wow, haven't been updating the blog for some time already... X-p
Well, with ramadhan and eid, we were all pretty busy i suppose... X-p
Anyways, yesterday Richard our good old friend invited me to go to Genting ^^ i've been craving for some Touge fun for some time already and jumped at the opportunity X-)
However, we are worlds apart now.. X-p yesterday we went in a group of 4 cars... 3 Scoobies and the flying circus.. :-p the scoobies range from version 7 to 9 O.o
a brand new version 9, Richard's spec C version 8, and a whopping 350 pony Version 7 (with carbon fibre hood and canards... O.O and as usual, Gan is the owner of the extreme car... X-p)
I was a little late as i had to attend a wedding first, then around 10.30 i left out... got caught in the traffic at MRR2 (and by God!!! the traffic that night was horrendous.. O.O)
I finally got to the service station, filled up the tank, and immediately went underway.. X-p i wasn't even able to sit down... we got on the karak highway, and went through the highway very politely X-p i mean, add up all our ponies, we may have more than 1000 bhp (of course the FC is the smallest contributor X-p) but we were just cruising at around 110 - 120 kph X-p
When we finally got to the genting exit, we didn't stop either, the Scoobies just went blazing O.O i was hardly hanging on X-p seeing how i could keep up with the scoobies, i was starting to think that perhaps the circus could actually keep up with those powerful 4 wheelers...
Then we pass a wira, and he decided to join our fun.. apparently he's not any normal wira as the car is turbo charged O.o and i could hardly keep up with him X-( he's seems to be a usual at the genting touge seeing how he apparently know every turn..
well, the traffic was pretty bad so we couldn't really push it, but still, even if the traffic was clear, i'd probably be sweating keeping up with the Wira X-(
I even once almost lost it when the version 7 scoobie was on my right, and we were turning into a pretty sharp left turn... the exit caught me by surprise when it suddenly snap sharper O.O i immediately turn into it but since i was quite on the limit when i entered the turn, the rear immediately lose traction and the car oversteered X-p i had to try to control the drift, but with the scoobie beside me, i had little room for error O.O apparently he must have braked when he notice me oversteering, and allowed me room to cross over all the way to the other side of the road X-p approaching the wall barrier.. X-p luckily i was able to gather my act before i hit it...
then once we got to goh tong jaya, it seems that the scoobies were just warming up O.O they were hardly pushing it up to goh tong jaya (that wira owner must be really proud thinking he could keep up with scoobies.. well, he'd definitely give me a run for my money X-p) once we started going up the second half of genting, all the scoobie engines were roaring!!!
with the first straight up the touge, the version 7 and 8 pulls away, and disappears after a few turns X-p (i must be stupid deciding to play with these scoobies... X-p) only the version 9 was behind me as he only recently got his car and it was bone stock... Apparently the car was suffering from excessive body roll and understeer X-p and besides, the guy seems to be relatively new to touge adventures, so he wasn't really pushing it...
once we got up, the fc was smoking again... O.O perhaps the gearbox oil is leaking again... :-( gotta send it for check up before repainting it i suppose...
We had a little chat, and went down to goh tong jaya for some drink... as we were drinking, some guy came and asked who's the owner of the white car (the FC)... apparently, i didn't fully pull the FC's ebrake, and the car slowly crept down backward into a proton satria that was parked behind me X-( the FC is fine, but proton being a proton, his car was pretty dented... so i promise to pay him and apologise profusely... X-( this little trip is proving to be rather costly...
Apparently, 4 wheelers have a lot of understeer and all the scoobie drivers was saying how they had to cope with it, the bright side of it is of course you can just dive in every turn, and the worst case scenario is understeer, which is quite easy to correct (rather than myself, every turn hangs the dreadful possibility of spinning out of control X-p)
After we had a drink, we all decided to go up the touge again X-p and this time, the version 9 driver decided to try to keep up with me X-p (with a car like his, was not really a difficult task X-p)
the version 7 and 8 are as usual in their own league X-p so i was hauling my behind up the touge with a version 9 hooked to my rear X-p the guy is obviously really fast, but i can notice his dreadful understeer at every turn, but his power makes up any advantage i have in the turns :-( i also accidentally drifted in one of the hairpin turns (with a vios beside me X-p) luckily managed to keep things under control ^^
the whole thing happens very quickly and it's over before we could say yippikayay.. X-p the version 9 driver was really excited and suggested another run X-p the version 7 and 8 jockeys apparently were really pushing it and richard says he was even drifting at almost every turn O.O a pity i couldn't see it T.T but we all decided to call a night... X-p
we went down, and richard and me played a little at the downhill part after goh tong jaya X-) and it was definitely a BLAST!!! X-)
However, when i got home, i felt a rather dissatisfaction :-p it seems i didn't have enough touge fun X-p and still craving for more... (or perhaps because i got pawned so badly, that i feel like this time, i only want to play with the kancil club X-p haha..)
anyway, unfortunately, i brought no camera, and had no friends to tag along for some pictures... so that's about it... now i gotta wait for the bill from that little mishap i had :-( hopefully the fella wouldn't whack me X-(
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
30th August Pre-Merdeka Track day Celebration
Finally i'm able to find the time to write up an entry on our track outing last couple of weeks... X-( Been really busy and lazy lately... :-p
well, these last few weeks have seen an unprecedented back-to-back track day participation X-) with the aftermath a broken car and broken wallet... X-p
The car would be Azhan's, the wallet would be mine... X-p
Fate has it, that our good old buddy Azhan would suffer the pains of a blown engine before we could destroy ours... X-p and fate has it, that i am poor as i am... X-p haha..
Enough nonsense, basically the last track was quite a flop :-p i've been trying some new techniques that i failed miserably... X-p We realized (well, me primarily :-p) that our exit from a drift SUCK X-p the car would whip its tail and send the passengers rocking in our seats... We realized that this is caused by us not straightening the front tyres when the rear tyres regain traction, thus the car snapping in the direction of the front wheels...
To me, this is due to a couple of factors... First, when the car starts to drift, i immediately cut down on the throttle, proportionate to the amount i estimate needed
to regain rear wheel traction... Thus, this instinct of immediately trying to send traction to the rear wheels would most of the time catch me off guard and the rear would regain traction faster than i anticipated (mostly due to the fact that i couldn't feel the limit of the tyres... X-( really noobie.. :-p) and by then, i haven't straighten the front tyres, thus snapping the car into its direction (thus the whipping effect... :-p)
Secondly, it's because of the primal instinct to feed traction to the rear, that the rear gain traction to quickly and abrupt.. Thus the unceremonious exit... X-p
To remedy this, i thought of two things... I need to have a continuous feel of the front tyre directions... Previously, when the rear swings out, i'd let go of the steering to allow the momentum of the car to do the correcting work, but by doing so, i lose touch of how the tyres turn... So after our 23rd august track outing, me and ryousuke went to do some practice, and i found that by keeping our hands planted on the steering wheel, we'd get a better feel of the tyres...
and for the other problem, i would need some way to feather out the rear traction of the rear tyres upon exit... thus instead of instantly feeding it traction, abruptly ending the drift, i would need to gradually allow it to regain traction, by controlling the throttle, feeding enough throttle to keep the tyres just barely gaining traction bit by bit... we tried pumping the throttle (like aryton senna), and for low-speed drifts, doing so would really make controlling the angle of the car really easy... X-) so we thought we had found the holy grail of drift exit.. X-p
So when i went to the track last 30th, i had these two things in mind...
first off, the new throttle control technique is to no avail... X-p Apparently, i lack the skills nor the instinct to execute such technique in high speed... X-p it dawned upon me that driving the car at the limit, makes it very sensitive to any throttle input, by just tapping the car above its grip threshold a bit sends the rear end flying, and by pumping the throttle, i lose touch with the limit of the rear tyres... :-( i guess i have to be like micheal schumacher X-p bwahaha... still, i need to practice more on exiting drifts to be able to really feel my way out of it... X-p
Secondly, the new steering control also failed... X-p though we could have a better control of the drift angle if we keep our hands on the steering, doing it on track is a whole different ball game X-(
this technique presented to me a glaring flaw and weakness in my driving competency X-p my hands are not fast enough to cope with the quick demands of high-speed driting... X-( so i would always find myself giving steering input too slow to correct the car before it goes into the "inevitable spin" X-p (which happened a lot that day... X-p)
After the day's end, i came to one conclusion... I AM A NOOB THROUGH AND THROUGH.. X-p
All is not lost though, i learned a lot during that day :-) i need to refine my throttle control, get a touch on the limit (especially on the exit, i can clearly feel the limit upon entry, but i can't grasp the exit... :-( mostly because i usually try to intentionally drift the car X-p it's so much more exciting that way... but then it becomes a habit, and the sense of its limit gets lost in the excitement of drifting the car... X-p) and try to improve the speed of my steering work... :-p
All i can say is that if i need a really quick counter steer to correct the car, then i can so far (with my current driving level) only rely on letting go of the steering and anticipate the tyre direction by then X-p crude, but effective for noobs such as myself... secondly, i need to practice more on exiting drifts, i realized that all these while, me and ryousuke have been practicing on controlling the angle of our drifts rather than the exit, thus neglecting that final crucial moment when it make or break a feel-good drift or not.. X-p
Another accomplishment that day was that i was able to break Ryuousuke's 2:56 lap time :-p with a 2:55.67 X-) i'm sure that time wouldn't stand as we continue to improve ourselves, but at least now i have the bragging rights over ryousuke... X-p haha... and from the vid, i can see a lot of room for improvement, so perhaps the time we can cut down a few seconds more before it starts becoming saturated... if we want to cut down some more, we got to kick out the passenger X-p but it's no fun when you're the only one having fun... haha...
Just as a highlight, Boy sheared off some parts of his left front tyres O.O the way he throws himself into turn 7 & 8, it's surprising the tyre lasted that long X-p It's great fun playing with boy at the touge (i could hardly keep up X-p) but at the track, the power difference is just too much :-( over 100 bhp difference i guess will definitely show on a wide straight track... :-p i suck like nuts at the turns, but manage to blast pass on the straights... X-p
(Now this is MOTORSPORT!!! X-)
well, that aside, enjoy the picture galore... :-p and the vid i made (it's my first time editing, so i suck X-p but a least i think i was able to capture the moment during that last final scene.. X-p i hope Azhan wouldn't cry seeing it... X-p haha..)
(oh crap.. how do i use this photo bucket...? >.>)
ah shoots... i have no idea how to use this photo bucket features... >.>
i'll upload the pics later... when i figure out how to utilise that bloody photo bucker... >.> as for now, enjoy this amateur lowly rated vid i made X-p
well, these last few weeks have seen an unprecedented back-to-back track day participation X-) with the aftermath a broken car and broken wallet... X-p
The car would be Azhan's, the wallet would be mine... X-p
Fate has it, that our good old buddy Azhan would suffer the pains of a blown engine before we could destroy ours... X-p and fate has it, that i am poor as i am... X-p haha..
Enough nonsense, basically the last track was quite a flop :-p i've been trying some new techniques that i failed miserably... X-p We realized (well, me primarily :-p) that our exit from a drift SUCK X-p the car would whip its tail and send the passengers rocking in our seats... We realized that this is caused by us not straightening the front tyres when the rear tyres regain traction, thus the car snapping in the direction of the front wheels...
To me, this is due to a couple of factors... First, when the car starts to drift, i immediately cut down on the throttle, proportionate to the amount i estimate needed
to regain rear wheel traction... Thus, this instinct of immediately trying to send traction to the rear wheels would most of the time catch me off guard and the rear would regain traction faster than i anticipated (mostly due to the fact that i couldn't feel the limit of the tyres... X-( really noobie.. :-p) and by then, i haven't straighten the front tyres, thus snapping the car into its direction (thus the whipping effect... :-p)
Secondly, it's because of the primal instinct to feed traction to the rear, that the rear gain traction to quickly and abrupt.. Thus the unceremonious exit... X-p
To remedy this, i thought of two things... I need to have a continuous feel of the front tyre directions... Previously, when the rear swings out, i'd let go of the steering to allow the momentum of the car to do the correcting work, but by doing so, i lose touch of how the tyres turn... So after our 23rd august track outing, me and ryousuke went to do some practice, and i found that by keeping our hands planted on the steering wheel, we'd get a better feel of the tyres...
and for the other problem, i would need some way to feather out the rear traction of the rear tyres upon exit... thus instead of instantly feeding it traction, abruptly ending the drift, i would need to gradually allow it to regain traction, by controlling the throttle, feeding enough throttle to keep the tyres just barely gaining traction bit by bit... we tried pumping the throttle (like aryton senna), and for low-speed drifts, doing so would really make controlling the angle of the car really easy... X-) so we thought we had found the holy grail of drift exit.. X-p
So when i went to the track last 30th, i had these two things in mind...
first off, the new throttle control technique is to no avail... X-p Apparently, i lack the skills nor the instinct to execute such technique in high speed... X-p it dawned upon me that driving the car at the limit, makes it very sensitive to any throttle input, by just tapping the car above its grip threshold a bit sends the rear end flying, and by pumping the throttle, i lose touch with the limit of the rear tyres... :-( i guess i have to be like micheal schumacher X-p bwahaha... still, i need to practice more on exiting drifts to be able to really feel my way out of it... X-p
Secondly, the new steering control also failed... X-p though we could have a better control of the drift angle if we keep our hands on the steering, doing it on track is a whole different ball game X-(
this technique presented to me a glaring flaw and weakness in my driving competency X-p my hands are not fast enough to cope with the quick demands of high-speed driting... X-( so i would always find myself giving steering input too slow to correct the car before it goes into the "inevitable spin" X-p (which happened a lot that day... X-p)
After the day's end, i came to one conclusion... I AM A NOOB THROUGH AND THROUGH.. X-p
All is not lost though, i learned a lot during that day :-) i need to refine my throttle control, get a touch on the limit (especially on the exit, i can clearly feel the limit upon entry, but i can't grasp the exit... :-( mostly because i usually try to intentionally drift the car X-p it's so much more exciting that way... but then it becomes a habit, and the sense of its limit gets lost in the excitement of drifting the car... X-p) and try to improve the speed of my steering work... :-p
All i can say is that if i need a really quick counter steer to correct the car, then i can so far (with my current driving level) only rely on letting go of the steering and anticipate the tyre direction by then X-p crude, but effective for noobs such as myself... secondly, i need to practice more on exiting drifts, i realized that all these while, me and ryousuke have been practicing on controlling the angle of our drifts rather than the exit, thus neglecting that final crucial moment when it make or break a feel-good drift or not.. X-p
Another accomplishment that day was that i was able to break Ryuousuke's 2:56 lap time :-p with a 2:55.67 X-) i'm sure that time wouldn't stand as we continue to improve ourselves, but at least now i have the bragging rights over ryousuke... X-p haha... and from the vid, i can see a lot of room for improvement, so perhaps the time we can cut down a few seconds more before it starts becoming saturated... if we want to cut down some more, we got to kick out the passenger X-p but it's no fun when you're the only one having fun... haha...
Just as a highlight, Boy sheared off some parts of his left front tyres O.O the way he throws himself into turn 7 & 8, it's surprising the tyre lasted that long X-p It's great fun playing with boy at the touge (i could hardly keep up X-p) but at the track, the power difference is just too much :-( over 100 bhp difference i guess will definitely show on a wide straight track... :-p i suck like nuts at the turns, but manage to blast pass on the straights... X-p
(Now this is MOTORSPORT!!! X-)
well, that aside, enjoy the picture galore... :-p and the vid i made (it's my first time editing, so i suck X-p but a least i think i was able to capture the moment during that last final scene.. X-p i hope Azhan wouldn't cry seeing it... X-p haha..)
(oh crap.. how do i use this photo bucket...? >.>)
ah shoots... i have no idea how to use this photo bucket features... >.>
i'll upload the pics later... when i figure out how to utilise that bloody photo bucker... >.> as for now, enjoy this amateur lowly rated vid i made X-p
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
23rd August Track Day
The Sepang Open track day has finally arrived^^
Our chance to sharpen our technique at the edge and learn more of the FC limit in a safe and legal manner :p hahahahahha
Our day started off rather early, Keisuke and I woke up in the morning and we cleaned the FC, although the FC will never be beautiful in its current state... but just heck, it makes us feels good that the FC is being properly kept :p
Another reason why we washed the FC prior to the track day was because we can detect any loose panel or loose screws on the body to fix it and make sure it don't take off in flight at Sepang >.< We started moving from our house at 12... we gathered our buddies... KeKe(cloud), Bib(Jr. Turbo) and Khaidir.
The cloud was beautiful and it was a sunny day for the tracks... just what we have hoped for... because it has been raining lately everyday, and a wet track is not what I have in mind... perhaps my skills is not up to the task to tackle a wet track anyway >.< We made one pit stop at the Shell just before SIC and disappointingly they no longer offer V-power :( as part of the government plan to phase out Ron 97 from mainstream market they are slowly introducing Ron 95 and soon going to hike the price of 97 (for whatever reason to give the hike probably just for the fun of it xD) so Shell stop offering V-power to facilitate Ron 95 :( So I just filled her up full tank with Ron 97 and off we go to SIC. This time we register on time at 2 pm :D and during the registration I noticed a Grey Satria Neo with a familiar face... but me having a bad memory have no idea who it was at that time :p We just passed as strangers and us RedSuns being the timid little ragtag crew that we are headed to our usual corner spot out of everyone's way and out of sight :p An SIC crew offered us pit garage no. 23 he just opened but we had to give him a false hope of us going there just so that he will leave us alone xD OMG we're so pathetic!!!! >.< I made my first run in the Flying Circus, and again as usual... the FC is a real head turner and funny bone activator xD hahahahha as we cruise by the pit lane everyone stared in disbelief of the FC... its a shame, but its a sacrifice we're willing to make xD besides we dont have enough money yet to give the FC a new paint job :p My first run was with KeKe as our camera man, and heck... after such a long period not driving the FC it all seems rather awkward, with the FC low rear grip we were literally drifting at every corner O.o I spun in the 2nd lap and then I was more cautious, I was still getting to grips with driving the FC at the limit... My first run ended in 4 laps as there were some accidents that the marshall had to show the red flag so in to the pits we went. It seems the new oil cooler is working a miracle... after 4 laps the oil temp is still manageable at 110 degC. Then Keisuke went for his 1st run and also finishes 4 laps before being forced to the pits because of more red flags :( This time the temp crept up to 120 degC after that for our 3rd and 4th run we could only manage 3 laps each as the temps go up to 120 degC and started burning the oil :p Here's our compile vids of our run and action: ^^
By the end of the day, both me and Keisuke were able to break the 3 min barrier^^
Yay!! despite the rear tyres not at grip level at all and also the lack of V-power really handicaps the power :(
And here's a vid of our pal Azhan first run at Sepang with his beautiful Satria Neo^^
Just to shave off the dead weight he was carrying he had to remove his sub-woofer, his junks ,his spare tyre and his girlfriend xD
Enjoy the vids and don't mind the mindless comment xD :
Between our runs we made some tour of the pits and we found our pals from SatriaNeo Club^^
No wonder the guy at the registration looked so familiar^^ I just remembered xD
hhahahhahaha
We chatted with them for a while and off we continued with our tour, there were some really cool collection of cars there and also a Lamborghini LP550-2 Valentino Balboni on display O.o
Enjoy the pics ^^ :
Lotus Europa
Lamborghini Valentino Balboni
The Matte Black GTR
Rotary brother in arms the Veilside RX-7 FD3S ^^
Toyota Supra
Track Monster Evo 7
Silvia S15
Z-Tune Bodykitted R34
Our rotary brother MazdaSpeed RX-8 ^^
The Flying Circus in action
Track Monster R34 GTR
There's actually more photos we took that day but I'm just too lazy to upload all of it :p
So that sums up our 2nd track experience^^ even though its Ramadhan and we're damn exhausted and thirsty fasting during track sessions, but the experience and fun is all worth it^^
Our chance to sharpen our technique at the edge and learn more of the FC limit in a safe and legal manner :p hahahahahha
Our day started off rather early, Keisuke and I woke up in the morning and we cleaned the FC, although the FC will never be beautiful in its current state... but just heck, it makes us feels good that the FC is being properly kept :p
Another reason why we washed the FC prior to the track day was because we can detect any loose panel or loose screws on the body to fix it and make sure it don't take off in flight at Sepang >.< We started moving from our house at 12... we gathered our buddies... KeKe(cloud), Bib(Jr. Turbo) and Khaidir.
The cloud was beautiful and it was a sunny day for the tracks... just what we have hoped for... because it has been raining lately everyday, and a wet track is not what I have in mind... perhaps my skills is not up to the task to tackle a wet track anyway >.< We made one pit stop at the Shell just before SIC and disappointingly they no longer offer V-power :( as part of the government plan to phase out Ron 97 from mainstream market they are slowly introducing Ron 95 and soon going to hike the price of 97 (for whatever reason to give the hike probably just for the fun of it xD) so Shell stop offering V-power to facilitate Ron 95 :( So I just filled her up full tank with Ron 97 and off we go to SIC. This time we register on time at 2 pm :D and during the registration I noticed a Grey Satria Neo with a familiar face... but me having a bad memory have no idea who it was at that time :p We just passed as strangers and us RedSuns being the timid little ragtag crew that we are headed to our usual corner spot out of everyone's way and out of sight :p An SIC crew offered us pit garage no. 23 he just opened but we had to give him a false hope of us going there just so that he will leave us alone xD OMG we're so pathetic!!!! >.< I made my first run in the Flying Circus, and again as usual... the FC is a real head turner and funny bone activator xD hahahahha as we cruise by the pit lane everyone stared in disbelief of the FC... its a shame, but its a sacrifice we're willing to make xD besides we dont have enough money yet to give the FC a new paint job :p My first run was with KeKe as our camera man, and heck... after such a long period not driving the FC it all seems rather awkward, with the FC low rear grip we were literally drifting at every corner O.o I spun in the 2nd lap and then I was more cautious, I was still getting to grips with driving the FC at the limit... My first run ended in 4 laps as there were some accidents that the marshall had to show the red flag so in to the pits we went. It seems the new oil cooler is working a miracle... after 4 laps the oil temp is still manageable at 110 degC. Then Keisuke went for his 1st run and also finishes 4 laps before being forced to the pits because of more red flags :( This time the temp crept up to 120 degC after that for our 3rd and 4th run we could only manage 3 laps each as the temps go up to 120 degC and started burning the oil :p Here's our compile vids of our run and action: ^^
By the end of the day, both me and Keisuke were able to break the 3 min barrier^^
Yay!! despite the rear tyres not at grip level at all and also the lack of V-power really handicaps the power :(
And here's a vid of our pal Azhan first run at Sepang with his beautiful Satria Neo^^
Just to shave off the dead weight he was carrying he had to remove his sub-woofer, his junks ,his spare tyre and his girlfriend xD
Enjoy the vids and don't mind the mindless comment xD :
Between our runs we made some tour of the pits and we found our pals from SatriaNeo Club^^
No wonder the guy at the registration looked so familiar^^ I just remembered xD
hhahahhahaha
We chatted with them for a while and off we continued with our tour, there were some really cool collection of cars there and also a Lamborghini LP550-2 Valentino Balboni on display O.o
Enjoy the pics ^^ :
Lotus Europa
Lamborghini Valentino Balboni
The Matte Black GTR
Rotary brother in arms the Veilside RX-7 FD3S ^^
Toyota Supra
Track Monster Evo 7
Silvia S15
Z-Tune Bodykitted R34
Our rotary brother MazdaSpeed RX-8 ^^
The Flying Circus in action
Track Monster R34 GTR
There's actually more photos we took that day but I'm just too lazy to upload all of it :p
So that sums up our 2nd track experience^^ even though its Ramadhan and we're damn exhausted and thirsty fasting during track sessions, but the experience and fun is all worth it^^
Monday, August 24, 2009
Preparation to August Track Day
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Ma friend posing with ma other friend superbike xD
The new Carbon Fibre Exhaust for his CBR600RR^^
The superbike now sounds like an F1 car... SWEET!!!! :D
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Well its that time of the year again^^ ehem.... even though its Ramadhan, but tomorrow (23rd Aug) is the Sepang Track day!!! \(^o^)/
Track days are always happy days for us Red Suns xD
Anyway, this time we're going to be better prepared than last time around so we sent the FC to Hau to change the brake pads and brake fluids.
The S-Four Endless Brake Fluids
The Endless Brake pads
It took almost the whole day to change the pads, at first we only wanted to change the rear pads as it has worn out... but it seems even our front pads was damaged... so we decided to change the front with used ones xD
The old front pads
The damaged pads
After Hau changed the fluids and bleed the brakes we brought the car to a tyre shop to cross the front tires... just to have more rubber at the inside of the cambers ;)
Then after tarawih, we set out with KeKe (Cloud) to bed in the brakes^^ that was the first time we actually did proper bedding procedures, and after the 8th brake cycle the brakes has already faded.... we did 2 bedding cycles and then we head for the Bangi Touge....
(Keisuke dead beat in between bedding cycles xD)
(Again, one of our random retard moments >.<) We need to have a proper tyre pressure for the tracks, so we headed to Bangi Touge to do some testing^^ We applied white shoe across all four tyres and then made a single spirited run at the Touge to see whether the thread wear is even or not... we found out our front left tyre is not really good at the wear.
(Applying the white shoe with Keisuke posing for the camera xD)
So we headed towards the nearest petrol station and then check the pressure... we found out the front left tyre is more 1 psi than the right and so the wear is uneven, so we set all four tyres to the appropriate pressure :
Potenza Grid II
215/55/R16
Front : 32psi
Pirelli P6000
225/55/R16
Rear : 35psi
We made one more wear test for the tyres and it all looks good, so we headed back home via McDonald McValue Meal xD
Thus the FC was prepared for its reason of existance^^
Ma friend posing with ma other friend superbike xD
The new Carbon Fibre Exhaust for his CBR600RR^^
The superbike now sounds like an F1 car... SWEET!!!! :D
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Well its that time of the year again^^ ehem.... even though its Ramadhan, but tomorrow (23rd Aug) is the Sepang Track day!!! \(^o^)/
Track days are always happy days for us Red Suns xD
Anyway, this time we're going to be better prepared than last time around so we sent the FC to Hau to change the brake pads and brake fluids.
The S-Four Endless Brake Fluids
The Endless Brake pads
It took almost the whole day to change the pads, at first we only wanted to change the rear pads as it has worn out... but it seems even our front pads was damaged... so we decided to change the front with used ones xD
The old front pads
The damaged pads
After Hau changed the fluids and bleed the brakes we brought the car to a tyre shop to cross the front tires... just to have more rubber at the inside of the cambers ;)
Then after tarawih, we set out with KeKe (Cloud) to bed in the brakes^^ that was the first time we actually did proper bedding procedures, and after the 8th brake cycle the brakes has already faded.... we did 2 bedding cycles and then we head for the Bangi Touge....
(Keisuke dead beat in between bedding cycles xD)
(Again, one of our random retard moments >.<) We need to have a proper tyre pressure for the tracks, so we headed to Bangi Touge to do some testing^^ We applied white shoe across all four tyres and then made a single spirited run at the Touge to see whether the thread wear is even or not... we found out our front left tyre is not really good at the wear.
(Applying the white shoe with Keisuke posing for the camera xD)
So we headed towards the nearest petrol station and then check the pressure... we found out the front left tyre is more 1 psi than the right and so the wear is uneven, so we set all four tyres to the appropriate pressure :
Potenza Grid II
215/55/R16
Front : 32psi
Pirelli P6000
225/55/R16
Rear : 35psi
We made one more wear test for the tyres and it all looks good, so we headed back home via McDonald McValue Meal xD
Thus the FC was prepared for its reason of existance^^
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Genting vid from Richard :-)
Wow Wow!! Richard uploaded our last Genting excursion on youtube... X-)
you can hear at 5:07 the FC's screeching spin... X-p haha...
enjoy...
you can hear at 5:07 the FC's screeching spin... X-p haha...
enjoy...
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