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Old 06-24-13 | 06:03 AM
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Ran a local club hill climb on the weekend. Car went great. Was a bit greasy as middle of winter over here.

Here's a video:

Old 06-24-13 | 07:01 AM
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Very nice. Looks like a lot of fun.
Old 09-15-13 | 07:01 PM
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Update

Small update, recently changed the following:
  • Spare (standard) engine - previous one chipped an apex seal - to be rebuilt
  • New Air intakes
  • New (much louder), straight through exhaust - brap, brap! Hopefully, the noise meter won't go red for me. If it does, I've made it easy to swap out the mid section with a muffler to quieten it up again
  • Genuine RE Amemiya Carbon AD9 Bonnet

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Walkaround and start up vid:

In a couple of weeks time, competing at local hillclimb as per usual, here's the TV advertisement (features my car)


Old 11-12-13 | 05:01 PM
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Raced at Eastern Creek in Sydney last weekend.

Car was brilliant!

Video of the event here:

No more events for 2013.
Old 11-13-13 | 10:12 AM
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That's rad man!
Old 11-13-13 | 10:22 AM
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That car looks bad ***!!!
Old 11-13-13 | 08:06 PM
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that looks like it would be a blast!! props to you man, that's the way you're supposed to build/drive an FD!
Old 07-01-14 | 04:16 AM
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New Livery

Car has changed quite a bit.

New livery, lightweight panels, etc, etc. Weight with fuel & driver ready to run is 1130kg. (2490lbs)

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Video of a recent hill climb:
Old 03-03-15 | 02:42 AM
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Raced at Bathurst, Mt Panorama

Raced at Bathurst, Mt Panorama recently.

Thought I would share some pics and a video of the event:



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Old 03-03-15 | 12:37 PM
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Awesome!

Mt Panorama is so sick! nice shots!
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Have now got a dedicated Facebook page, head on over and if you like what you see, give us a like!

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