Hizam's TEIN Super Street : Hypertune Magazine Review

Hizam's car was featured in last month's Hypertune magazine. They reviewed about the new TEIN SS for the Mini Cooper. Since Hizam is the first Mini Cooper owner in town to use them, he was very happy with the result. With some adjustments done by Mr. Sugano from TEIN, the ride hight and comfort were nice according to Hizam.

It may not be a european brand to match with the car, but it serves its purpose and function.

They are available at N1-Racing, Sunway, Selangor.

Jeff's New TIAL Wastegate

I believe this is his birthday toy this month. Hehe.

Redza's Another AEM CAI Purchase

Redza's AEM CAI (blue colored ones he bought before this), was 0.5 inches off from his throttlebody size. Due to that he decided not to fit his brand new AEM CAI system, instead he ordered another set to fit in his car. The latest AEM CAI is a full 3-inch piping size which bolts in perfectly to the straight coupling to his throttlebody.

Redza sold his unused AEM to one of his friends and this is the engine bay after the complete fitting. Do notice the water bypass valve incase if you worry so much about water and puddles. It eliminates the unlikely chance of water ingestion should the filter element becomes wet from deep puddles, rain, hail, sleet or snow or any other scenario in which the filter element could encounter or become submerged in water.

This is a nice project, but it is not cheap once it arrives in this country. Damn.

2009 Mitsubishi Colt - Ralliart Version

While i was browsing the net, this new colt caught my eyes. My 1st comment was the front looks like an Evo X. The rear as similar design with the previous Colt version. The car looks cute. If you cant afford an Evo X, this is nice daily beater to move around the city area.

But then again, with the brand monopoly in this country, u'll get more sedans and automatics transmission cars than the real-2-door sports car, boohoo!. The ugly 4-door-sports-sedan cars are being imported into this country. The nicer reconditioned ones are reserved for the grey importers. Ive seen a few nice Golf Gti MK V, 2-door, right hand drive version in Singapore and i have not seen any around here.

Nice 1.5L turbocharged car. If you want bigger cabin room and more doors, buy a van. Sheesh.

JB Trip : Meor's Honda S2000 Teaser

One of the reason i didnt recommend Meor the S2000 was due to the fact he doesnt look good in it. DC5 would be more comfortable, isnt Meor?. Ha ha.

Bob's SSR Type-X

I think i know too many people using the SSR Type-X. Bob had to struggle to get his own set since he was aftering a specific wheel width and offset. Pity him, he lost a deal before this due to the fact some people are just not as friendly as he thought they would be.

According to him, he has done a few mods on the car and im waiting for the pix to come soon.

Keep it up!

Another Old Story : Signal Auto Non-Vtec CR-X

Whop..whop..whop..whop..whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

As far as i know this car dragged few times and after clocking 11.3s it went missing in action in US. I cant recall any results they made in Japan. Signal Auto prolly retired the car and concentrate on their monster Civic EKs.

Comparing the results and the engine setup with the current trend modifications, its far away to be honest. More like a low budget oldschool pocket rocket i would say.

Dont mind me, oldschool and ITBs are just me. Have a donut and click the link if you wanna read more about it :

http://www.superstreetonline.com/featuredvehicles/sstp_0112_1989_honda_crx/index.html

UNEXPLAINED : Monster Proton Satria GTi

An old story worth to talk about.

I've been keeping this articles for quite sometime. Everytime when i look at it, its gives me inspiration and hope that the 4G9X stories would last another 10 more years from now, i hope.

This story was featured in the Hong Kong version Option Fans magazine. It was somewhere between year 2003-2005 when this project happened. As i gathered few real life sources and also feedback from the internet, it all started from a Japanese guy came to Malaysia to study here as a student and fell in love with the Proton Satria GTi. If i were to put myself in his shoes, i think the Satria GTi is a souped up version of the Mitsubishi Mirage Cyborg with the lacking of the Mivec technology under the hood. So i believe he paid cash for the car since he knew this is gonna be the only Satria GTi in town (in Japan i mean) and it would be a collectors item if kept well.

The thing about this car is that, everything was plain stock when it was in Malaysia but when it left Malaysia, everything under the hood has been modfied extensively in Japan. The only exterior mod i can see from the pix would probably the rims (look carefully, its darker when it was in Japan).

What so cool about this setup is that, it is a stroked up 1.8L 4G93p close to 2.0L. Beside the massive 22.6kg/m torque, the ITBs definitely helped to push more power towards the high rpms. Honestly, i cannot imagine with that kind of torque everytime you pop the gears.

From what i can see, he is using the MOTEC M4 since he is running on ITBs. There are no plug and play EMSes for the 4G93p, which sometimes i wish they had. Custom headers that looks slightly like my RPW headers. A TODA/Exedy 3-puck semi-race clutch. Also clearly the TODA ITBs which were customed fit for the 4G93P. From the specs, i think it should be running on a 4G94 crank. On top of that in Japan they are drinking 100 RON fuel.

I have a feeling that he went straightaway to a potential tuner/garage in Japan and modded the engine extensively. It is quite typical for Honda racing tuners in Japan to use the MOTEC + TODA ITBs combination which has been done by Signal Auto in the past. If i do the math, my guess would be this guy sent this car directly to TODA especially when you have the ITBs, clutch, stroker kit and a high possibility a custom extractor when TODA makes all of them if money is not an issue. It is also typical for TODA to recommend their customers to use standalone EMSes like MOTEC and Apex'I Power-FC for the ITBs setup. I let you think about this.

I reckoned this car is daily driven, exterior and interior untouched, with air-con (look at the aircon pipings) and no dieting process. I believe a lot of money has been spent to do this project. There could be more or less things in the car which we dont know. As much as we are balls excited to know, there could be less things in the car.

The closest thing to this style and setup is Jason's car. It may not be as fast and torquey but it certainly has power steering and air-con with no carbon fiber dietary products.

It's already 2009, most of my Satria GTi friends has sold their cars. Some went sedans, some went continentals and some still trying to figure out what is the best camshafts and extractors *doh*. By blogging this story, i hope to put some sense of hope and achievement to talkabout when you gather around with your friends.

As much as i want to know and talk about this monster, there are plenty unexplained mods and nothing much i can say further since its not around here. The funny thing is, we do have smiliar mods being done over here, just that they are not information friendly.

It would be easier to do this on the Honda, isnt it?

2009 Already?

I can breathe now.

Last December 2008, i was swarmed with work. I was working on public holidays and i was on-called during the weekends. I wish i was a doctor, but im not. Working during the festive seasons can be pathetic if they dont double or triple up your allowances. With the recession meltdown coming soon, which i think has arrived, i'll just take whatever i can to the last cent.

I missed a lot of good movies and the MeGuiar's bottles were waiting anxiously for me to use them for my DIY projects as i walked passed them everyday before going to work.

I noticed that im reading my un-updated blog which has slowed down since November 2008. I should be back in action by tomorrow.

It's never too late to wish everyone Happy New Year. It's only too late if you do NOTHING or do SHIT to your car all the time.

Mivek4doddle

The Real Spoiler?

http://aeromotions.com/

We prolly dont have the chance to go for wind tunnel testing because its just too bloody expensive unless you have the research and development budget to see whats causing air turbulances on your car's surface.

Link was given by Peter.

Redza's AEM CAI System

X'mas came early for Redza this year. He has been dreaming for this AEM intake system for months and finally the parcel arrived.

This system will extend your intake until behind your front bumper. From there you can channel the air flow by either cutting your bumper or using the factory spare holes available.

This cold air system comes with the air bypass valve incase you have rain water sucking into the intake. Living in Malaysia you have to take this into consideration.

He'll be fitting the intake soon as some cutting need to be done to perfectly fit the intake.

It's always been a blue X'mas for Redza.

http://www.aempower.com/

Redza's Flex-A-Lite Radiator Fan

The FAL fan is part of my list if i decided to use a aluminium radiator. Locally you have the Billion fan which you can purchase to fit your factory sized radiator. The FAL fan has better features and they have variety of models available to suit your requirement.

Redza managed to do the fan comparison and it was obvious after the installation he had more space now. I believe Redza's water temp should be lower now which definitely helps engine efficiency.

No doubt you can find used factory fans from other car brands, but it doest weigh and blows like FAL fans.

The Flexite moulded windows are also my favourite.

http://www.flex-a-lite.com/auto/index.html