2010.05.19

ADVAN WORLD TIME ATTACK CHALLENGE
The first day of media presentations and events

The showcase location today is in the heart of the city of Sydney, Martin Place (Like the Marunochi business district in Japan). We were setting up at the crack of dawn for the display.
 
ADVAN IMPREZA CUSCO TOMEI on display with the ADVAN girls.
 
Tarzan Yamada was at the public event in Sydney for the world's media.
 
Our vehicle was on display until noon and then it was rushed to the Eastern Creek track for it's 1st test outing on the track. On the way we saw the huge banner on the highway.
 
The world-renowned TV show Discovery Channel team was also there to follow us. (Broadcast info TBA)
 
Finally we started test running the TOMEI CUSCO IMPREZA. But it was back in the pits soon again as Yamada told us that the engine was having some issues. Since we arrived at the track so late, we could not fix the fault in time to continue for the rest of the day.
 
After the session, we guessed there might have been a gremlin somewhere in the fuel system. Since we had spare parts brought with us from Japan, we changed everything, fuel pumps, injectors, fuel pressure regulator and more. That's all we could do for today. Hopefully tomorrow will be bette