Chassis Strengthening

I'm planing to rebuild mango's chassis since it had already endure 29 years of wear and tear from Malaysia's Rally road condition. So i start looking over the INTERNET and come over this clip on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEdtAVlbBw

too bad i can't link the video in, it was disable by the person who upload it.

hm.. wonder anyone know anyone who can did this around penang area?

odd(special) intake manifold on a 4A(not-sure if is) ^~^

This is gonna be a dull CNY as long as i could remember. There's only a few shops putting up red-deco, not many people playing CNY song on their radio.... so~ that means i had a lot of free time roaming around looking for parts for mango (or can sell ^.^) 

And i come across something interesting. on top is an ordinary 4afe engine, and below
(i also not sure what it is) it had a very special intake manifold, just like those in Kenari's EJ-DE engine. 
did the extra length of the intake give more torque to the mid-range?
certainly a nice view to look at compare to the ordinary one ^.^ 

new button for mango's e-brake~

Last month, during Kg Gajah's Time attack (which turned into drift day) TK

show me his 'non-stick' e-brake button from cusco. a replacement button which enable you to took away the spring which lock the e-brake in place, which will cause the e-brake to release automatically after pull-ed. And will only lock after we push the button out manually.   

So i took some measurement from a few car and draw out the design. Then send to my customize precision shop to make a sample. This is what i get for the first sample (with 峠 engraving on it) made with 6061 top of the series aluminium aloy. This baby would resist a small hammer impact without problem. 
install-ed perfectly on mango's e-brake.
closer look of the engraving. it's only sample, so it's a bit off centre. 
another side look of it ^_^, dun you just love the shine of it. It will be available soon at TK's new shop in Ipoh parade and also in TKA Motorsport's factory in Penang. 

A new brand name in making ^_^

I was checking out my working suit which has send to embroidery. I had my company name/logo stitches on. Together with my wife's blue color working suit and Panda's orange color working suit. 

Very high thread count embroidery by Akasia Snd Bhd.

I was amaze by the speed and precision  of the machine doing the work. 
half way done~ ^.^ 

Fun time in Kg. Gajah 29-12-2008

It's suppose to be a time-attack challenge in Kg Gajah, but the weather is not on our side... and we were looking at a WET track when we reach Kg Gajah  at 9.15a.m. after Mango's alternator failed during we take a rest at Bukit Gantang R&R while waiting for Suhaimi and his friends. T~T bad news.... mango might not be able to play in Kg Gajah today... 

(everyone was busy looking for the problem for the battery wasn't charging, so no one remember to take picture as we were running late)

So after calling TK and conform a replacement is available, we decided to keep going with the remaining juice available in mango's BIG-ASS battery. And recharge it with Ranger as soon as it runs out. 

But half way from Terong to Bruas, Panda spotted that then Charge indicator which was on since we left Bukit Gantang R&R turn off~ alternator is working fine again ^.^ 

After looking at the WET track, and a few attempt by some FF driver, we decided that we will shift to FR ^.^ and fun begins~ it's DRIFT time~! And i had many fun laps trying to drift mango around with AD07 at front and Ducaro at the rear. It's super slippery with higher off-set rims at front then rear. ####^.^ anyone got picture of mango drifting in track? Really appreciate if someone can send it to me thanks~ 

Somewhere after noon, while i trying to get a nap in Ranger and Ah Wei(12) knock on the window, and told me to get back up heading Kg Bota, Lao San was caught in a mishap. 

We were relief that both LaoSan and two other passengers was safe without a scratch.  We took around an hour to pull the car out using Ranger's winch. 

After that we headed back to Kg Gajah. And we found out that the track was drying up. So i switch to A048 at the back. And get ready to make some fast laps in the track. 
Now we were talking some series time~  Soon everyone start to put on their 888 and 048 and start making faster and faster laps. I was happy that mango did a big improvement since his original heart times 1.03+ on March and i manage to squeeze out 54.80 yesterday. A big leap~ hoho~ 

And soon, it's time for Ranger to get into the track again. Our All time champion Suhaimi was dashing into sheekan and ramp the tyre wall. And lot's of tyre stuck under his car. (7 to be exec ^.^) 

Good thing i bring two of my big jack and bring his car out of the tyre trap safely~  And after that, we leave the track with whole bunch of happy people on the Ranger. 

Thanks Jeremy for the photo ^.^ ~  

Thanks dude for the beautiful picture of mango ^_^ 

And i wanna pay my respect the only handicap driver of the day. Ah Tuck with his special mod-ed Kenari. He did fairly well, times at 59 second on the track that day.

{For Sale} TEIN-S14 Type HE (DYN67-21931) Rear Coil-over

• Nissan Silvia S14 (compatible with S15 also) Rear Absorber
• Full Length Adjustable - vehicle ride height and spring pre-load can be adjusted independently.
• 24 step soft-hard adjustable
•  inclusive of 8kg/mm 220mm spring and pillow mount
  
• Fully restored with new oil-seal
• 6 months limited warranty (Terms and conditions apply) 
• Price : MYR 1000.00 (Approx USD330.00) 
• Free delivery within Malaysia

Interested Parties kindly email tkamango[at]gmail[dot]com

or call 012-4806880 

Parts~!

Last month, Ah-Di from SHL offer me a deal which i had thinking for a month. 

All this was either broken of it's from really rare car models and had been lying around for years. 
So i took it back and disassemble them to took their parts to save some other poor adjustable which had their owner ^.^ 

One day, their 'organs' will live on in other adjustable and serve us, we who love to drive and enjoy the short moment of freedom  infront of our steering. ^_^