This one was a long time coming, and I think it's our best episode to date. With that said, I know Episode 2 & 3 are going to be even better, by an order of magnitude. There's so much story to come! So make sure to subscribe if you haven't, so you don't miss them. Let us know your favorite parts! Last but not least, let's all give a round of applause to Anthony for his incredible camera work and capturing this episode. Without him, the story would never get told in such an amazing fashion!

Mad respect to Haltech for making this all happen and for keeping all aspects of manufacturing and QA in their control. Very cool. Can’t wait to see the next episode!

two worlds collide. I've been watching Scotty with MCM for years!

I loved the smile of Scotty's face when he said "danger." That man knows motorsports and is clearly very excited about your car's potential. ❤

Travels to australia... Visits Bunnings on the first day... Welcome, your now one of us

Haltech manufactures them all in-house? That's amazing, I'm even more impressed!

I Freeze framed at :22 to respect and remember the sponsors that keep Stance Works and a whole lot of other people on the road. Sponsor guys are Car Guys too! Thank you.

God Anthony has been such a good addition to the team. You get to do your thing and the quality just keeps coming.

Nice explanation about the issues around our import restrictions. This is a pretty unique (and very large) island and it's great that you guys respect our need to protect it.

Wow. I hope you are all proud of yourselves. Not only is the camera work and story telling top notch, but the experience was made palpable by it.

PAGE UP!! So awesome to see Scotty and this amazing car. 2 favourites together! Welcome to straya

All the other KZfaqrs are having a great experience with Haltech, their customer service is excellent. Scott has been helping and remote tuning for AdamLZ in Florida, if you have watched Kyle from BoostedBoiz you will know to keep your hand away from the gearshift when you are not changing gear or you will get an ignition cut.

Been hanging for this! Was so cool to see the car in person and get to meet you and get my shirt signed on saturday night in the pit lane! Did not dissapoint! Your a class act Mike, and you did an amazing job! They say dont meet your heroes, but you were super humble and genuine! Thanks to haltech for making this happen, cant wait to see you here again next year for another awesome weekend!

Mike, I work in the film industry. Make yourself a “media badge” with your photo on the front with company name and on the back the major airlines paragraph explaining their media rate in fine print! This allows 90lbs on most international and domestic flights and no extra charge. And truthfully while you are racing you’re also by all rights a media professional as well! Cheers keep up the stellar work man!

I think what has drawn me to the channel is not just a bloke giving fabrication a go (and doing very well) but, they way in which you tell your story. This episode is a great illustration of that. I agree that Haltech and Stanceworks are a great fit. Good people making great things! Roll on episode 2!!!!!

Haltech Scott is like macgyver of tune’s. And man oh man… that K24 sound unbelievable good on that 244. Nice job!!

Holy smokes, was this episode satisfying! As someone who's been following this project from its inception, I speak for the rest of us when I tell you how proud we all are of you, Mike. This is such an amazing and engrossing story, and you've been so resilient through it all. I wish you and the GTK so much success and wonderful times together. Can't wait to see what she does on the track (for real, this time). Much love from SoCal.

yeh straight up respect to the Haltech crew.... showin' Aussie hospitality and being all-round good blokes.... Hats of to Scotty in helping bloke

i watched your runs shortly after. Looked great but looks like you're still getting comfortable with the breaks. Still, amazing build. One of my absolute favorites. Your channel is also one of my favorites. One of the few I have notifications turned on for.

Watching you flat shift that car for the first time gave me goosebumps. Well done man. So glad you took us all along for the ride mate.

Blows my mind how much better the car looks now,+ the performants is 100% better now. I never liked the 308 before. Props to Scott/Haltech it's a marriage of crazy talent. Have fun guy's

I know I'm not the only one that watches because of your character, knowledge, dedication and how you approach everything with your down to earth personality not just the amazing builds. Keep it humble ✌️

The addition of Anthony is bar none, the quality just keeps going up! This sets everything up for the next episode to be an absolute banger, looking forward to hearing you tell the story with the footage captured

Cheers to Haltech for all they do for the industry.

What an awesome surprise the end of this video was. As an EE who does PCB design, man that is next level seeing Haltech having their own pick and place assembly line. I've worked with countless board houses who all have had various issues. Doing it in house like that is the dream, but the cost is very high. It's clear Haltech cares about the quality of their product and everything i've seen here shows that.

I have to say, it is fantastic to see Scott "tuning fork" on another KZfaq channel... LEGEND!!

Your story telling is hands down the best and i been so pumped to hear this one. Was a privilege to meet you and see the car in Sydney.

"Hammerbarn 😂" love it, love Bluey

15mins in and I HAVE to comment already, bro the fact that you are going to race your Felotus is why I am watching this project now only. Fast cars should be able to compete with other quick ones. This is also why I am a Porsche fan, and don't have much respect left for Aston Martin. Thanks for including your struggles with the Aussie customs, always inspiring to see how people deal with adversities.

At 0:15 seeing the Ferrari fly by - damn what a feeling! And I have been following this from across the globe - cant imagine the feeling for you man!!

Haltech is the only ECU I would run in a modded car. The range, quality and functionality of their products fits everything from a stock/K/LS swapped street car to a million dollar race winning monster. Fantastic value too.

My favorite part was learning about the customs process; never would have thought about that detail. This makes me want to K swap my E30

Dude. You can’t ever get rid of this vehicle. Between the build, the journaling, this trip, etc… it’s one of those things that one should hold onto and pass down to family.

This is the coolest car build on KZfaq. The car, the talent of fabrication and that livery… giving of fighter jet mixed with cyberpunk vibes… so glad I watch these videos

Amazing work mate. The long hours definitely paid off, and the quality of work looked even better in the flesh.

I don’t think there’s a better car-centric series on KZfaq. Everything about this is amazing, the car, the fabrication, the camera work, the editing, and the attention to detail in everything you, and those that support you touch. Don’t feel imposter syndrome, your car is as sick as every car there, probably more so. It and you belong there. You earned it. Mad respect. 🙏🏻 I don’t even know you and I feel really happy for you and find myself rooting for your success!

Mike, I have to say I am always impressed that in addition to your building and fabrication skills, you’re quite a wordsmith as well.

Good people coming together accomplish goals. This is what the world needs.

Super happy for Mike getting this opportunity, I believe life has rewarded him for all the pure work he's put into his builds. The work on the car and the videos no corners have been cut. Fabricating and videoing it at the same time yourself take so much time and the anxiety to finish a project can get the best of you. Big up yuhself Mike and thanks Haltech and his other sponsors that made this possible.

Footage level step up - the extra b-roll adds that dash of enhanced quality. Props to your added shooters/editors

To have the honor of Scott waving his magic tuning fork over you car..... 🤯 Legendary. HA! Can't wait for the next part!

Seeing the 244 and the 10 second Cresta in one frame at 25:47 is just amazing, boht still my favourite builds

Huge props to the customs guy for such an in-depth reasoning, this guy need to run for premier

I saw the Haltech episode earlier today & I gotta say, coming from a total stranger to another: I'm proud of you!

Great support, Haltech, and it's good to see your father there too. Awesome father, son memories.

Ahh racing. Now I understand the size of the aero. That's one of the most beautifully designed cars ever. It looks as fresh today as it did in the 70s.

I forgot how good that wrap looked on the car. Rolling out of the container was something to see. Would love to see this car in the new Forza Motorsport.

Wow awesome episode. I’ve been watching this build from day 1 and to see it now flat shifting on the dyno at Haltech in Australia is mind blowing! Scotty at Haltech is the man, he really intricately knows his stuff and to have him cast his eye over it, there really is no one better. Props to Haltech for their hospitality. Can’t wait to see episode 2.

I love that you can see Scott's knees through the window when he's slotted in to that car.

Let's give 100% Likes to help fund this Expedition! Glad you and the car made it there whole, good luck and make it home in the same condition!

I can hear the cars running at Sydney Motorsport Park. When i was driving trucks i would leave my trailers at Wetherill Park and some nights you could hear the cars on the Haltech dyno. Theres a lot of mad auto shops around that area building huge power cars.

Plenty of respect being shown all around. You however deserve an extra nod. Not due to the build, but for including in the final edit the comments from the customs.agent explaining why they are so (infamously) strict. You didn't have to, it wasnt essential for the narrative, but it shows the respect that you treat everyone with. For that random inclusion, thank you.

The fact that Haltech not only got on board with the build itself, but invited you and the car over to compete, shows just how much potential they saw in this car, and you as it's builder/driver/creator all that time ago. I wonder if even back then they knew just how awesome this car would come out, because I'm not sure if even those of us with the highest of expectations thought it would/could be THIS GOOD! Can't wait to see it on the track in the next episodes, although I have seen a bit of what you went through, and just have to give mad props for pushing through. It's sometimes hard to remember that this car is still in the VERY early stages of development after only so recently being completed.

Strong Beer Gut, Richo!

It's so satisfying seeing the 244 GTK come together! This thing is spicey🔥

What a start to the series! Can't wait to watch Anthony tell the rest of the story of one hell of a weekend!

Gotta convince them to release that hoodie to the public. I’d buy one.

I don't understand how StanceWorks isn't a 1M sub channel. So much quality here. As Mike said, lots of vendors are clamoring to partner. Haltech and StanceWorks are clearly a match made in passion. Yes, that does sound weird....ha ha. Congrats Mike, and Haltech!

Absolutely amazed the car made it and i got to see it, looks even better in person. Thank you for the videos Mike. Keep putting smiles on peoples faces. Can't wait for the next part.

Such a great episode. And a little foreshadowing at 23mins in I see 😂

As a MCM watcher - Scott's the man!!

Wow it sounded amazing at 27:59 can’t wait to see you rip it around the track.

Love how the video starts off like documentary. Awesome job getting this car to the event Mike and all the others who helped

Gotaa love Scotty watched him for years on MCM seems like a quality guy

It felt almost weird to see the Haltech dyno on another channel. :P And glad to see the car made it over there, having heard stories in the past... like an acquaintance shipping his BMW 850 to the US for a road trip, had a dash cam mounted in the car, and ended up with footage of the dock worker hooning around in the car as they were moving it onboard the ship. And... having worked in transportation, and even some dealing with import via shipping containers, mostly things go fine! But once in a blue moon, there is one driver, or one fork lift operator who has a shit day, maybe their significant other cheated on them or something, and suddenly we're left with damaged goods, and having to explain it to the customer... In one case, we got delivered carboard boxes filled with model ships that was going out to a small shop, they were lashed onto a pallet for ease of movement... and then one fork lift operator in Denmark, who I imagine indulged a bit too well in their lunchtime beer, just drove the forks through the boxes to lift them, breaking the goods inside them... it was weird. On the strictness of Australia though, I think they learned from experience too, if I'm not misremembering completely, an animal was brought in to deal with a pest, I think a type of rabbit or similar? and they ended up becoming the pest instead. So fully understandable they are pretty strict on it.

Super excellent that you got to share this experience with your dad!!!

Well done Mike, I've been a fan and a follower since the early days. It's great seeing how you have grown over the years. The attention to detail and the absolute quality of your builds is truly something to admire. Hard work and effort my friend , you deserve every success 🙏

As a retired SCCA racer we always took these things with us: spare engine and transmission. Suspension parts for all four corners. Tools for all special fit items. All lubricants. Spare belts, lines and fittings. Two additional sets of wheels with new tires. And, oh yes, 12 rolls of duct tape. Cases of beer were shipped separately.

Congratulations again Mike. It was so good to see the car in person, meet you and have a short chat.(and several long chats with your Dad) So pleased you got it running again and could throw down some laps. Highlight of the show hope your back next year!

Mike, I'm here for the story telling and the inspiration. The second i finished this video i got in the garage to prep for my last track day of the year. I love your style, and i love seeing you succeed. I hope you and your dad and friends had the best time.

Killer episode. Pumped for the next

For sure, this is the most bad ass looking race car I have ever seen. Its amazing. Its beautiful. Its mean. Its truly a work of art. Ferrari should start making reissues with your design. Looks better than any Ferrari made in the last 20 years.

Great video! Of the channels I follow on KZfaq, your videos are the only ones I will take the time to watch on my big screen TV. The quality of the content and editing are top notch. Keep up the great work and good luck down there!

Man, I will sadly miss out on Dune 2 this year, but this is a fantastic substitute for it. Having watched this series from the start, seeing it where it is today is just an immense feeling. And man. The next few episodes are going to be quite something. And also, the build just looks so good. The car looks like a pro race-team built it and the livery is a modern take on classic livery styles. Perfection

That opening was 🔥🔥🔥🔥Two seconds in and you already knew this was going to be good. I foresee Mr. Burroughs slowly straying away from motorsports and ultimately becoming a producer/director of his own film company producing the finest automotive films and documentaries. You heard it here first!

Crazy how time flies... To be at this point in this marvelous story is amazing. We really have spent 2 years watching this car become what it is today. Can't wait for more

Man iv been following this build for quite some time its been cool it went from being a car that was meant to be street driven to full on race car its crazy how that stuff happens

So cool to see you and tuning fork together. Cross over I never imagined would happen when I was watching you build this awesome car.

Scotty and Haltech, deadset legends 🎉 Bathurst TT FTW

I bought my first Haltech in 1996 & used it for over 20 years! (E6 ECU) Great to see how big the company is around the world and sponsoring great projects like Mike's Ferrari 👌🇦🇺

Ye gods this is fantastic content. So good. As someone who used to work in a bonded warehouse storing yet-to-clear products I can assure you our Customs guys do not fuck around. Security is super tight. So much so that if you don't show up for work one day without prior notification the Customs guys will come to your house with full search authority. No kidding. It never happened to me because I never tried to get "flexible" with the rules but I knew some who did and it did not go well for them. I'm glad all was well with the mighty Ferrari.

I have to say its so cool how I have watched you get the Ferrari and slowly develop it over time. Now you are finally getting to race it. What an incredible moment for you. Well done!

28:40 seeing Scotty unwrapping himself out of the car lololol!

I loved the way the car responded to the shifts when it was on the dyno. Awesome! You’ve one a long way with this project. Much respect!

Awesome to see this come true for you. I’ve been following the WTAC events and waiting for these videos. Great to see your dad and crew join you.

Mike you are a true legend. Being on this journey from episode one, I admit I shed tears of joy watching the Ferrari roaring. Thank you for showing us how to chase dreams.

"Steal-it" is dope for the roll cages. Weldable and nice finnish.

29:30 caught me off guard and I loved it!

Two by four Wood to secure battery === seems like a massive organisation with no welding access and light fabrication ---- love the engine sound

So dope. Haltech FTW.

Just watched the Haltech Vid as well!!! Congrats man!!! Thank you for all of the content! All of it is so inspirational!!!

glad to see Scotty doing his magic all over youtube

The smile on your face - once you were able to flat shift - made my day. What a journey, congratulations.

Watching Scotty tuning this car is like watching the greatest crossover..

Mike, I don’t own this car but have invested my time watching from its incarnation! Listening to that flat shift absolutely brought on the biggest smile! Love this pal, congrats!

Tuning FOrk is awesome. Cant wait to see the Ferrari in action

The hood prop can go back in the car for the return trip. ✈️

Saw Haltech’s video already so I know a little bit about what happened. But can’t wait to hear the full story from your POV and voiceovers. Congrats Mike and job well done!

One of the best builds on the web. Incredible. It's so cool, I'm not even jealous. 🍻🏆🇺🇲

SO proud you called it Hammerbarn. Come back to AU whenever you like Mike :)