details of the BAS and SuperTrapp exhaust system. © Vidar Christensen	View from underneath the front suspension. © Vidar Christensen	Rear luggage area boxed in and floopan either side of tunnel covered. © Vidar Christensen	© Vidar Christensen	Inside the car, looking over the roll cage to the hydraulic parking brake. © Vidar Christensen
	Close-up of the home-made Bilstein-based coil-over struts. © Vidar Christensen	Storage boxes for spare parts etc. © Vidar Christensen	Seats in place. © Vidar Christensen	The car is now prepared for the 8,500km rally over 3 weeks on gravel roads. The close-ratio gearbox gives 80mph at 3000 rpm in 4th. Maximum speed is 160km/h (100mph) at 7000 rpm. © Vidar Christensen	The car is now prepared for the 8,500km rally over 3 weeks on gravel roads. The close-ratio gearbox gives 80mph at 3000 rpm in 4th. Maximum speed is 160km/h (100mph) at 7000 rpm. © Vidar Christensen	The car is now prepared for the 8,500km rally over 3 weeks on gravel roads. The close-ratio gearbox gives 80mph at 3000 rpm in 4th. Maximum speed is 160km/h (100mph) at 7000 rpm. © Vidar Christensen
	The car is now prepared for the 8,500km rally over 3 weeks on gravel roads. The close-ratio gearbox gives 80mph at 3000 rpm in 4th. Maximum speed is 160km/h (100mph) at 7000 rpm. © Vidar Christensen

Vidar Christensen's two 1303S cars

Vidar's 1975 1303S, after 150 hours in the body shop. © Vidar Christensen

Vidar's 1975 1303S, after 150 hours in the body shop. © Vidar Christensen

Vidar's black 1302S from the Monte has now been re-sprayed. © Vidar Christensen

Vidar Christensen's New Engine

Vidar has been building up a new engine and gearbox at home in Norway, and has put up a thread about the build on the Norwegian Agder VW club website (here for the gearbox/diff & here for the engine)

Some teaser pics:

Crankshaft and flywheel. © Vidar Christensen

Crankcase on the engine stand. © Vidar Christensen

Crankcase together. © Vidar Christensen

Transmission. © Vidar Christensen

Limited-slip differential. © Vidar Christensen

More information can be found on a separate page of this website here

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