With the focus on lightness and handling I was on the lookout for a big brake kit. About three months ago I spotted this set front and rear for sale in the US with two piece 330mm rotors. They had only ever been fitted to an SW20 and pushed around a garage, never had fluid in them.
 

 
They were basically new at half the price so I contacted the seller as I was thinking he may have been willing to send them by sea or some other means as the whole lot weighs around 50 kg. It turns out his mate crews on a private jet that flys to Sydney regularly so he sent them over with him via Pago Pago and B24 picked them up for me, what a win! I have mocked these up on the car and will fit them proper over the next week. Combined with the wheels this has reduced the weight on the front hub by 10kg each side.
 
Yesterday I got the hubs ready by stripping all the built up rust off, treating them to some brake cleaner and rust proofing them with galvanic protectant. Hopefully they perform well and last.
 

 

 

 

Well it will be a nice piece to see a few days time. The wheels will set it off. Make sure you get can drive up here without any hassles.

The tyre, rims, rotor, caliper combo looks great! Bet they also stop you too!

Time for an update. I have had great fun tracking the car these last few months. It has been very reliable, taking an almighty thrashing with no issues besides a couple of oil leaks. My plan to keep this as a turnkey racecar so I have been steadily upgrading things whilst keeping the car running.
 
The focus for the last couple of months has been on the intercooling system. Im upgrading to an air to water intercooling system. Given its not a road car anymore, I decided to place the intercooler in the cabin behind the passenger seat. The advantage of this is keeping it out of the heat of the engine bay and keeping the weight lower and nearer the centre of the car. For the air hoses I didn’t want them sitting free through the firewall as I wanted a proper seal so I had a fabricator make up an adaptor piece with tubing protruding either side. He did I nice tidy job.
 



Everything else for the system revolves around the placement of the intercooler so I have been busy working on the induction piping. My mate cookiemonster on the forum rightly pointed out the colour scheme of the piping is very appropriate. Can you spot why?


The air intake is temporary but I am very curious to see how this performs all  the same. I didn’t mind chopping the lid as its an N/A one that nobody will ever want.

 
 
 
 
 
 

How will you tie the semi's to the car when heading north for the trackday?
I like it mad man.
 

Cut another hole in the firewall and mount the pod filter in the cabin as well ;)

Imagine the induction sound! yeah!!