Automotive engineer's car

Automotive engineer's car

When I tell people I've tuned a kia picanto, they hee-hee ha-ha like I was trying to pull they dick and swing it around my head. Some laughed so bad I felt like kicking their balls. When they found that I was serious, their jaws open and eye filled with wonder.

NUS automotive engineer's car is tuned by some kiki-lala tuner, ended up his car kept pinging like hell, of course, owner knows whats pinging is about, he studies this in NUS and upon hearing the engine pinging, he immediately drive as smooth as he could and source for a solution. Blown engine is something we must all avoid, it not only affects the owner, it also affect the tuner alot. It dewindles confidence levels and sometime pushes you way back into ultra-conservative zones.

Owner have modified his engine to a one that is of a slightly higher compression, not too much to handle but significant enough to feel. As we discussed automotive theories, he was able to understand fully what I was saying and in fact, he was able to discuss in detail with me. We talked about things like flame burn speed, octance levels of fuel, pistons, connecting rod, and the only thing he needs more help in is the integration portion.

I know people think is bull trying to modify a picanto, but as far as I am concerned, if we cannot make a picanto work well, we can forget about more complicated setups. The result is satisfying. Frankly, I enjoyed myself tuning this ride, it felt darn good to have someone who knows his stuff so well, that for once, it doesnt feel like you're selling something to someone. Tuning technique and foundation is still the same as higher bhp rides only this time, things happen slower and you have more time to look at the parameters.

On the way back, sam did the most mind boggling thing on earth. He rev the picano behind a lancer GT. Ai yoh, farking pai seh lor... "go? dun go... go? GO!" he sprints and left the lancer GT behind.... hahaha... You know how it farking feels like being chiat by picanto? OMG!

The handling on this ride has been greatly improved, with proper suspension setup and alighments, this ride feels very much like a rally car, we did 4'g' corners and the car hugged nicely to the ground. Excellent setup.

What we have in this car is high compression ratio, something like 11:1, excellent suspension systems, exhaust decat and straight through muffler, tuned using unichip Q.