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Hey, welcome to my official blog!
This is the place where you will find pics and updates directly from my race weekends, plus a lot of other fun stuff such as stunt driving or things not always about racing.
Cheers! /Carl |
| Pic of the week |
Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008. |
| Songs to check out |
1. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
2. Span - Baby's Come Back
3. Adam Tensta - My Cool
4. Outkast - Take Off Your Cool
5. Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat
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| Food and Drinks |
1. Redondo Beach Brewing Co, CA
3. The Standard, Hollywood, CA
3. Nic's, Bevery Hills, CA
4. Vino Pasta, Gothenburg, SWE
5. Paradise Cove, Malibu, CA
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| Other things |
| Spot to be filled with useful content. |
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| Getting lighter |
| Friday, February 19, 2010 |
Removed some deadweight from the Porsche Turbo last weekend.
 Now it drives on the rear instead of all four. Car appr 85 lbs lighter and driving passion appr 800% better.
The Afterhours Automotive custom built racingexhaust also got done and mounted, the engine growl with this became totally sick, not disturbing, just a low, slightly muffled powerful growl. And more importantly, additional weight was lost from the rear end by doing this. The exact weight difference between OEM and Afterhours exhaust tba. HP improvement on dyno (Dynapack, reads a little high), including upgraded calibration, nearly 38 peak hp added to the previous tune and OEM exhaust. Driving, the more prominent gain felt was a faster spool and a stronger, flatter torque-band, plus driveability was greatly improved.
Right now in Michigan for work. Snow here, just like back home in Sweden. Just watched Fri night ice-hockey in the Yost Arena, Michigan Wolverines vs Michigan Wildcats (NMU). Great game with some really good intensity, cool to see a couple of Swedes playing well in the game too (Hagelin scoring for Wolverines).Labels: Misc, Racing |
posted by Carl Rydquist @ 7:25 PM   |
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| Fast Facts |
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Name: Carl Rydquist
Age: 34
Home: Redondo Beach
Web: CarlRydquist.com
Reel: Click to watch
Highlights: Winner of Zandvoort 500 (2005), Winner of Swedish Endurance 3h GT Racing Championship (2004), Winner of Swedish Endurance 8/12h GT Racing Championship (2001), Winner of Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Challenge (2001), Winner of Redline Time Attack Mod RWD (2010). 24 Hours of Nurburgring (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011). 24 Hours of Barcelona (2011). 25 Hours of Thunderhill (2010).
Memberships: FIA (intl racing license), DRAW Portfolio, Formula D, Performance Two Stunt & Precision Driving Team (Hollywood, CA), SAG Stunt Driver (Screen Actors Guild).
Teams: City Tire (Drift), AE Performance, STORM GT Racing.
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