Aerocatch

Using pins, clips and locks are traditional style locking method.
A good quick release safety measure for your hood and boot.
Furthermore, they rust in time. Also, an eye-catching by
the road transport department, that is if they do manage to catch you.
Ive had a few Sparco's and Cusco's throughout the years and they do
fade out especially under the hot sun and monsoon rain.

Aerocatch is the latest gadget in the quick-release and safety-lock
category. They are bloody light and strong. They dont fade. They
are black to suit your Carbon Fibre or Kevlar hood/boot. They are
hideous to the RTD officers. My recommendation for serious drivers
when it comes to safety locks and long-term investment.

Ive got my set through my buddy, Andrew. Thanks.

Website : www.aerocatch.com
Where : United Kingdom
How much : RM380.00 (Including Shipping, Handling & Tax)
Who uses them : Top Secret Japan, Norris Design UK, BTCC

ps. i still have 'em as i have not gotten a good bargain for a descent CF hood.

Original WANGAN Emblem

I had this emblem since year 2001. It's been 6 years. Bought it 2 sets, one
for the car exterior(big) and the other for the ECU(small). Gave the
ECU emblem to one of my lady friend. Wangan has nice accessories besides
Subaru engine parts.

This one has never been used. You hafta peel the sticker off and stick on the
boot or on your passenger's side dash. A true collector's item.

Wangan = Wan-An. By pronounciation it means "Mid Night". By
direct character translation means "Coastal Bay". Good choice
for a team name :)

Its not-for-sale, but if the price is right, why not.

Worn Out

My SPOON SPORTS reservoir tank caps are worn out. Another
round of tumble-dry it'll be as big as my head. I don't like Ralliart
as their black and has the no-sho look. Mugen looks good and bright
furthermore it has a smaller tip that locks the reservoirs.

How to use GOOGLE?

Before any of you ask about something, please take at least a tiny
initiative to do a websearch and learn something instead of making
yourself boring. Learning is not boring. Boring are for monkeys.

http://www.googleguide.com/

Monsters For Sale

http://www.scottsperformance.co.uk/home.html

Warning : Please do not click the link if you like, love
and adore STOCK cars with bolt-on STOCK parts and STOCK
look. It ain't for STOCK minded people.

Random Pix : SIC Drag Battle Round 2 (Click to Enlarge)

SIC Drag Battle Round 2 (20th May 2006)

It was Saturday and it was the day ive been waiting for. Dang!
This year was my 1st time putting myself into the gauntlet.
It's like putting my rat's ass inside a snake dungeon. I was
ready, the mind has been set, the car was ready. Game was ON.
The anticipation was something to talk about than the mods on
my car. The feeling was just so thrilling eventhough it was legal.
Weather was damn good and humidity is high as usual.

I came early, scrutineered my car by the JPJ chaps. According to
them brakeless rear spindles are not allowed the next round. I
was hoping to have some early free-runs but they postponed it
after briefing. Briefing was at 9pm. Free-running at 9:30pm. It
was packed at the grandstand. Every legal and illegal beast i
could think of was there that night. I could feel my head on the
slaughtering board.

There wasnt any time-clocking that night due to machine fault.
I went in to crack my own time. Dang!

I was running with normal fuel, normal street tyres and did not
do shit with my mods even for the battle. I came alone. Paid
RM180.00 for the entrance fee with 3 passes including mine.
I gave Zuhailee 1 pass and he became my cameraman as i
dun have time to go around.

Gabrial and Daniel was there to participate in the event. My ass
got whooped on the 3rd run with the fastest N/A in Asia, Vaz-Maz
3-rotor Savannah.

I could see so many Hooiser tyres, so many new mods and new
fighters coming up. They get faster and faster i noticed as they
enter the battle. Vtec-Turbos, mad Nissans and also ladies, ahem.
By the way and no, Aloysius Wee did not manage to prepare in time.

I was happy with my car setup tho i had bad traction all the rounds.
It ended around 2am and i was aching tired.

I hope i see more people participating, as i see many ppl can
talk and talk and talk but at the end of the day they'll
pop-up an excuse-o-meter. Bullshit Wankers!

ps. To Faizal, the helmet fits. Just need to refurbish it. Thanks.

Rollcage - Part 2

The rollcage is finally in my car now. I have not trimmed the carpet yet, maybe this weekend. I have wornout paddings on my a-pillar and b-pillar bars. The rest are bare steel. So far so good. I'll snap some pix soon.

Installation Cost : RM38.40(22 set of nuts,bolts& washers)+RM15(drillbit)

Free Stuffs : Provided by Zuhailee : Power Drill & Silicone Glue

Installation Time : 2-3 Hours

Thanks : Hizam & Zuhailee

FAQs
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How's the feeling?
Bit stiffy, less body flexing during tight corners.

Would strut bars be enough without the rollcage?
That depends on how you wanna go about
when it comes to car handling and also budget.

Is it legal on the road?
In my dreams maybe.

Which brand would you recommend?
Cusco, Safety21, Autocross, Carbing or custom.

Is it heavy?
Definitely by weight, since its steel and it has to absorb
impact if shit happens or if you start to rollover. If you
have more budget, get something better and lighter by
all means necessary.

Enkei J-Speed CPS II

When Hizam sees this, he's gonna call me up and beg me to buy it.
Ha Ha. The good thing about this rim, when u loose your center hub
cap you can always replace it, unlike SSR Type-X.

Rollcage - Part 1

One fine morning, me and Jeff decided to do some roundings at the car wreckers. We don't have our favourite spots to go but we just having our regular shops and wreckers to visit.

Yeah, few nice oldschool rims, nice halfcuts, nice parts and also ridiculous prices which im very much awared about.

We found a nice Mitsubishi Mirage Mivec halfcut that came with few things. One of them is the complete 6-point rollcage. Without hesitance, i had a look, few scratches, black in colour, in-complete wornout paddings and complete nuts and bolts. No rusts or dents with few fading stickers (GAB, TEIN, SHINYA YAMAUCHI).

I had no complaints even if it was slightly dented (so far no dents) koz its hard to find for my car model unlike the Mitsu Evo3s or Honda Civics.

I kept the cage for 2 weeks. I went to Hizam's place to try to fit it on the floor like Lego to see if things were ok. It took us few minutes to assemble it. Wa-lah!. We thought it was that easy, NOT!.

With the steamy weather at that time, we tried to fix it in my car without bolting any ground screws. It took us at least 2 hour of sweat, pain from knocking on to bars and squeezing ourself in the car. Luckily Hizam is small sized guy. We managed to fit the a-pillar and b-pillar segment. The b-pillar was the key to everything and it was pain staking. I drove the car few days with the cage un-bolted to the floor and everythings looks good. It was tight fitting.

I was anxious to fit the c-pillar bars that goes to the rear wheel body. I wanted to send to a specialist but due to long waiting, we felt that it was time to DIY. I managed to buy a complete 10mm non-rust nuts, bolts and washers. The main guy incharged was another DIY friend, Zuhailee. Since he has experience in this, he should be the best guy. With proper tools and location, we managed to dismantle and bolt-in back everything within 2 hours.

We had to remove the carpet, seal the holes to prevent water and remove some paddings for better fitment. It was tiring as we dont have power tools to screw the nuts.

To be continued..

Snap-On Key?

I don't think Snap-On made any of these for car
keys or even gear knobs. But they do gave me
some ideas for some weekend DIY project.

We shall see.

Faizal's Car Before Judgement Day - Light Weighting The Car

I was doin some directory housekeeping
when i found this pic. I thought i was sick,
this is worst. Check it out my frennnnnnn.

There is a Malay word "rentung",
we pronounce it as "ren-toong". Which means
that there is nothing left inside which commonly
being done to track and drag cars.

No, its not a Civic but a Family Honda Accord.

Complete Hyper-Rev Honda Civic & Integra

I hope they don't expand the Civic and Integra
collection koz its getting too many. I doubt it tho.
The latest Civic is out and hell soon we'll see
another volume on the shelves. Dang!

This is my only collection and sorry to say i
am not lending to anybody. If you want to read
it for FREE go to Kinokuniya KLCC and sit on the floor
and read. If you like it, its RM106.00 per book.

Due to the fact that some friends do not know
how to return things and use it to wipe it on their
fucken smelly ass. I should blacklist them till my next life.

Eibach Meet (Honda-Tech)

There're about 100pages of 50 pix per page in Honda-Tech
about the recent Eibach Meet in the states. This is just
the few best ones. Click to enlarge.

How To Buy 2nd Hand Goods?

I'm not gonna write and yap about a long old bitch

story on how to sell things but im more concern about

the dummy ways of buying 2nd hand car parts, not for

dummies sometimes, for the commoners.

Lately by observation, people will do anything to get a good bargain
especially around Asia and in Malaysia itself. If they have to suck a dick,
i bet they'll do it to get it free. It started around this region
and i hope it'll end in this region too for God sake. The power of
bargaining is good sometimes, but it also can be business-fatal.

(1) Condition

Pristine? Cleanable? Worn out? Faded? Torn? Broken?
It may be 1 day or 10 years, some things has been brought forward
and travel a million miles God knows where from till it reaches our hand.
By just looking with you naked eye and holding it, u can actually know
whats good and whats not. Condition is what most people hope for but

sometimes you cant have too much hope either. It is more to having

good luck there days. If its good condition, why not? Anything 50/50

condition is still usable.

(2) Replaceable

Some things are sold cheaply due to the fact its

wearing out and sometimes its already spoilt/broken/dead/etc

which few people will still buy and fix it at a cheaper overall cost.

Good things are always expensive like i always say but good things

do lasts, sometimes forever. Compare a Swatch watch with Rolex

watch. It doesnt take a rocket engineer to make comparison. The

shine and the quality shows itself definitely. Some people may

want to sell it cheap in a rush with other future commitment in mind,

some people would want to roll the money for business use. Cheap
things doesnt mean shitty, cheap things comes after (1) condition.

Cheap things may fall if your luck is good, not all the time tho.

(3) Prices

2nd parts should be reasonable. In such a way that it has to be at
least 20% off the original brand new price. It can be half-price or

even cheaper as per sales requirement. You can buy it off and with

a willing heart and understand that it is still not brand new which

sometimes out of warranty. The risk is always there and prices

determines your seriousness of buying parts.

(4) Bargaining

The art of bagaining is not like playing poker.

People do see from your body language, your pathetic aura when

it comes to buying things. It takes a whole lot of skills to cut a

good deal. Does not mean you wank or talk the same way the

chances is high, far out more likely. You know when a monkey

wants a banana, he aint joking anymore. So bargaining

power lies in the cash in your hands and full persuasion.

(5) Long Term Business

People do get carried away and think magic tricks
will work 10 times. Good things dont come easy, good things dont come
cheap and good things can also start disputes. In a way, every bargain
is a good sign for a next business deal. If you keep bragging, kneeling
and boast on comparison, your name would be in anyones blacklist book.

Before i end my blog for today, below are some Top-10 sick 2nd hand deals :
(10) "The other brand is better, but i still want this"
(9) "It's a no-brainer but let me think about it........(6 months)"
(8) "I think you cant sell the stuff, wanna bet?"
(7) "I have cash but I pay you later (1 year time)"
(6) "I have to ask my gf first (queen control-ed)"
(5) "I dont need such powerful toys, but my aim is ONLY 350whp"
(4) "I sold mine last time cheaper than yours"
(3) "I took leave, send my monkey to school, stuck in jam, cheaper can?"
(2) "Can i return it back? My father scolded me for buying, please?"
(1) "Someone is giving me the same price BUT brand NEW!"

It's a classic.

Morning-After

The relief feeling is nice after putting the stock intake manifold
and throttebody back into my engine. The response is just addictive.
I could have just run zig-zag like a rodent on the highway to enjoy the
responsive power. Who wouldnt?

My fuel consumption for now for 300km(boosting) or
350km(relax) is RM50. If you drive your car daily and long distance,
you're able to comment it at the end of the day. There is no such
thing as not trying to test your own bloody vehicle unless ure Richie Rich.

I'd prolly get my car fully tuned again and hopefully, God willings, to
enter the 2nd round Sepang Drag Battle this month. My only hope is
to go in with Gabriel, a friend with a strong heart, to enter this drag battle.
The rest i wouldnt give a damn koz probably they should join the country's
badminton team and dream of winning only and not losing. If they were
gladiators, they would have died long time ago, not because of the big sword
through the heart but due to the shrunken-anxiety-balls disease.

May month just entered, i hope its a good month for myself and
the rest of my comrades. Amen.