New Project

My 10 year old faithful PC have finally take a good rest after the motherboard failed early this month. I was deciding to buy a PC, a laptop or just use my dear's laptop. I have tried for 2 weeks to use my dear's laptop but finally i think i should get my own PC.

I get to choose my own hardware this time and insisted to have a better setup than the last one.

My Graphic Card:
MSI N250GTS

Check out the Size of this thing. I has SMT and Selective Wave soldering process to ensure temperature control and no manual hand soldering. It also have Gold Finger protector and I am very sure one of the director in the company i worked for wants it really badly. Now i got no excuse so i will use it as a sample for process improvement... sigh.. why do i have to talk about work when blogging? (Our Japanese customer audit is really driving me nuts...... need to release tension).

Tractor in Malaysia Roads.

This is so funny, the whole road is blocked and jam by a tractor. Malaysia actually allows tractor to share the same road and have road tax? This is our Road and Tranport plan to slow down cars on the road? hehehehehe......... very funny ya? Malaysia Boleh!

Filter Upgrade K&N

13 July 2010:
My old OEM filter.

Finally I am getting a Filter upgrade. So let the picture do the talking.

The filter came pre-oiled but it seem to be not enough, so I added some oil from the cleaning kit (see below)

The cleaning and re-oiling kit :

The kit installed:

Note: One problem seen is that the Filter charger does allow more air to flow thru it. Now the CAI that I DIY is some how felt restrictive and need some modification to allow more air mass to go into the filter charger.

Battery Kong!

1 July 2010:

My ACDELCO batter finally went dead after nearly 3 years of service. Take note on the Negavite terminal connection. A piece of lead is added as the el-cheapo way to enlarge the terminal. (The original car terminal is Large diameter which the Japan spec half cut wiring is using a Small diameter connector.) Wo when i get my battery replaced my mechanic went to half cut shop and get me a proper negative terminall connector (Small diameter) from a toyota AE111. It fits perfectly and has additional wire for grounding (Toyota cars always have better grounding setup).


My new replacement battery is from South Korea (Rocket Brand). At about half of ACDelco battery price, i think this is worth a try as it is also a true MF (Dry battery). The reason i start liking the MF batter is because you will never get a battery water stain on the hood.

My Hit absorber KONG!

On 26 June 2010:

After about nearly 2 years of service my HIT HI-LOW absorber kit has leaked on the rear driver side. (One is leaking and the other is still ok) (The repair cost for One Pair is RM 400 without warranty is not worth the risk).

It it time for change. After reviewing the options and budget the below unit is picked (thanks to Jimmy aka Podz experince with it ) GAB SS Series for Honda EG.

The final height adjustment

per below picture and soft har for all 4 is set at 18 (comfort drive). If

need more stability, i think at least a setting of 8

and above is mandatory. The downside of the harder setting is the car will have

to absorb more impact to the body if the road is uneven.

USed Neova (AD07) To let go reasonable e

I have 4 units of AD07 (195/55/R15) to let go. 2 units have 1~2mm before hit wear warning sign. Another 2 units have 2~3mm before hit wear warning sign. See picture below for straight and side view of each unit. Just SMS (012 5509424) or E-mail (wongchinchiew@gmail.com) for your best offer, it will be sold to the highest bidder.

Picture of tyre:

Unit A:



















Unit B:



















Unit C:



















Unit D:

Project SR4 Update.

It has been a while since there is an update on my ride. Since i have got the car 2 years ago, it has a very annoying "Tick" "Tick" "Tick " sound when the engine reved over certain RPM. Since then I have been doing some online research and found out that the most Possible Culprit is the LMA. The Old design of Honda LMA have a tendency to have a problem with insufficient spring tension to push the VTEC Roker arm resulting in some interference of knocking in the engine.

Finally I took up the courage to go ahead and have it changed as i am very positive that the sound is caused by the LMA. So I bought 8 units of LMA (New Design is acutally a Large Spring).















LMA in pakage and kept submerged in Engine Oil before use.















Last weekend is the limit of my car mileage to change the Timing Belt, Engine Oil and Transmission Oil. So I took the opportunity to have the LMA repalced to solve the problem.















One Unit of OLD LMA removed and the next picture show that the new LMA already assembled into the Engine.














OLD LMA on news paper.















Since the CAM cover have been removed, I decided to Paint it to ensure it is in good condition. The old paint is stripped.

Before:














After: Stripped and Re-Painted.