January 20, 2010

Well today I am 20 years old. Nothing really to be special about but I appreciate all the well wishes my friends have gave me. Thanks guys!

I should update a little about what's going on. I put the miata on the road again and got rid of the Escort. It's just an awesome feeling to get back into that familiar cockpit and feel 110% at home again.

I managed to finish most of what I wanted to do with the car during its downtime. Now its time to focus more on what I really need, and save the rest for later use. I've been down in the dumps lately so I began to spend stupidly on random shit here and there.

Heres some of the progress I've made with the car in the past few weeks. It's suprising how much I can get done within a few days time when the fire is under my ass.

One of the things I did was I checked on the potential rust areas, and removed any if there was. I did a quick wash with the help of Nick (thanks man!) and things quite smoothly.

Onto the pictures:

Ok you're probably thinking wtf when you see this. Well actually that night it was getting late and I forgot to clean the bumper. So.... I took it inside and used the shower hahaha.



Door jamb, nice and clean



Fucking gross rust behind the front wheel on the driver side... Pissed me off. I actually think it grew because this fender has been replaced before from an accident. They probably coated the underside of the fender so well that I wouldn't act as a sacraficial anode. Instead the body was attacked by the corrosion... =(



Cleaned out the rust so I could paint this area. Thank god it wasn't eating through.



Front end cleaned up. No rust!



Fender well... nice and clean.



Passenger side had very minimal rust.



Here you can see the hardtop I got too. Thanks Jfok!! This guy was a trooper... since I couldn't drive my own car out to pick up the hardtop, he drove down with me, dropped it off at my house and drove home top down in the middle of winter! I owe you one mang!!



When I got the car back together, I wanted to do a cruise. So I called out J. Kan, and J. Fok. D. Chua couldn't get his insurance done in time so it was just the three of us. J. Fok's friend Eric also came out with us and it was tonnes of fun. Sorry I'm quite slow guys...



Faggots in my car...



Impressions of Hankook RS2 (not very accurate):

AWESOME GRIP in the dry. 225 is definately a lot of grip for my underpowered car. It was getting really sketch in the rain.. especially starting uphill on Taylor Way. Fucking wheel spin. I threw the winters back on the car the next day to deal with the colder temps.

I'm not really sure what I'll have to update for awhile. Maybe I'll post something about my school term project. It should be tonnes of fun.

Shout out to R. Jizz today. Got Rice Bitch?

December 16, 2009

Well, a few updates I guess.

Got my brake lines installed and also removed the charcoal canister. Cleans everything up a whole lot.

The brake lines are from Maruha purchased from Chikaramotorsports. I took advantage of the sale and picked them up to complete my stainless line collection lol. One of the reasons why I bought them was because of the super high quality, and also the flexibility in the lines.

Demo:


I decided to clean up the engine bay a bit.. delete the charcoal canister to make some room. Also its not exactly necessary so I thought, why the hell not.

On with pictures:



Its not missing some black canister and a picture showing how the lines are now looped.




Maruha Brake Lines... 18,000 yen!



Check out the quality though, the machining marks are soooo nice. I almost didnt want to install them.




This is the rear passenger side brake line. This peice goes to the cube. Again... so nice. On the right is a view showing the O-ring and flexible joint.




Comparion of OEM vs. Maruha.





I think you can now see the difference in quality.




An installation picture.

November 18, 2009

Things suck shit. Not much to update about. Does anyone know the question to "Who am I?". Totally lost for once, what I thought was the world's most accurate compass turned out to be affected by the nearby mountain's magnetic B field.

November 04, 2009

Damn. Finally the first round of midterms are done (excluding the Finite Element Analysis one).

Feel like shit, totally not prepared for those exams and a few marks reflected it. Next round will be some 3/4 term tests and then the week of finals. I've told myself that I'm going to give it my best.

Also in two weeks will be the model contest. Some of the peices are in primer and the rest I will head to Sheldon's to finish off before priming. The deadline will be really close but thank god we have a day off on remembrance day.

I also recieved the first clutch line out from Ocean:



Awesome shiet. I think it looks pretty sexy personally. Gah.. can't wait for my car to be on the road again. I really miss driving "3 Horny Naked Girls" around. Driving the Escort I find is so dangerous. Maybe the chinese saying of driving a black car (coffin car) is true.

I attended a job fair as well with Kyle from my class. He's an awesome guy and definately knows his shit. By far his knowledge outweighs mine from a long shot.

Fuck, dunno how people stay so motivated in life doing the same repetitive routine day by day. Really makes me feel depressed for what life is to come but at the same time, hey. I don't need to pay for rent at least. More power to those who are, they know who they are.

Wish I still had the car to drive around late at night.. relaxing and just having that place of mind to find peace. Sometimes I kind of wonder how my life changed so drastically since highschool. But on the otherhand, do I enjoy my life now more? Blah, only time will tell.

Tomorrow is another Thursday. How I fucking hate seeing Alan Inglis' face twice in the same day. Seeing someone like him in industry, totally blows my mind. Like what the fuck? is that what I'm really training and learning to become? I don't really know what I enjoy more... working with my hands and making things, or solving problems in order for people to make things. Thats life for you... indecisions.

Shoutouts to Joe aka Chinaman and Jordan Fokz

October 25, 2009

Well, its been awhile since the last update.

Been busy with school for the most part, and the miata is stored for the fall/winter season. I really miss driving standard to be honest, its so boring with the automatic. I'm now driving the Escort around and to be honest, its not a bad beater. At least it comes with A/C, nice heater, roomy, easy to drive and dirt slow.

I'm in the middle of midterms week now, so trying to be productive and study.

Recently got some wheels and tires, sucks cuz I wont be able to make use of em till the spring and summer anyhow! Booo~ On other news I'm entering myself into a model building contest. I hope I can finish in time, the next two weeks will be super busy. More picture update when I have the chance.

September 6, 2009

Well, school will start in 2 days. Fun. I'm actually glad to be doing something that forces me to be productive and learn material well.

On another note, I feel like I may have jumped the gun with the miata in terms of modifications and such. Maybe for next season I will drive the car completely stock with a nice set of street tires (thinking AD08) .. definately need to learn the car a lot lot more to be fast. It's fun going back to driving a stock one to be honest because I learned to control the rotation of the car with throttle and steering combination quite well. I need to learn how to use the brakes for more rotation a lot better. It can definately help shaving off some time on your run.

No picture updates yet, but will update soon maybe with more school/random stuff. The car is planned to be stored for the winter and only bring it out on nice days... maybe I like miatas too much to drive it in rain and snow now. I'm looking at getting a beater for daily use and trashing.

September 2, 2009

More updates:

Got my short shifter from Winky after some trade bartering. It's a C's short shifter replica. This is my first experience with a short shifter so feedback should come later. For now its getting used to having such notchy shifting. Not used to it as I usually try to smooth as I can.


Look at the damage.... damn ricer and his hard shifting.



Came with all components, what can I say I'm happy I got one.