AVO returned to Tsukuba Circuit for another crack at the track. We'd tuned out the car better this time, turning up boost to 22psi, and reached well over 500hp at the crank - with the stock air flow meter! More than just power has been going into this car since the last Hypermeet, as we also got some S tyres on it finally, and have been working on the suspension to get it better sorted out. Yet even with the S tyres, we were still having some problems....

With traction! Even as sticky as those tyres were, even the pro driver was having problems getting all that power down to the ground at the track. He kept laying down the strips out of every corner. The suspension got a work-over as well. In fact, between the added power and over 500 ft/lbs of torque, the bottom ends of the coilovers were getting twisted all over!

At the end of the day, we hit a 1.01.55 second time around Tsukuba, 2 seconds faster than the Hypermeet time. And it wasn't even breathing hard! By the time the next Hypermeet comes, we are looking to hit a 59 second time. Or better.