D.I. Exclusive - My new FD machine

I've been gone about a month now and have been seriously slacking with any updates of what I've been up to. I've been flat out working the day job and then working every night with the Gardella Racing lads on the new Camaro as well as doing any small bits and pieces to my car, the Pontiac Solstice.

So with everything finally done ready to go for Atlanta, the least I can do is give you lot the first look at my car for the rest of the season,

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3052011192.jpg

and on the dyno having a quick tune before the trip down south this weekend, mobile dyno is the job !. Don't think the neighbors were too fond of it though .

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...2052011187.jpg

You can play spot the Drift Ireland stickers on the live stream when I get a chance to fit them !

Looks class man best of luck with it this season!

Looks cool dude..best of luck the weekend

Looks like a good car, I like the design of the chassis and the weight balance they used. Should work well but I'd say it's a handfull to drive :)


Best of luck this year Eric, should be a good one!



John,

Ah now you cant be throwin up pics of it on the dyno and not tell us how much power your playing with ;)

Best of luck this season man

Cool car best of luck this year eric

looks ace dude...best of luck this season!!

looks well man good luck

Looks savage man, best of luck for the season

Nice! Best of luck with it

livin in the states now eric?? cant wait to see you thrash the yanks!! :D looking well on tv3 last night!:pblonde bit is grand!

Sporty! Looking forward to seeing it slidey slide.what power?!

looks awesome lad! best of luck!

great stuff lad best of luck again this year!!.. what power did it make on the dyno?

best of luck eric and hopefully this car will be reliable so we see you on the podium at some stage this year

Looks the part. Best of luck this year. What kind of figures did it achieve?

that look mad on real best of luck with the year ahead

can i drive :)
best of luck man and hope to see ya in the summer

very nice mate. Good luck

Kool car, u suit you well :)

Best of Luck this year, we will all be watching :)

nice one dude.... best of luck with it... :afro:

Best of luck with it this season Eric!

best of luck with the new car eric

Best of luck lad !!!

Me likey long time :D

best of luck with her man!

Sweet lad looks the biz :)

Very nice lad, best of luck with FD this year!

Thanks lads, the car is awesome but very difficult to drive at the same time. Gave the wall a good belt yesterday after a very twitchy run but Im starting to figure it out now and should be good to go for my first round battle with Kyle Mohan.
Driving low powered 4 cylinder yokes for years has been bad training for big power V8's, my big man foot was causing more problems than anything else !

If the team knew I told everyone what power the car makes I'd be shot !. It is however exactly twice as powerful as my corolla so you can probably figure that out.

Well done on the qualifying Eric and best of luck in the twin battle!
Have you done much testing in the Solstice?

Well done on the qualifying and best of luck tonight!

savage car eric, well done on qualifting and best of luck with the rest!! you'l do well as always, epic pilot!

you looked very good last night man being the first time driving it..
best of luck with the twin battles man we'll be shouting for ya!

Thanks for all the support lads, it does make a huge difference when we're all the way over here dealing with some big names in the US scene.

I drove the car for the first time on thursday in the practice here at Road Atlanta, I've had to pretty much learn how to drift all over again between the V8 power and the very far back seating position in this car. Its very strange but I think I've figured it out and can't wait to get some more seat time .

By the time the next event comes around I should be much better prepared for battle, its nice to know that I do have car capable of challenging the top lads now and an amazing team that can keep the car running no matter what I hit it off !.

I replied on FB but meh, I was watching the practice on Friday and you looked like someone who had just gotten into the car for the first time, but it still looked solid. Some decent seat time and you and the car will be awesome! About time too


Best of luck for the season!

It was a very good result considering the amount of seat time you had with the car.
Could definitely see the potential in the car, no shortage of power anyway. Once you get more comfortable with the car,you be a challenging for top spots.

Best of luck for the rest of the season.

Well done yesterday, was unlucky about the tip early on in the top 32.

Yeah that tip was weird, I have no idea what happened to be honest. Kyle came down there about 20mph slower than I had been going all weekend and he had a higher qualifying speed than me. Soon as I went on the brakes the car took off and would not stop for anything.
Met a couple of fans in the pit afterwards and they said that his rad hose blew off and sent water everywhere underneath his car in my direction which would make a bit of sense.

Could not believe the lads got the car together and had me back out there in no time, some dudes .
Anyway, a quick pic of the only D.I stickers I have that I could put on the car. Definitely need something a bit more legible off you lads !.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...7052011197.jpg

i honestly think theres gointa be big results from you in this car maybe as its closer to the corolla than the scooby i dunno but top 16 was great result and i personally think it shouldnt have been run again as his maistakes were bigger anyway great result and best of luck rest of the season doing us proud:wink:

ave faith in you lad more runs ya done better you were getting and you deffo should not off went omt, forsberg proved that in his top 8 run that he was puttin way too much speed in on his follow run and not following the lead persons entry point, what i taught anyway,but best off luck for round 3 and look forward to another late night livestream ;)