alignment setting and SuperS rear spoiler

Aligned

have another alignment done on my micra... nothing new, just set it back to the setting i had on the last trackday... the setting was only changed slightly which mean it is quite stable...

FRONT RIGHT Camber -3.17
FRONT LEFT Camber -3.37

FRONT RIGHT TOE -0.4mm
FRONT LEFT TOE -0.5mm
FRONT TOTAL TOE -0.9mm

REAR RIGHT TOE +4.2mm
REAR LEFT TOE +0.4mm
REAR TOTAL TOE +4.7mm

REAR CAMBER (no adjustment) LEFT +0.18 RIGHT -1.02

that reminded me i need to get adjustable panhard rod...


TEST FIT
and now the SUPER S spoiler i got from Macgillaz! thank you mate... its cracked and has minor scratches from rolling around on the ground... but still good!

without


with it

Random Post AHIRU related

Sizes matter?
not much been happening to my AHIRU K11 Micra... so here just few random shots of sizes comparo hahaha

MINI (BMW) VS K11 MICRA
i always wanted to know the sizes differences between these 2 cars and happened to park next to one at multilevel carpark...

front the front they are pretty similar


from the mini side, you cannot see the micra


from the micra side, you can see abit of the mini... so micra is just a tad smaller


AHIRU VS PADDINGTON
my ahiru look like a tallboy compared to paddy... damn you tom


Mugsee's BEAT paddy?


one icy morning woke up only to find a frozen ahiru hahaha sorry... never seen frosty morning in melbourne suburbs




Micra loner sunset iphone shot

Sitting Duck

back from jakarta and my AHIRU almost overgrown by my lawn 
 


the next day, i was bombarded by bird poo... :O
  


i had to wash the duck 
   

Muffler's Neck Broken

Muffler's Neck Broken  
the micra suddenly sounds like fart and i can hear loud metal knocking sound every corner...

turned out that the muffler broke around the nexk due to rust around the welding area, and the pipe fell off and hitting the rear axle...

so i drove to Unique exhaust and got a replacement one for $80(installed) straight thru muffler, replacing the old offset muffler...

Highlights Video from May 23rd 2010 Trackday

Highlights Video from May 23rd 2010 Trackday

PB: 1:50.2s Winton track. highlights of all the laps, just the exciting bits and pieces.

Dyno Day at RE Custom 2010 july 10

Dyno Day at RE Custom 2010 july 10


mods: 2.25 catback + 4-1 Hurricane Header + DIY CAI piping

VIDEO AND PHOTOS from Winton 23rd May 2010

here are the video of my best lap chasing amills (adam) AW11: 



Photo courtesy of Mugsee Photography & Kreative-Studio.com

 

 

MICRA K11 Data Logging from Winton

ok... THANK YOU for the graph ken!  using mac has making me lazy extracting racechrono data hahahaha



this is the data from race chrono... i think its showing 1:50.2s

Best Lap Graph...


Best Lap VS Optimum Lap


Hi Lo Speed


thx again ken... it shows that 1:49 is within reach... i just have to drive more consistent i guess... and fix the wheel hop! 

EXE CREW TRACKDAY @ WINTON - 23rd May 2010

*photo by Kenny KTHL. i edited it manga style, added arm and hand gun, siren beaming light, police front badge and twin red fog lights, etc... translation: "あめてください!!" = yamete kudasai!! / please stop!!...  EXE CREW TRACKDAY @ WINTON - 23rd May 2010 Previous PB @ winton: 1:54.4650 Current PB @ winton: 1:50.0600 overall result of the day: http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/05/2010.WIN.S6.Y the track related spec are: Header, catback, K&N intake, brand new adrenalins 185/60/14, K-Sport coilover, Camber bolts, remove back seat and spare tyres... alignment: total front toe -1mm front camber L -3.3 R -3.2 rear camber L 0 R -1 total rear toe +4.7 its been 1 year since i have been to winton in the micra, and this is my 3rd time in winton with micra... Session 1 this was the practice session... quite a bit of traffic and had to overtake few cars.... micra is bad at overtaking  so i am thanking everyone that letting me pass by slowing down on the straight... i got 1 free lap at the last lap and i was lucky to break my previous PB by more than 2 seconds... pretty surprised when shaun told me... 1:56.4900 1:52.3280 1:52.3950 1:52.3840 1:51.9380 Session 2 *TIMER NOT WORKING* sayaka was in the car as passenger... it was a good lap and according to race chrono i was doing around 1:52s.... i only have few laps as i had to pull out due to my bonnet latch opening halfway after few ripple strip hopping... 8:15.2700 - LOL Session 3 *Fix the timer position* few traffics along the track... no clean lap... but overall still good fun... however the car starting to feel abit slippery... so i decided to check my tyre pressure afterwards and it was 40 psi... o_O hahahaha so i knock it back down to 38psi.... 2:05.8740 1:53.9600 1:54.3100 1:52.6860 1:53.7210 2:00.9690 Session 4 this session i had 4 quite clean lap as i only have to overtake 1 car each lap and everyone was so nice to let me pass right away... 2:00.3360 1:54.7620 1:52.8440 1:52.6550 1:52.4980 1:52.1480 Session 5 with Jules as passenger in the car... this was one of the most busiest lap but extremely fun lap as i slide more than 10 times and did massive slide on turn 4 and lucky enough to held it all the way like a RWD lol... it was so much fun that me and jules spent most time giggling and yelling hahahaha... it was a shorter session also my slower one as i spent most time sideways than straight... so i decided to check the pressure and all the outer tyres (left) jump to 42psi and the inside tyres (right) was 40-41... moral value: sliding = tyre temp + pressure goes up 1:54.4430 1:54.1820 1:54.0490 1:59.9340 1:57.9490 Session 6 decide to do it alone this time... i put the pressure all the way down to 32psi... and it works like a treat.... i was thinking higher pressure works well for street tyres... i guess i was wrong... will stick with 32psi hot next time around. it was the combined session of A B C... it was the best session of the day for me... and i was taking turns with adam's AW11 to lead and follow... that one happened to allow me to do my fastest lap of the day while racing adam...   thank you mate... it was my best neck to neck experience of the day... so much fun!!!! 1:54.8890 1:52.7500 1:51.3590 1:53.7050 1:50.0600 1:53.2720 by the end of the session, my brake was cooked... the brake pad is nearly gone, the brake fluid overflow and the brake feel spongy along the way home... will need replacing soon... this is one of the best trackday i've ever been and i have missed all my adrenalin fixes for a year it felt so good to be back!!! feedback from the new mods installed: header - alot of top end pulling power and ahiru didn't ran out of breath anymore... keep pulling till the limiter... catback - raspy and knocking the arms... hahaha bad! but works so i cbf changing it again... the negative camber really makes the car turn at higher speed... i felt it so planted to the ground even when i feather or flick it around... the car become extremely easy to drive fast around the corner... just point and shoot  the coilover - i am a noob in coilover settings, so i just set to the hardest... in the future i will raise it abit more because at the moment it bounce around at the corner exit, and that costing me time... i reckon once that fixed i can be in 1:50 more consistently... the adrenalin 185/60/14 - lol this is just the right amount for the micra at this stage... my first trackday with the worn old tyres was enough for the soft stock suspension, but then the semis i borrowed from darrin for my 2nd trackday was bogging the car alot on the exit (too much grip?) so i am 90% happy with the car atm... just need to fix the bouncing at the exit, better brake pads and brake fluid and abit more power hahaha

Hurricane Header

Hurricane Header

ok, got this ages ago, and never had time to fit it.... now it is the time i guess...
 

old header off the car


here is the video of ahiru with no exhaust nor header...



new header in... sorry for disturbing you Dens  managed to somehow hammered it in...


and here is the video of ahiru with just header... no exhaust...



so i drove to Unique exhaust the next day to get the header attached to the catback, and make some flex pipe...


the gap need to be filled
 

the catback is 2 inch with 1.5 inlet pipe for some reason, so i chop the inlet and replace it with 2 inch to match the rest....


20cm flex pipe and simple bent over the front sway bar...


back to nice and quiet now...


Camber Bolts
thx Tom!  after i installed the coilover, the car handling felt **** but i am waiting for the camber bolts before i can do alignment... however after i install the camber bolts the car was too dangerous to drive LOL... it pulls left and right every sec and i can hear massive screeching from the tyres even when i am going straight.... 20kmh... sounds like i am drifting lol...

  

before alignment:
total front toe -36.1mm
front camber L -3.3 R -3.2
rear camber L 0 R -1
total rear toe +4.7

after alignment:
total front toe -1mm
the rest remain the same....

Thx to shaun / senk9 for the help on the header and camber bolts install

Tyres
bought a set of 185/60/14 adrenalin from Johnny / On The Run Motorsports...


oh dear... all i can say is i should've given the micra new set of tyres long time ago instead of worn secondhands.... ahiru sticks to the road now...