Just to clear a few things up, the guy behind Alien Racing had contacted PTI to produce the car. PIT didn't design the car at all. It had been racing in the French nationals for nearly a year at that point with what I have to say were mixed results. Apparently the handling was great, but the drivetrain wasn't that good, and the chassis design with its side plates was a bitch for tweak.
As for making your own TC prototype I used my own design car for the whole of 2004 season (starting 2 weeks prior to the LRP TCM and ending at the end of 2004). By the end of the year I got the car to get well enough to make the A at the BIWS in modified (at that time there were decent drivers doing mod there), but had got tired of having a DIY'd car so decided to get a 415, with which I did just as well. I got a few mates to try the car and they all said the car felt awesome, super easy to drive yet responsive.
Besides the car had gotten up to a point where I wanted to make modifications that required a few new parts so the plan was to make them and carry on with the 415 for nationals and proto for club racing. I never made the car, instead went on to further modifications and a completely different car is in the works...
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