Ute

Hilux at Phillip Island

A month ago I got a call from Stu at Shannons Insurance letting me know he had a spare spot in the garage for the bi yearly Charity Drive Day that they proudly support. Phillip Island is a world class...

Hilux ft Falken tyres at Summernats 2019

I’ll start this post off by explaining how good it feels to drive this machine. An electric mix of emotions and feelings. The MotorEx demos cemented that its a a really fun car to drive, when I ...

The Hilux at MotorEx

Last year was a big year for me, I really put my focus into moving forward with the PS13 project and put off any offers to take the Hilux out on track. You have to understand that track days are not t...

ETS Drift Ute – 3 years in 100 Photos

I had a request the other day to be a part of a book, the book was on modified cars, they wanted three photos and a short story on the car, 3 photos I thought………. That should be easy...

ETS Drift Ute – Rebuild Timelapse

ETS Drift Ute – Rebuild Timelapse from Engineered To Slide on Vimeo. I have been doing a lot of motorcycle stuff lately, but every-time I employ a process I learnt on the Hilux build I think bac...

ETS Drift Ute – Overseas Vacation

Things are really different lately, its been a week since my Hilux sat on the startline of Hampton Downs Racetrack ready to attack the track, every night after work I head home thinking about it and i...

ETS Drift Ute – Loading Up

Yesterday I had a 12 hour garage day, I didn’t stop and I think I achieved what I set out to, this was a couple of hours work. My plan was to make a simple 6 wheel and tyre rack and a BMX mount ...

ETS Drift Ute – Never ending story

In my last post I wrote about getting the engine, gearbox and ancillaries all assembled and ready to go, it was a long night and subsequently the next day at work was long and tiring. All I wanted to ...

ETS Drift Ute – Its a numbers game

The most used tool in the building of this car is not the welder or the angle grinder its the tape measure, vernier calipers, ruler and micrometer. It wasnt until I embarked on the gearbox conversion ...