I think I’m going to have to start a blog about my racing, because I just love it so much and this isn’t the right place to blog about it!

Till then, check out these 2 hot pics and there’s a video of it at idle, purring…

It’s wet season here, so I’ve not run it for a while, when I do I’ll grab some new pics and videos…

My next offline business venture will be into racing. I love motor racing, I think the purest form of racing is karting, and I love the formula 1 (go felipe!).

I’ve stumbled upon a car manufacturer over here (in Thailand) that used to build cars for a racing series that’s finished. They don’t actively build cars anymore, but they have the whole series of cars lying around – about 5 from 2004, and 15+ from 2006 (2 different models).

So I’ve been in talks with some tracks, team owners and guys who run whole other race series to see if they are interested in the cars, and so far it’s going quite well.

We’re going to send a couple of cars over next month to Australia for a test run, see how they compare to other prototype cars (cars that aren’t built by a big manufacturer are deemed prototype), and yeah, going to test them up, check times and setups, check the running costs and what not. We know where we can make the cars faster already so we’ll see how it goes.

Big benefit is the cost of the cars – we can retail them at $10-$15k less than other comparable cars. Other prototypes that run in race series in Aus, UK and US ’start’ at about $45k new, and $35k second hand, our 2^nd hand cars that will be reconditioned and tested first, will retail for $25k, and if we can sell them, we’ll be investing in a manufacturing plant here in Thailand, and then getting into manufacturing the cars for sale around the world, hopefully hitting that $35-$40k new mark.

Here’s our cars:

For those who are into cars and racing, the big black and the black white and red cars are running a Toyota 1.6ltr with a sequential gearbox. The white and pink cars are running a Suzuki 750cc bike engine and box; we’re upgrading them to a Yamaha or Honda 1,000cc and 1,300cc bike engine and box which will redline at 12,000rpm. The cars weigh under 600kg each at the moment, but we’re going to be making them about 100-150kg lighter.