Fwd: looking for Hans Herman

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i received the following request, which is somewhat related to the digest, so
i'm forwarding it.

please send all replies directly to <yngwie@domain.elided>, not to me or
to the digest.

richard

>Envelope-to: rwelty@domain.elided
>Reply-To: <yngwie@domain.elided>
>From: "Steve Mercier" <yngwie@domain.elided>
>To: <rwelty@domain.elided>
>Subject: 
>Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 21:27:41 -0500
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1162
>
>   Hello,
>  I am a Shelby Dodge Turbo fanatic.   The reason I am writing you is that
>I hope you, or someone you know, can help me.   In the mid to late ' 80s, a
>former(?) BMW engineer helped design Chrysler's several prototype 16 valve
>heads for the 2.2 turbo.  There were 2 other companies that had been
>solicited for this same purpose(developing the 16v head for 2.2)  Lotus, an
>Maserati. 
>   The person I am asking you about is Hans Herman.  I hope you have heard
>of him?  I'd like to get in touch with him and ask him a few questions
>about his cylinder head that never made production(Caroll Shelby and Hans
>worked on the development)   With this head, the 2.2 4cylinder would
>produce 225 hp at 10lbs boost.   This was back in 1985!   Chrysler
>eventually used the Lotus developed head for 3 years which was a good
>performing head, but failed on alot of cars.(lots of cracks in head, bad
>castings I think I heard)  They were discontinued as Chrysler had to
>replace too many at their cost.  That 2.2 also made 225hp, but I think it
>used 11 lbs of boost.
>   Well, I was trying to take a shot in the dark and see if any of you BMW
>gearheads would know how I could get in touch with him.
>    Thanks,
>    Steve Mercier  
> 

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