Magnesium Forged and Carbon Fibre Hybrid alloy wheel

We have been in discussion with Patrick from Litespeed Racing for some time now and have been working on a very special project for the all new Mercedes AMG C63 Edition 1 Motor sport edition, that involves his very beautiful VS10 forged wheel design, only rather than using the regular 6061 heat treat forged aluminium and carbon, we are using forged magnesium and carbon for a very special hybrid carbon fibre wheel, built specifically as an exclusive for Andrew Morris and his Icon F1 brand.

Andrew is no stranger to working with high quality exotic materials when constructing a vehicle, his collaboration with the Sheene family when building the icon Sheene Ultrabike is a sheer testament to the word quality, the specification is mind blowing.

1400 CC Suzuki engine, but Andrew added some extra spice with a Garrett Turbocharger, Carrello Con-rods, Wiseco Pistons, and a Motech Formula one wiring system with data logging and mapping adjustment, with some exotic titanium and carbon fibre parts finding their way onto the bike, it just oozes quality from every angle.

Icon F1 Sheene

Icon F1 Sheene

Icon F1 Sheene

Icon F1 Sheene

Icon F1 Sheene

This is one project we have been looking forward too, working with some great materials, and the worlds first hybrid carbon and forged Magnesium wheels, bookmark our blog post for more details as this build moves forward.

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MASCAR Birmingham Wheels

Saturday the 3rd of June saw Andy Hartwell return to the Mascar race line up, a very busy work schedule along with moving work premises has seen him head down and arse up in his workshop, turning a very old dilapidated factory into to a modern day 5 ramp MOT station, so unfortunately he has had to prioritise, and work commitment has come first, as without work, there is no racing, so with the workload sorted and the new building looking rather dapper, it was time to unwind and have a bit of fun, in true Hartwell style , and what better way to do that, than hit the race track.

With 8 races of the season already gone, Mascar turned up at Birmingham wheels, which happens to be Andy’s home race, and one that he is sponsoring, so it would be rude not to participate in this round, and Saturday morning saw us load up the truck and head off to the track for practice and a little bit set up work and catch up with the guys and gals from the Mascar community, we all had a great morning chewing the fat with a few friends, and sorting out the little set up issues, #05 was ready to rock and roll for race one.

After being away from the first part of the season, Andy lined up near the back of the pack, but fought his way through with some excellent race craft, finishing a formidable 3rd place, not a bad start to the day, and with his race face on, he was looking forward to race 2, where he lined up mid pack, to finish second behind the race winner Juli Stanford.

Click the video below if you would like to see the full race 2 coverage.

MASCAR Racing, Race 2 from Birmingham Wheels 03/06/2017

The final race of the day was always going to be one to watch, and it didn't disappoint, and as luck would have it, Andy misplaced his side safety net support bar, but with Craig on hand from PRO 24, it all got sorted fairly quickly, although Andy was now lining up yet again at the back of the grid.

The race was pretty spectacular, and the in-car Go Pro footage show not only how fast these little pocket rockets are, but also the driving standards really are first class, enjoy and watch from a birds eye perspective of what its like to race one of these stunning little race cars, this really is a series that’s going places, and with a brands hatch next week, proves it’s a series that’s growing fast, so with brands hatch on the horizon followed by another visit to Birmingham, and with a few tweaks in the pipeline, we look forward to seeing hard and fair racing, as they say “If you’re not rubbing you’re not racing” .. see you at Brum.

MASCAR Racing, GoPro In-car with Andy Hartwell, The Final from Birmingham Wheels 03/06/2017

#Mascar05 #mascar #MascarRacing #andyhartwell #Birminghamwheels #BirminghamWheels

Porsche 997 Turbo Wide Body

In our line of business with the products we offer, we get to not only ship our parts all around the world, we also get to work with some great people on their fantastic builds, and just recently our customer Yann Boivin who resides in Dubai completed his stunning RSR Inspired 997 Turbo.

Yann made contact with us mid part of 2016 about building a wide body Porsche 997, based on his Turbo with his inspiration coming not just from the race series Porsche GT3 RSR, but the VAD RSR Turbo 650R build we did in 2013, although It a personal build we like to forget about, because it wasn’t built to a standard we have always strived for, the paint work wasn’t the best, we used a very cheap, poor quality FRP RSR kit, the fit was appalling, and the wheel build was to extreme, with our initial idea was to build a race looking Porsche 997 RSR, we build a stance cambered RSR, modifying the front bumper that gave the car a silly looking smile, if we had our time over again building an RSR turbo, it would be done totally different, as we will showcase when we start to construct our new Porsche 997 build, the GT3R bi-turbo, but we will cover that in another post when our build starts.

Yann had a few niggles along the way, mainly with the body shop he chose, but with a new recommendation and his vison and determination still in full flow, his dream build has now hit the street, and its one very special looking 997 Turbo.

His wheel choice from day one was to fit our VAD VF1 3 piece forged concave wheels as seen on our original demo, but they wouldn’t be as extreme, and they would be a completely tyre set up and colour combo, with Matte brushed bronze, with brushed silver hardware, 10x20 > 265/30R20 front and 13x20 > 345/25R20 rear sitting on custom coilover suspension, the finish and colour of the wheel suit the beautiful Metallic Khaki green to absolute perfection.

We have a full range of professional photos heading our way over the next few weeks, so check back in for details as they will be uploaded to our blog and VAD fitted vehicle gallery.

#VADPorsche #PorscheRSR #Porsche997Turbo #WideBody #997TurboWideBody #GT3R #VADVM1