The Darkside - Part II

Okay, finally I managed to gather the pics for this post. This favourite wheels of mine were installed about two weeks ago at Era Maju in JB. To those who never heard of Era Maju - they're one of the most reputable and succesful tire shop in Johor. Being the authorized dealer for Toyo Tires, they also have vast choices of sport rims for Japanese and Continental cars.

I've been searching for the RPF1 since day one, but couldn't find the black version even in Singapore. So I went to Era Maju and found this set lying there for sometimes. It belongs to one of our local racer and the size is 17 x 7.5JJ with an offset of +48, perfect for my car. After discussing for few times, the owner decided to part with it and I waited no longer to ask Era Maju for a color change. The color of choice is matte black, pretty similar to the SSR Type-F. For the wheel change, I re-use the RS Sport tires as it is still good for another track day or so (No excuse to change brand new tires haha).

Some of Era Maju's customers. Check out the intercooler on this E46.

A very nice 350Z with DAMD kit.

A lady is driving this. Those BBS are sick!

While waiting I heard loud rumble at the back of my car. It came from this yellow Porsche.

So here's the final result of the Darkside Part II project. Car was dirty as hell! Also check out the front Modulo bumper lip I installed the other day. Hehe.

After washing the car few hours ago... I've got the red Enkei decals being put on to give it a contrast to the black rims.

It's not that wide.....should have gone for 17 x 8JJ et+35 hahaha..

Black Mamba looking ferocious with new shoes...

Post Installation Comments:

1. The stance of a 7.5inchers doesn't look too agressive, especially from the back. Next wheel change its gonna be at least 8inches wide.

2. Perhaps I need to lower down the rear shocks. Car looks a bit high at the back.

3. Costs: Used Enkei RPF1 with new color - RM4,100; Brand new Modulo front lip from Honda Access - RM1,200

Visit Era Maju: http://eramaju.com.my/

New Links

In order to provide the best information for the visitors of this blog, I'll be posting links of other automotive bloggers and useful websites from time to time. Here are the latest additions:

1. Blazing Type-R : Brunei's premiere Honda owner's site (lots of nice cars and goodies review) -

http://www.blazingtype-r.com/

2. Rod Rolirad's Racing in Japan: A nice dude from Aussie living in Japan and drives a DC5 Type-R. He's been conquering the circuits in Japan with the Type-R. Great review of his track experiences, car setup and gadgets directly from the land of the rising sun. It's in Engrish. :)

http://racinginjapan.blogspot.com/

Godzilla

Last weekend I met couple of friends for coffee in Kelana Jaya. One of them (name not to be disclosed hahahah) surprisingly came driving the rare Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R M-Spec NuR. It is mouthful to even say the full name but I don't mind spelling it one by one for you. LOL. The thunderous RB26DETT turned many heads to the stealthy black Godzilla as he was looking for a place to park. He settled down, came out from the car (with a cocky face hahaha but it's ok since he's driving a GODZILLA. Really.) and joined us for supper.

The monster RB26DETT under its hood is no longer stock. The brain is now MoTec, the heart is a set of high lift camshafts (presumably Tomei ), the lungs are a set of bigger turbine unit and the excretion system is Trust PE-TiR exhaust ; all good for 450whp.

After two glasses of iced coffee and countless story sharing, Aaron and myself were offered for a ride (after we threatened the owner that is hahaha). We had to be selfish and we had to ditch other friends as this is probably the only chance we'll get in our life to be in an M-Spec Nur GTR! So here you go, turn on your speaker volume and listen to the scream of the Godzilla; a car that seperates MEN from the boys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Skyline_GT-R

Blissful Evening at Tung Chun Racing

While waiting for Black Mamba to get her new shoes installed, Ram picked me up to go to Tung Chun. It's been a while since the last time I visit them. As always, the workshop was full with fleet of Hondas from EG to FD2R doing basic servicing, engine rebuilding and tuning. But the two cars below caught my attention and I waste no time to take the pics using my phone.

This time attack DC5 is being prepped for an event in SIC next month. It is currently pumping 320hp of pure N/A power complete with a wide-bodykit from Buddy Club.

The dashboard is full carbon fibre. Yes, the whole dashboard. Malaysia Boleh!

This is a Buddy-Club ProSpec exhaust for Civic FD2R. A friendly reminder for Fahrein to get this before its being sold to someone else.

This EG is running on K24 with internals every petrolhead could dream off. Its a daily beater c/w airconditioning and power steering. And it has four pieces of Toyo R888 semis to keep it on the ground. Car was built by the man in the picture, the Jackie Chan of K-series. Heheh.

Hasport, BDL, Mahle, Toda...You name it, he got it.


The coolest mod on this EG interior - S2000 cluster covered with carbon fibre housing. Everything on the gauge is functioning, not a single thing missed. I wish I could have done this on my EF! "CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT" as what Hezz said before. Bravo Tung Chun!

Rev for iPhone!

Ladies and gentlemen, as at now most of us already know how purposeful an iPhone can be. Apart from being a conventional phone, there's another 50,000 thousand reasons to own it. This is one of them:-

I have seen (and used) couple of other automotive/motorsport applications like the G-meter and Dynolicious for the iPhone but I find this 'Rev' is much more special. Why? Because you can actually perform real-time datalogging of your vehicle via the OBD interface! Unlike the Dynolicious and G-meter which uses GPS signal (the signal sucks most of the time especially in Malaysia), Rev is directly connected to the ecu and it shows all of the essential parameters of your car. Not only that you can do all sort of car performance recording, you can also diagnose any problems that you have on the engine and disable the check engine light. It saves your money and time in a long run since OBDII will require diagnostic tool to detect and reset errors on your ecu (reminds me of my EF that runs on OBD0 - whenever there's a check engine light pops on, I will have to look at the ecu for LED blinks that represent the error codes. Very primitive, but costs less. Hehe)

So to you guys who owns an iPhone, spend a little bit of your money to get the appropriate cables, and get this application from App Store. I will definitely get this real soon. Here's the link of the developer with all the information you need:

http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/index.html

HELMS Factory Service Manual

Here's a useful link for you to download the HELMS service manual for your beloved Honda. It might be handy when you need to do some DIY fixing on your car. I've got mine saved on the hard disk. :-)

http://www.spoonertuner.com/manuals?Cat=119

Spoon-ed

After 10 days of waiting, I finally received another external part for my car from the USA. It is a pair of.......carbon fiber Spoon side mirrors! These lightweight mirrors will suit pretty well with Black Mamba's *ahem* new appearance soon. Although the Ganador aero mirrors look way cooler than this typical Spoon solid style, the fact that its price tag of almost RM2,000 turned me off instantly. I know that somehow rather I will get the Ganadors...but for now these mirrors will work just fine.

No tax! HAHAHA. Kawtim oredi with the seller.

Stealthly packed for custom purpose, no sign of expensiveness could be seen from the packing :)

Eh. This photo don't you think it looks like the Mentadak Mentadu (Praying Mantis)'s head???

Lightweight........means the car will go faster.

No money = no blue mirror for me.