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Thursday, July 08, 2010

MICRA K11 Data Logging from Winton

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

Razz

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! Evil or Very Mad

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... 
Smile 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 
Smile
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 
Razz 

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... 

Revolving Red Lights

Revolving Red Lights

its finally here!!!! :D hahaha 

  

Sticker

Sticker
decided to scrap the JDM police sticker idea and replace it with something else

it says "Silas' Duck" / SIRASU NO AHIRU / シラスのあひる

clean and use masking tape as a guide...
 

done... lol

wannabe like this? :P

might have to get cop's red strobe lights and jap kanji stikers on the side coming up... like this one



hahaha joking... maybe... :P

that jap kanji are: 埼玉県 警察  (Saitama Prefecture Police)

Melbourne Police Department would be
メルボルン警察 

but i think i would put this one instead:
シラスのあひる
(sirasu no ahiru) or silas' duck! 

Monday, February 15, 2010

can't make everyone happy

can't make everyone happy

well... either you like it or hate it :) i always wanted to do something panda-ish hahaha now i just need two big black floppy ears for the roof :P


and beside i am not game enough to do the whole car matte black yet like my friend, ying... http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/02/11/guest-blog-ying-hua-gt-gt-a-starlet-gt-from-down-under.aspx



Masking...



Oh! Hi Ying!!! :)



spray it matt black!!!






thanks for irawan for helping me putting the mesh on the open grill...



hmmmm i was wondering why melly keep taking photos of me from the back... this is why...



Final result :) and YES... i know the red pin stripe isn't straight... :( i sneezed :P anyway its just a sticker and can be redone later when i have time.... we did all the masking, painting, and pin striping under 3 hours... thx to melly and irawan for their help :)

Squat a little bit lower aye?

Squat a little bit lower aye?

Thx to 'Dens' (Christophe) for the K-Sport Coilover... it comes with pillow ball head, top knuckle bolt camber adjustment (little bit), adjustable height for the base knuckle and spring purge for front and adjustable spring mount for rear. also damper adjustable too...


Yay!!! :)



abit of top camber adjusment :P



front installation...



put it to max negative camber... still need abit more... might get camber bolts later (looking at tom)




my rear left stock strut is dead... push both of them and one push back up after a while while the other one remain the same length... i dunno if thats normal...




rear installed...




POSING TIME!!! :D its sat abit lower at the front... but has raised the front abit since... :)