S**t Happens!

The SP got broken into recently (Nov 30) with numerous parts stolen including the one off full carbon pre-preg bonnet. My heart goes out for Mugil. Publishing this note on behalf of Mugil...

"SP was broken into on Friday morning and the following items have been stolen from the car:

1. Full CF Bonnet
2. Momo Corse Model 78 Steering Wheel
3. Works Bell Rapfix IIQuick Release (only the half connected to the Steering)
4. CF Side Mirror
5. Matspeed J5 ECU
6. R3 CF Gear Knob
   

If you know or hear or offered any of the parts stated above do contact me at 012-3350607. A small reward will be provided if any of the items above can be recovered."
Anyone wanting more pixs of the stolen items is also welcomed to email me or comment in this blog.

Jacko's New Wheels

Article and words courtesy of Jacko Whacko!

Hi, finally installed the RPF1 after about 12months of considering it.... since boss gave us half day today, I headed down to the tyre shop for the installation. Paid the following

RM1850 for 4xrims + rim centering spacer + Alu Valves (New, after trade in old rims)
RM430 for Rays lugnuts
RM50 for new tyre removal tool

Need a new tyre removal socket as the Rays are 19mm and our original ones are 21mm.

Rims are light wei, handling went up one notch!! These are 16" and Enkei says it weights 13.7lbs = 6.2kg. The 15" are even more anorexic weigheing only 9.8lbs = 4.9kg. My tire guy initially bought in one 15" (silver) and two 16" (white). All of them are gone and I guess he wants to clear this. From what I read they are also very strong. I'm hoping that they will be excellent for track day. The car drives differently, small bumps and mid undulations are not so obvious now... reducing the unsprung weight also cause the steering to be a tad lighter and sharper.

I cant seem to find the center cap for the rims in Msai. To buy on-line is just to x, one will set you back US35.. OUCH!! Crazy man .. if any of you got jalan pls let me know, pics attached. They are special sized made for the Enkeis' only .. DUH!!

Got a set of Rays lugnuts too. These are the longer version ones, according to tire guy this is suppose to be better as they prevent scratches on the rims. Who says you cant have your rice and drive it too!! Hahahahaha ..... The rims even got a few eyefull from a bunch of ah bengs that were hanging around waiting for their carpet-zebra stripe dash-super spoiler vortex generator-brembo cover-hello kitty-interfooler super monster beast doing their alignment. I'm also a bit worried on caps of the aluminium valves beind nicked. Just yesterday I lost 3 on my old rims.. the new ones being a shade of ah beng blue .... sigh : (

There is also this ultralegga staring at me .. its nice and even lighter but out of my budget. Rims being white will have a headace cleaning it.. hopefully the guy that washes my car 3x a week wont complain too much... else have to top up his fee and buy him a can of rim cleaner every month.

I'm getting this for the price and performace and am hoping that the looks will grow on me ......

(Andrew) 16" Virgin white RPF1s

(Andrew) RPF1s installed with blue anodized Rays Engineering extended length lugnuts. Got Bling?

(Andrew) Lightweight aluminium air valve. These come with the RPF1s. Jacko, next time pls clean the wheel first before taking pixslar..

(Andrew) Now is this the fiercest looking SGTI in all Malaysia or what?

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

I would like to wish Everyone A Very Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!!! May The Coming Year Bring You Lots of Joy, Wealth and of course More Mods!

On Cloud 9!

The SP was recently dynoed by it's new owner at GT Auto. Engine spec and tune is exactly the same as when I sold it cept for a Koyo aluminium radiator fitted a couple days before the dyno. I'll let the dyno chart below tell you how pleased I am with the results. Absolutely fab and worth all the BST thru the years!

If you're having difficulty with the maths this translates to more than 180ps at the crank once you factor in transmission loss. At least 5 more ps can be liberated by fine tuning the A/F ratio. As you can see the mapping's too rich from 4000+ rpm onwards. I would also tweak the cam lobe separation settings for more torque. Pls note that this engine is still running on hydraulic lifters. Cylinder head is standard fully ported 4G93T RS. Engine is Naturally Aspirated. No MIVEC or Snail cheating here. For comparison sake, a stock B16A big VTEC will dyno around 140-145ps. A B18C Spec R will dyno around 160ps. A stock 4G93P will dyno around 110ps or less.

The new owner has lotsa mods planned to take the SP to the next level. Most importantly he also has the budget I don't have.