Touge 8 Feb Morning

Got a call from TK early in the morning for a run up Camerons. It was an almost perfect morning.

I figured it would be nice to run in my new tyres.

Danial's SW20 3SGE.


Unfortunately for me, I just didn't have enough power to keep up with the SW20 on the faster sections, but I felt confident that during the slower and tighter sections, I could close the gap. Unfortunately we ran into some traffic at the tight sections and Danial had a scare with a loose exhaust flex section so we cruised up the remainder of the way to the checkpoint.

It was a real nice drive. Danial took up my suggestion the previous TT to use smaller tyres to increase his "final drive" to utilize most of the powerband (he was complaining that he was out of his powerband in 3rd). Looks like the change paid off.

Given this would be the 2nd heat cycle for my Paradas, I suppose they should be ready for use.
Front wearRear wear

Not bad so far. Given that the Paradas are quite soft with soft sidewalls. I had the front up to 38psi and the rears at 35. Quite high for a car weighing in at 1 tonne but I like it this way.

Night touge with friends

My Satria, Yeap's KE70, Steven's Gen2 and JR's KE70. Unfortunately we were missing 2 other touge enthusiats tonight.

The car being "all over the place" is an understatement. The road was wet, damp and very slick, however fortunately with the added weight of the interior panels and seats as well as a less aggressive suspension setting, the car was handling well and not being as handfull as usual.

If the weight transitions are managed well, the car will intially understeer and slowly transition into mild oversteer into a turn at the apex, which helps it turn in these conditions.

I was quite happy how behaved the car was tonight.