DILYSI #16: Genting Highlands

Pic 1: Grouping up

Well theoretically, I shouldn't call this a DILYSI session since I am not the organizer but just an invited participant but for the sake of easy of reference, I'll call it DILYSI anyway.

The route this was from Ulu Yam to Gohtong Jaya and up Genting Highlands. Not my favorite route but it'll do I guess. It has been exactly 11 months since my last DILYSI. Yea man, it has been that long! What the hell .....

Pic 2: Enroute


Pic 3: Grouping up before the drive

Pic 4: Be afraid when this is staring at you from the rear

I would like to focus this entry about my 'feelings' on the ER34 after my Stage II upgrades. The car definitely has more power and torque but I think the original setup is far better suited on the twisties. The turbine now spools later which makes exiting out of tighter corners a real drag as one has to wait for the turbine to spool before you get any action happening.

With so much torque on tap (well more than previously), throttling out of fast corners or long sweepers will see the tail coming out. In fact, the ER34 tail was sure like a happy dog. It kept wagging around coming out of corners. That's on 255mm width tyres! And they're Yokohama AD07s, sort of like your street-legal semi-slicks. What the ......

I had to have the ER34 on low boost throughout the journey to make it more 'easier' to drive. :(

So yeah, it's now much harder to drive on the twisties as throttle modulation is crucial. I must admit I got scared shit countless times when the ER34 tails out more than expected.

Back to the drive; after the twisties of Ulu Yam, the group stopped for breakfast in Gohtong Jaya before proceeding up to the Coffee Bean in Genting Highlands. Over there we were greeted by the sight of loads of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Lotus. Some were leaving as we arrived. Superbikers were in full force too. There's just so many of 'em. We were all congregating at the same place. :P

What's surprising is that, upon arriving, we were guided by the local coppers to park by the side of the road right outside Coffee Bean. Very convenient indeed. :)

Allrighty then, check out some of the pictures I took. There are also some videos of the drive. Do enjoy. :)

Video 1: ER34 heading up to Gohtong Jaya


Video 2: ER34 going up Genting Highlands with a FD3S RX-7 and a R35 GT-R

Pic 5: Spot the odd one out


Pic 6: R34 rear end looks huge compared to the Porsches


Pic 7: The Jap pack


Pic 8: Regular readers will find this car looks familiar (it was white previously) :P


Pic 9: Clean FD3S and a wicked looking CBA-R35


Pic 10: Privileged parking up in Genting Highlands :P


Pic 11: Superbikes from BMWs to Kawasaki and KTMs to everything in between


Pic 12: Couldn't keep up with this F430 coming downhill from Genting Highlands


Pic 13: F360 Modena twin stove round lighs


Pic 14: Twin round lights on the CBA-R35, F360 and also F355


Pic 15: This VR38DETT is packing massive power


Pic 16: This FD3S is freaking loud. Straight pipe yo!

2010 Autobacs Super GT Rd. 4 in Sepang International Circuit

That's right folks, the time of the year has arrived. Every year for the past 10 years, the month of June holds a very special place in the heart of motorsports fans in Malaysia. For this 19th and 20th June 2010, the Super GT Round 4 is in Sepang International Circuit!

This year's calender saw the participation of the much anticipated Honda HSV-010 GT after the NSX was retired. Now that would be mighty interesting. The 'triple a' team also made a switch to race an Aston Martin V8 Vantage this year. Some changes are always great for the racing fans. :)

The confirmed participants for this round is as below:-
GT500: 13 cars with 26 drivers
GT300: 19 cars with 38 drivers

The 2010 Autobacs Super GT Rd. 4 would also be featuring the new GT4 Asia Cup, the GT3 Asia Series, Yaris/Vios Experience Race in Sepang as well as the environmentally-friendly Scirocco Cup as the support races.

And most definitely, the much renowned troupe of Japanese race queens will be on hand to add a much more lively flavour to the race environment and to thrill the fans. They are like celebrities back home so in essence they are stars in their own right alongside the drivers themselves. :)

Current points standings are:-
GT500
1. LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S (68 points)
2. LEXUS TEAM LeMans ENEOS 64 points)
3. LEXUS TEAM KRAFT (54 points)
4. LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO (50 points)
5. Weider Honda Racing (48 points)

GT300
1. MOLA (70 points)
2. apr (50 points)
3. HASEMI MOTOR SPORT (46 points)
4. M7 RE-AMEMIYA RACING (40 points)
5. AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI (40 points)

Tickets for the Main Grandstand are priced at RM100 and tickets for K1 area are priced at RM70. Tickets for the circuit safari are priced at RM100, while parking charges are priced at RM5 So are you going for the race? :P

SuperGT Queens, Kozue Nitta (Koko) and Megumi Hattori (Mimi)

Great Balls of Fire

Here's another video of the dyno run where massive flames were captured off the ER34. It happened pretty fast so incase you can't see it properly from the video, I've attached screen captures below for better illustration.

It's freaking cool but I'm burning away gasoline and my rear bumper wrote me a letter of complaint!!

Pic 1: It starts with cool blue flames ...


Pic 2: ... before it develops into a massive fireball


Pic 3: Flames moving up high


Pic 4: Tapering end of flames


Pic 5: That's it folks. Flames over.

Nengun links to http://er34.blogspot.com/

The other day I notice some incoming traffic from Nengun.com. Weird I thought. I went and check it out and found that Nengun.com actually links to this site for my review of the Uras Super Single Drift Clutch.

They have added the clutch to their catalogue and if you go to the product page here, the link to this blog is Under LINKS --> BLOG CLUTCH REVIEW. :)

For Sale: RB25DET Gasket Kit - Engine Repair

Pic 1: RB25DET Gasket Kit - Engine Repair package

Just got hold of two sets of the RB25DET Gasket Kit - Engine Repair. This is required if you want to do a complete overhaul of your engine and wants all seals and gaskets refreshed. This is pretty hard to come by as no one really stocks it.

This kit is compatible for both the RB25DET in the R33 and R34.

The below is the complete list of what's in the package. There are a total of 55 items in it.

1x 11026-01M02 Washer - Drain Plug
1x 11044-5L700 Gasket - Cylinder Head
1x 12279-58300 Oil Seal - Crankshaft Rear
1x 13042-16V00 Oil Seal - Camshaft
12x 13207-D4201 Oil Seal - Valve Stem
12x 13207-5L300 Oil Seal - Valve Stem
1x 13270-5L301 Gasket - Rocker Cover
1x 13270-5L311 Gasket - Rocker Cover
1x 13510-10Y10 Oil Seal - Crankshaft
1x 14032-AA500 Gasket - Intake Manifold
1x 14035-75T01 Gasket - Intake Manifold
1x 14036-21U00 Gasket - Exhaust Manifold
1X 14415-4P200 Gasket - Turbo Charger inlet
1X 1445-V2700 Gasket - Turbo Charger outlet
1X 14465-OP610 Gasket - Inlet tube
1x 15053-1E400 Gasket - Oil Strainer
1x 15066-71L00 Gasket - Oil Pump to block
2X 15189-01P00 Gasket - eye bolt
2X 15189-01P00 Gasket - eye bolt
4X 15193-P9000 Gasket - eye bolt
2X 15193-03E00 Gasket - eye bolt
1X 15196-73L00 Gasket - Oil turbo charger outlet
1X 15239-7IL00 Gasket - Oil filter
1X 16175-3IU00 Gasket - Throttle chamber
1X 22131-68S00 O-ring - Seal
1x 22636-N4200 Gasket - Water Temp Sensor
1x 23785-AA000 Gasket - AAC Valve

If you need it for your RB25DET engine rebuilt, shoot me an email via eujin[at]hotmail[dot]com.

Pic 2: Contents of the RB25DET Gasket Kit - Engine Repair

ER34 On The Dyno (again!)

Ok guys. Following up on my post here about the retune of my Power FC, here is the video of the dyno run. Sorry man, can't help but tease a bit. Hahaha

The ER34 went through more than 30 runs on the dyno machine but I've only uploaded one of the runs; well, basically they are more of less the same anyway. Is the car a tad loud?

Oh yea, there's another video where massive flames can be seen spitting out of the ER34, but I think I'll just reserve that for another day. :P

Retune of the Power FC

Pic 1: ER34 strapped on the dyno machine

After my botched up crappy tuning of the Apexi Power FC (read here), I've gone to another tuner that would at least meet my expectations and would know what he is doing. In preparation for the retune of my Power FC, a couple of items had to be done. They are:-

1) Obtain bigger cc injectors
2) Fuel pump rewiring (read here)

I got Nismo 480cc injectors for the retune but those ran out of flow. We found out the hard way while road tuning the Power FC. A good 200km of distance travelled were wasted and the tuning had to be stopped. These lovely injectors were already maxed out at 6,000rpm. Sigh....

With much hesitation, I put up the Nismo injectors for sale; and it was gone in a week! With the renewed funds, I bought bigger 650cc injectors from Sard. :)

Pic 2: ER34 strapped on the dyno machine

So the ER34 were in a half state of tune for 2 weeks while I waited for the Sard injectors to arrive. No worries since I'm not going anywhere much and if I do, I never drove past 4,000rpm. Yes, this self-restriction is mighty hard to cope with. LOL :D

Anyway, with the Sard 650cc injectors, one can be assured that there would be more than enough juice for the ER34. After the injectors arrived and were fitted, the car saw another 200km of road tuning before being strapped on the dyno machine for another 100km of fine tuning.

On the rollers, the ER34 spend a good solid 2 hours plus to get the tuning right. The power and torque curve is now much smoother compared to my previous jagged edged piece of crap tune. My air fuel curve can be better but given the amount of effort spent, it's the best that my tuner can extract out of it. It’s running a tad on the rich side now.

Whilst power and torque went up, fuel consumption improved dramatically! In my previous crap tune, I got 220km out of the full tank of 65 litres. Yea, it really sucked. Felt like I'm driving a big block muscle car. WTF!

Now, I'm getting far better mileage. Still on my initial full tank of fuel, I've already clocked 300km before my refuel. And a third of it is hard runs on the dyno machine! Most definitely it will however drink like the "Thirsty Traveller" during my hill runs but that’s expected anyhow.

Pic 3: Tuning the Power FC

Preliminary feelings on the car is that it’s now much tougher to drive hard and throttle modulation is crucial during cornering lest it’ll be tailing out. I am missing my stock turbine responsiveness with its early spooling. :(

The HKS GT-RS is a responsive turbine as it spool earlier than bigger turbines like the 3037s BUT it's still a tad laggier compared to the stock snail.

But when the boost kicks in, it’s bloody frantic! The car is also spitting massive flames. Wild bonfires in the still of the night. Hahaha

I have a strong feeling that I'll be much slower when I tackle Frasiers Hill again. That has got to suck! :(

Anyone care for a video of the dyno run? Hehe :)

Pic 4: Took this pic while preparing for road tune


Pic 5: Power FC, Datalogit cables, HKS A/F Knock Amp, Innovate Motorsports LC-1 Wideband Controller, etc..


Pic 6: ER34 strapped on the dyno machine


Pic 7: Spinning wheels


Pic 8: Anyone wanna see the dyno video? :P