More tubes

I just got more 4130 tubes for the chassis, these will be the floor. RLR bach half is also on the way so there's still a slight chance the chassis is welded before summer.

Something new

This is going to be a long project but here's the beginning. A heap of cro-mo tubes from Ron Lummus Racing. Still a lot of tubes are in the making but this is a good start. The purpose is to build a real street leagal pan chassis for the car and not a tube frame that can only be trailered to different places. There's no schedule for this project but I really hope the tubes are all welded during the winter.

In car video from SCC

Janne posted me in car video form SCC. Thanks!
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3YAZyk_POsl-haS-s-N3nPSxCYJcz7MG7R_TXqohKqY?feat=email

Scandinavian Cal-Look Classic 2012

Thanks to Kalle and Laune family wagon I was able to attend SCC for the first time. At the first run the clutch was slipping through 3rd and 4th gear and I though that was it. On the second run it felt much better and finally on the third run I improved my best time to 11,23 @ 191,49km/h with 1.575 60ft. With better 60ft and faster shifting there is still room for improvement, now the car bogged a little at start even when I had 7200 rpm at launch. Really sticky track but no broken axles this time. 11.23 was also enough to win fastest NA/ street tyre class. Not a bad trip at all!

That's it for this year, I keep on driving the car on the street for a while and then start planning improvements for taking me into 10's.

Boxer Speed Day 2012

Boxer Speed Day at Alastaro was great and the track was very good. I improved my personal best to 11.47 @ 189km/h with really bad start, 1,67 60ft and shifting like grandma, so there must be more to it. Just need more practice. Still popped a little wheelie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGTRafStGE&feature=bf_prev&list=UU4pxLF244kKoK6TfDwwz-Uw

Car is now ready and packed for SCC.

Bugrun Classic 2012

I can say no bad things about Tierp Arena. It sure is one of the best drag strips at the moment and it was well prepared for this weekend. There were lots of fast cars at the strip and you could have had as many runs as you liked. I didn't.

I managed only one run before breaking a driveshaft but everything was worth the trip. Suspension was working very well at least based on only one run. And a small wheelie is always nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpcZjlTyadQ&list=UUfH-ddOiIzbRGj-Ad9RUq2Q&index=2&feature=plcp

I borrowed scales from Mika to weight the car. I had no idea how much it would actually weight and here's the results. 884kg with the driver and rear wheels 271kg each. Quite heavy but 61/39 weight distribution is not as bad as I thought. The car is now ready for Bug Run Classic at Tierp Arena. I'm really looking forward to run the car on well prepared track.