Meteorain Hospitalized D=

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The new addition to the Shiro Suisei =p


Front view


Zid's Suicide Machine clutch hydraulics went fail xD

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It was drinking fuel like no tomorrow,
It was spraying the engine bay with the engine oil like mad,
It was never enough water inside the radiator,
It was never able giving the power needed,
It was… over 10 years old.

That sums up the overall story about Meteorain xD Yes, Meteorain was in a bad condition upon I got it from my dad. Although he serviced the car regularly, but he didn’t pay much attention to the car specifically. So as the new owner of Meteorain, it is my job to make sure this baby is taken care of =D

After a countless of complaints from me to dad, finally he agreed to do a full overhaul for Meteorain. Instead of sending the car to a normal workshop (that will chopped our head off with the service price >.> ), we sent the car to my dad’s friend as he was a mechanic before retiring (well, his daughter was my ex-classmate <.< ).

It took almost one week to get the job done and overall I was satisfied with the result. The fuel consumption was minimal, no more engine oil spilling, less worry on the water level in radiator, and giving me the power when I need it x)

Here is some of the list of the parts that was found faulty in Meteorain:
-Blown gasket
-Exhausted piston rings
-Part of radiator was eaten by rust, thus leaking through that
-Radiator hoses was already hard
-Radiator cap was unable to control the pressure
-Thin timing belt
-One of the exhaust valve bent
-Intake manifold and exhaust manifold was also infested with carbon
-Super ultra thick carbon built up in the combustion chamber, pistons and around the valves
-Leaking in some valves, they unable to close properly
And… I’m not sure if I still left something else out =p

Anyway, as usual we will let the pictures do the talking =)


Preparing for the job


Air filter was taken out, the carburettor was exposed


Ewww filthy lol. The top engine cover was removed. The rocker arms and the valves are visible


The almost-dead timing belt


Checked the brake pads, still a lot. Worried after went down the Genting x)


Overall view for the engine block


A zoom in the combustion chamber with piston at the furthest position


A closeup with the full stretched piston in the combustion chamber


The valves. This is a 12 valves engine. 2 valves for fuel, 1 valve for smoke


A closeup. The spark plug can be seen there


An emptied engine block


Zoom in the combustion chamber without the piston. The crankshaft can be seen


The side view of the piston


Top view of the piston


Full view of the piston together with the conrod


The entire 4 pistons


Crankshaft view from below


A normal valve


The valve springs


The damaged valve. Might hard to see in the picture though


The top engine block. The camshaft can be seen here


The process of washing the top engine block


Reassemble the valves, camshaft, and the rocker arms back to its place after done cleaning


The cleaned valves and engine block


The part of radiator which broken due to rust


Assembling the top engine block and the broken radiator part


Finally... finished =D


Reborn Meteorain shall pwned you anytime =p

On a side note, i should reserve some money to replace the battery and the alternator soon ~_~

Ciao~

Meteorain ICE-ed Up! =D

For further reference, ICE = In Car Entertainment

Yeah, finally I have ICE-ed up my Meteorain =D Somehow I managed to loan the money from my sister (as I don’t have any money at all =p ) to completed my car ICE system =) Below are the list of the equipments that I’ve installed in Meteorain:




Pioneer DEH-2050MPG head unit
- MOSFET 50W x 4
- AUX in
- Remote control
- MP3 and WMA




Pincer component set 350W 4ohm(i'm sure this is a copycat brand as the label is same as Pioneer)
- 2 tweeters half-dome(design like SoundStream tweeter)
- 2 crossovers 3.5KHz 12dB/oct
- 2 6.5" mid bass speakers
- 25mm ASV voice coil
- Neodymium magnet


2-channel Amplifier 800 watts (i think, not sure what brand)


Pioneer TS-A6972E 6x9 3-way speaker (I already bought and installed it earlier)

Overall, I’m very satisfied with the sound produced by this kind of set up =) The bass was very decent and there is no problem at all with playing with all kind of songs. Although my actual target is to get all of the ICE system under Pioneer brand, but due to most car accessories shops here didn’t have any stock for Pioneer components set and amplifier v_v So I had to settle with Pincer brand. An unknown brand but with a same label design as Pioneer, plus their tweeter design was copied from SoundStream. But nevertheless, their performance was really good despite I’m using an unknown components set plus a cheap amplifier. It also improved the sound quality produced, thus leading to an enjoyable ride with my Meteorain =)

There is one thing that I kind of wondering, my engine idling went up like 500RPM from my normal setting. I wonder why as I and those mechanics didn’t touch anything on the engine. All they did was a wiring from the amplifier direct to the car battery that had been fixed to the right node of the battery. In between the wiring, there was a big fused installed which I’ve never seen it before. But oh well, as long as it can runs perfectly fine and it doesn’t drain my car battery like a mad man, I guess I should no need to worry. But I do need to worry visiting the petrol station often if I’m idling the car too much =D

A little advice for those that plan to ICE their car, please don’t place the Tweeters facing towards you. When you have the tweeters installed together with the crossovers, it will produce a high frequency sound directly to your ears. This is bad for the ears and also your concentration. The best position is to make the tweeters facing the windscreen of the car. Happy modifying and ICE-ing your ride =)

As usual, we will let the pictures do the talking =)


My old head unit, Blaupunkt Zurich RCR26P


Making the wiring for the socket for the new head unit


Making the wiring for others


Installing the crossover


Finished cutting the hole for the speaker


Tada~ finished


A closer look at the speaker


Installing the amplifier


The amplifier wiring direct to my battery


A close-up with the fuse in between the amplifier and battery wiring


The head unit without the faceplate


The head unit


Head unit at night


The tweeters. Remember, this setting is bad lolz


The label at the back is no different that the Pioneer label


Overall view of the interior

Oh yeah, finally I had Meteorain undergo its scheduled service (after almost exceed 2000km, thanks to someone else idea of going to Genting Highland and Fraser Hill in one night >_> ). Here are the parts that I chaged during the service:
- spark plugs
- engine oil
- oil filter
- air filter


Process of changing the air filter

Upon suspecting, some of the car parts also need to be changed as soon as possible according to the mechanic due to old age. These things are:
- radiator’s hoses
- engine block gaskets
- camshaft timing belt
- transmission oil

Today, one of my friend Ariff decided to buy a new head unit for his car as his previous head unit was already broken. So he decided to take the Sony model (can’t make out the model number, sorry) and install it in his car.


My Pioneer faceplate cover and Ariff Sony faceplate cover


A view from what the monster inside

As I went there, I also bought and installed door visors for my mum’s car as she likes to open the window while driving. So this visor can prevent water from entering while she is driving on the rain.


It looked kinda cool, maybe because my mum's car is also black =p

So right now my car has already turned into a mini disco. Maybe later next time I should buy the bling-bling sphere to put inside my car =p

Ciao~

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