Straight off the boat and to the race track! // Honda-Swapped Ferrari Time Attack

[@mattfritch6375]

Off the boat and straight to the track. Nobody can say its not a real racecar. Mike you've done a hell of a job bringing this vision of yours to life. Good job sir!

[@vyrnmn]

Was anyone saying it wasn't a real race car? This thing is awesome.

[@michaelbradley7529]

The beauty of Buttonwillow is being able to go off course and not hurt anything other than your ego. Try that at Willow Springs and you are in for thousands in repairs (especially on that car).

[@leeh9420]

Mike - I feel like you haven't figured out how big an achievement you're sitting in. It's incredible how much of that car you made by hand, and how much it is showing you already. Congratulations!

[@Telecasterland]

Falken sponsored me and my Mustang GT before anyone else in X-Cross. They are absolutely the company that shows up and cares about the community and its feedback. The RT660 really shows that clearly. I'm so happy to see you running them. 🙂 Ok I actually came to tears when I saw the FALKEN sticker on the front being applied. It brought back such emotion and memories. They were so kind to a young kid so long ago. Falken forever.

[@merlinzipp]

It also helps that Falken is making some really great tires. I just hope they don't jack up their prices anymore.

[@Telecasterland]

I don't mind spending a tad more for an even better tire. However, I do get where you are coming from there is a lot of price gouging in the entire auto industry.@@merlinzipp

[@Sean_Farmer]

When you're at a track like Buttonwillow that's so dusty off-track it's always a good idea to have something like a leaf blower and a compressor with you. You open everything up as much as you can and have someone using the compressor and air gun loosen everything up while someone keeps blowing the dust away from the car. That and a small shop vac with a brush head will take care of the majority of the dust. It's far easier than rags to get the bulk of the dust out.

[@RealRickCox]

I can't believe how much work that was to move to Australia and get it back. You overcame some insurmountable odds to keep that thing on the track. Looking forward to hearing more about the transmission failure and how you could have prevented it.

[@Whateverpoopiepants]

The second gear is part of the input shaft. My guess is the heat treating is sub-optimal. He’s not the only person suffering with second gear failure on those quaife transmissions.

[@danieledwards1081]

​@@Whateverpoopiepants you're probably right there, Kyle over at the Boosted Boiz channel also broke second gear at World Cup, mind you he's pushing a hell of a lot more power through it

[@firbolg]

Glad to see both you and the car made it back in one piece. I have to admit I was surprised to hear that leaded gas is still legal in the US, even if only as race fuel. Then I remembered that most piston aircraft still run on 100LL which is also lead gas... in my home country of Switzerland included.

[@Standard_Issue_Pedestrian]

Right?! We really need to move on from that stuff, in both the automotive and aerospace worlds.

[@Secretlyanothername]

@@Standard_Issue_Pedestrian in the US they're trying to move on from leaded in aviation. It's highly toxic, and it's awful for the children who live near airfields - it harms their brain development and makes them stupid.

[@jimhiscott2918]

So far the video is at 25:10 and he has yet to pull out the garden hose or pressure washer soaking every bearing and bushing joint with corrosive water. This is very pleasing to see. I never let water touch my road racebikes in the past and my current car build will never see water as well

[@tbrtbrtzr]

This car os sooo beautiful! 👍

[@Jin-Hu]

Man the second life you given this old Ferrari is nothing short of incredible. amazing work Mike

[@cencio_1976]

Can’t wait to know more about what Quaife told you about the failing transmission

[@ItsRichPerry]

Those god rays when pulling away after going off *cinematic chefs kiss* 🤌🏻

[@wayned3122]

Yep, I've been off a few times at Buttonwillow and there is no way to deny you have been off. There is usually a large dust cloud visible from the pits and the car is a new shade of brown. Love the vids, keep em coming. Love to see cars being driven as they were designed to do.

[@someyoungguy6990]

Riley, your cage work and fab skills got you some mad props in Aus! This is why so many love car culture! When you need help everyone is in, be it set up or cleaning the dust and oil from the gooch (underside) of your car everyone is happy to help and just be part of the fun!

[@RealRickCox]

It would be fun to see what Ben "The Stig" Collins could do behind the wheel of this car. That would help you separate what the car needs from the stuff you need to focus on as a relatively new race driver.

[@for-sure-friend]

are you the guy with the cool r32?

[@boredom.victim]

I was just gonna say I'd like to see The STIG do a few laps 😂

[@bayard1332]

Exactly the comment I was going to make, so I did, too.

[@pauledwards6446]

Yes I believe his driving is bad too , with a real driver in it you could see what the car is capable of

[@nsn876]

There was a comment on Tavarish's video at SEMA asking him to do a series driving KZbin builds

[@davidlotspeich5547]

Compressed air is really helpful at getting dirt and dust out of the little nooks and crannies.

[@maccatt7274]

Dry ice that bad boy and it's Cema ready....

[@xTRACKD]

@@maccatt7274you would never ever do that trackside lol? davids right, you can fire up a 25L compressor and have it all blasted off in minutes

[@wraith600original1]

good to see you back on track ,,,, i see you have repositioned the battery to the cabin good choice but i did see it move a little in a few shots 17:12 forwards and back under braking . what happend to the rear diffuser?

[@KoryBrooks]

If you can only get Randy Pobst to set a benchmark to reach that would be awesome to see how capable the car is, and then watch you grow as a driver on the journey to surpass that benchmark.

[@gavinferguson]

best driving lesson ive ever seen was james may form top gear getting a lesson from the legendary f1 driver jackie stewart well worth a watch

[@benzina5917]

A lot is learned with every spin and there is plenty of time to think about it when cleaning the dust away. You may want to consider taking the car to a large skid pad. This is what Mark Donohue did in his time with Penske and documented in the book 'The Unfair Advantage'. The skid pad is a super inexpensive and safe place to get comfortable with spinning and getting a feel for the car at the limit.

[@flexinclouds]

This is such a big goal of mine. To build an autocross/road race car & engineer, improve & continue tuning it. Ive always been pretty knowledgeable with sportscar design & chassis tuning. But it takes lots of money & northern Illinois doesnt have anywhere near the same car community & performance shops, nor any tracks.

[@CaseyPutsch]

How much do you have in your build in parts, materials, and 3rd party service (including value of sponsor parts). I’ll build a race car with the Ferrari engine you cast aside for the same or less. We can have a good natured competition with it.

[@tonigon5767]

You have done a great job! I'm so happy for you. The GTK sounds and looks amazing.

[@haterade317]

Riley is the man. RS is going places

[@jgilmour5]

Great channel - very impressed by this and all your builds. Want to add my semi-educated voice to suggestions about getting to the real potential of the car. A 56 at BW is a great achievement right out of the box, with no prep time and no sleep! Amazing. But from the in-car I saw on your practice day this car is a good 10 seconds ahead of you Mike - pretty sure you know that. It's a genuine weapon - close to the fastest car there on the day even in it's current unsorted state - never mind adding boost. How do you (the driver) get there? NOT by putting a pro in the car to show you the way as suggested elsewhere in the comments - you'll learn nothing. I suggest more seat time in somthing you can fling about and educate your butt without hurting yourself - maybe a cart. If nothing else go for it but be careful and sneak up on it. The 244 will not be easy on the limit - boost is a beast to tame.

[@stanceworks]

Thanks for this. I appreciate the support and the insight - I agree the car is a monster even in its current form, but I'm working my way towards that. I'll be out this year in the E30 quite a bit as well, for extra seat time.

[@slashwhatever]

Mike, I'm so happy you've chosen to bring us all along with your journey with this car. It's incredible. The attention to detail, the decals, the noise - oh god the noise - it's an absolute beast. Keep it up.

[@HomeBuiltByJeff]

Awesome work mate. Great to see you really starting to lean on it.

[@benjireid798]

So satisfying watching the whole journey .

[@richardbrowne3641]

Glad to see your Ferrari home. I love FALKEN TIRES! I have a set of FALKEN SENCERA A/S 4 season Touring tires on my Subaru Impreza. 80,000 mile warente and a responsive comfortable ride. "CLEAN'ER'UP!" "FIX'ER'UP!" "GET'ER'DONE!"

[@Iceracer25]

I used to ice race in VW Sciroccos. I remember running consistent laps and wondering if I was leaving anything out there on the VERY long front stretch. I left my foot in the gas for what I counted to be half a second- I nailed the snowbank at the end and got airborn. It's good to know where the limits are Mike. Happy cleaning!

[@sarahdell4042]

Can’t get enough of this car!

[@mrcaps1971]

I can never get tired of watching and listening to the 244. Well done Mike!

[@AG-tb4ce]

Car looks awesome on track, enjoy it in good health.

[@watersmart1]

Well Mike you’ve created a monster, that thing sounds amazing! 👍❤️🇨🇦

[@marcolucchini8173]

Wow, you are not wrong about that dust, it looks like it got everywhere. As long as you're not hurt as well as the car. Great vid.

[@TheRealTomLauda]

I love this car. The GTK is so beautiful ! The massive wing fits her like a glove. And thank you for the inside footage. I could see your heel-toe technic very clearly, and it helped me understand why i suck at it. Every freaking video you put out i learn a lot !

[@tuningtobi]

I'm always happy when you Relays a new episode from your Ferrari. For me my dream car. I wish you luck for your further races and a very good time. Thanks and Best regards from Switzerland.

[@andrewfalenski6583]

For the front splitter, how about using turnbuckles where the cables attach to the upper eyebolts. It would make easier to attach the cables while still remaining safe.

[@dsb1829]

Glad it is back in the US and getting some time on track.

[@robertt3715]

Such a great sight to see that thing putting in some laps back in the US! I remember the first time I went off track at Thunderhill (another great place to go off track, grass fields for days!), and honestly I was mostly excited that I had finally gotten my comfort level to match the car's ability. It was also at the specific corner I had been focusing on carrying more speed through that session, so I learned that I can take turn one at about 95, and any more I might get squirrely. I called it a success, and only got a bunch of tall grass in my car. 😛

[@newagetemplar6100]

One of the prettiest race cars I’ve seen for a while , I generally don’t like turbo powered cars for the sound but this sounds spot on . Build an s58 powered rocket ship myself and hope to be testing next year . ❤🇬🇧

[@jtackerman28]

I was co driving the orange evo. Clicked off a 1:47 scrubbing the tires. Car is next level

[@virtualizeeverything]

thank you i love that you are driving this like you built it

[@pkvillager]

Great to see the car back in the US and on the track! Assuming the GoPros overheated on you, switch to DJI Action 3 or 4 and you will be good to go.

[@frankietuned]

It would be interesting to see what a professional driver like Randy Pobst would be able to so with this master piece.

[@mitchellsteindler]

Agreed. Or even just a regular pro.

[@mitchellsteindler]

That would also be extremely important info for the cars development

[@frankietuned]

@@mitchellsteindler my thoughts exactly!

[@raj-u6t1m]

passenger seat so he can observe a pro in action

[@velvetwindow]

Keep the dream going brother!! Great friends helping a great guy live his dream ..

[@1benyko]

What a journey this thing has been through. Glad to see it back home

[@mac_m3]

Pushing on the last session is always tricky... on one hand your confidence is up from all the seat time accumulated during the day but sometimes mental fatigue is hidden because of this. It's happened to me before as well. It's awesome that you had a successful day though!

[@renzak666]

That off kicked up the dust and gave a great visual of u in the car driving.

[@rickhaiman9904]

Mike that thing looks and sounds absolutely incredible, Awesome Craftsmenship, You're There, Have Fun🤜🤛👍😎

[@Ptrmrkks]

From humble beginning to the fucking moon .. i get so excited every time an episode on this car comes out. Been here since the first episode ❤

[@Racerman27410]

The car is a winner regardless of how fast it can go. Fantastic design and fabrication work shows in every detail.. Enjoy the fruits of your labor but please try and keep it between the curbs if you can.... it is a race car but its a one of a kind race car. Cheers!!!

[@albertvandam530]

Happy to see you finally use it and push it good. Been following since day one and this episode might be my favorite. Cheers brotha and Enjoy!

[@MellowYellowCJ7]

If you want to reduce how much your car bounces/lurches while backing out of the trailer, you can drop a piece of PVC pipe in the trough between the trailer floor and door/ramp. love your content.

[@mstrdtiger]

Falken logo looks right at home on the car. Congrats on the sub 2

[@ericmeyer6155]

Love seeing this car develop. Absolutely legendary. I need to know more about that time attack truck in the background.

[@VR6NAVYVW]

This could have been a good episode for a detailing sponsor. Showing how to clean for after the track.

[@marktwivey4427]

I love the build and the car is sick as flock and then the story and journey you and the guys have been through is amazing.

[@33naki]

I'm glad the she's back in the states. This car has been my favorite item on the internet for quite some time, and not seeing it for a while was unfortunate. Especially after such an exciting trip to Australia. Those videos gave me goosebumps and truly made me feel as if I were there with you, experiencing what you were doing. It's been such a long time coming to see where this car is now and I so badly just want to see more. It's funny how this car is a mere couple hours away from me yet it's so far and I may never see it in person. Regardless of all that, I'm glad this puppy bad boy is back on the track and I can't wait to see how far you can push it🤙

[@BEYTEK]

Awsome job bro great watch, Glad to see haltech trying to keep up with the modern ecus.

[@sprintn918]

LOL!! That is the bummer aboout going off at my home kart track here in Colorado! The dust is so fine that EVERYTHING on the kart is covered! And if you run a 125 CC shifter kart like we do...there are a lot of places for that dust to cake itself into. So i completely empethize with you and even cringed when i saw you go off and all that dust come into the cockpit and accross the front of the windsheild, as i knew what it was going to yield.

[@pkt1213]

I'm glad you mentioned the spec tire. I thought they looked a little funny when you were taking them off.

[@that_escalated_quickly2720]

The car looks and sounds incredible Mike!

[@michaelbradley7529]

How cool would it be to have onboard air jacks just for tire changes. Not necessary, just cool. 😉 Also, get that thing tuned for E85. You'll get about the same or more power with the added benefit of cooling from the ethanol, and it's massively cheaper than race fuel.

[@zimble]

Such a sick build and you're actually driving the hell out of it to make it better. Love the videos and thanks for the content!

[@midlifecarsis6420]

Great video; you can't ever know the limits until you go past them! I'd be interested to see you log IATs (on high boost especially) as that chargecooler core is a wee bit small for the amount of boost you'll be running.

[@lukeburkill7767]

Hey bub, I noticed your racetech seat flexing a bunch you should take advantage of the rear seat back mounting holes and make a mount to your main hoop. 👌🏽

[@michaelkim3432]

Car's looking great! Seems to be running great as well! You must be having a great time...keep up the awesome work!

[@greengrowcer2419]

Finding the limits...its an honor to share this journey brotherman....

[@NaEveryday]

Glad i finally got too take this out on track and give it the beans

[@Gripworkz]

This channel is truly inspirational to me. This is is one of the channels I consider a benchmark to how I want the videos on my own channel to be. I hope that one day I’ll be competing alongside you at GTA someday. Amazing job.

[@duncanbenfield8040]

Great build and looks amazing fun to drive . Just thought would a duct for air info the cabin be a good idea as driving with the window open means the aero pack fitted is being compromised and obviously less cleaning if you spin out on a dust circuit . Looking forward to the development on this and your other cars.

[@PPekka]

Amazing. This build is just awesome because of the great build series and equally great driving documentary. Rarely you get both. Some just build and some just race, but this is cool AF. I really hope the guys at BOM actually deliver and take Binky to the track and document that too as they promised in one of the first episodes (if their nursing home let them at this rate).

[@randiiburleson]

A light coating of dust everywhere has the advantage of highlighting what might otherwise be in invisible leaks... and you'll visually know as you wipe down every surface of the car where you have cleaned and where you have not. Not a bad exercise, in the end.

[@scottguenther-lee2214]

Such an impressive build and an incredible journey. Still trying to find the confidence that you have to start my own build on a car that I've owned for 20+ years. Keep up the amazing work! ❤👊

[@christophercarrera7486]

Been checking back EVERY DAY for this episode! YESS

[@glennarnold3970]

Mike a suggestion put paddle shift on the steering wheel and a solinoid on the shifter it will give you at least half a second a lap and you can keep your hands on the wheel all the time cheers from down under

[@getahanddown]

Marking your fasteners is the way to go. Even just thinking you hear a clonk or creak and being able to check every nut + bolt with a torch and eyeballs.

[@2801race]

Great stuff Mike, throughly enjoy your videos. 👍🏻💪🏻

[@christopherbarclay7482]

The one driving technique you need to learn is heel & toe so you can rotate the car through the corners better . The other is left foot braking to slow the car without having to come off the throttle as much . As an above left knee amputee heel and toe is difficult but not impossible in a 2003 320i Bmw tiptronic auto .

[@dalewilliams7484]

I love this car. Ive been watching from day one. It just hit me, the red and white reminds me of the old marlboro livery

[@oldschool1993]

In 1972 I picked up an Aston Martin DB 5 in Oakland ( Richmond) and it broke down in the middle of the hood. 1972 was the height of the Black Power movement and there I was , Mr. Lily White standing alongside the road getting a lot of strange looks. Fortunately a nice black lady pulled up and asked if I needed help and offered to let me ride to her house and use her phone. Just as I was closing the hood to go with her, I noticed the coil wire was laying across the temp gauge capillary tube- I moved it and sure enough it had rubbed through and was shorting the coil wire- the car fired right up, I thanked the lady and hightailed it out of there. Took highway 101 north, a beautiful drive in a DB 5, but around midnight somewhere along the Oregon coast I hit a deer. Pulled over and the deer jumped up and ran off into the woods, but I finished my Journey home with a smashed fender and only 1 headlight.

[@paulharrison3298]

Loving it Matt, keep doing the thing!

[@superezbz]

I think it would be interesting to see you take this around Nurburgring a few laps. You could really get the speed up and test it.

[@billbrisson]

looking great! sounding great! put some foam around that battery! it's moving under G load and won't take long to become a real problem

[@danielbritten56]

Nice wrk, thanks for the clips. Lots of wrk👌 In the futur, you should master left foot braking. 👊. Start with the pick-up, it'll get easier to pin the trailer...😉 Cheers🏁

[@frankfraga295]

Love your hard work on this build! Tires slip because of torque not horsepower btw.

[@PPekka]

Horsepower doesn´t exist btw. it´s just a calculated number derived from torque and rpm, so yes it´s always torque everything.

[@pilchard2000]

That exhaust note climbing to full revs then the back off noise , I wet my pants .

[@ttt69420]

US promoters need to get over the lexan window thing. They should be legal in all classes outside of street stock. They're just better in all safety, comfort, and performance.

[@antonvalchev6653]

After the dust finally looks like race car!🎉

[@afcalle]

This is a labor of love for sure

[@terrorbird4022]

3:15 I like to use a wax substance called torque seal, you make a little bead over the nut and bolt and it will split if the bolt comes loose

[@raybernard7058]

Gone off like that at High Plains in Denver. If you dont lnow yet, you air filter, is FULL of dirt. Turbo vacuum cleaner was running when you made the cloud. Lol.

[@1stGenCRXs]

The car is amazing. Watching your off gave me flashbacks to mine a few weeks ago in my K24 swapped 86 CRX! I spent 6 hours since getting all the dirt out and there is still more. Keep up the great work and development, love your craftsmanship and the car!

[@johnrborowski]

CONGRATS on finding the limit of your 308 build. That's a huge milestone :)

[@danilocalic797]

It's so cool to keep your old pals close, like Riley.

[@timmason5230]

Nice work Mike!

[@jdubbsvt85]

Solid ripper. Enjoy it!

[@RogueViirus12]

Every one of these track day videos that comes out makes me want to get out to the track. My wallet can't afford that, but damn if I'm not chomping at the but to go do it now.

[@nicolelongneckergallery]

Great video. Reminds me of my many decades of track days. Mike, any chance of swithing back to a glass windshield to drop a class? I know that may be a huge ask. No matter thanks for sharing your story.