need for speed

a great day at kiikala burn out party 2025, even the times were bad.

but its a good start...last time at the strip, around 20 years ago.

thanks for the guys for help, Nikke, Jimi, Kaide, Jyrki...etc...

 

last midsummer at the cottage.

this place is going to be history, i will move forward, 

to a more suitable place, for my cars.

but maybe somewhere in the lohja-region... who knows.

there's many things to do.

the race trans is here!

 it took long, but its finally here, rhino case, liberty gears, super diff, karpiola race axles, etc... still needs brakes. have to search what i have. maybe the porsche 4-pots would be great.  but im ok, with new drums too. more later on...

vw drag race transmission update

 Looks better than ever, the race trans is getting in shape, but there has been plenty of bad things and errors in here. but anyways, this looks very promising... this will end to the orange race beetle-bug-fusca. im not in a hurry, as I'm trying to concentrate to the karmann ghia. and hopefully one day i can swap the orange bug soon to the sepänkatu garage... i also have the spare 2332cc superflo engine waiting...

horror with the ghia

 as i have been hunting for the leaking places from the turbo-engine, it has been a really knuckle busting job, but one of the intake manifold is coming apart, (i guess that i will get it back one day) and trying to figure out how to glue it together, with something that really holds up. any suggestions?

everything looked good under valve covers... 

and no loose parts...

im helping JIMI with his kawasaki kx85, so 

JIMI helps me with the ghia occasionally... :-)

tough spaces to operate...

i´ve got a new package

are you trying to Find repair parts for a transmission with liberty gears? A very hard task ...1.31 keyed 4th gear to a liberty gear package... around 15 inquiries to different companys... + to famous racers too. huh. finally found them from dave folts - usa. thanks for dave, the transmission project might be progressing...

and this transmission is coming to the orange bug. 

taking the ghia to helsinki...

the orange bug will stay at saukkola for a while...

got to try to fix it there...

the weather wasn't the best, but the rain 

took most of the dust away...

the race buggy was not easy to move as there is a spool...

got to go to the garage to clean up...

but now i can start to locate the problems in the ghia...

at least when I'm in a better shape...

 

stocker turbocharged?

 just mocking-up some parts, 

but looks promising, the intake needs some modification, 

but this could be worth the try. :-) stay tuned.

 

Billet collectors - made in elmerracing

Best thing of the week ...is a visit to elmer racing, wow! theres billet raceheads, billet blocks, billet collectors etc... what you need -  i think they can build it. Nice guys with awesome skills. :-)
how bout a 1500 hp four banger? check out the web site... and the webshop too... https://elmerracing.com and https://elmerracing.com/raceshop

Power to the people -The Bus Engine is almost ready

After the fast cruise with silver "that sun" we headed to the garage to see my project engine.
theres nothing really special in it, but some parts that i have managed to collect, a new stroker block from Paruzzi.fi, a new FK8 cam, a old 84 Scat, + old school porsche H-profile rods, aa-perf 94 p/c kit,    11,5 C/R, E85 sipping... old race super flows from a 11 sec race bug, manifolds from Aircooled.fi ...and from the Lauffers / vwparadise i got these 48 mm butterflies with the air cleaners etc...

now i need a good flowing exhaust, plus some minor parts... but looks like there will be a potent Bus-motor to really get the panel van moving. and because of the fact that these are not the all out parts that i would have, i would guess that this might be the engine that could be driven, even in the traffic jams. hope so. got to get jimi from the school someday. :-)