I think any car guy would have experienced this before. One thing lead to another kind of thing. I've never met a car guy who got everything he wanted 1st time.
My case was the old wira. Engine overhauled with 2 friends took 6 months partially because spent most of the weekends working on it. As we started rebuilding the engine after cleaning everything out :
"Eh.. why not change to forged? And oversize? While you're at it reline the cylinder walls too".
"Eh.. lighten la. Engine more power"
"Eh.. Balance also la since you've already done so much"
"Eh.. replace with titanium fasteners la. Stronger better lighter."
etc
Damn thing was supposed to be 4k+ end up almost 9k. But end result was a 3-speed auto that could do just above 100whp.
Ok next story : Auto changed to manual. Car felt slower with the manual. And true enough, it dropped to 89whp. Spent money finding out why and realised it was AFR so spent money on a piggyback which made it go back up 113whp.
Then overheated. Skimmed max head couldn't be reused. Sent engine for rebuilding again (too lazy to rebuild myself) and the car came back even more underpowered due to a few possible reasons. Back to the 80whp+ range in fact.
After that car sold. All that money burnt for nothing.
Should've just buy a new Mark X engine, only 6k brand spanking new with papers some more! :DFuh! RM9k, that is what I spend on my transplant, means engine, workmanship, suspension and exhaust all in.....200 horses woh!.....
I think any car guy would have experienced this before. One thing lead to another kind of thing. I've never met a car guy who got everything he wanted 1st time.
My case was the old wira. Engine overhauled with 2 friends took 6 months partially because spent most of the weekends working on it. As we started rebuilding the engine after cleaning everything out :
"Eh.. why not change to forged? And oversize? While you're at it reline the cylinder walls too".
"Eh.. lighten la. Engine more power"
"Eh.. Balance also la since you've already done so much"
"Eh.. replace with titanium fasteners la. Stronger better lighter."
etc
Damn thing was supposed to be 4k+ end up almost 9k. But end result was a 3-speed auto that could do just above 100whp.
Ok next story : Auto changed to manual. Car felt slower with the manual. And true enough, it dropped to 89whp. Spent money finding out why and realised it was AFR so spent money on a piggyback which made it go back up 113whp.
Then overheated. Skimmed max head couldn't be reused. Sent engine for rebuilding again (too lazy to rebuild myself) and the car came back even more underpowered due to a few possible reasons. Back to the 80whp+ range in fact.
After that car sold. All that money burnt for nothing.
some ppl mod their car becoz they want create a loooooong list of performance goodies.....and to impress others.....:hmmmm:
My engine only RM3.5k that time. Close to RM9k is for transplant cost, suspension and exhaust all in....Should've just buy a new Mark X engine, only 6k brand spanking new with papers some more! :D
Eco friendly too.....recycle.......100% fullmark for the 100Plus bottle usage
Fuh! RM9k, that is what I spend on my transplant, means engine, workmanship, suspension and exhaust all in.....200 horses woh!.....
Should've just buy a new Mark X engine, only 6k brand spanking new with papers some more! :D
You guys really wanna rub salt to the wound hor?as for n.a car, forged item not always neccessary....
if myself rebuild fast street spec car using 4g1x....i would do camshaft, engine balancing and lightening only...plus mild porting job...and the rest of budget would go for exhaust setup,tuning and perhaps those bigger intake manifold with bigger tb.... and stay away from performance clutch...if die die want better clutch just get heavy duty clutch cover...more than enough for sub 200whp especially a daily car..... i dont want a jumpy street car especially during traffic jam....
Gila power mod for efficiency? 15 still far from cvkit 18km/l woh!....hhahhahahahhahaAnyway, the topic is "car guy", and I'm a car guy. Not a "race guy" or "gila power guy". Ok I'd be lying if I said I not gila power. But during that time the rebuild was very interesting. Mod for efficiency not really power. 15km/L bitchesssssssssssssss on a 3 speed auto
Gila power mod for efficiency? 15 still far from cvkit 18km/l woh!....hhahhahahahhaha
Yalah, pulling your leg. Yours modded, his standard also....
3 speed 1.5L auto full sized aeroback vs 5-speed manual lightweight 1.5L Myvi.
Not exactly a level comparison
Turbo like that loh. I am getting 7km/l also....damm..mine with grandma driving style also just 10.5-13km/l only worrr...that was best effort summore...
the turbo awd even worse.... 8km/l average...best 9km/l...usually around 7km/l
we use old engine mah...Turbo like that loh. I am getting 7km/l also....
Engine displacement smaller and power to weight ratio loh......we use old engine mah...
those alza/myvi bolt on snail also very fast but FC quite save a lot too compared with us old engine