1988 saw a new team brought in to replace brian crighton's team, to try to improve the model and reduce some of its reliability issues. the team, headed by ex honda-team manager barry symmons, honda engineer chris mehew and chassis specialist ron williams, were tasked with producing a chassis that could be produced cheaply and an engine which would have a long term reliability. the chassis, designed by ron williams and made by harris products, was based on yamaha's delta box stamped panels. however, in spite of many innovative solutions from chris mehew, the team's efforts to improve the reliability of the engine could not succeed to a commercially saleable level. the team quickly realized that placing an engine generating 1100 °c exhaust temperatures was not the item to place under a petrol tank.