Ken Block's Gymkhana TWO Project

So you all have seen the first Gymkhana film that was pretty insane. Want some more? Fo'sure!!! But how to one-up the previous film!?!



Ken's got new weapon for the Gymkhana two mayhem. The WRX STI 2009 aka GYM2, built by Crawford Performance.


It's featuring Full Race cage, Recaro Carbon/Kevlar bucket seat, Brembo big brakes, Tein coilover suspension, Crawford Performance SR5 2,65 l Race Engine and tons of STi & Prodrive goodies, like the carbon fibre wing. The Volk TE37 [DC-edition] wheels are wrapped in BF Goodrich G-Force rubbers. The whole lot built in just 43 days!!!


"The best thing is driving the new gymkhana car that Subaru built for me (code name GYM2). It’s incredible…like 10 times better than my original gymkhana STI (GYM1). It’s ridiculously fun…it’s like a video game (only without the “restart” button)."
- Ken Block


The film will feature new surprises (read stunts) and some othet DC sponsored heros, like pro skater Rob Dyrdek. The film is shoot at new secret location.

So, the video is already shot??? "Well, yes…most of it. It was four days of high-speed fun, high stress situations, and massive amounts of BFG rubber ingestion (I was blowing rubber out my nose for three days after). But, what could me more fun than trashing a new race car around an amazing setting?"
- Ken Block



The new film is to launch June 1st 2009. Watch this space!

More info: DC-Shoes Auto site.


Ooh, have you seen the Gymkhana 1 Bonus video!?! Unseen footage of the first film - Whoops...


Pretty crazy stuff, lol

The search for +1000 whp RB26DETT

Hi chaps! Remeber this beast? (The +1033 hp RB26DETT Skyline from Finland)

So, the owner had some more Dyno sessions. The car did fine, it held the boost time after time, the engine got some cam adjustments done for different torque setups etc.


After few dozen the dyno sessions the engine was opened and analysed for wear & tear. It was fine, everything as it should be.

So the engine is going for some more boost, as the latest dyno figures were disappointing for the owner – you might think, what the hell… Well the figures were just under 1000 Wheel Horsepower, 996,6 whp to be exact. He wants +1000 whp from 2,6 litre engine, hah.

The new plan is to run it at 2.5 - 2.8 bar boost. The previously used 2.3 bar boost killed the Nismo twin plate clutch, a new HKS 3-plate sintered version is swapped for the new challenge. The pressure bearing for that set up is custom made by Valtonen Motorsport.
The previously used Panta fuel was changed to VP Q16 fuel (120 oct).

Other additional goodies are the new carbon doors, boot lid, bonnet, front fenders, front bumper, mask and OEM style rear spoiler. The weight saving is going to be huge.
The new Cusco 1-way diff found it’s place at he front, so did the new 1.5-way LSD at the rear. This should help with the grip problems.

And like any hiperformance car – they should have in car entertainment. Period. The owner choose Alpines finest to keep him happy when the engine shoots it self to the million pieces – nice theory. He's comment was: "This way you’re always happy in you’re Skyline".

Here's the final Dyno sheet & figures. Pretty damn impressive!



Max HP at the wheels!!! (Wheel Horsepower)
733,9 kW (DIN kW) = 996,6 whp (DIN hp) = 982,97 whp (SAE hp).

Max Torque at the wheels
954,9 Nm (DIN Nm) = 703,54 lbf ft (Pound Feet) = 97,25 kgf m (Kilogram Meters).

The search for +1000 whp RB26DETT continues :D

Rallisprint - Nurmijärvi

Alien2nrs crew went to see some Rally Sprint action last sunday.
The Pakkauspojat Rallisprint was a national race. It was held at Karhunkorpi Industrial area. The track was all tarmac with plenty of chicanes and few long straights to get these beasts going. The organizer was Nurmijärven Urheiluautoilijat (NuUA), great track!



One big thing on Rallying is called "Ralli makkara"



Some action:





There was also some car classics, as this fully rebuild Henri Toivonen replica Porsche. Really sweet!!!





More photos:
http://molsa.pictures.fi/kuvat/Show++++Happenings/Pakkauspojat+rallisprint/

Some more Subaru photos

Some more:
http://molsa.pictures.fi/kuvat/Cars/Subaru%20Imbreza%20Type-R%20Sti/Summer/

Subaru Club finland "timeattack"

We were checking Subaru Club Finland "timeattack" evening with Teemu and his Breza..

Few photos here:
http://molsa.pictures.fi/kuvat/Show++++Happenings/Subaru+club+Finland

2009 Tokyo auto saloon

All photos can be found here now:
http://molsa.pictures.fi/kuvat/Show++++Happenings/2009+Tokyo+Auto+Saloon/



And all other japan tour photos are here: Klick

Top Gear for the win!

Extreme Ford Fiesta road test


Best car review ever!?!

"The Top Gear boys are deeply offended by a fan letter claiming that they don't review cars properly anymore. To compensate, Jeremy Clarkson takes the new Ford Fiesta for an extraordinary road test including a car chase inside a shopping centre, and a Royal Marine assisted beach assault. Brilliant high quality video from BBC motoring show, Top Gear. Visit http://www.TopGear.com for all the latest news and car reviews."