Peter’s work is brilliant and if not for him, I know I would have gone back to cast for 2018. We engaged the services of the RB guru himself, Peter from PMC Race Engines, who has modified the block and replaced the internal components.
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Michele: Almost everything has changed in the engine! It may be the same piece of billet, but given the changes that needed to be made to it, its no longer the same either! I’m still using the Maatouks head as the CNC ported head cracked at WTAC 2017. WTAC: We have seen some pretty interesting pictures on Facebook of the engine build, what changes have you made for 2018? Although Xtreme is certainly not an ordinary tin top! John Boston from TrackSchool is helping with R&D and co-driving with myself and helping me transition from the open wheeler back into a tin top. Also a big thanks to Xtreme Clutch, Hi Octane, Compfriction and V-Sport. Mark has worked non-stop implementing it all including fabrication and welding, how wrong he was when he thought it would slow down after WTAC 2017, he still hasn’t stopped! Moving forward we have Jordon from Cox Automotive working on suspension and chassis development. I could never have done it without Daniel’s ideas, advice and help in sourcing the components. Michele: The key people involved leading up to WTAC 2017 and Xtreme’s conception were Daniel Burton, Mark Guyer and myself. WTAC: The build quality looks insane! Can you tell us who was involved? They are making a documentary on the Xtreme GTR which goes into a lot more detail about what happened and covering our whole journey and experiences going all the way to WTAC. I can’t count how many calls, check-ups, hugs and shoulders to cry on they have provided over this last nine months but I can say we are blessed to have them on our team and in our life.
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During this time, we also had some very low moments and looking back, our biggest support came from the most unexpected of places, our amazing professional media team Murray Barton and Tobias Ridewood. Then in went the new wiring loom, the engine, tuning, dyno and the list just goes on and on. Xtreme was stripped bare, bagging and labelling everything, back on the rotisserie, back to Capital Precision Coatings for sandblasting, then back to J Racing for painting, back to Topstage Composites for carbon (although I think Freddy enjoyed having her back, he loves her). Michele: The rebuild was surreal in so many ways, déjà vu, all over again! Mark and I just kept pushing on. Can you tell us a bit about what you have been up to since the 2017 event? WTAC: You suffered a major setback at WTAC last year with the whole car almost burning to the ground yet you appear to have come back bigger and better. None of us envisioned it would lead to the level it ended up. Initially we were rebuilding her for Daniel Burton to run in IPRA, however, long story short, things went in a different direction when Daniel approached us with his WTAC deal. Michele: Xtreme GTR was an ex-BSM Improved Production N1 R32 GTR, the irony in this is this is the same car John Boston drove in IPRA. Can you give us a bit of history of the car and how you got started at WTAC? We had a chat with Michele about her plans for 2018. She will be sharing the driving duties with “Mr Time Attack” himself John Boston to see if they can make the whole dream come true of a successful event in the hotly contested Open Class. With Michele herself taking the reins this year (who we might add has a motor racing background in open wheelers). In fact while the previous version was beautiful, the current version is nothing short of breathtaking. Any part that was damaged was replaced and if possible made lighter, stronger or more powerful. So for the past nine months the scarred remains of the Xtreme GTR were stripped back to nothing.
But there was no chance Michele was going to let that small hiccup take away her dream of having the best time attack R32 GTR on the planet. By all accounts to anyone that witnessed it, it also looked like the end of the car entirely. Unfortunately as so often happens in motorsport things did not go to plan and in similar fashion to what happened to the Matt Longhurst R34 GTR, the Xtreme GTR suffered a serious engine bay fire that put an end to their whole event. One of the most hotly anticipated builds at WTAC 2017 was the Xtreme R32 GTR owned and built by Canberra based Michele Guyer. Xtreme GTR Rises from the Ashes! Competitor Spotlight Xtreme GTR Rises from the Ashes!
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