Street Machine

HOT PURSUIT

WHEN I FIRST GOT THE BT1, MY MATE AND I TURNED THE BOOST RIGHT UP, AND WITHIN A MONTH I’D HURT THE MOTOR. WE THEN REBUILT THE MOTOR IN MY PARENTS’ DRIVEWAY

AT EIGHTEEN years old, Huss Ayache cut his teeth on this VL Commodore BT1 turbo – and with a want for big power came a steep learning curve on how to get it. Now, another 18 years later, he has developed the know-how and gathered the right people around him to build this ex-police chaser into a hardcore (yet classy) potential-eight-second weapon.

With over 1000hp on

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