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Finnish Y-block Drag Racer

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So, Jyrki (yfreak57) is now first ever certified Y-block drag racer here in Finland. He drove five license runs at 5th round of Finnish Championship series race at Motopark track. Runs were not extremely good, thus we had problems with trans brake in all runs. Overflow cans water hose got loose on one run and sprayed Jyrkis helmet and he had to lift. On one run, little amount of oil came up from dipstick tube and he lifted on that one too. Then he hassled badly one run after he had to wait over half an hour at the water pot because former driver oiled 660 ft of another track and they had to clean it. At the last run we raised boost pressure a little to 14 psi and due that or that earlier mentioned water problem and overheating, we blowed the head gasket and number one filled up with water. We found that out right when we tried to go to run number 6, but water was dripping from under exhaust manifold. Then we pulled the plug from #1 and thats it. Race was over, because we went there to race, not to wrench Tongue. We had no spares along and you know, here in Finland it's little hard to find Y-block gaskets from another drivers w00t.  But, we made a new Finnish Y-block Record by 11.818s and 187 km/h. Car really has potential to lot better times, but we are still learning... And, what is good also, we got the car certified to 7,50 and slower times! Here is some pics anyway.



http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/uploads/images/e3fd9a79-e7c3-47ff-a648-8cd5.jpg Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Forum Post Finnish Y-block Drag Racer By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Nice pix! Sorry you had trouble but that's racing. :P Nice patch on... By mctim64 ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Hollow Head (8/21/2011)[/b][hr]Race was over, because we... By LordMrFord ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Simo, absolutely not for that, but we did that too :D. I'm still... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post More pix from Pro Photographer... I think that last... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Here in the states we call that "new car blues". Happens to everyone.... By glrbird ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Found some water... :w00t:. Could be better open up the... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post I have never seen intake valves that look those. By Glen Henderson ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Glen Henderson (8/22/2011)[/b][hr]I have never seen intake... By yfreak57 ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post I wonder if we should have a "how to do it" section on the forum for... By MoonShadow ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Seppo: Yes, I would recommend you look at the other side. Did you... By Hoosier Hurricane ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Hoosier Hurricane (8/22/2011)[/b][hr]Seppo: Did you run the... By yfreak57 ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Seppo, Just out of curiosity, what are you using for head bolts/studs?... By pegleg ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]pegleg (8/22/2011)[/b][hr]what are you using for head... By yfreak57 ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post I’m assuming you are running posted heads? Definitely switch... By Ted ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Ted (8/23/2011)[/b][hr] I’m assuming you are running... By pegleg ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]pegleg (8/23/2011)[/b][hr][quote][b]Ted (8/23/2011)[/b][hr]... By aussiebill ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Ted (8/23/2011)[/b][hr] I’m assuming you are running... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Hollow Head (8/24/2011)[/b][hr].......Question about ARP... By Ted ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Great job! Keep up the great work, Just shows Y's are still running... By Y block Billy ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post :D As a cure for the problem, we are just going to add more fuel to... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Try these two links for information regarding adding posts to... By Ted ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Bill/Ted thanks : I just pulled up the article by Groovedawg. Very... By pegleg ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Jep, we are planning very similar set up, exept that we are going to... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Ted that girdle looks very nice. What thickness of metal are you... By grovedawg ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]grovedawg (8/30/2011)[/b][hr]Ted that girdle looks very... By Ted ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Ted, do you happen to have any girdles to sell or is it possible to... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Hollow Head (8/31/2011)[/b][hr]Ted, do you happen to have... By aussiebill ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post Ted, I would also like to piggy back on these requests for a girdle.... By 57FordPU ( 13 Years Ago )
Forum Post 10 minutes of license runs from GoPro helmet cam :D.... By Hollow Head ( 13 Years Ago )
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