cruise night - helsinki - 4.6.2010

well after repairing the panel, i was ready to go to a small cruise with audi... :-(

but i went to see whats happening in kauppatori, and there was a lot of beautifull cars...

but like all the time, my iphones battery was going dead.

so theres not too many picks... ok the best thing was that i suddenly stumbled to a old friend SAKARI MATTILA. He is the man in car advertising in Finland. was and is. period.

he was cruising with he´s AUDI TT R modell.. sorry no picks.

there was a certain PWR-700 porsche turbo in kauppatori...but i missed the owner...erkka suominen...but check out the Plymouth cuda 1970 aar-model...its just ...awesome...

krem-a-que 4.6.2010

my krem-a-que wasnt a big success, i did´nt make it with my panel, due to a short circuit in the starter motor... first i thought that the trouble is with the ignition switch...but after taking the "hot wire" off the switch, the starter was still trying to do its job when the battery was connected... i got a new ignition switch from "oberschlachter boys" with super fast delivery, and i want to thank mikko and olli in here for a good service, plus the fact that they had the part in the shelf. WOW!

ok, i had to take the starter motor off, (and if you can thing how hard it is to do in my home-yard, with 225-17 tires with a slammed suspension... huh... ) put a new one (old 6-volt starter with a 12 volt teething) that i got from sami (http://bunnyracing.blogspot.com/) sooo a big THANKS for sami also... i owe you beers. ;-)

but after those things, the panel was ready to rumble. and after couple of shots of start spray...i could take the panel for a short spin... ;-)

...i thought that maybe the krem-a-que for me was/happened in fredrikinkatu.... :-)

ok, i was ready for the cruise night...

harley update - a pic from spok-motors

that NITRO-breathing man, Juho Rouhu is a true artist.

we´ve been talking bout the real winchester-exhaust with Juho...what i originally wanted from voodoo, but what i didnt get...well now the exhaust is done by spok-motors, and i have to say that this kicks ass! and maybe burns too... ;-) this is really starting to look how i wanted in the first place. the rear fender is going to be modified also, a bit shorter...

but my sportster-go-ped is happening....yeeeeeehhhaaaaa!

check out the before picture, it really is modified a bit. :-)

check out... www.spokmotors.fi

pro mod battle - hair dryer for a giant afro?

you could blow off the whole barber shop with this baby. ;-)

the quest for the 7.99 by frank "the bank" estrada.

vw open 2010 - kiikala

ok, sorry bout the bad pictures, but i had my kid with me, no video camera, no rothmans panel van and there was plenty of friends there, so i have only couple of shots to show you what kind of cars you can find in this "vw-happening"...

there was a hemi challenger, loads of vettes, some pretty hairy european turbo cars like 10 sec old ford escorts, a Nissan GT-R, a monster turbo AUDI from estonia (with bigger than a jumbojet turbo) and plenty of bugs...but what was really strange, that the "names" of the finnish vw scene didnt show up in the line-up. maybe this wasn´t the best year for the fast vw´s?

OK, heeba had his bug at dyno in friday with 202 hp, and j. kemppi had 211 hp in his atmo-bug...my 3 year old boy slept pretty well even we were located allmost in the starting line... ;-)

daddys boy - the sweeeeet calming sound of the race engines...

...The slugs were there with the motorhome - but not with the race-cars... :-(

i had a tight time schedual, so i had to go at 14:45, well the exact same time when THOR the god of THUNDER wanted to have his show, its 17:37 now and the sky is loaded with lightnings, and a great thunder it sure is... after driving couple of minutes from the airfield, a huge rain started...and i mean - huge rain! check out the pictures....

karmann ghia update - engine&tranny

the rancho DRAG PRO race tranny is still in USA, and the pauter small block is also in frank the banks yard...whys that? well the engine is payed full, but the fees in the receiving bank i have to pay also. well its only 100 usd still... and then manage the shipping. hehe... maybe one day theres a gorgeus ups officer bringing me something to put my hands on to. ??? at least i hope so. ;-)

twilight bros panel -fixing up

the gearbox oil bleeding wasnt so bad to fix, but for the moment im not sure if its fixed or not, i have to get the panel on the road so i know more...still have to fix the horn (broken wire) - one blinker is not working ( the bulb is dead) but the baddest thing is the rear tyre puncture, i need two new tyres. looks like the 205-50-17 tyre isnt the most popular one. well i will get those somewhere... so i have to check if a 225-17 tyre will suit?

the best part was that i figured that the carb linkage only opens the throttles 2/3 only. :-)

veljekset hämärä goes for a shopping day!

have to go to pick up my new glasses, new jeans (old ones has more holes than a golf course) & something else... and maybe to fix the panel also. :-)

pro mod - lauffer bros

some dual port heads...

would be pretty interesting to know how much these heads flow...the size of the port is pretty big...
have to find a big flowbench.