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PIARC Phillip Island Sprint - PB - 1:48.9590

Went down in feb and had a crack at PI, Fist lap was my fastest in this session with a 1.48 just as it started raining. This is from a Go-Pro hero HD and with the in cabin video sound put over it as the Go-Pro sound was no good. Phillip Island - 1min 48sec Got a little sideways through Turn 1 which was fun.... this is what happens when you are too busy looking at your speedo rather then the turning point. Turn 1 Phillip Island - A Little Sideways Guy in a commadore nearly cleans me up Commadore Nearly Cleans Me Up

Carbon Fibre Canards

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Picked up some cool CF canards or side spliters for the front bar, have to pull my finger out and install them. (there are two of them just didn't take a photo of the other one)

Wrong Rod Ends and DL1 Sensors

Bit of an update, the rod bearings were the wrong thread size so have to take them back and get the right thread size. Quiet frustrating but hopefully will be ok except for another wheel alignment being then needed but will set it up for the next track day at the same time rather then doing it twice. Andrew made a better mount for the DL1 for me and added in TPS and brake switch which will be handy to see throttle control through the corners and combined with the G sensors pick under/over steer up easier. Need some new discs as the rotors are about stuffed, went to Tony @ V-Sport who no longer works there but aparently DBA don't make the curved vein rotors and only have the kangaroo paw. Not sure about these as have had some previous bad reports on the design but becasue i have the hats it means i need to either suck it up or buy another brand and pay the extra money for the hats and donunts.

Rod Ends and Dyno Day

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Have not done much since the Oran Park track day but have a few things to try and sort out, has been difficult with work and EOFY. Have to fit the rod ends which Unique Autosports got for me, they are a chrome moly 14mm teflon coated type used in motorsport. I am hoping they will do the job and i won't have any issues like with the Kazama ones, John sorted out some good prices as well considering some of the other places wanted close to $200 each for them.

Pro Photo Shoot - Amazing shots thanks Chris and Kevin

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Chris and Kevin last week took some photos of the car at night and i must admit the results are amazing, both of them have a real talent and the photos are better then i expected. Here is a couple of the photos that they orginised, Resized to 87% (was 1024 x 739) - Click image to enlarge

Oran Park Grand Prix (GP) Circuit - PB 1:19.69

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Went to Oran GP last weekend and had a good day, the unique guys could not get the bearings in time as the vendor was bringing them over from the states which was a bummer but they arranged at cost to them to ship in another type to make sure I was ok for the event. I was pretty impressed.

New Steering rack and replaced Kazama tie rod ends which were bent!!!

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A bit of an update, Had some issues for a while when after pulling the car off the trailer noticed what I thought was oil coming from the driver’s side, now originally I thought it was the remote mount for the oil cooler and filter but noticed the driver’s side steering boot was damaged. The Passenger side one had been replaced when the car was last at Powerplay as when it came up for rego the car got knocked back because of play in the passenger side wheel, I thought this was the hubs but it ended up being a shagged relatively new Tein tie rod that had gone mainly because of the boot was damaged on the passenger side. The passenger side boot was replaced along with a new tie rod and got it passed rego and the car hasn't done a lot since, now after noticing the oil leak on the weekend I bit the bullet and got a new boot for the driver’s side and pulled off the old one and noticed it was not oil from the motor but power steering fluid. Decided then and there to pull the rack o...