R3-Satria (gti)

[Crash]

Cool. Regret for missing it. But work had to come first. :(

So you fellas on for 2mrw? Heading to Revo. Meet at Shell Station Jalan Gasing at 10am.

 

[sousuke]

Originally posted by Crash@Jan 28 2005, 15:00
Cool. Regret for missing it. But work had to come first. :(

So you fellas on for 2mrw? Heading to Revo. Meet at Shell Station Jalan Gasing at 10am.

hmm...if i follow also i got nothing to do there :lol:

 

[Seraph]

tomorrow morning got TT ah?
where?
handsome lala.....sms me the info :lol:

 

[prozac]

Jalan Gasing Shell?

Since I'm up, might as well go :D

I'm thinking of getting the car washed after the Revo session too.

 

[prozac]

Strange. All my friends who've driven Kelisas and Wiras couldn't drive the R3 any slower than 140kph.

Do remember that this is as close to a track car as you can get from a manufacturer. And track cars are supposed to communicate everything to the driver.

 

[prozac]

Geez. I really wonder what these hackers' point is. Anyway, back to the topic.

Shaun, we R3 owners are very keen on experiencing your car first hand to find out its problems. Perhaps a show-n-tell session at the next TT will encourage a very speedy response from the R3 guys :ph34r:

Oh, and I can finally vouch for R3's claim on the car's top speed ;)

 

[beatnik]

spotted another R3 today going to OU. plate is WMK with hensem driver inside :D showed a friendly gesture but the driver doesn't look too happy with the traffic :lol:

is that u Crash?

 

[Crash]

Originally posted by prozac@Jan 30 2005, 19:33
Geez. I really wonder what these hackers' point is. Anyway, back to the topic.

Shaun, we R3 owners are very keen on experiencing your car first hand to find out its problems. Perhaps a show-n-tell session at the next TT will encourage a very speedy response from the R3 guys :ph34r:

Oh, and I can finally vouch for R3's claim on the car's top speed ;)

wei! how could you? you went to SIC without telling me? :(((

 

[Crash]

Originally posted by beatnik@Jan 30 2005, 20:20
spotted another R3 today going to OU. plate is WMK with hensem driver inside :D showed a friendly gesture but the driver doesn't look too happy with the traffic :lol:

is that u Crash?

I realised you 'angkat tangan', so I also 'angkat tangan' once you passed me. :D And yes, I wasn't happy with the traffic! Nice to meet ya bro!

 

[beatnik]

ahaha saw your sour face bro.. i knew it was you vernieman.. easy to tell.. tall guy
did some shopping for CNY eh :D

 

[Crash]

Originally posted by beatnik@Jan 30 2005, 23:23
ahaha saw your sour face bro.. i knew it was you vernieman.. easy to tell.. tall guy
did some shopping for CNY eh :D

Hahaha..no la bro, not CNY shopping. Met someone about work. :D

 

[canken2]

hi guys,

sorry couldn't join you guys at REVO on Saturday, had to tumpang fren's ride and he was in a hurry.

Prozac
the pics looks like a fear factor stunt, the green car passenger trying to jumo out of the window at high speed in SIC izzit? :rolleyes: :lol: :lol:

 

[prozac]

Fear Factor? No leh. It's part of his everyday job; for the Traffic camera crew, that is (look closely at his shirt) :D

Crash, I was invited to SIC on a special basis. It was the Japanese K-Car GP (K4-GP) and the teams were kind enough to let my club K2OC play on their track. So I ikut2 lor. They let us have a 5 lap session. But only 20 cars per session, so we split into Kelisa and Kenari groups ;) Although, now I'm scared to look at my tyres :(

More details about how the car handles on SIC later today :)

They've got racer gals too!!! With pigtails n all!!! :rolleyes:

 

[Crash]

Originally posted by prozac@Jan 31 2005, 00:53
Fear Factor? No leh. It's part of his everyday job; for the Traffic camera crew, that is (look closely at his shirt) :D

Crash, I was invited to SIC on a special basis. It was the Japanese K-Car GP (K4-GP) and the teams were kind enough to let my club K2OC play on their track. So I ikut2 lor. They let us have a 5 lap session. But only 20 cars per session, so we split into Kelisa and Kenari groups ;) Although, now I'm scared to look at my tyres :(

More details about how the car handles on SIC later today :)

They've got racer gals too!!! With pigtails n all!!! :rolleyes:

prozac, Oh yeah, now I remember you telling me. It's ok though, was busy today anyways :) But jealous that you've already 'broken the duck' with the SR3. We MUST do a SR3 track day soon! Cannot tahan already. Am hunting for a set of lightweight 15" rims though.

Did you time your runs? How did you do? Quick quick, want a detailed report!

Canken, it's ok bro, I understand! We'll do another session soon!

 

[Seraph]

nobody call me for TT yesterday :(

 

[Crash]

Originally posted by Seraph@Jan 31 2005, 02:11
nobody call me for TT yesterday :(

? I thought you weren't coming and that handsome_lala called you? Sigh...miscommunication somewhere. In any case, please PM your contact number + email so that we can all keep in touch, whether online or offline.

 

[faisal]

Prozac,

You were there in SIC too?

I went around 11 coz one of my Jap buddies was racing a Mazda AZ1. These Japs kei cars were brutal.. Some were laping as fast as 2'50s. One spaceframe special did a 2' 42 ... powered by a 1000cc engine.. whoa.. Tyre of choice were Yokos A048 or our fav ADO7s

A bit weird rite them letting you drive the SR3 in the circuit .. .. haha .. last time I checked that car wasn't a K car.

 

[prozac]

Originally posted by faisal@Jan 31 2005, 08:36
A bit weird rite them letting you drive the SR3 in the circuit .. .. haha .. last time I checked that car wasn't a K car.

Black does take a few inches of ya :ph34r:

But then again, they DID have an EG racing too. Not forgetting the Traffic mag's Satria. So I didn't look TOO sesat laa :D

 

[Crash]

Reposting this article since the ZTH was hacked (basket!)

Was at Revolution (the guys who maintain Ron Lim's trusty RX-7) with 3 other SR3 guys - prozac (car #6), handsome_lala (car #13) and sousuke (car #9) on Saturday.

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/rizal.jpg
Prozac, looking very serious about modding his car... :D

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/luke.jpg
Handsome_lala looking very cheerful in the morning!

I got my steering realigned by Sam at today, then got Danny to get my Pivot Raizin Volt Stabiliser and grounding kit installed, in addition to a PiperCross cold-air intake pipe. I have been experiencing static whenever alighting from my car, when I touch the door to close it. And of course the fluctuation of RPM when you turn on the lights, or power window when the car idles. The fluctuation is quite normal, similar to my previous ride.

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/pivot1.jpg
Shot of the installed Pivot kit. Seen beside it is the PiperCross CAI.

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/pivot2.jpg
Danny dismantling the stock CAI after the installation of the Pivot kit.

After installation, I can seriously say that the kit works! Not only did it solve the static problems and current fluctuations, it also reduces the drag that is usually associated when turn on the air-con while car is in movement. The engine roughly loses 12% of power or needs to work 12% harder when the air-con is on, giving it the 'drag' or 'lag' if you want to call it that. Prozac and I tested my SR3 once we got the kit installed and it definitely made a difference.

Don't know about the power increase, as usually associated with a grounding kit installation, but my primary goal was really to stabilise the current. It works as claimed.

Had a little bit of a problem getting the intake pipe to fit though. Unlike my Persona which had the intake pipe protrude through a drilled groove where the right spotlight should be, the GTI bumper had a metal piece which barricaded any access, where the tyre flare is located. We eventually decided to place it behind this grooved metal plate as the pipe was clearly to short to fit the fog lamp hole.

I find the car slightly more responsive and more vocal. Not at open-pod levels, but definitely throaty. Nice.

Oh btw, we've noticed inconsistency yet again with our hand-assembled cars. The air-con hose differs from car to car. While comparing our 'pipes' *ahem*, handsome_lala came out tops with the biggest hose amongst the 4 SR3s which were there. Paip lori wei!

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/bigpipe.jpg
A view of the 'paip lori'

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/pipe2.jpg
A finger to comparo the size of the hose.

http://verne.spymac.net/images/revo-300105/pipe3.jpg
A close-up with serial number of the hose.

Anyways, was a fun meet. Hope to do this again soon.

 

[sousuke]

eh mine also paip lori rite? :unsure: :lol: