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Thursday, October 27, 2011

MY LSD ARRIVED FROM EBAY US


woohoooo



Monday, October 24, 2011

FEREDAL RSR

Thank for for Johnny from On The Run Motorsports for supplying this...


wooohoooo 215/45/17 of Federal RSR i wanted Hankook RS3 but it is waaay out of my budget... and i heard alot of good review on this RSR...


left is my 215/45/17 RE050 before we took it off, right is my new 215/45/17 RSR... clearly the RSR have more meat


one finger thicker...




the fatter tyres actually looks better in my opinion


rear right


rear left

Thursday, October 20, 2011

HOLY SH!T, RETREAD!!!!!



after driving is 'politely' for 2 days, the rear tyres making funny noise... and i went to check... HOLY MOLY!!! its a retread!!!!! and its coming off




i checked the other 3 tyres, they are fine... so im lucky its only one of them... lucky i am getting a new set of tyres soon...

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

THE SEARCH FOR THE TRACK RIMS


my budget is $700 max, i know it is not much, but the car also worth around $6-7K only... so i think 10% cap for the wheels is reasonable...

i looked thru trading post, ebay and firesport for 2nd hand BMW wheels and i was drawn to this "SUPER TYRE & AUTO" at the corner of Princess and springvale road... next to PIRTEK... they had few BMW Wheels for sale and i thought i will start from them...

when i got there, i was going to buy the 330Ci wheels coz they are pretty cheap and not that heavy (9kg each)
http://www.toptentyres.com.au/store/images/P/BMW%201%20330ci.JPG

but then at the back shelf i saw a glimpse of familiar shape and when i move all the other stack of rims in front of it, IT IS A BBS RK!!!! OMG!!! tucked away at the back... and when i ask the guy, he seems like he didn't know that it is a BBS model... he want $790 for it including 4x good 2nd hand tyres... i thought YES YES... but i had to hide the excitement... so i asked whether i can have it for $700... and he said ok...


this BBS RK one piece weigh only 7.6kg each, which is very light for its price, its a 17x8 all around ET35... PERFECT! plus he gave me a 2nd hand tyres to go with it... which i can use for daily... or sell it for few bucks

that day, the "super tyre & auto" was understaffed, and i was waiting there for 3 hours... while i was waiting, i offered to help moving some tyres and putting on some wheels on another cars to speed up their work... and i ended up putting the wheels and tyres on my car myself.... and halfway the guy felt bad and stopped me, and he said "Alright, you can have them for $600, and thank you for helping, i will take it from here", i was like "SWEEEET!!!!"




a quick test after putting the new balanced BBS RK, the car felt alot better already as compared to my 10kg each DTM wheels...


now at boxhill to meet the exe-crew for dinner... looking good


TRACK RIMS BUDGET SPENT: $600

Monday, October 17, 2011

BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA


another trip back, but this one is different... i mark this as a beginning of a new era for MERAH #3... i have saved up another budget for it and i must tell you that saving up while racing with the other E30 in indo (shirosame) is not easy hahaha...

this trip is longer, and i am busier with photo work too, but means i can slip in few hours every few days to work on MERAH #3

my plan is:
- new lighter wider track wheels
- new set of street tyres to replace my current 6 years old tyres that came with the car when i bought it
- BMW LSD 25% clutch type
- higher final drive
- break into 1:49 at winton

hello dear


uh oh... when i start it, MERAH blow alot of white smokes... i thought its just due to the condensation, but the smoke remained even after running it for 30 minutes...



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so i went to local carshop and bought the coolant leak fix agent and the smoke kinda stops.... reduced maybe... good enough... will last for one more trackday i guess...

i marked the new beginning by taking it for a long drive and thru one of my long missed driving road... yarra bend... it just reminded me how much i love the E30 and how well it behaves on the limit even with crappy tyres i got at the moment...