Monthly Archives: February 2009

Sepang Track Day: 1/2/2009

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After being inspired by Leon’s in car video of a recent track day, we decided to round the guys up and give it a go. Mind you, its been 4 years since I’ve been in Sepang grip driving and thought it would be a refreshing change. So, Ryuk1d, Ivan, Leon, Khong,Melvin, mike xtreme ,Cheaka and I got there to find the pits packed with cars!!

I took the first few laps easy with an over inflated rear tyre, trying to relearn the track before going all out. One benefit I found out about bringing your car out on the track is all the short comings of your ride becomes obvious. My lack of braking power was the most prominent out of the list though it never got worse or face  any fade.( It was  just crap throughout :))  Next was  the escalating oil tempt; an oil cooler is a definite must as I was hitting temperatures above 140. The water tempt was good, hovering between 90 and 98, but it was the oil temperature that had forced me to limit my runs to only three laps before having to pit in. Next was my  belt  slipping problem, it was most apparent when  hitting high revs. The funny thing is , I had not noticed this problem while drifting  which I suspect  is due to excessive tyre noise ( either that or I am an idiot 😀 )

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There was a really nice AE86 parked at the rear of the pit that day which so happens to belong to mike xtreme’s friend..Really love the rims!!

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14 x 7.5j offset -7 !!! niceee……

I didnt take much photos but promise will do on the next track day!! we will keep you posted

Happy Chinese New Year: The Civic

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Chinese New Year is one of my favorite festive holidays that we have here in Malaysia. The mere fact that most businesses closes for at least a week forces mine to do so too. What makes it even better are the roads  in town are practically deserted as most have gone out of state for their celebration.So I took  the opportunity to meet up with an old friend ,whom is now a  proud owner of a ‘mildly’ modded B16A powered Civic.

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This friend of mine go way back as I have known since I first started working upon graduation. Though working in different companies, we both shared the same office building and being new, I always made it a point to get to work early. Most often I would arrive even before the office is actually opened. So most of the time I would be downstairs at the parking lot ,waiting. This was when I spotted this friend of mine. I had noticed that he was forever tinkering under the bonnet of his car;he was either wiping or tightening something. It was a dark blue Toyota LE running on an AE92 supercharged engine.I remember asking him tons of questions about the engine and how do they compared with other engines. He would gladly entertained me but always ended with ” but its not as fast as a V Tec laa…”. You see this friend of mine have this fixation on Hondas , he would go on and on about it, talked about how fast there are in Batu Tiga ( this was when Saturday night fever CCT sessions were still around) , about the chance encounter he had with them on the streets and so on. Even after owning a VR4 powered Satria, he still insist that the B16A is still  the ultimate!

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Many years past and he finally got himself one. We did occasionally meet up after that and he would give me on an update of his modifications each time . This ranges from engine , right down to the chasis. I suppose it would be safer to not list them down here 😉

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So, naturally when I had my car transplanted with an engine smiliar to his old LE, we  both were  dying to compare their peformance against each other….

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….and boy we sure had fun doing it