Shiro Suisei's New Look

Hmmm… it has been a long time since I updated about Shiro Suisei’s condition and upgrades. Well, now is the time to do it =p

After a few months of recuperating, Shiro Suisei is being assembled with new parts piece by piece. The only drawback from this outcome, the car has a brand new colour theme >.>



















Well, we are still in the process of assembling it back together, painting will be done later, no money at the moment <.<

But no matter how powerful and extravagant the car looks...

It will never passed a police road block for the time being with this kind of road tax =p *pwned*

Ciao~

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~

Mazda RX-7 FC3S Recovery - Incident Part 2

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Played bowling with Yazid and Dzulq last week, somehow i lost pathetically =(


Finished building Blovvfly's laptop cooler =)
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Since i was going out today, my friend and i decided to stop by at the bodywork car to check on the FC. Somehow i was kinda pissed, because when we asked about the car, they just "dunno" and don't really pay attention to us >_< Oh well. At least the car is there. The overall progress i can say around 50% maybe? But still, it is taking too long -_- and i'm eager to get back on the track again >_> Below are the pics that we took during our short visit.


The back view =(


The side view, there goes the RedSuns vinyl =(


Another view angle of the car =(

Before that, we stopped by at our usual workshop at USJ to check out the available spoiler for the FC. Somehow we got three options for a new spoiler, stock, drag, or the RE Amemiya version. The drag version was plain ugly >_> But the RE Amemiya spoiler kinda tempting xD Below are the pics we took plus a little demonstration with another FC belongs to the mechanic to see whether it looks nice or not xD


The RE Amemiya spoiler


Side view of the spoiler attached to the FC


Back view of the spoiler

Well, i would say the RE Amemiya spoiler is kinda cool, compared to the stock spoiler for FC xD But that we have to wait until the bodywork finished =( So far that is the only updates for now. Will update later when there are some improvements =)

Ciao~

End of Holiday with a Big BANG - Incident Part 1

Bang? What Bang? Haha... Finally the beast met its match, the Mother Nature xD Yeah, last night finally the FC involved with an accident somewhere around old Bangi trunk road. I wasn't driving the car, but Yazid.


The aftermath >_>

Now, lets recall what happen last night:

Both Munzeer and i were pretty tired that night as Munzeer just got back from a picnic with his family while i just got back from my ex-classmate wedding at Ampang (borrowing the FC >_>). Soon after we got back, Munzeer and i was doing our 180 turn at an open car park. Both of us managed to do well and get used to it (Munzeer used to it as he has a good experience while i kinda getting to know the car better after often borrowing the car and drive on my own) .

Soon after, Hafiz and Yazid arrived then both of munzeer and i taught them how to do it. Yazid as usual get very excited while Hafiz a little bit nervous. Sometimes during my turn was over, i did a few 360 turn a.k.a doughnut, while Yazid saw i'm doing it, he also want to try it after his turn, but failed. So we went to Bangi for a touge session.

On the way, Hafiz was doing the first run. I can say he had more confidence than before, but somehow he often made mistakes during gear change, that made me worried a bit. Is he getting excited after learning the 180? Only God knows. When it was over, i was kinda wanted to go second as i want to practice my newly-learned Power Over Drift technique but i afraid Yazid might tried to copy it. So i asked him to drive first as i don't want to risk our lives <_<

It went normal at first, but then soon later, i can see Yazid is kinda over-excited since he is so bold taking the right lane without even my confirmation (i seated at the front-passenger side at that time). Approaching the destined corner, he was going a bit fast, during the right turn, the car starting to oversteer to the right. Somehow i kinda noticed that Yazid press some more of the gas pedal then counter-steer. The result of doing that, the car now oversteer to the left. I think upon the oversteer part started, he already engulfed in his panic attack since i kind of remembered hearing he pressing even more gas pedal as the car is oversteering to the left. In a flash, the car made a complete 180 degree turn and hit the hill on the left side of the road.

Seriously, it all went too fast and the rest of us couldn't react anything. Just a blink of eyes, the car was already crashed. We went into silent for a few second as we still kinda shocked of what just happened. Then Munzeer finally spoken and ask Yazid to ignite back the engine and place it at the other side of the road as it is much more wider so we can do the inspections of the damage. Lucky the engine still ok and can cross the road.

Right after stopping, all of us went to check the damage. Apparently, the crash do the damage on the right-rear of the car. Although the damage seems minimal, but... the big problem is the damaged bodywork is touching the right-rear tire. We can't afford taking risk of blowing the tire when we trying to head back home. So we decided to pull the body a bit so that we can widen the gap. Surprisingly, the FC body is very tough that we can't even move an inch o_o I was almost giving up and thinking of going back together by walking but only Munzeer drive the car back.

Later i remember about the small spare tyre that might can do the trick. I mentioned to everyone and we all started to do the operation. Munzeer prepared all the tools, Hafiz do all the work, I try to hold the car and at the same time cover the damaged part from passerby cars as i don't want them to bug us, and Yazid... sitting and looking while having a mental breakdown. No other option, all of us tried to cheer Yazid up and cure his breakdown. Well, at least another helper and stay optimistic is good rather than giving up in that kind of condition. For almost 1 hour we battle through our way to get the spare tyre in, finally our work paid off. The tyre fits perfectly while giving a good gap between the tyre and the body.

So we head back slowly to our home with the car. Thank God, we managed to arrive safely and went to our own home for a rest.


The crash course

I can't sleep at all that night. Why? Because i'm worried what Basyeer (car owner) is going to say >_< So i end up staying up until 7am. Then i went back to the crash scene to do some CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) lolz xD Well, nothing much to be seen there plus the road was quite busy. There are only one visible tyre line that went straight to the hill. Oh well, i guess that was it to conclude my CSI >_>


The red circle is where the car was hit

After getting back home, i dozed off completely and woke up getting sms-es from Yazid and Munzeer that the car has been sent for body repair and Basyeer want to see the pictures. That evening i managed to have a chat with Basyeer via yahoo messenger and sort things out. Right after that, i called up Yazid and asked him for a drink at a nearby stall. Basyeer was concerned with Yazid's feeling, so i decided to meet up with him in order to give him some encouragement. After a while talking, i guess i made himself to calm down. I've been knowing Yazid for almost 10 years so i hope everything went ok with him.

So now the car currently under repair and will have to wait for another few days. Hafiz and i suffered a minor injury. Hafiz only hit his head while i somehow had a neck strain injury. My holiday is over and tomorrow classes are going to start -_- I need my sleep. I will continue updating the progress of the car.

Ciao~