Perak Drift 2009 Race day

Perak Drift 2009.

Most of the day and memory card was filled with these which restricted me to a less than ideal shooting position and angle, so if the pictures all end up looking the same, well you'd know why. ;p





Ah, that said, lets move on to the pictures. I will upload more once I get to sort through all of them.


Our "Rempit" friends we there to entertain the crowd. Off the streets and on the Track seems to be the moto of the day!




























And some of my buddies with class wins in the earlier time attack competition. Contratulations!







As always pictures are copyrighted and used with permission or for private use only.


It was a great day, crowd turnout was good and the weather was on ourside. Kudo's to Danau and Tougeking for the great event.

Perak Drift 2009 : Practice Day

New toy

Got myself a Nokia E90 Communicator as replacement for my 3 year old HP Pocket PC on its last legs...




I like it so far, but the current headache is to find Symbian versions of the Apps I used to use. Anyone know how I can find VNC aps for Symbian?

PRO: Damn loud speakers, solid phone that feels it would last, quite fast for a smart phone, WIFI, GPS with Garmin XT, BT, 3G...the works. Big keyboard, Workable camera, large Widescreen that works well with surfing webpages, Quickoffice that can edit MS Office 2007 documents, good battery life (I know, its not very good but remember I used to use a Pocket PC). Quite good value for money now being 1/2 the launch price of $4000 back in '07...

CONS: Yep, its a little on the big and heavy side. No touchscreen, no optical trackpad (Like the Xperia, N97 etc), No CTRL-key combo, Auto caps (which can't be disabled????), 2.5mm headphone jack (a phone this big and they can't put a standard 3.5mm jack???)

(Hmm, it looks like blogger doesn't like red pictures, muddling all of them up)

MAM Autokhana pictures

I just realized I still had a few pictures that I have not processed ye, so here they are.






Last but not least, Fast like his father, our track junkie friend Su, which managed a podium finish (sorry didn't stick long enough for the prize ceremony). Congrats!

I only stayed for a few minutes and didn't take much shots, since the organizers held the event mid afternoon. Way to hot to stay out there and shoot.

As always, pictures are copyrighted and used with permission by private parties for non commercial purposes.

1989 Galant 2.0

I've always had a place for Mitsubishis, especially those from the early 90s. Truely built tough.





The 2.0L 4G63s are rock solid, and even in N/A form do well to propel a large sedan like the Galant.

If you were wondering why there is a rubber boot over the strut tower with tubes/wires from it, do read on...


Modifications to the engine was mild, primarily removing of the balance shafts (which alone, account for 5hp), SAFC to adjust the fuel trims, bumped up fuel pressure, ignition timing adjustment, K&N filter and a straight flow muffler, and basically removing stuff that I don't need. A/C, Power steering.


Best performance numbers for it were;

0-100 in 7.8s
1/4 mile in 16.1s

Numbers which wouldn't embarass itself even today. Never quite dyno'ed it but it looks like it was packing 155hp and something to 150ft-lbs of torque at the crank.

And guess what; I had 2 of them. (if you are wondering why the #plate are the same. In canada, the plates follow the owner, not the car)

Both 1989 Vintage, both solid like a rock.




This is why I like Mitsus, they pack a lot of technology that were very cutting edge in the late 80s.

Both Galants had ECS or Electronic Controlled Suspension. What they are are infact electronic adjustable dampers what can adjust ride height (via air assist) and shock damping, like those found in the Tein EDFCs and the Mercedes Airmatics. All controlled from the dashboard. Now this was 1988! And handle did it. THe system is inteligent enough to adjust individual dampers based on how hard you are turning from yaw sensors and steering angle. What you get is flat cornering and 0 brake drive.

On top of that it has adjustable power steering assist, a full body computer that controls everything from your security system, power windows, lights, and even lets you choose what colour you want your meter panel to display :p.

Good car, saved my ass actually. The Blue Galant in perticular, I wrecked running into a 1999 Ford Windstar (Naza Ria sized MPV) at 90kmh (the guy jumped a stop sign). I practically walked out with a sore neck for a few days. The minivan was 2ft narrower where I T-boned it. And best of all, the headlights and radiator remained intact. and the car was drivable after I bent out the fender which was rubbing a tyre. Now hows that for being a tank!

Yep thats a 90km/h crash. Believe it!

I will miss them dearly. Perhaps I might pick a Galant VR4-RS one day.

Thats not all, actually I had a ....3rd one. a Red 1992 2.0L SOHC Auto...which I never bothered to replace the engine and put it on the road.



Look at it taking a peak at my built turbo engines.... There's also a white Galant parts car beside it to so if you include that, thats number 4.

Happy birthday to me!

Came home from work today and found this. My Wife surprised me with a selection of my favourite cakes.



Yumm..

The real birthday present will only show up in a few more weeks though...

Hari Belia Perak

and

4G63T DSM
Presents,
Pictures from Hari Belia Perak 2009






















More pictures to come later

If you need the full resolution or unedited shots, please post a comment and a way to get them to you. Email is NOT an option as full pictures are 4+ mb each. Pictures copyrighted for 4G63tdsm.blogspot.com and Danau Motorsports, used with permissions for non commercial/private use.

May 31 Trackday Vidoes

Lapping and having fun..

....until this happens



Crash vid of the Satria trying to avoid a spinning car.

Car is fine, Just lost the front lip and a broken foglamp, which is a $40 repair. Normal track incident.

In Advanced Driving and Track school, we were always taught to "find a way" out of a crash. It is important not to panic, but "try" to anticipate the travel arc of the rapidly loosing control car. In any case, do not SLAM on the brakes (unless you have ABS) as that will lock your wheels up, and you will lose directional control leading you unable to avoid the car/obstacle in front, or worst, cause you to spin out as well.

I used to argue with my intructor that there are unavoidable (he seems to think you can avoid anything :p - He being an IMSA race driver, I'm sure he has gotten into his fair share of crashes...LOL) crashes, but even in those situations, there are always a path that "cause less damage".

My mistake was wrongly anticipating what the driver would be doing. In most cases, it is safe to pass on the inside of an understeering car (as the arc of travel is to the outside), but I did not anticipate the novice driver overcorrecting and spinning across the track.

As for the other driver, sometimes all you need to correct understeer is just to lift off the throttle a little, turn the steering wheel a little back to centre and wait.....wait until your front tyres get grip and then you can turn (it can just be only less than 0.5s before the tyres get back grip). The idea is to keep a level head and don't panic. When you apply too much braking force, you will transfer too much weight off the rear axle and cause a more difficult to catch oversteer resulting in a spin. But more importantly, is to be a good judge of your car's handling limit so you can anticipate your maximum entry speed. Going in "too hot" usually causes most of the crashes. Unfortunately that comes with practice and technical knowledge.