Story : Flaring the 808.

As promised, we went to Play House Garage today to get the sexy flare. Anyway, first of all; since the flare is for Starlet, it surely will not fit 100% if the worker didnt trim it. And for clearance issue, I had to cut the front fender a bit especially the left one, the damaged @ rusty side.


One hour of arguing with the worker (LOL~) and trimming, taraaa, the front fender had been done.

We had some clearance issue on the door for the rear so I decided to cut the fender into two so that half of em will attach to the door.

Measuring time:

Done! I am very very satisfied with the job done by Play House Garage. Very neat and almost flawless job.
Some closeup shots of the flare:
Front.

Rear.


Anyway, here's a big project of Play House, a super bad condition Ford Cortina, and in the restoration progress. Roughly the cost of the bodyworks ( a LOT of) is RM8k+/-. And again, Im very impressed with the new floor made by them. It really looks like it was pressed by a machine. All was done by hand actually.

We went to nearby mamak after the job had been done. And guess who's showed today, another 808 user! His name is Fendy and his 808 is in very good condition. Im quite happy to found other 808 user.

His nice 808.

The neat interior compare to mine.

And kinda surprised when he gave me a very meaningful gift, a Mazda horn button! Thanks bro!

And, another gift came from Mok. She bought me a T-shirt! Oh, my lucky day isnt it?

Arrived at our hostel at 11pm. So, rest time!

Story : I Cant Stand The Heat Anymore!

Was sleeping till 1pm till Mok called me and ask if Im interested to go to watch Bohsia at cinema with her. Of course if its Mok that is asking, I cannot say No! or else she will be monyok all day. Hehehe. And since Bee had been sleeping for a few days, so we decided to go to Pavillion with Bee. And cleverly driving at 2pm on a big city with the sunlight just up your head and a bonus; Bee doesnt have an aircond yo, its like a moving sauna every time I decided to drive Bee.

Hahahahaha. And Im glad Mok doesnt complaint much bout that. Romantic isnt it dating on a moving sauna? Overall, Bohsia by Shamsul Yusof is better than Evolusi KL Drift. Wayyy much better. The movie reflect the truth about our new generation (that's include my generation too) in KL especially the Mat Rempit.

Anyway, after the movie, we rushed to get out of the city before its jammed or else Bee will overheat as usual. LOL. Another romantic moment if the car broke down somewhere in the KL eh? I suggest to Mok to tinted the rear window just like Din did to his KE70. And since its just RM40, Mok agree with it.

So, off we go to Sato Auto Accesories at Setiawangsa. Initially, I just want to opt 80% tinted for the rear, and the person in charge said why not tinted all the windows, so finally I opt the 50% tinted for all the windows. The reason I chosed the 50% is so that I have less problem with JPJ.

Pimpin' Bee in progress.

Done! This cheap tinted cost me Rm100 and with 2years warranty. Not bad for our Rm100 investment. And finally some privacy whenever Im driving after this.

View from my block. There's my Bee, Getz and Mok's Mok Myvi. Haha.

Unexpected Purchase!

Hah. Guess what, I dont have a plan to bought it, I dont love it as much as I love the KE's and 910sss, I dont have a future idea for it, I dont know what I had done.

What is it then?

Its a car! Named Mazda and the model is 808. Kinda similar to Mazda Rx3. Why did I bought it? Coz I slipped my tounge and told Jeembo Im buying it despite I only have RM30 in my bank account. So I had caused a lot of trouble to Jeembo, Jaguh and the car's owner. Wtf Im doing? Am I insane? Perhaps? Stupid? Yes. Lol.

So I would like to say sorry to Jeembo for all the trouble that I had caused but in the end, I still bought it despite the day earlier I had canceled it. Saje cari pasal am I? Thanks to Jaguh and Mok for their concern bout my financial health soon. Emm, my parents for giving the green light.

So, what is the car's name? Mok wants a yellow car, accidentally I got a yellow car. She wants it to be like the Bumble Bee of Transformers. Accidentally also the car's have a looks like Camaro. Hence the name is BumbleBee!

Future plans? I dont know! I just bought a car accidentally. Big LOL this time. Wtf Im doing? So, Im still blur for the moment. Good or bad depends on my financial. I will try my best to love this car despite I didnt do any homework for 808 models. It will be a drift machine. It will be my toy. It will be loved if there is no problems. It does makes me nuts today.

So, Getz will be downgrade. Everything will be standard back. The money will be spent to restore BumbleBee and to make it to drift-spec. Color will be maintained eventhough after repaint. Of course it will have a stripe similar to Transformer's Bumble Bee. Beng enough? Perhaps. Lol, Im having a wonderful life :)

Some pics:

Front.

Rear.

Future plans? It will be going sideways! Specs? I dont know! And if you ask me, why 808? Love at first sight. Where? UIA Drift Practise. Which car? This one;

Oh, I have created a new blog just for the Bumble Bee project. Hope it will be a good guide for anyone into 808. And for me to learn bout 808.
The Flight of the Bumble Bee.

What is Catalytic Converter?

This is the one after the the 4-1 header:


So now, what is inside the Catalytic Converter and why it must removed?

For long term usage all the dust and chemical will blocking on the Catcon,
and our vehicle will be getting bad airflow and high fuel consumption from day by day because of those chemical and dust blocking inside the cotton of Catcon.




Usually in performance and fuel consumption wise,we would suggest to replace with direct flow center bullet or twister bullet to make a better airflow just like below:



Source : Redlinemax

Im glad that I didnt do a mistake by changing my OEM center bullet to an aftermarket brand. And, my claim that my car response better is also true. The Marco center bullet's inside is like the pic.

Plus, if Im not mistaken, catalytic converter got some rare minerals inside. The minerals is getting lesser and its getting expensive. So why not sell the minerals to a merchant? LOL. By the way, I dont remember which channel was it. Was it Discovery or NGC?

Ready To Go!!

Well.. Few hours before going. Already got my Getz back from Jaguh. Different rims, new grille, few minor problems had been solved. All courtesy of Jaguh Autoworks. lol. Hehehe. All stuff had been packed up. Wish me luck!

Well.. Im going now.. Tataa...

15' rims. Offset +35. Gotta remove front spacer coz the tyres eating fender already. After remove also still eat fender. Sigh.

Camber setting? Gotta ask Jaguh.

New grille. Neat work from Jaguh Autoworks.

Jaguh's KEtam

Hehehe. I had sent my car to Jaguh for a proper check-up for this weekend track day and to put on the grills bought by Mok. Looks like Im going to use his car for a week. Happy? Of course. Its a manual car :)

Mok surely will not be happy as the car's air condition is not working properly. lol. Plus noisy and etc etc. Hehehe.

Gift Again?

Hehehe. Guess what? Mok bought me a stuff for Getz again. lol. This time its a grill for the front part. Coz been grill-less for quite a time. Hehehehe. Thanks~ Next time bring a bucket yea Mok?

Poison From Kelantan?

Hmm, while I was at Kelantan, I met with Eric, Kelantanese Getzzone member. Hmm.. Looks like somebody had successfully 'poison' me with this stuff. Should I take it or not? Coz the price is damn cheap. Hmm..


And also, Im getting a used K&N drop-in filter after this. Courtesy of Getzzone member also. Also dirt cheap~ Good luck again? Perhaps.

New Tyres

Huaaa. Finally all my four tyres had worn out. Sobs. Had to ask my dad to pay for my new tyres. Ahaks! Sorry dad, one day after I have a job I'll make sure I pay it back. Hehe. Earlier thought of Hankook Ventus V8, or Kumho Ecsta, but the shop was a Goodyear dealer plus my dad doesnt want to go to Klang. And I was looking for 195/55/16. Its Satria Neo rims size. But I couldnt get it also since the shop didnt have it. Sigh. I dont really wanna support Goodyear after I knew what happen in our local drift scene.

Bye bye Kumho Ecsta. Thanks for serving me well before. Sobs. My rear tyres I took back coz still got arond 30% thread. Going to sell it soon. After Raya I'll post it.

So finally I'd been pushed to accept the tyres that available there. Sighhhh, it was a Goodyear Eagle NCT5 measured 205/45/16. Its a comfor tyre type. Sigh, I want a grip tyre!! I dont care about the comfort. My car was never comfort when it arrived to me. Sigh.. Touge wont be as much fun as before after this.

Nevermind, cant complaint much since its my dad's money and choice. So, have to accept it. Better than nothing right?

The moment of truth, "Will the car have new problems?"

AND YES!!! I hate whenever I came to a workshop ( for maintenance and checkup, not modding or else), why? Coz everytime I come THERE MUST BE A NEW PROBLEMS! Last time it was a bent driveshaft, this time? MY RIMS (ALL) ALREADY 'BENGKOK'!!!! I was like wtf? I just got it few months ago. FUCKED! Im fucked. Thought of saving my $ for the Kg Gajah Track Day that we organized ourself (lol) this coming December and a pair of bucket seat. Sigh. How Im going to find extra $ to change new rims or repair the rims?

My fucked up rims. JRD Satria GTi rims. You sucks!


Getz about to get his alignment set back to normal. Guess what? My old camber setup was -3degree front and -1degree for back. LOL. No wonder the tyres doesnt 'eat' properly and balanced. Too much drifting influence I guess?

A Visit to DoriDori Autoparts

Today I went to DoriDori to get my voltmeter and to hangout at the workshop. Why DoriDori? Can you just go to nearby accesories shop and get a voltmeter? Well, actually I do feel comfortable when dealing with DoriDori. Why? Coz thats the only workshop (Not a typical tyre shop, or car service shop) I had ever been! Hahahaha.

Well, DoriDori just moved from Ampang to Shah Alam. Actually, I knew about DoriDori from a person called Jaza a.k.a Sakaito in www.drift.com.my. He's famous. Trust me. Most of people involved in motorsport, especially drift, confirm knew Jaza. Basically DoriDori is a specialist in halfcut searching, engine transplant, bodykit, performance part, drift tuning and car's accesories. So what am I doing in a tuner shop just to get a voltmeter? lol.

Dealing with Jaza makes your life a lil bit happier. You get cheap fees for labour work and low price for parts, free advises from the master, and you can make a new friends. lol. The workers there also very friendly. So far, I do have a good experience there. This is my 2nd time sending my car there. The 1st one is Jaguh's KEtam (I dont care, its mine also what~ hahaha). They worked on KEtam welded axle.

So, here's some meters that are for sale. (vaccum, water temp, oil temp, voltmeter)
One for RM120 including installation.

Nice rims for sale:

My car's going for some minor surgery:

While waiting, there are some other cars inside also:

An A31 doing some axle surgery. From standard axle to viscous LSD. Nice rims!

A Satria is having port & polish process:

So after waiting awhile, this is the result:

Its an old school meter. So cant expect it will work like those Defi's or others. Just basic display with amber backlight. I dont have high budget to opt those expensive meters,so Im trying to be wise with my choices. Plus, a simple logic, less attraction = less risk of thievery. Hehehehe. Next meter will be installed after Raya I guess. Water temp meter. ^-^

A better cockpit for me now. One more meter coming soon.



Interested to visit the shop? Here's the address and the contact person.

Jaza - 017 66 77 0 99

No 4, Jln Penggawa U1/75, Seksyen U1
Taman Perindustrian Batu Tiga
40150 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia.

DoriDori is the authorized dealer for HDi intercooler in Malaysia, MOTUL, and Q8 Oils.

Auto Charge

Well, its quite rare to me ->someone asking me to test their stuff. So, Im lucky again. lol. This time, Mok's step mum in KL, ask me and her to test something which is called 'Auto Charge'. Well, to me its look like the voltage stabilizer thingy, which I already gotten myself a Raizin voltage stabilizer inside the hood. But if you saw their advertisment, this kind (plug into the ciggarate socket) also available.

They are claiming that this product will save up to 30% in fuel consumption. Plus they are giving money back if you did not satisfied with it plus 12months warranty.

Well, from brochure it said (Sorry Im not good translating Bahasa to English ) Auto Charge will stabilize your voltage inside the battery. And this stuff can sense changes in the current, and it will keep the energy and release it only when its needed. With this, the combustion process will become more efficient and the petrol cost can be reduced effectively.


This stuff have 3 functions:
*Voltage stabilizer
*Reducer of interference in electronic radar
*Battery doctor ( Maybe the meaning is this stuff can recharge your battery)

The benefits:
*Reduce the CPU interference, thus making it respond faster and enhanced it.
*Changing gear will be more smoother. (For auto tranny)
*A complete combustion occur.
*Engine can be started easily especially in the morning.
*Easy to use. (Plug and Play)
*Aircond will be much cooler.
*Brighter headlight.
*Enhance the quality of your car's audio.
*Reduce the black smog.
*12months warranty.

So lets try it! Pics of the stuff in my car:

First thing I noticed, my car can start easily in the morning. Which mean, cold start is not a problem to me anymore. Plus my aircond is making me freezing inside. Audio? Bass is beating to the max! And Im having a smoother changes in gear. So less sluggish gear change now.

As for fuel consumption, Im still monitoring it. But today, 1bar of fuel, I managed to go around 80-90km. I had been to Cheras->Shah Alam->Cheras->Wangsa Maju->KLCC->Cheras. All in one bar only. Miracle? Maybe. Cant say much yet for the fuel consumption for now.

Oh, and this stuff will cost you RM400. (From brochure lah, I dont know the real price yet)

Eyebrow for Getz

Finally, after 2days working hard sanding and spraying the eyelids. Its done! Although its not perfect due to DIY methods, but Im satisfied with my work. :) How does it look? The eyelid doesnt fit nicely at the hood area though.



Today Mok and I went to McD for our 'buka puasa' in the evening. Its been a while since we go out together. We both busy with campus thingy. Hehe. Mok also poses for me in front of my car. She wanted to be a model, so Im practising her. lol.

A proper look on SLR for the steering. Gosh I just love the steering. :P


Huaa, now sleepy already. Goodnight all.