Opel Zafira is not a common sight in sillypore. Turbo charged Zafira, I bet this is the only one in sillypore. In Ang moh country, this car is called Opel Vaunxhall, damn stylo-milo, then when come to sillypore, the name became a little more localised and the name zafira now sounds super local, like Jalan Eunos and geylang Lorong 18.
Imagine Orchard road is call Jln Orin-Jut, I think nobody will go liaoz...
What we have in this ride is a bolt-on turbo kit, a properly sized intercooler, cast exhaust manifold, Garrett GT25 turbo and tuned using Unichip Q. Zafira comes stock with 140 bhp and with a turbo charger, we can expect a good 220 bhp on this spruced up ride.
We tune and tune and ended up at geylang again. Hey, there is a famous prawn noodle stall there that sells prawn noodles at $3.50 per bowl, inside, they give you pig's tail, small intestine, pork ribs and prawns. The soup of this noodle is damn solid la. Although not as powderful as katong's prawn noodle, this particular stall is one of our fravourite tuning stops. Well, according to sam, he say can eat noodle and see girls... hahaha... everytime we sucks the noodle into his mouth, his eye would oogle at china girls and their short mini-skirts. hahaha... The stall beside sells fried dumplings which goes perfectly with the noodles.
Owner is very sociable and he views things very differently from normal people. We enjoyed his company very much and we had no difficulty talking cock and the entire tuning session is filled with laugher and I think everyone enjoyed themselves that evening. Owner complements sam for his tuning services and especially when the tuning package includes a sight seeing tour in geylang hahahahah...
Putting back the previous mapping done by @DM into the car, the engine starts to ping, similar to the case in our Kia Picanto friend who had the same experience. Once done tuning, we had the chance to try with a Honda Integra Type R. So, CB sam got nothing better to do, he decided to try try with the type R. On highway, even with the solid european insulation in our Zafira, we can hear the type R engine pulling hard on ECP. Type R weaved sharply to the right, sam weaved immediately to the left, seeing the straight clear in front, both car floored. Zafira's GT25 responded immediately to the driver's input and at 3000 rpm, the turbo propels the car forward, we saw ourselves inching away from the Type R and at 4500 rpm, we are propelling away.... Nice.
Overall, this is car is very drivable with the turbo. Car feels light and moving in sillypore traffic is a breeze. Fuel used is Ron 95 and conservative boost levels for a 220~240 bhp power. Hardware wise, a little bit of touch-up is required on the engine hoses and stuff which sam will be busy with in later on... other then that, its excellent.
ps:
Sam just came back from track... will update once I get the stories... :) Heard Nick went and sam say nick drive like pro for a first timer on track! Everyone enjoyed themselves very much... from the sound of his voice, no doubt!
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