Ian Baker is a true character of Australian motorsport. With the World Time Attack Challenge series having its 10th year in 2019, the future is looking bright for the series once borders reopen and we had Ian jump on for a chat about the history of WTAC, the future and
After last weeks video where we saw James’s Supercharged VZ Ute “BLOWNLS” punch out 1,040rwhp on the Hub Dyno (link below), today the team got the chance to put the car to the test.
Dyno Video: https://youtu.be/icrnwSa_p48
With the team at Pure Grunt Performance opening up their Test Pad for the afternoon ADR Engines & Audio Image were onsite to make sure everything went smoothly.
And the test couldn’t have gone any better with the car smashing 3 sets of tyres in the space of hour. Even the Show Rims weren’t safe with the car getting put on the trailer on rims.
Turn up the volume and listen to this Supercharged Weapon SCREAM as the 8/71 Littlefield shoves 20+ pound of boost into the 403 Cube LS.
The team now have a couple of minor things to change but rest assured this car will be hitting a Burnout Competition very shortly.
Thanks to Christie Lyn Photography for the cover photo.
Episode 0018! We’ve got 2 for 1 value this week with Stuart Home and Joe Begic who are a mechanic and driver respectively from the Arise Racing team here in Western Australia. Stuart has been with Arise Racing for 3 years prepping cars for the likes of Nick
V6 COMMODORE UTE “ARKN UP” AT SKIDFEST
Episode 0017, not 0016 as Shane mentions in the intro, lands with less grace than Mika Häkkinen jumping a kerb in Adelaide. Our guest this week is renowned Formula 1 photographer Mark Sutton from Sutton Images / Motorsport Images who has spent the last 30+ years photographing motorsport around the world
BLOWN VK ENGINE BAY FIRE AT SKIDFEST
We’re living life a 1/4 mile a time. Trying hard not to offend the drag racing community with Shane’s clear lack of knowledge on this form of motorsport, but we think we did OK! Oil & Energy / Hydraulic Technical Solutions drag racer Kyle Putland, holder
Matthew Hughes couldn’t wait for the Burnout Pad to dry so he puts his Blown Injected Mazda “MONSTA” out for a test. Which was probably a good thing as it pushed some gearbox oil out early on and broke a fuel pump fitting. The car was fixed and returned for Competition later in the evening.
Todd Blizzard suffers an Engine Bay Fire at Skidfest in his Screaming Supercharged One Tonner “NASTYQEE”.
Chris “Ballistic” Orchard borrows Dean Irvine’s BLOWN VK for a tribute Skid to Matt Page who was laid to rest yesterday.
Far to say Ballistic treats other peoples cars exactly the same as he treats his own as this is Pure Mechanical ABUSE!!!!!