FIRST THINGS FIRST – GARBAGE GARAGE 1/2018
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FIRST THINGS FIRST – GARBAGE GARAGE 1/2018

Yes, we are trying to fire it up again! Here is the first episode of the 2018 garage adventures. It is now almost too late to start working for 2018, so we decided to start, however, Nikos BMW needed a tyre change and the racecar was still in the bus. The video speaks pretty much…

A little info on the 2015-2016 CDI project
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A little info on the 2015-2016 CDI project

A little info on the 2015-2016 racecar + Teemu answers some bonus questions! The idea behind the project/Tanken bak prosjektet: The idea is the same as is has been since we started, building a car that we can compete with. When and why did you buy this car/Når kjøpte du bilen? We got this car for free…

Backwoods cruising and a working engine
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Backwoods cruising and a working engine

Big thanks to Backwoods Customs for the hospitality and an amazing event! Backwoods cruising went straight to the top5 events we have ever been part of. The greatest news are that the car is now working as it should. Developing the cdi engine has been a long and hard road. The car has not worked…

Breaking the first engine of the season
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Breaking the first engine of the season

I was writing a final post about the last modifications to the new engine for this season but since we already broke it i decided to write this one first. So we already have been to two “driving” events this season, very early for us, Elmia in Jönköping Sweden and Seinäjoki in Finland. We had…

Engine development
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Engine development

As we told you last time we have some improvements planned for next season to the CDI engine. Jesse will make a post with more technical details later but here’s a teaser about what we have planned. The first upgrade Jesse wanted to do was modifying the fuel line. He and our programmer suspected that…

Checking the CDI engine after 4 races
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Checking the CDI engine after 4 races

So as we told you last time we brought the CDI engine to Kokkolan Autohuolto so Jesse could disassemble it and check what it looked like. After opening the engine nothing seems to have completely broken. The fourth piston shoved some signs of melting. The more worrying thing was that a small part of all…