Monday, January 18, 2010

2010 New Year Celebration at KLCC

I brought my wife and 22 months baby boy to the 2010 New Year Celebration at Suria KLCC, solely because of the fireworks show. Besides that, Suria KLCC is very2 near to my house. I just want to share below pictures although it is quite late (already near the end of January 2010). BTW, I went there with my wife's car, Proton Satria Neo 1.3 as I was expecting heavy traffic (actually it is not that bad). It will be a PITA to drive my car with it heavy clutch on a jammed road.

Below are several pictures taken using my Nokia E66, bad quality, so sorry.


Petronas Twin-Tower (left) and Maxis Tower (right)


Suria KLCC Shopping Center


Petronas Twin-Tower

 
 Full moon


Colourful night

Battle Update 2

Two days ago, around 8.20 PM, I was on my way to a restaurant in Banday Sunway for a dinner. The distance to the restaurant from my house (in Kuala Lumpur) is approximately 25 kilometres. It would took me between 35 to 45 minutes to reach the restaurant if I take the Federal Highway as the road frequently jammed with traffic, so I decided to use the New Pantai Expressway (NPE). By using NPE, I can arrived in just 15 to 20 minutes but I will need to pay RM 3.60 for toll but it worth every penny as I would spent less in petrol by avoiding crawling traffic on the Federal Highway.

After the 1st toll plaza from Kuala Lumpur, appeared from nowhere, a car tailgated me very close and it had a very menacing look from my rear view mirror. I can't really guess the car's model as the headlights was very bright and might be able to replace a flash grenade if required. I gave my car a bit of boost and moved to the slow lane and instantly recognized it, a black Mitsubishi Lancer GT 2.0.

Suddenly, the driver of that Lancer GT decided that he wanted to tailgate me one more time. I don't want to do stupid things on road but to let him tailgate this close, was annoying and dangerous. In 5th gear, I give it a good press on the gas pedal, combined with cold night air, the turbo boost came in a hurry and I left that car for a good distance before I slowed down as I was about to reach 160 km/h from around 90 km/h.

As I was slowing down further, try to reach my destination using a sensible and safe cruising speed, that Lancer GT reached at the back and started to tailgate again. I know that my car is not that fast, but against a Lancer GT that only packed around 150 hp at crank, the driver of the Lancer GT should know better not to mess with a Proton Perdana.

Although in a stock form, Proton Perdana V6 packed near the same horsepower at crank and well-known for its powerful V6 engine (6A12NA), especially those that already switched to a manual gearbox. It will be a very close match.

Unfortunately for this particular Lancer GT's driver, my car is powered by the 4G63T. Just to make sure he will not tailgate me again, I changed the boost setting to 1.0 bar and pedal-to-the-metal. Just several seconds later, I will need to get a telescope to be able to see the Lancer GT in my rear view mirror. Now, I can cruise safely and calmly to the restaurant, to get my dinner, 'Nasi Goreng Daging Merah' and 'Sirap Bandung'.

As a note, my HKS EVC 6 recorded 1.2 bar of peak boost although it supposed to be 1.0 bar. This is due to my car having 'boost creep' issue after I installed the 3" turbo-back exhaust (TBE). External wastegate? *Grin*.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

GSR, VR4, Evo 1-3 Gearboxes Code

Here it is:

W5M33-2-NGRE Lancer GSR RS (1992, 1800cc)
W5M33-2-NNZT Eclipse AWD 5spd mfg 3/94
W5M33-2-NPXV 91-94 Eclipse AWD 5spd mfg 6/90-2/94
W5M33-2-NPZT 95-96 Eclipse AWD 5spd mfg 3/94-6/96
W5M33-2-NQBE Libero/Lancer GSR, Non-LSD version of NRWE
W5M33-2-NQBK 1991-92 to 4/92 VR4/ZR4 Galant
W5M33-2-NQBM 1992 Galant to 5/92
W5M33-2-NRBE 92-95 Lancer GSR, lightweight synchro's 2nd & 3rd
W5M33-2-NRWE 92-95 Lancer GSR, stronger box, dbl synchro's 2nd
W5M33-2-NRXD 1990 Cyborg

W5M33-2-WPVF Galant VR4 E84A
W5M33-2-WQFK Galant VR4 EVO
W5M33-2-WQNK Galant VR4 EVO, close ratio box ?

W5M33-2-WQGE Evo1 GSR non LSD
W5M33-2-WQWE Evo1 GSR (and RS?) with front LSD
W5M33-2-WQYE Evo1 RS non LSD
W5M33-2-WQFE Evo1 RS with front LSD

W5M33-2-WPGE Evo2 GSR non LSD
W5M33-2-WPWE Evo2 GSR with front LSD <---- Mine
W5M33-2-WPYE Evo2 RS non LSD
W5M33-2-WPFE Evo2 RS with front LSD

W5M33-2-UPGE Evo3 GSR non LSD
W5M33-2-UPWE Evo3 GSR with front LSD
W5M33-2-UPYE Evo3 RS non LSD
W5M33-2-UPFE Evo3 RS with front LSD

Congratulations if yours came with the LSD!