RACINGSALES MOTORSPORT

Check it out, when we were going to pick up ‘Åskan’ for transportation to Jordbro this evening the rain was pouring down with rays of sun looking down on us poor fools. 15 minutes later when ‘Åskan’ was on the trailer there was no rain to be found, now that’s fate!!

Tomorrow we’re gonna make a scoop-plug cause the tape and the plastic shopping bag is functional but looks like crap.

We’re also gonna tune the settings on the chassie, make an SFI burst plate, change the back tires and put on all the sponsor decals.

Weekend: Spent the saturday down at DTE Racing for some wrenchtime with Dr.Ernie, we still have a alot of things to do before tryouts.

Monday and tuesday: Late knights in Sörmland at DTE Racing headquarters, the car is now set for for transport home, on wednesday we will update the chassie settings and start off the tryouts before the weekend at Kjula Dragway.

Late nights…

Purge valve installed and adjusted

Dr.Ernie welding the wirebracket for the Powerglide transmission

Adjusting scoop and hood installation

Today Dr.Ernie got a visit from Kaffe och Konjak Racing Team, we delivered the new car for engine dyno and rigging on wednesday, more on this soon!

The Volvo Pro Stock got some company today, it was waxed a couple of days before but the Swedish dust stuck to it.

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Broken AED Performance Carburator

We took the day off on Friday to try out some new tricks for this weekend’s offshorerace in Åkersberga, Saltsjöloppet. We got some more speed but it wasn’t enough. While our fellow competitors has +65 knots ( read 70!) we had 63 and alot of will, alot!!

New wheelhub from www.fraesarn.se

Sunset at Sorunda, Sweden

Kjell filling the ballast for the day

1. Because of a large crewship water came into the engine on the first lap which took out a couple of cylinders on the first three controls, after that the engine rorared once more and we were in persuit of our fellow competitors again.

2. Co-pilot Kjell pulled the emergency chord by accident two times.

We fought our way into fifth place, congrats to Westerlund Racing and Mälarsanering for the first place in the Swedish Championships.

Kaffe och Konjak Offshoreracingteam will participate i Saltsjöloppet Offshorerace in Dyvik, Sweden on saturday.

We’ve worked on weight displacement and setback of the drivers seat all week, a custom aluminum hub for the steeringwheel has been ordered by www.fraesarn.se that’ll hopefully be ready tonight (Thursday, Sept 2).
The team is taking Friday off to try out the new settings and to laborate with lift displacement to gain knots for saturday.

At the same time as the boat has been under constant work this week, the Fastback has been gone through and put together for the engine setup. Since the crash took it’s toll on the intake manifold and the AED carb Dr.Ernie had to prep the valves and clean the heads from grovel and shards of plexiglass from the scoop.

Here’s a couple of pictures of the Fastback now, the transport to DTE Racing is due on Sunday.

Here’s a couple of movies of the team toys, enjoy!

We are currently working on all team vehicles, the offshoreboat has a weight displacement that steals topspeed from us. We’re going to try a couple of ideas with sandbags and a different driver to see if our theories are right. At the same time, the new AED carb just arrived today which means we got work to do on the Fastback to get it ready for the season final on Kjula Dragway in September. New parts from Jegs, Åbergs VTC Parts and Mickey Thompson have been ordered and are on it’s way.

Here’s a picture gallary of what’s been worked over in the garage.

KAFFE OCH KONJAK RACING’s new -65 Ford Mustang is coming together nicely. Engine has been gone through by Dr. Ernie at www.dteracing.se , the expensive AED carb had been smashed into two pieces and forcefed plexiglass and grovel from the track in the crash. The heads needed some work but ended up alright, a new AED carb has been ordered with a favourable discount (thanks guys!), should be home by the end of this week. Check out AED’s excellent products at www.aedperformance.com

Our new team mechanic Robert at JH Automatservice has gone through the transmission to see if there was any damage in the crash, he found small aluminum shards that had returned from the smashed oilcooler. At first we thought the stat in the turbine had something to do with it but the we took it apart at Danielssons Bilservice and it looked brand new. A dynorun at Alexandra Engineering is schedueled this week just to make sure everything is 100% with the trans, more on this later.

While we are waiting for the new carb to show up the team has worked on the breakes and the front/back end of the car. Breakes, steering, tires, rims and gearaxle. The axle is a beautiful piece of work from Ford with Strange 40 splines axles that unfortunately needed some work before racing. The gearwheel had no shims so the pinion hooked every gear and gave us trouble before solving it, Inge Ellburg made the thing come together again. Thanks!

Kaffe och konjak Racing Team has since we started with offshoreracing had the support by the Austrian watersports company Grabner. Now we are proud to announce that the team is Sweden’s new Grabner Sports dealer and have new UIM approved racing life jackets for sale on our team website.

We are very happy and pleased with the deal and has already gotten many questions regarding Grabner products for racing.

Here’s the basic info, contact us for price and delivery date if you’re interested and want to know more.

Phone: +46 707 558307

E-mail: marcus.friberg(at)egmont.se

GRABNER RACING LIFEWESTS

UIM approved, complies to regulation 205.6, perfect for offshoreracing, motorsports and watersports like jetski, thundercat racing and waterskies. The vests come in fluorescent orange and red color with 6 adjustable straps and an alarm-whissle. The back is reinforced with a plate that gives extra support when you’re racing. Note: if you’re going for the big jumps we recommend that you go for an extra motorcross-type supporting backplate.

The vests are delivered with excellent lifting straps that’s perfect for attachment of an extra first aid-kit, shipping is between 3-10 days right to your local post office. Grabner vests are known for their affordable prices and great quality.

Our new team sponsor Praktiskt Båtägande Magazine followed the team through the crazy action of Roslagsloppet Offshorerace, the biggest boatcompetition event in Scandinavia and maybe all of Europe?

Here’s a couple of pictures courtesy of reporter Johan Cooke

Time to mount the 27” Rosen Fury Special prop.

Everytime the boat is wirelifted through the air I get a bit nervous, since I’ve seen my share of accidents already I’m avoiding any more material losses if I can but not at the expense of loosing a race!

…and speaking of material losses our starter went cold feet just after getting the boat into the water… auwhhh! Our favourite hero Mats Endrésen had one lying around which we were very happy about

Time to hunt some positions!

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