Yellow brick road to SIR (RWYB 3rd round 09)

I stayed up late Saturday evening, was really trying hard to sleep early but unfortunately was able to sleep past 2 in the morning.

I wake up around 6 in the morning, (which is late if we thinking of going to subic and by 7:30 reg starts) still contemplating if i should race or not.. did'nt really think of it much, just drove to subic and tried to catch the registration.

I drove 180 kph from Santa Rosa to Edsa, mellowed a bit and then 180 again once in NLEX, then SCTEX, my engine has a speed limit, once you touch the 180 kph, it cuts the fuel... so i let it like that for the duration of SLEX, NLEX, SCTEX. which has a bad combination of low octane gas on a high comp engine...

I heard a early detonation (knocking) on my engine but didnt actually bothered to lower down the speed, which i think broke my engine. so after that NLEX, SCTEX pedal to the metal when i was approaching around 5 to 7 kms before the Subic toll, i heard knocknig again, this time with sudden loss of power... know i now im in trouble. so I limp my car on 60 kph thru the toll and stopped after the toll, and try to fix tammy, looked on the spark plugs, 2 cylinders are not creating power... oh my, was thinking did i made my head gasket blown again???!!! apparently not yet...

Called up some friends, Jun, Jeff, Pilip, Pat to help out... Guided me to a shop and tried solve the problem, but to no avail. So we came back to SIR to finish the RWYB 3rd round. Phat lent me his car.

Fortunately enough, I won third place for the 1.00 class... hehehe... thanks war car!



anyways its done deal for me for the day but a very very long one for tammy!

RWYB Weekend

Despite the heavy rain and crazy traffic (we were literally on the road for 8 hours!), we went to Subic last July 17 to 18 for the 2nd round of RWYB.

The initial plan was for us to do our DIY's first (reason why we decided to go the night before the race) when we get there and then discuss our sponsorship contracts. However, because we were all tired and the weather wasn't at all cooperating, we just ended up having dinner at Xtremely Xpresso (our newest sponsor, by the way).

L-R from Top: Cye, Patrick, Philip, AJ, Jun, Jeff

We were up as early as 5:30 the next morning for preps and to get the best parking slots. Here's what we found outside Philip's house (where we stayed for the night):

Pearl, White Hawk, and Tammy - drenched!

Imagine how wet the road was at the raceway! Because the track was slippery and visibility was so poor, we were required to do one orientation run before we actually did the timed laps. Bracket times were also deferred 2-3 secs due to the weather conditions (translate: water puddles on the track) so most of the players decided to join Bracket G.

p L i p @ Black Wing

Nano with his box type

phat_tricks' warcar

Me and Tammy

dmott with his pearl

edwin and his 93 turbo

According to the organizers, Sir Kookie and Ms Menchie, this was the worst weather RWYB has ever seen. That didn't stop us though, because the Motorports Crew still managed to bag several podium finishes:

Bracket G: 3rd place - Patrick Sison (phat_tricks)
Bracket F: 2nd place - Philip Velasco (p L i p)
Bracket D: 2nd place - Edwin Rodriguez (edwin)

Unfortunately, White hawk got into an accident...


Get well soon, MLPH MSC supports you.

While Tammy and I ended up having a breakout with 56 low & 57 high sec for Bracket C, which is supposed to be 58+ secs. Darn! I should've stopped for 1 sec a meter or two before the finish line.. lol.

We were all tired at the end of the day but it was all worth it. My take away ----
"Real Racers drive on wet track, posers dont" -- kookie R.


PS
Almay drove back home, I ask her to push tammy a bit. She did make 160 kph along SCTEX, wet condition, too bad wasnt able to document it...

Another Race Day Sunday

7th Leg of Slalom @ SM Sucat

MitsuLancerPh representatives:
Jax
Front Wheel Drive Modified - 1st Place
Front Wheel Drive Pro Stock C -2nd Place


Dmott,
Front wheel drive carburated novice - 2nd place


Nano,
Novice Stock - 3rd place


Pilip,
Front wheel drive - 4th place
Front wheel drive Novice - 4th place

Daumingshirts -- newest addition
newbies class



Videos of practice runs
Jax - sideways

Dmott

Nano

Pilip

Daumingshirts

During the latter part of the day, while we were chillin' in Pilip's black cedia, we discovered something - it's a lot cooler when you put salonpas on the vents! hahaha! ---- try it!!!! (its due to the menthol effect of the eucalyptus)


Finally, since I wasn't able to spend the Sunday with my wife, I made it up to her by taking her to Kanin Club for dinner. (Try their crispy dinuguan and jampacked fried rice! It's really a treat!) Nothing beats that to cap off a tiring race day. Til next!

Tammy's first show as display car

Tammy's first ever display as show car in SM Sucat was held last June 19 to 21st.

It was really her first time to show her beauty not on the road but as a display car...

I know she has bruises, scars and such... but still she looks pretty. (biased!) hehehe...

some pics...

Tammy shook my world!

Tammy had this crazy problem... random stalling!

The usual failure mode of stalling are the following:
1. No fuel

if you have no fuel, you need to check the filter if its blocking it due to too much dirt in filter. if its not the filter check the pump, does it deliver fuel? its not then that's the culprit

2. No spark

specifically for the 4g63 engine which is distributor less... the things you need to check are coil pack, transistor, CAS (cam angle sensor), Powe relay from ignition to ECU, ECU.


But for tammy, i have checked all of it already but everything is working! I was at my wits end when a friend unknowingly pulled the wiring harness! and the symptom displayed... we had the "AHA" moment.. We just found what the culprit is, its the harness the wiring pulled off! so right now tammy's harness is currently pulled out and have all the connection soldered.. whew!

Thanks to phat_tricks and Chester for towing my car and helping me out solve the freaking prob!

i'll post some pics later

Intersection Ahead!!! Stop Look and Listen!

There will come a point in which you will practically buy a 2nd car for daily use. specially if you want to be competitive in the racing scene.

Its simply is not feasible to have a daily driven race car. I have tried it for almost 3 years already and believe me... here's whats going to happen to you...

you will start with a compromise with the suspension.. needs a stiffer suspension which means harsh ride on daily drive. (R1 coilover and cruven shocks) or buy a full coilover which is costly

next is that you need better gripping tires.. you WILL buy another set of wheels for the race weekend because you need to time better, FASTER. ( i will iterate.. thats 1 set of magwheels and 1 set of grippy tires, Neova's usually for people who dont have money)...

you also need better brakes.. i used twin pot front brakes of an evo and slapped it to Tammy...

now you need to tune your suspension settings, camber, toe... you need negative camber and outward toe... which means its going to eat your daily driven tires on the inner most part.. which means early retirement of daily driven tire or you simply go to your favorite alignment shop and pay them before and after the race weekend to adjust your camber and toe...

dont forget maintenance dues... if you're on stock engine! ( in which i really would recommend) its a lot less headache.. just follow the service manual on what to replace but on a shorter length of service time for each part... like for example... timing belt for Mitsubishi its usually 80,000 km before it needs replacement... i do it on the 60,000 km...

now its different if you swapped engine! (arggh!, thats also me) there's a reason why the previous owner removed that engine...meaning, it has problems back then and reviving it is costly... its breakdown is frequent and its maintenance cost is also high.

It even come to a point that the car is not reliable for daily use anymore... it breaksdown from time to time... broken sensor here, due for maintenance... etc etc... which disrupts your daily chores... and me who can't stand the fact knowing that Tammy is not running (my life stops when she not working)

and now its official, i bought another car to support Tammy on the daily chores. I still love Tammy, she's still my baby but she's now more focused on race weekends rather than my all around baby.

This is Wacks, Tammy's younger sister. She will be our daily car... (for now! ;P)

7G Galant VR 2.0 DOHC V6 --- stock!





PS, The real trigger point was that my wife is now carrying my JR. and i dont want her stressed during travel and I need a reliable and comfortable car for my wife and soon to be baby!... cheers!

RWYB 2nd Round postponed!

RWYB 2nd round was supposedly ran last June 7th but due to bad weather incoming that week, it was postponed to a later date. July 19th i think...

Lucky me, cause Tammy was not ready for that weekend. hehehe...

Anyways, there was a race for 7th of June, its the 5th leg of Slalom Racing held at Robinsons Santa Rosa, since RWYB was postponed the group joined the Slalom in Santa Rosa...

Tammy never ran, I borrowed phat_tricks 1.3 Car just to scratch my itch for speed... its soothing but definitely not quenching. :P



Right now, i'm still looking for Tammy's random stalling... but now i do have some suspects already.. will be fixing within this week. Hope my suspects are the culprits!