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19
JUL

Bad camshafts / camshaft update, the junk that stopped our test weekend at Tierp Arena!…

Ok, now about the camshaft / camshafts problem!…

Five years ago I bought 2 Hemi camshafts for 2 different customers from the same company and one broke / took out the distributor gear on the cam after just a couple of rounds, I got a new one on warranty ASAP which I really appreciated because the manufacturer assumed it must have been something wrong with it because he have never seen anything like this before and he wanted to help out if he sent a bad camshaft to me, really good customer service if you ask me!!

He also did some extra checking on the batch of camshaft he sent out to see if he could find anything that was wrong, but all was good and I also got some extra information on stuff to check measure and so on, all was good!

Put the cam in the motor, fired it up and took out the mag to check the distributor drive gear and camshaft gear, all was good, made a pass and took out the mag again and checked the gears, still all good! Customer made one more pass and the second cam I got on warranty broke also!… Just after a couple of rounds in the exactly the same way as the one before, they did have cam number BK144 and BK146. Manufacturer did some real checking to try find the problem / reason to this, but did not find out anything after a lot of work and research, everything was ok and by the spec to fabricate the gear / camshaft and so the second time I was told / we must do something wrong or it’s something wrong with the block / distributor drive which my customer have been using for a lot of years with different camshafts in it without any problem.

So, after that I did a lot of research on my end with BAE, AJPE, Noonan, CN and no one had ever seen anything like this. Checked with multiple racers and of course no one have seen anything like this before!

After that I got kind of disappointed because the manufacturer got kind of cocky and treated me wrong, at least that was my feeling! So I did order a cam with the exactly same spec from Bullet Racing Cams instead, did put in the cam and distributor foot / drive and tried to break it in with a drill and did that back and forward for a couple hours with the new cam and distributor gear and the problem disappeared after that! Then we kind of forgot about this problem and after that my customer have changed cam a couple of times due to hurt lobes etc and I have bought him new camshafts from Bullet that have been working without any problems at all!. So the cam changes after have nothing to do with the cam itself but still the important thing, no problem with the gear on cam or to the distributor after using the Bullet camshafts.

Answer from the manufacturer with the 2 broken cams when I told him that I changed brand on cam and now it’s all good was like “ok, if you have found a cam that works that’s good for you” And that wasn’t an answer I was happy with.

Funny thing is that I still have the BK144 and BK146 camshaft here at my shop because I felt 5 years ago that I was not really done with this and really not satisfied with what happened with the manufacturer and his answers to the problem!…

Now to the problem we have today, the camshaft that I bought together with number BK144 have number BK145 and that one went into Jörgens motor…. On that I tried to check all the measurements I was given from the manufacturer when cam BK144 broke to make sure it was all good, and it was so we did put it back in again!

After that his new car got delayed and during that time he got sick and will never be able to drive his brand new car (you have more about this in an earlier post) so he asked me to drive it for him to see it go down a track before selling it. And I have totally forgot I sold the BK145 camshaft to him 5 years ago… Made 2 test hits on Friday and all worked good, until Saturday morning when we warmed up the motor. Started just fine ran for 30 seconds or so and then went silent, checked spark and we did not have any and then I realized that we didn’t have any oil pressure, took of the cap and turned the motor and the rotor did not move….. Now I already knew what the problem was… I did remember the earlier cams that I finally had forgotten about…. Pulled the mag and the cam was damaged in the exactly same way as the two others!….

This is a completely different motor and customer, and I think that this is kind of strange that I got cam number 144,145 and 146 that brakes in the exact same way in 2 different motors and this have never happened before or after when I ask the manufacturer.

Only thing that was good this time is that it happened on idle and I held the trans brake button so it did not take out any other parts around except that a piece of the cam gear got pressed into the block by the crankshaft when the parts fell down.

The biggest difference between the 145 and the rest is that 145 have been fired up many times and probably made 40 minutes on idle due to different reasons now because Jörgen cant drive the car and because it took a lot of time to figure out the fuel system problems before the Tierp race…. Number 144 and 146 only made “normal” warm ups (number 146 got some extra checking after warm up) and passes, so I really don’t think it’s a gear / tooth problem here either….

But we are doing some measuring and comparing between the parts / tooth’s that came from Jörgens camshaft and one older Bullet cam that we did install in the motor that we damaged cams in five years ago.

And with the new Bullet cam that we now installed in Jörgens motor.

The gears on the ones that breaks is way wider, less room in the bottom between the tooth’s, and they are also not machined as nice as the Bullet cams as you can see yourself.

Then if that makes a difference? Well I’m not the one to tell for sure because I do not know, I do just see the differences between the cams..

I of course sent an email to the one that made cam BK145 with pics and explained that the same thing happened again!…. But I did not get any answer so I sent pictures to Bullet and asked them what they think and what the reason for this is, and I got the answer below.

“ The gear issue on the camshaft is from improper heat treating of the core. The camshaft was hardened too long making the gear brittle. No other possibilities. That is was the problem is! “

So, I sent below to the manufacturer of the broken cams,

When I didn’t get any answer from you about my email I had to send the pictures to another manufacturer because I’m kind of tired and frustrated over this situation that now been going on for 5 years. And they told me it must be improper heat treating.

The answer I got was kind of disappointing I must say… Below is a short part of what he said,

“I’m glad you have a resolution. It is pretty amazing they are able to diagnose hardness with a picture. They must be pretty special. I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard for you to find someone local to verify hardness. When you do find, in fact, that the heat treat is in spec, maybe your other source will eat some humble pie.

And I must say that the answer made me kind of angry for the first time because being cocky in this situation does not make me happier!…. So now I will for sure do all I can to find the real problem with the 3 camshafts, like I said I still have all three in my shop and I have already installed a new camshaft from Bullet in Jörgens motor, in less than three weeks from today we will know if he Bullet cam will survive or not.

I’m pretty sure it will and then I will continue to find the real reason and I’m not afraid to argue when I know I’m right and now when they start to treat me like they do nothing can stop me to find the real problem!

Next is to find out how the heat treating should be, I know how hard it should be on the surface! But how far in in the core is the next thing to find out!

I will let you know for sure!

16
JUL

Sums up Tierp Arena in June! And more about Jörgens Corvette -79!

After some well needed vacation I felt that it’s time for a little late Race Report from Tierp Arena and Sweden Internationals! And some stuff / the story about the Corvette before the race.

Great photo by our friend Patrik Jacobsson!

As all of you know now, we did have a little secret for the first event in 2023!

A lot of people were curious, many called, sent text messages, asked questions on social medias etc. when I put myself on the entry list in the class Pro Modified with the Chevelle for the first event this year!

I of course did it with purpose to confuse because I think that dragracing in Europe is pretty lame and boring in social media, no one says anything and pretty much no one shares anything fun….. So, I was looking for some fun reactions! And I succeeded with my mission! 😉 Some of you did guess right, some were close or in the area and I also heard A LOT of talk that was completely wrong and that made me really happy! Because that was my idea! 😊

Anyway, this whole thing with Jörgens Vette started in August last year when he and Benkt went with us to Sundsvall Raceway for Top Doorslammer round 4 in 2022!

On Saturday when I was in the trailer working on a tune for the Chevelle he went in to me and said “Andreas, do you have time? We need to talk about a thing” When he said that I already knew what was coming! For some reason I did have the feeling that he would ask me to drive his race car.

I have helped Jörgen with some small stuff in the past and we are good friends and when I go from the shop in Stockholm and home to Vansbro I pass by Ludvika where he lives and I stop by to say hi every now and then. And me and Sofi also helped out fire up the motor in the Vette for the first time at his birthday almost 3 years ago!

The story behind the Corvette is that Jörgen crashed his old Top Doorslammer Chevrolet Nova at Piteå Dragway in 2017, after that he ordered a new car from Mats Brag and he was going to step up to Pro Modified with it. The car got delayed and during the time Jörgen got sick and he’s not able to get out his racing license….

So that’s the reason why he asked me to do this is because he won’t be able to drive his new race car and he told me that he wants to see it go down the track…..

So, he wanted my help to finish up the car, set up the chassis, fuel system, make sure we have all the right stuff in the car and that it all works properly, fix the ignition system, fuel management, Racepak and so on. And then drive and tune the car with my complete team with help from Jörgen and Benkt and then also use my truck and trailer to make everything easier, and I said YES OF COURSE! I’m really honored that he asked me to do this and to drive his brand spanking new Pro Mod Chevrolet Corvette -79! I did see this as an opportunity for me to learn something new, I have never tuned a Pro Mod legal roots blown Hemi before by myself. It’s a pretty big change from my own Big Block Chevy with a screw blower and of course it will be fun to drive and set up a new and different car / chassis! I did see it as a challenge for me to make this work and I actually got some racing spirit back again!

I’m an Outlaw Screwblower and Top Doorslammer guy in my heart and I prefer a Big Block Chevy but I really looked forward to make two test races in the Pro Modified class with all the old farts! 😉

So I made a special shirt to wear during the races this year! 😀 😉

And something else that I really like is that the body style is not something you see everywhere, just like with my own Chevelle 65!

I mean, how about that butt!! 🙂

So during the start of the year I began to work on some tuning stuff and we did look through the car to see what was missing and what we needed to add to it, one thing for me to be able to drive the car was to throw out the dirty clutch and put in my Neal Chance converter, Bruno Drive and Lenco from the Chevelle in to the Vette! Not because I don’t want to drive a clutch car because when it comes to the driving its way more fun with a clutch BUT it costs way more, way more work and maintenance with a clutch if you want the same conditions every round with the car!…. And I don’t want to work on it, we do not have time to work on it and I have more Lenco ratios and knowledge when it comes to a converter, so a converter is the only option for me!

Then I wanted to rearrange some stuff in the driver area to make the car fit me better, so in the mid of April (2 months before the first outing) Me, Jörgen and Benkt started for real to work on the car and make it ready for the Tierp test event in June! The plan from the start was to only make that event a test weekend to start figure out the car.

I did spend hundreds of hours myself on stuff on my end at my own shop and Jörgen and Benkt did work on stuff in Jörgens shop and then together we have spent a couple of hundreds of hours together at Jörgens shop during a total of maybe 10 days or so! Just like always, time is a problem and getting help at the shop is always difficult… It’s most of the time a one-man band working on race cars in the shop but at least we were 3 in the band this time! HAHA! 😉

We got the car ready the day before or so before Tierp after a lot of problems with the fuel system and blower package!….. More about that in a new post!

Bänkt are doing his sausage thing! 🙂

And Me and Sofi took the truck and trailer on a little secret trip of 310 kilometers from the ÅBM shop in Täby to Jörgens shop in Ludvika on Tuesday before the Tierp race.

To do some last things on the car and then load the Corvette on Wednesday morning and then go to Tierp Arena!

The Corvette have finally found it’s way to a race track for the first time!

We unloaded the car after we got our pit area done and it was some people that went over to us and was happy to see “our little secret”

We also took the Vette for a test drive with the push car to see how it felt before launching it from the starting line for the first time!

We did continue to work on the car on Wednesday and during the whole Thursday mostly with the fuel system and idle problem…. We decided to go early to the track so the rest of the team could get familiar with the car because they had never seen it before and the race weekend / qualifying for us started first on Friday.

We made 2 planned soft test rounds on Friday, first just a 60ft to check the car and set up on it! 1.07 on a brand new car that never made a pass before is pretty ok I think with the little power I gave to it, only problem was the rolling idle on the motor that we been trying to fix but haven’t solved it all the way!….

On the second test pass I added some power to see how the car would react to it, but before the pass when we fired up the motor before the burn out the motor acted really crazy, idle was rolling more than earlier and after the burn out the idle was all the way from 1500-2400 in neutral…. And in gear it was really hard to hold the car with the brakes, I had to step way hard on the brake to try control the car but succeeded to stage it at least and made a 450ft ish pass, 1.00 to 60ft and was off the throttle at 2.99 and rolled into a 4.30 to the 1/8 mile! Car was still way down on power, rich on fuel, low timing and way too low gear ratio in the transmission! BUT I got what I wanted and next step is to add some power and make a full pass down the track to get more data on the motor and start reading real fuel flow, spark plugs and so.

Then we serviced the car to see that everything looks like it should, changed transmission to free up the motor and all was ok!

After that we continued to mess around with the blower and fuel system trying to figure out why we have so much problems with the idle!…. We took the injector hat and spacer off the blower and we found a lot of strange leaks, everything from o-rings, to mismatching parts that caused leaks and strange openings between parts that we sealed up to try control the idle.

We also found a leaking check valve in the fuel system, I wonder how the seller was able to control the opening pressure on it when it was machined wrong and did not close after it opened…. It was closed first, then when it did open it did not close until pressure was zero and then it opened again at a pressure that of course also was wrong compared to what I was told it should be….

After that we got some awesome BBQ dinner presented from our great friend and partner Kaare and ICA Gärdet! 😊

Then on Saturday the plan was to start making real rounds after the data I got on Friday, we fired up the motor to make it ready for the first round on Saturday! Now the idle was better with less rolling after all the messing around with the blower on Friday evening!

All felt awesome and then the motor just went silent!…

We all got a bit confused for a while and after some quick trouble shooting we found out that we did not have spark or oil pressure when cranking the motor…. We took off the distributor cap and the rotor did not turn as I assumed to be the problem, why I did is because I have had this problem earlier! Pulled the mag and the distributor gear on the cam was gone!… I have seen this 5 years ago…. Of the same batch where this cam comes from!…. More about this in a new post.

Anyway, me, Jörgen and the whole team were happy with the weekend anyway, chassis works and respond great to my set up, motor started to get happy after all the mess with the blower and fuel system and then the cam broke!….

I want to say thanks to all involved this weekend, Jörgen first of all that trust me and gives me the opportunity to drive his brand new Pro Modified car! Dad (Ake), Sofi, Max, Krille, John The Sneaky Snake, Marcus, Dennis, Benkt, Katrin, Ludde, Moa and Robert that was the team for the weekend! It was a lot of emotions and feelings during the weekend at Tierp Arena due to getting Jörgens Corvette out for the first time and also the loss of Jörgens great friend Rolf Simonsson that passed away in May this year.

Then I want to say a special thanks to my partners that supports this test year in the class Pro Modified, our own shop of course Åkes Bil & Motor, Peter and Patrik at Rörmekano, Tobbe at T.Grundström Plåtslageri, Christer at Alwerco Svets & Smide, Kaare at ICA Gärdet, Micke at Clearwrap East Coast, Nicke at Nicclast and Leif at Catch With Care! All of you helping out makes this possible for us to do and I can not thank you enough!

Directly at Tierp after the camshaft broke we started to talk about where we can go and test the Vette before the next Tierp event in August! The event in June was just for testing and August is for racing so we cannot go there with only 2 test passes I the car…. I did know about some tracks that might an option, but the some are not good enough for what I want to do, some of them is tracks I don’t want to visit due to different reasons…. Then we talked about to take the Corvette to Kauhava in Finland instead of the Chevelle that was planned! But a work situation did destroy that plan so instead we are going to Norway and Gardermoen Raceway 4-6 of August, best thing with going to Norway is that they are running the EDRS Pro classes so Pro Modified is a class at the event and we will get more 1/4 mile passes in the car before Tierp and that is better for me to find a good tune up in the car!

I hope to see you all at Gardermoen Raceway in August!

Written by Andreas Sjödin on July 16, 2023 at 12:12 pm

23
APR

Homepage update, no Santa Pod in 2023!… WSOPM, Silly Season, we have started to work on the Chevelle.

I decided a while ago that we won’t go to England and Santa Pod Raceway for The Doorslammers and Main Event in 2023 either!… 🙁

It wasn’t enough cars / teams from Sweden that was interested to go to the events and only 3 cars in the class for the Main Event weekend is not fun, it’s also way too expensive ferry’s and diesel fuel and also still not simple enough when it comes to customs etc due to Brexit!…. All above takes too much time and cost too much compared to what it gives back so we can’t make the trip!..

We really wanted to go but if I can’t find enough fundings for it and it won’t be enough cars there to make the event I feel it’s wrong to work on it, and to be honest I do not think we will see a lot of cars from Scandinavia attending races at Santa Pod I the future due to Brexit and how expensive everything have got….. But I really hope that I’m wrong about that!

And I really hope it will be different in 2024! 🙂

And when it comes to the EDRS Top Doorslammer series in 2023…

It does not fit us at all, I can’t be away from work for more than 3 weeks to make Piteå, Kauhava and Sundsvall that are 3 weeks in a row! July is a typical vacation month for most people in Sweden and my team can’t spend 3 whole weeks on the road just for racing…

Drag racing in Sweden is not a work that you get payed for, it’s just spending money!

And the price money is not enough to pay for what it really cost, of course more partners would make it possible but still it’s too much time away from everything back home!

And after the 2022 series finals at Gardermoen in Norway I did learn that it’s way too late to have that race in September, it was way too cold to be able to use the car and go fast!… So I can’t see that we will go to that event either.

But what I do know is that we are going to Tierp Arena in June, and we are going to Kauhava in Finland in July if they solve the problems so they can continue to use the track…

And we will for sure go to Dala-Järna in August for the race Dala Street Open, this is just an exhibition thing and we will do it just for fun because this is today my home track and my home motor club SHRA Vansbro – Äppelbo is one of the organizers so we will be there and do some burn outs just for fun and see if we can get the Chevelle down the track even that the track won’t be prepped for an high powered race car like ours! 🙂

Not much have happened since the 2022 season ended except that I have made a lot of posts on Instagram and Facebook with great memories from last year, it’s really fun to look back at the first real season we made in years that also ended up just amazing good for us! 🙂

In the beginning of March me Krille and Fredrik went to Florida and Bradenton Motorsports Park for the World Series Of Pro Mod, that was a crazy good race with the top of the line Pro Mods, drivers and tuners in the world!

It was fun to meet up with some friends I haven’t seen in many years!

This is something I look forward to do again in the future!

And we have just started to work a little on the Chevelle again after sitting in the shop untouched for about 6 months except for our little event at our partner Swedol in Arninge in October last year.

Me and Max did service the converter and converter drive some weeks ago and both are ready to go back into the car whenever it’s time for it!

Stay tuned, more to come soon!

Written by Andreas Sjödin on April 23, 2023 at 7:47 pm

13
JAN

End of 2022 & beginning of 2023, Santa Pod plans and homepage update!

Here is a little report from what’s been going on after the last race in 2022 and our going to Santa Pod plans for the 2023 season as it looks today if we get the fundings for it.

The 2023 season is here already! Thanks for the support to all of you out there during our Summit EDRS Top Doorslammer Championship Winning 2022 Season!

I hope that all of you out there did have a really great Christmas and New Years!

The truck and trailer got the yearly inspection in the mid of November last year and are ready to hit the roads in 2023.

We did have a great time at the price giving banquet in the end of November at Aronsborgs Konferanshotell in Bålsta together with a lot of other drag racing friends!

After winning the Top Doorslammer series in 2022 and as far as I know today there is no schedule out yet for the series in 2023.

So, I’m looking at what I want the most during 2023 and that is going to England and Santa Pod Raceway again for The Doorslammers and Main Event in May and we are looking for partners to get the founding’s for it!

I want to go there and get the Chevelle into 3.7? on the 1/8 mile and 5.7? on the 1/4 mile! I’m pretty sure I got it in the car after looking on the data from when we were at Santa Pod in 2019!

I will still be using the same motor that we got in the car in 2019 without any updates except small changes on the tuning part! I’m just looking to beat my own world record with a conventional headed big block Chevrolet!

Once again I want to say a huge thanks to my awesome team, Dad (Åke), Max, Sofi, John, Krille, Dennis and Fredrik and to our partners, Åkes Bil & Motor, Birka Motorrenoveringar, Sjödin Motorsport Race Cars, Swecomposite, LSF Custom Lackering, Swelube Amalie Motor Oil, LVV AB, Bengtssons Smide, Loggamera, Clearwrap, SnapOn Pro Tools Peter Hult, ICA Gärdet, W-Linds Bärgning, Kustservice, Supra Trading, T. Grundström Plåtslageri, Jonnie Lindberg Motorsports, Swedol Arninge, CP-Carrillo, Alwerco Svets & Smide, Catch With Care, Edlunds Maskinservice that made our 2022 season so successful!

If you are interested and want to see us at Santa Pod Raceway again in 2023 and want to be a part of it and help us, please don’t hesitate to contact me at andreas@abmracing.se!

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Written by Andreas Sjödin on January 13, 2023 at 1:25 pm

21
OCT

T-shirts and hoodies soon done!

Thanks to all of you that ordered T-shirts and Hoodies! 🙂

It was so many orders placed so it took much longer to get all shirts but it’s getting closer, hopefully they will start going out to you in the end of next week!

Stay tuned and I will contact you about paying and get your address.

Written by Andreas Sjödin on October 21, 2022 at 3:33 pm

22
SEP

Sums up the Top Doorslammer finals at Gardermoen Raceway!

Last race report for 2022.

And, Sjödin Motorsport / ÅBM Racing are the 2022 Summit EDRS Top Doorslammer Champions!

Feels pretty good to win the championship when we for the first time in many years makes the series for real!

We ended up as runner up at Top Doorslammer round 5 and the finals this year in the series at Gardermoen Raceway in Norway September 9-11.

The weekend started already on Wednesday before the race when I drove the first part to my hometown Vansbro alone to meet up with parts of the team for this weekend for some team building dinner and then continue to the track on Thursday morning.

Before that we made sure to fix all we needed on the Chevelle, I bought the new parts we needed that got damaged on the race before in Sundsvall and got spares are fixed to make sure we would have parts if it would happen again and after that I got the trailer cleaned and organized! Max and Dennis also went the last time for the year to our awesome partner ICA Gärdet and got all the grocery’s we need to survive during the race weekend! They have been with us since 2014 and I can’t describe how much I appreciate my friend Kaare Naess support to my racing!

It wasn’t a lot of cars on this outing either but at least we were 5 cars in the TD class, and we were in the points lead and was for sure planning to stay there in the top when the weekend was over!

The roads we did chose on the way from Vansbro to Norway was not suited for our truck and trailer! They were so crazy narrow so it was really hard to drive, it was some road work that forced us to take roads that was even worse, we checked out a ditch a little too close with the right side of the trailer at a moment but it all went good! And then when it felt like nothing more can make the trip worse we almost fronted with another truck like ten minutes from the track that was in our lane heading straight against us when trying to go around a moped or something so I did step on the brake and turned around it and when I did stuff moved around in the trailer and damaged our winner trophy from Tierp this year, things could have been really bad because of this and I’m just happy I reacted fast to the situation!…

This was the first time in eight years we went to Gardermoen, I’m pretty sure we were there in 2014 the last time! The track did look good like always at Gardermoen but the weather wasn’t with us, it was really cold, around 10-12 degrees Celsius so I was not really sure how the car would react to my tune and I did overpower the track a bit and went into a shake in Q1! The car left pretty ok but then I felt it started to shake so I was off the throttle and just coasted down, Tee Cee made a decent pass after us with some pedaling where I started to shake!

But with some data to work from I made a 4.21 @ 293 km/h in Q2, better but not good, little shake and some pedaling to the number 1 position in the qualifying list for a moment! After that we ended the first qualifying day with a 4.11 @ 295 km/h in Q3 and we finally got a full pass even that the car moved around some! Track was a bit tricky due to the cold weather, the 10-12 degrees and no sun during the whole day of course makes the conditions with the track hard to figure out!

Tee Cee made a nice 4.02 @ 295 km/h against us in that round so we both started to find what the track could handle.

First round on Saturday was cancelled due to too cold weather and some rain during the night and morning!.. Sad but it’s nothing we can do anything about and they did working on the track to do the best of the situation and keep it under control so we could be out quickly whenever it stopped.

First round we made on Saturday the car left the line really good and felt good but it started to move left against the center line so I had to pedal it and made a 4.22 @ 248 km/h!

In the last qualifying pass for the weekend we manage to make the weekends first full pass with just a tiny shake but no pedaling! 4.0575 @ 299.63km/h and that did put on in the second place in the qualifying list on the last event for 2022! It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t beautiful, and it took a long time but the cold weather makes it really hard if you try to go fast… Well, we ended up with a 4.0575 @ 299.63km/h and I’m amazed it went that ET and speed with the little power I did put in it!.. Data and tuning changes gave results for sure in that qualifying round so I was happy with that!

Sunday and last race day for the season, and we did actually have some sun and blue sky and you could feel some heat finally!

We were out in first round against Kenneth Lingvald and KLR Motorsports that was struggling during the weekend with different problems but finally started to get the car to work, I was really lazy on the tree that I was during the whole event, really don’t know why because even if I really tried I got reaction times like a snail!… Well anyway I did have power enough to reach the finish line first with a millimeter or so! We won the round with a 4.0575 @ 296.42km/h! And we made sure we are THE EDRS TOP DOORSLAMMER CHAMPIONS in 2022!!!

After that it was time for elimination round 2 and the finals against Tee Cee Racing where they made a better job than us and also made the only 3 second pass for the weekend with a 3.9993 @ 298km/h! A huge congratulations to the whole Team Tee Cee Racing for an awesome performance this weekend and I’m happy that I did loose against just you and that you got an event win on your last race ever in the class!… Yes, this was the last pass for the team that have decided to end their drag racing career after about 25 years, we will miss you guys in the future for sure because you have always been around me since I got involved myself in Top Doorslammer back in 2008! But we did spend one last evening at the track together! 🙂

I gave it a bit too much in the final and the car went slower and to the right in the top end! So, I’m just happy we did have a car without damage with us back home to be honest! We made a 4.06 @ 295km/h in the finals and I must say that I’m happy anyway with figuring out the track so we could make some decent passes to end the year with!

And it’s not so bad making 4 outings and getting 4 trophies during the first real season we make in years! Also, I did say in December 2021 that we are going to make 4 events in the series in 2022 and its time to bring home the biggest trophy of the year and we did!

Nothing of this would have been possible without my awesome team, Dad (Åke), Max, Sofi, John, Krille, Dennis and Fredrik that went with us on the last event!

Our awesome partners during the 2022 season, Åkes Bil & Motor, Birka Motorrenoveringar, Sjödin Motorsport Race Cars, Swecomposite, LSF Custom Lackering, Swelube Amalie Motor Oil, LVV AB, Bengtssons Smide, Loggamera, Clearwrap, SnapOn Pro Tools Peter Hult, ICA Gärdet, W-Linds Bärgning, Kustservice, Supra Trading, T. Grundström Plåtslageri, Jonnie Lindberg Motorsports, Swedol Arninge, CP-Carrillo, Alwerco Svets & Smide, Catch With Care, Edlunds Maskinservice.

Last and absolutely the final event for Sjödin Motorsport / ÅBM Racing in 2022 is to fire up the Chevelle at our partner Swedol in Arninge / Täby (about a minute from our shop) on their event “Swedoldagarna” 25 of October! If you are around, please come by and say hi!

More info about that later.

After that it’s time to start think about what to do in 2023! What I want the most is going to England and Santa Pod Raceway again for The Doorslammers and Main Event in May if we get the opportunity and I find the founding’s for it! And main reason is that I’m looking to adjust my personal best of 3.84 on the 1/8 mile and 5.88 on the 1/4 mile to a 3.7? and a 5.7? I’m pretty sure I got it in the car after looking on the data from when we where at Santa Pod in 2019! And also, it will still be with the same motor that we got in 2019! Without any updates except on the tuning part!

If you are interested in seeing us at Santa Pod Raceway again and want to be a part of it and help us, please don’t hesitate to contact me at andreas@abmracing.se!

Thanks for season 2022!

/Andreas

Written by Andreas Sjödin on September 22, 2022 at 7:23 pm

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Huge progress on the trailer and truck!

The past two weekends have been good with some great progress on the truck and trailer again! 😀

Me and Max did fill up some water in the fresh water tank for the first time and started the water pump and the water heater for the first time and everything did work just fine without leaks or so! 🙂 A huge thanks again to Peter and Patrik at Rörmekano in Vallentuna for their support helping us out install everything when it comes to the plumbing! 🙂

We did also finish up the front storage area where we have all the stuff outside in our pit space, we made some changes for a better storage and did put everything except for the tent in the trailer again, feels kind of crazy that we have packed almost everything 5 weeks before the first outing!

We did also remove the winter “insulation” on the lift gate that been sitting there for almost 2 years now because we are going racing again! 😀 We did install lamps in the rear part to help out when we load the race car in the dark, and at the same time we did finish up some small stuff to hide the plumbing to the lift gate, it’s all about the details! 😉

After that we got the fridges installed so they can’t move around after we changed them out almost a year ago!… 😉

Really not much left to do on the trailer now! 🙂

The week after I went by our partner Bengtssons Smide and got some material for a future storage box on the Scania Truck, thanks for your support! Really appreciate it! 🙂

And how freaking nice did this turn out!? 😀 We will really soon have a working sink in our tent / kitchen with fresh warm and cold water and also a pump station that gets the waste water to the waste water tank with some simple plug and play hoses! A huge thanks to our partner Peter at Rörmekano for swinging by today and finishing up the last piece of our plumping / water system on the trailer!

The week after we got a holiday that made us a longer weekend here in Sweden and that means trailer work! 😉 Plan all week was to work on the race car… but then work happened instead!… 🙁 So I did not have time to prepare stuff around the Chevelle for the planned weekend work! Anyway since Thursday last week we have been spending a lot of time on the trailer and on the Scania truck!

My old friend Dennis that was with me already already 15 years ago and also did help out a lot when I was modifying the body before making the mold and then the carbon fiber body have helped us out and finishing up all the electrical stuff in our roll out kitchens!

Krille from Sollefteå way up north Sweden is now a part of Sjödin Motorsport / ÅBM Racing and went down to help out during this weekend, good part with Krille is that he is a real fixer and can do what ever and that is something we really need in the team!

John the Snake have been here doing some stuff on the Scania and helped Max out with organizing the lights in our tents (in the rain of course) after 5-6 years finally!

Sofi have been cleaning up the roll out kitchens and organized them so we only got what we really need in them instead of way to much junk!

After a really long day it’s nice with some beers and just hang out! 😉

We also started to get the new trailer based weather station in place!

And we have finally got the stereo mounted after laying around for a year or so!

We have done some race BBQ practice at the shop on the new grill and Max is the man for the job of course! 😉

The front part of the trailer is finish packed with the tents so we are ready to leave the shop when it’s time for it!

Sofi have done som welding fabrication just like always and also started on the new living room table, Krille have got the new generator in the right place!

We still have more from the trailer work weekend! 😉 During Saturday I was Superman for a while on a ladder on the side of the trailer wall drilling holes for the weather station sensor, yes it did of course rain because it was outside work!.. Like always!… 😉

So with that sensor in place we finally got the weather station up and running, feels good for sure because I have already sold the old one!

Sofi got our kitchens all done and even cleaned up!

After that Sofi and Krille got the new carbon fiber living room table in place, a table that got for over 10 years just laying around and finally found a place to use it!

Then during Sunday we got a tool for the Lenco made by Jonnie Lindberg Motorsports mounted on a bench in the trailer, a really good thing to help Max out when working on the transmissions!

After that we tested everything on our roll out kitchens, and thanks to Sofi everything is organized and clean, all electricity works thanks to Dennis and we got warm and cold fresh water and also a pump that takes the waste water to the tank thanks to Rörmekano in Vallentuna! A huge thanks for that! 😀

We finished up the weekend with some BBQ practice again, of course in a really nice weather, probably because we were done with all the outside work! 😉