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Feb 13, 2020
3 min read

Over the last few days we have been in conversation with Jon Olsson, chatting about various cars and builds and to say he is infectious is an understatement, he has got us looking into our next build more vigorously, and now we are looking at every detail of the build, in microscopic detail, what have you done to us Jon.

Our 991R project is still in the early stages, but it’s this stage we love, putting all the details together of the build, who we will work with on various components, who we will collaborate with, we already know lots of people that will assist us with the direction we wish to go on this one, as we have made plenty of mistakes in the past, we will not make those mistakes on this build.


We will be working with JRZ on the suspension side with this build, we should have worked with them on the 997 Turbo –R & BMW Z4 GT3 V8, but Bilstein were really good to us on those builds so it was a bit of a no brainer, and they are such an awesome company to work with, and they are local which was an added bonus, but with the 991R we will are really looking forward to working with the Porsche suspension gurus JRZ, when it comes to handling perfection these boys are the best.

The body work will be our usual raw carbon fibre; the colour is yet to be decided but yellow is a very strong contender at the moment, but knowing us that could change. Exhaust will be built by our good friend Craig at Dynotorque, wheels we have chosen will be super lightweight magnesium forged 3 piece from our partners GT3RR, design will be the F1M in sizes and widths 12X20F & 14x20R, wrapped in Michelin 295/35R20 & 345/30R20 front & rear respectively.


Staying on the subject of wheels, we managed to get a sneak peek on Jon Olsson’s Audi 1000 BHP RS6 before it’s official launch a few days back we were drawn to the wheel choice Jon made for this RS6 build and it looks radical, like nothing else on the market and we love that, Jon has always had a great eye for a wheel and this choice has inspired us, Brixton Forged did one hell of a job on the design and manufacture and although we have our own wheel design locked in, we also want to run with a different look from time to time which has made us revisit D-LNG, the Turbofan maestros.

We reached out to Steve the owner of D-LNG a couple of years back when our BMW Z4 GT3 V8 was in its early stages, but we had a change of direction on the build and felt they wouldn’t be the right look for the Z4 GT3 styling, but for the Porsche it’s the perfect look and as racing history has shown the Porsche brand wears them well, and with Steve now working on his all new Gen concave 3D printed designs, this build just has to have them, more updates will follow when the build starts, 2020 just seems to getting better month by month.


For more details on our up and coming Porsche 991R Aero programe get in touch with us.



 
Feb 5, 2020
2 min read

Since the launch of our R56, R57, R58 & R59 extended 25 mm and 35 mm wheel arch flares in 2018 we have been on the lookout for a 1 piece cast wheel that would be a suitable width and offset without the use of spacers, sounds easy right, but it’s been a painstakingly frustrating search speaking to various wholesalers and manufactures far and wide, we came across a lovely wheel design from a compnay in Germany, but we had to order 48 wheels on order pay up front and wait 4 months, as nice as the wheel was a four month lead time sounded very much like it was sourced and manufactured in China, so it was back to the drawing board, Klutch wheels have a beautiful design, but limited stock was a problem, we source and supply AME Shallen wheels but customers do not want 2 piece wheels due to the high cost restraints of multipice wheels.


With options limited we spoke to various UK 1 piece cast wheel specialists, to say that was a bit of a waste of time is an understatement, every wheel we liked was overpriced and Chinese produced, which seems to be the normal UK practise with 1 piece cast wheel designs, but that all changed on our visit to the Performance Car Show at the NEC in Birmingham on trade day... enter the Italian wheel manufacturing maestros EvoCorse.

We are thrilled to of now sourced the perfect light weight 1 piece cast wheel for our Mini conversion, but also teaming up with the legendary company like EvoCorse, offering a super high quality wheel now available to our customers, which we can now offer globally.


So why have we had such a headache trying to find a wheel that works with our extended fender mini conversions, the main reason is the width of wheel as well as the required offset to suit, as the one thing we do not want is to fit spacers, so we need a 9x17 with a +10 to +15 offset and although one piece wheels are the most popular withing the wheel industry the width and offset we need in our 4x100 PCD just doesn’t exist, but thanks to EvoCorse, they have made our dream a reality.

The EvoCorse Sanremo Zero wheel is a 12 spoke design with a concave profile, which is available in our desired 9” width and a selection of offsets from +6 to +48 so is the perfect wheel to fine tune the offsets we need front to rear for our conversion, weight of the wheels is 9 to 9.5 KG depending on the offset chosen, the standard colours are White and Black, with Silver, Anthracite and Gold also available on request.

All of our Mini builds will be fitted exclusively with the EvoCorse wheel design and be wrapped in Nankang 255/40R17 NS2R, our tyre partner for various conversions we offer, get in touch with us for further details on our awesome Mini products


 

Updated: Feb 4, 2020

We have been pretty quiet on the Ferrari front for a while now, and we cannot believe Mikael Persbrandt build with the Lights 2 Flag crew was way back in 2015, the time has just flown by, and contray to poular belief from the shores of the USA, Mikaels FerrarI 458 was the very first ever road going GT3 on the planet.

The statement for us at the time was to showcase what we could put together, the first ever road going Ferrari 458 GT3, and we got to work with a fantastic bunch of people to create a real show stopping 458 that still graces the swedish roads 5 years on.

Although we haven’t personally been involved in any other Ferrari 458 GT3 builds we have been supplying a lot of O.E.M race parts around the world, but with this next build we will be supplying parts for is going to be something very special.

There are a couple of 458 builds stateside, our personal favourite is the Gloss Black Gen 1 build owned by Rob Panlilio of Crooks & Castles, if ever you need to look at how a road going 458 GT3 should be put together this is the one, then there is David Uy build possibly the most popular Ferrari 458 GT3 on Instagram, this example is now owned by Danny Pak, TJ Hunt is the latest to build a street going GT3 458, which he put together for SEMA 2019, what we have noticed is all these builds have used old used race parts, which seems the way to go if you’re in the USA, but we are about to change all that, by doing it as it should be done.

There is nothing wrong with used race part, but most have taken a beating, or been repaired sometimes in its life, and you get good and bad repairs and when your fitting these parts to a 200k + Ferrari we personally prefer to fit brand new carbon fibre parts, and just so happens so does our customer Manny, straight out of the box we were on the same page with this build, all parts would have to be brand spanking new from Michelotto as it was going on to a late 458 with the ultimate factory spec, so only new parts would do for this build and another stipulation was not to mix and match the parts from Gen1 to Gen 2 … every part had to be Gen 2, which we believe will be a first for a road going 458.

With the parts on order it’s now just a waiting game, as the car gets striped down ready for its new clothes, but what we can do is ogle over the latest Gen 2 race going 458 GT3.

Check back for details on this build and follow our social media as and when this build takes shape.

 
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