handbrake

ready for the trip down to Eastern Creek!

Nevco trailer

thanks to Paul for the graphic design

thanks to motul who are supplying all our fluids, great support!

cant wait to see one of the alpha 12 kits here in Aus. the alpha 10 is so strong I cant imagine what a 12 would be like to drive I hear you guys have my alpha 10 on the dyno now Trent and are putting out some impressive numbers. giddyup John!

damn! cant wait to see it Drew. make sure you look after the guys in the workshop, they have some late nights ahead.

http://www.downshiftaus.com/2011/07/mercury-motorsport-r35-the-shakedown/

that is stokell driving that lap. it was the fastest towards the end of the lunch. I was 1.5 seconds off the pace. I need to grow some bigger ones real quick power delivery is smooth and linear, but can see how tentative the car is in the corners, understeer on entry. plenty of development to go in the handling dept.

big effort from Luke, Gordo and John to get the car out there today. massive downforce but a little unbalanced, had to back off the downforce at the rear. also mechanical grip requires plenty of attention, though we had the balance a little better by days end and have some things to try tomorrow. long road ahead. will be back out there tomorrow but tyres are pretty shagged and no time to get a fresh set on (second set of wheels not here until friday)

Monday/Tuesday

correct

front wings and front lip extended

rear wing is massive, here is a small part of it. its little brother the 'second element' is large enough

door (in pic on car it has just been sanded with residue still on it)

rear diffuser

groups usually listed on the www.timeattack.com.au website a day or two before.

I wish I could laugh about it.

Not yet.

thanks! would be great to catch up at the track.

looks mean drew. I see the plugs?? in the background there? do you have the carbon pieces delivered yet?

yep will be fun battling with Drew out there! As you can see with that last pic of the car, we are really hoping the carbon parts are sorted on time ourselves. The car was literally floating down the straights the other day, scary stuff.

Snowy, great news. would be good to see you out at the nissan event. its a fun day despite QR not being the most impressive of circuits. It sounds like the GT auto garage R35 will also be out there that day