Guys, you may be interested to know that I put my SR3 to the test yesterday evening at PowerZone. I paid a visit after a pal of mine (drives a 4G13P with PowerZone cam + extractor), who was doing an exhaust mod, asked me to drop by at PZ. Told me that the PZ guys especially Sirazul was eager to have a look at the SR3. So I thought, what the hell not, plus the fact that I wanted to de-cat the SR3 anyways.
I got there and instantly popped the bonnet for all to see. Sirazul brought out his GTechPro and asked if I wanted to do a 0-100km/h test run. I told him the car isn't run in, but I'd give it a shot. Zul showed me to a lonely 300m stretch in Glenmarie where we did our first run. The boys at PZ were eager to see if the SR3 really lived up to its stated specs. Being the amateur and absolute drag beginner, I launched the car at 3,000rpm, upshifted at 6,000rpm, popped to second then third...
10.2 seconds.
Swell, Verne. Crap! :lol: We turned round and did another run. Still tentative and conservative, I clocked 9.78 seconds.
Last and final run. Launching at 3,000rpm again, I floored the bugger and continued to upshift at 6,000rpms. 9.2 seconds.
Obviously a non-drag specialist *ahem*, I passed the wheel to Sirazul. He launches at 3,000rpm, upshifts to 2nd at 7,000rpm, pulls it to 7,000rpm again before upshifting to 3rd. I could really feel the pull as the Yokos screeched for traction.
8.56 secs. Whoa.
I am still sceptical at how accurate the GTechPro device is, but Sirazul mentioned that stock GTis can manage only late 9s to as high as 10.5s, depending on which year the models were made.
The boys at PZ were excited at the results. I got the SR3 de-catted. Sirazul showed me the LSD kit PZ advertised in Hypertune and explained how it worked. I had a first hand experience of the PZ LSD and reverse handbrake, with a 6.5 second SGTi, owned by Nazrin (nice CF hood bro) of the SGTi Club. With 142 bhp at the wheels, the Powerzone cams powered SGTi is as frantic as they come. The burble at idle is addictive. Nazrin showed me a dyno-sheet of this car - 142bhp atw, 158 Nm max torque. The power + torque curves were haywire, maxing at 5000rpm, dips, then pulls up again to around 7,000rpm. I had sold my Matspeed J5 to Nazrin and he has yet to install it. Once he gets the mapping right, the SGTi would probably do even faster times I reckon.
Nazrin took my SR3 for a spin and I did his. His car is as frantic and addictive as they come. The only thing I dislike were the seats and the lack of steering feel, unlike my SR3. Steering felt very loose although the car pulled and pulled! He loved the SR3 seats and commented that my SR3 was understeery at some high speed corners. Found that a strange remark although it could be due to the fact that the tires were not properly warmed up before we took it for a spin.
All in all an interesting day. Oh btw, de-catting is the way to go! The car feels so much punchier and the exhaust note at WOT is fantastic. Touched 199km/h today from KL to Malacca and back. The car is so planted. Yums. So much for gentle run-in. *Gulp* Nice. Go get your cat taken out fellas, you won't regret it!
I got there and instantly popped the bonnet for all to see. Sirazul brought out his GTechPro and asked if I wanted to do a 0-100km/h test run. I told him the car isn't run in, but I'd give it a shot. Zul showed me to a lonely 300m stretch in Glenmarie where we did our first run. The boys at PZ were eager to see if the SR3 really lived up to its stated specs. Being the amateur and absolute drag beginner, I launched the car at 3,000rpm, upshifted at 6,000rpm, popped to second then third...
10.2 seconds.
Swell, Verne. Crap! :lol: We turned round and did another run. Still tentative and conservative, I clocked 9.78 seconds.
Last and final run. Launching at 3,000rpm again, I floored the bugger and continued to upshift at 6,000rpms. 9.2 seconds.
Obviously a non-drag specialist *ahem*, I passed the wheel to Sirazul. He launches at 3,000rpm, upshifts to 2nd at 7,000rpm, pulls it to 7,000rpm again before upshifting to 3rd. I could really feel the pull as the Yokos screeched for traction.
8.56 secs. Whoa.
I am still sceptical at how accurate the GTechPro device is, but Sirazul mentioned that stock GTis can manage only late 9s to as high as 10.5s, depending on which year the models were made.
The boys at PZ were excited at the results. I got the SR3 de-catted. Sirazul showed me the LSD kit PZ advertised in Hypertune and explained how it worked. I had a first hand experience of the PZ LSD and reverse handbrake, with a 6.5 second SGTi, owned by Nazrin (nice CF hood bro) of the SGTi Club. With 142 bhp at the wheels, the Powerzone cams powered SGTi is as frantic as they come. The burble at idle is addictive. Nazrin showed me a dyno-sheet of this car - 142bhp atw, 158 Nm max torque. The power + torque curves were haywire, maxing at 5000rpm, dips, then pulls up again to around 7,000rpm. I had sold my Matspeed J5 to Nazrin and he has yet to install it. Once he gets the mapping right, the SGTi would probably do even faster times I reckon.
Nazrin took my SR3 for a spin and I did his. His car is as frantic and addictive as they come. The only thing I dislike were the seats and the lack of steering feel, unlike my SR3. Steering felt very loose although the car pulled and pulled! He loved the SR3 seats and commented that my SR3 was understeery at some high speed corners. Found that a strange remark although it could be due to the fact that the tires were not properly warmed up before we took it for a spin.
All in all an interesting day. Oh btw, de-catting is the way to go! The car feels so much punchier and the exhaust note at WOT is fantastic. Touched 199km/h today from KL to Malacca and back. The car is so planted. Yums. So much for gentle run-in. *Gulp* Nice. Go get your cat taken out fellas, you won't regret it!
Heheh just kidding.
