The car is now sold… But a new one is on the way! 😀

So the VXR brakes were adaquate and quite nice, but I couldn’t help but think that it just wasn’t perfect, plus an opportunity came along (at someone’s misfortune), I got hold of a set of Tarox 10-pot brake kit! 😀 As usual, it was fitted by Midpoint Garage, as they are a Tarox dealer and […]

Some exciting stuff in these two months (for me). Something I should have done a long time ago… I have no idea why I waited so long. The first thing is a chromatic auto-dimming rear view mirror. It might sound trivial at first but it is actually brilliant! What this thing is, it basically has […]

The Car PC ver 3.0 (and hopefully the final version) is finally finished!! This time it has, – Intel D201GLY Motherboard with 1.2GHz Celeron Processor – 512MB DDR2 Memory – 40GB laptop 5400rpm hard drive (the old one) – Silabs Radio USB Dongle – Lilliput 8.4″ Touchscreen – RoadRunner + LSXVoid – PCMSCAN Diagnostic/Data Logging […]

Yea I know, it’s been a while. Basically I’ve been super busy with work (two big projects), and with Xmas and all that (and a long holiday too!), I haven’t been able to do as much as I wanted to the car. Oh yea it was bloody cold too. But anyways, here we are. First […]

Sorry for the late update, it is because I have been pretty busy in these couple of months with work and everything, and I have not done much to the car either. 🙁 I replaced the 2.2 airbox with an Apexi cone filter. The reason for this is that the Green filter in the 2.2 […]

Hello everyone. The weather is still rubbish, I have never seen so much rain in this country. The RainX I put on didn’t even last for a week. Same with the wax & protection I put on last time, which I had hope that would last until near the end of the year. Oh well […]

Obviously the weather is super rubbish this month and I couldn’t fit the intercooler yet, so I set along doing some smaller jobs. First of all I made a custom stainless steel power pipe. Very easy, very cheap and very good looking. Basically I bought a 2″ stainless steel pipe, cut it down to length […]

A bit of a wiring month this, which is not a bad thing! First up a Traction Control switch, so that I can switch TC on/off on the fly – perfect for doing sprints next month at PVS 07! Unfortunately Vaux don’t do the traction control panel in Bronze, and you can’t buy Bronze paint […]

This month I spent a lot of time detailing the car! About time too, as over the years it has acquired a lot of swirl marks. To start with, I rinsed the whole car to get rid of the loose dirt, and then cleaned the wheels with the Meguiars Hot Rims wheel cleaner. I then […]

I was on holiday most of the month. But check back next month! I’ll get some work done!

Okay, I am going to call this month the GROMMET month, as I have been totally owned by it… Basically I need to run various cables and tubes for things like amps, car PC, boost gauge, traction control switch, etc. And the proper way to do it would be to use the spare grommet (which […]

This month I am set to put on some of the stuff that I have accumulated in the garage onto the car. First off, I put on the Astra 2.2 airbox with a Green filter. Don’t believe it when someone tells you it is easy… well actually it is pretty easy, but all the pipes […]

This month I have fitted the pièce de résistance !! I bought a set of cream leather interior, with a pair of Cobra Daytona recliner seats at the front, and a re-trimmed hatch rear bench. The Daytonas are soooo supportive! I love them! Fitting the rear was straight forward (well, reasonably), except my hands were […]

This month I’ve been working on my car PC . And man it is so much work! Hardware sourcing took a lot of time (and still not finished), but software was the killer. It takes sooooooo much time to get it how it is supposed to be. I’ve been building PCs for over 15 years, […]

This month sees me fiddling with the lights 😀 Before even I bought the car, I knew I would change the lights. Not because the standard ones are crap, just that the aftermarket ones look so much better. First off is the FK Angel Eyes headlights . First of all I gotta say, when people […]

Sourced a set of 18″ BK299 for a good price with four brand new Yokohama Parade 2 tyres. And the reaon for the good price is… the lacquer on the lips has cracked and peeled looking really crap 🙁 And I found that it is actually a common problem with BK wheels! So I bought […]

So, my last car was an Escort Mk6 , with a pretty good spec I think. Specs include 2.0 engine, Cosworth wide arches, big brakes up front, disc conversion at the rear, 18″ wheels, Morette lights, half leather seats, Magnex exhaust, Koni suspension, nice ICE, etc . About 140bhp on the pedal which was pretty […]