I recently shot the famous ex-KSR Nissan R34 GT-R for its new Perth-based owner. What a machine - my first ride in a highly modified GT-R and it won't be something I forget soon.
You can see more about this car and my photos on The-Lowdown.Com - great article by Ryan Lewis.
On a recent trip to Sydney for a number of private and editorial shoots I had the pleasure of shooting what has to be one of Australias most modified Volkswagen Scirocco R's. The owner has left very little untouched as you can see from the following modification list:
Under the Bonnet
Hybrid K04 Turbocharger
Mcchip-DKR Software Performance Stage 4 EngineTune
VWR Racing Intake
Custom Vband downpipe and high flow 200 cell cat
Milltek Cat Back Exhaust (Unresonated)
HPFP Stage 1 Fuel pump with 145 Bar rail valve
HPFP Cam Follower
Audi TTRS/RS3 In Tank Fuel pump
Forge Twin Cooler
Forge Oil Catch Can system
Forge Boost Tap
Forge Vacuum operated valve upgrade
Neuspeed Turbo discharge pipe
BSH throttle pipe
R8 Coil Packs
Stage 3 Snow Performance Water Meth Kit
Suspension
KW DCC Coilovers
H&R Front and Rear Sway Bars (26mm and 22mm)
Unibrace Under-body Brace
Super Pro Alloy Control Arms
Super Pro anti lift kit
Super Pro Roll Centre Adjusting Ball Joint
Drivetrain
CPC Stage 4 DSG Tune
HPA Dogbone insert (Red 75 Duro)
BSH Pendulum Mount
VW Motorsport Custom LSD
SSP 400HP Clutch Package
Brakes
AP Racing 6 Piston Monoblock with custom bracket
355mm Two piece Floating with Strap Drive System
Ferodo DS2500 pads
Goodridge Braided Lines
AP Racing Dot 5.1 Brake Fluid
Rear: Grooved and vented OEM
Wheels
ADV.1 8.1 (19 x 9.5 et 35) Forged
3mm H&R Spacer at Front
Michelin Pilot Super Sports 265 x 30 x 19
Exterior
Scirocco Cup rear spoiler
Carbon Demon Gloss Black Vinyl Roof
Carbon Demon Matt Grey Metallic Full Body Wrap
Volkswagen Motorsport Carbon Kevlar GT24 Bonnet
Aerocatch Bonnet Fastener
Garage Vary Reife Rear Diffuser
Kerscher Tuning CF Front lip
Rear View Camera (RVC)
Interior
Recaro Motorsport Seats
ST2 DSG Paddle Shifter Upgrade
P3 Cars Vent Integrated Digital Interface
Interior LED lighting upgrade
A few shots from the AMS trackday I attended last week - the star of the showing obviously being the AMS sponsored Ferrari 458 Challenge out for its first run in WA.
This weekend just gone I flew over to Alice Springs to meet up with a few supercars (transported there on a truck) and their owners, same sort of idea as the previous times we went out there in 2005/6/7.
I think we covered about 2000km in the 3 days of driving and saw some amazing sites along the way – Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, The Olgas and Kings Canyon. Different place/hotel every night so we covered quite a bit of ground.
The roads out there vary a little but for the most part they are amazing and make for some great high speed driving.
Enough talking, here are some pics – obviously not a photoshoot as it was more just snapshots of the road trip along the way but I think they turned out quite well.
You can see more of my photos and words about the adventure over at Downshift.
