Category Archives: News

Body Panels at Spray Shop

Posted on June 17, 2013 by MarkRead

The car is moving on at a pace and with the support of Parins in Malaga all the panels on Aussie Invader 5R have been sprayed. A big thank you to David Parin for his generous support and the great … Continue reading →

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Nose Cone Development Underway

Posted on April 11, 2013 by MarkRead

The Aussie Invader team would like to say a big thank you to Nuplex Industries, SOTO Engineers and Curtin University who have joined forces with us to sponsor the carbon fibre and composite products needed to build our cars nose, … Continue reading →

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Night Out at the Drags

Posted on February 17, 2013 by MarkRead

Rosco, Cheryl and some of the team were kindly invited to attend the Kwinana Motorplex on Saturday the 16th Feb for a “Night of Fire” with jet dragsters from the USA and South Africa, as well as Top Alchol dragsters. … Continue reading →

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All Fired Up about Rocket Ignitor Testing

Posted on January 31, 2013 by MarkRead

Over the last few months one of the prime tasks has been to create a torch ignitor for our rocket engine to fire her up. This ignitor is a mini rocket engine on its own and pushes a flame across … Continue reading →

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Aussie Invader 5R moves closer to being on wheels

Posted on January 10, 2013 by MarkRead

The Aussie Invader Team are excited to announce the professional support and sponsorship offered to our team via Garlock Sealing Technologies. This premier global company has offered to produce a 100 x 150 x 12 mm double lip PS seal combination … Continue reading →

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Kentin Engineering partner with Aussie Invader

Posted on December 11, 2012 by MarkRead

The Aussie Invader Team are excited and honored to have local engineering and fabrication gurus Kentin Engineering partner with us to complete some of the toughest machining jobs yet to be tackled on our supersonic race car project. Some of … Continue reading →

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ABC Catalyst Visit Aussie Invader Team

Posted on November 16, 2012 by MarkRead

The ABC Catalyst team are on a 6 week road trip collecting new stories for their next series. They started in WA and we were one of the first ports of call, following up from the story they did 2 … Continue reading →

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Aussie Invader Team Appearance at Sydney Motor Show

Posted on November 3, 2012 by MarkRead

Several months work and planning had gone into our attendance at the Australian International Motor Show (AIMS) from October 19th – 28th at Sydney’s Darling Harbour and our invite was thanks to our great friend Mr Russ Tyrie who organised the … Continue reading →

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Aussie Invader 5R Goes Global on First Day

Posted on October 19, 2012 by MarkRead

With the official launch of the Aussie Invader 5R project at the Australian International Motor Show and the launch of our newly completed 1,000 mph wheel, Aussie Invader 5R has gone global. Stories have been appearing across The Internet and … Continue reading →

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