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Six weeks to go, engine assembled
The engine is assembled, now it just had to be dropped down in the engine bay and get a gearbox behind itself. This is great progress and with only six weeks to go we had a short team-meeting this weekend. Everything is looking like it’s going to be a hell of a season, we got…
Gatebil at VÃ¥lerbanen (VIDEO)
Team BLACK SMOKEs first competition 2015, Gatebil at VÃ¥lerbanen, Norway. Teemu also attended the NM series competition and got to Top 16 but no further. NM competition results: 1.Ismail Salih 2.Fredrik Myhre 3.Kenneth Nornes In VÃ¥lersladden Teemu qualified 8th, the finals were not attended as we had to leave for the ferry. VIDEO BY PICTUREFACTORY.FI…
Autotalo MB-Mobile
MB-Mobile is on board, thank you for the support! MB-Mobile is a local car dealer in Kokkola and has been helping us out in many ways. If you’re live nearby, come check out our race car and MB-Mobiles premium selection of Mercedes Benz the 25th of May. The car, Teemu and good mood will be…
Video from testrun.
Not a great video but it’s a first for the season.
Unexpected problem and some progress.
Hi there! It has been quite silent after the promised test run two weeks ago. The reason is that the engine broke down after just a few runs. At first we had no idea why this happened even if someone mentioned the reason already on the scene of tragedy as a possible fault. We didn’t want to tell anyone before we knew…
Modifications to the OM648 engine
Because this is a new engine for us, we don’t know the weak spots of it yet. Those will come up later fo sure, but we decided to strengthen the block a bit with griddle plate and ARP bolts. Hard bolts from ARP was used to secure connection rods to crank shaft. Hopefully we can…