It’s just 28 days until Round 1 of the BDC and we literally cannot wait!! Despite having winter for a ‘refresh’ the Team Japspeed cars have been busy with drift displays and demos including the Autosport show back in January, so timescales have always been tight for 2011. That said, we’d never let a car compete unless it was 100% ready… albeit often taking many long nights to finish!
First things first was to pull the VH45DE engine out ready for a refresh
So is the dash as we have put a tighter fitting roll cage into the car, thanks to Peter at Fabricage as the last cage was slightly off the A pillar and Shane was banging his head
As you can see the cage is much tighter to the A pillar and roof
Now just all needs painting
Engine bay after one season
Now all painted
Engine had all been checked and was perfect, considering its a standard NA running 260BHP from stock and we was running just short of 600BHP though it all it held up quite well, just gave the engine a refresh and a coat of paint.
More heatshielding as been fitted as this thing gets so hot under the hood. Also new style screamer pipes 
Just bolting it all back together now and hopefully will be ready to test next week!
The interior has all been painted and built back up
