Eric's Kia Picanto

I love this ride, with featherlite weight, ensuring maximum pleasure while driving. Here we have a Kia Picanto with aftermarket exhaust system and we placed it on a Dyno to see the results.

Mostly stock parts except for the exhaust system, here's the results, +8 bhp!

Stock Kia Picanto Dyno Chart with Octance Booster

Initially I was damn sceptical about Octance Boosters, so what better way than to have the car mounted unto a dyno machine and have the bets running to see if this bottle of juice can actually improve the horsepower without any adverse effects.

"Must increase horsepower one", thats what Gordan claims. "like real lor...", that what I replied.

So, the bets are up!

Based on the Dyno charts, I lost the bet. lolz...

Looking at the low end portion, the horsepower gains are significantly increased. On every rpm, you can see that the horsepower is now earlier and higher than stock! What makes it impressive is on the high-end portion, the octane booster now performs something similar to high-lift cams, of course, though not as aggressive as cams, the powerband plateus, this in layman terms will make the difference in a drag race. On high rpm, the car now continues to pull harder than before!

Impressive la.

Ok, Gordan now with all his farking stories of people ordering OWS Octane Booster from him in Malaysia after the Race all flood us la... lolz...

Anyway, as part of the deal, we'll throw this essense of chicken for free for every 660pts in your Power Express Reward Card.

Kudos to Octane Booster.

Now folks, each bottle of essense of chicken costs $30. And the best part is that Kia Picanto's worst FC is 10.5km/L, that means loads and miles of fun, real bang for buck I must say la... lolz... enjoyment to the fullest.


This product test is done on a completely stock Kia Picanto, nothing done on the exhaust, not even de-catted, stock intake, running on Ron 95 Fuel. Nothing done one the ECU, its not even tuned!

more updates coming up.... stay tuned...

meanwhile, keep the fun alive!

2am Racing

Subaru S-GT Tune up

Tiring day it was. Subaru S-GT is one of the most impressive ride, with comfort and power all in one, tuning up this ride by increasing the boost and retaining the stock look and feel is indeed rewarding.

Unfortunately, this ride can't go on the dyno. But, stay tuned, Legacy GT on Spec C Engine dyno chart will be coming up soon... stay tuned...

btw, most of the ride we tested on brake fluid failed the test... get your brake fluid boiling temperature, insist on having the boiling point and not the hydrometer test which is lame... :)

PPG Dog box maintenance

Maintaining a Dog Box is not an everyday job. Lucky for us, we have the opportunity to maintain one of our customer's PPG Gearbox with our specially indented Dog Box oil.

Legacy GT on Spec C STI Engine

Yes, we rebuilt a new Spec C Sti Engine for our Subaru Legacy GT. The satisfaction of rebuilding a completely new and very stable engine, confident of a good tune up later today pays off all the late nights of hard work.

Owner was around when we started the engine. Faking old man wanted to give some money to my guys, basket, bribe sia... lucky we not the Truely Asia type lolz...

When the engine fired up, the impressive Spec C engine truely lives up to its name. All of us were impressed and stood there admiring our creation. Truely Satisfying!

The smoothest ride EVER!... lolz... lovin it! Currently running in on stock boost levels, we'll up the power very soon... stay tuned...

Straits Times Pocket Money Fund Charity Event

We will be involved in contributing our sales to the Straits Times Pocket Money Fund!

I think it is time to give a little back for a good cause :)

HKS Filter vs BMC Filter

After tuning the Honda Stream running on Emanage Ultimate, we had a discussion on what else could be done to further increase the horsepower of the car. One of the topic we talked about was the air filter element.

Yah, the whole farking world all know about air filter, including me grandma. The problem then lies in convincing the user which filter setup is better, and what better way to prove it than to have it inter-changed on a dyno machine to see which filter actually runs better and produce higher results.

Looking at the dyno charts, the clear winner is HKS open pod. No significant lost is seen on the low end side, which is on the contrary to what most people believed, while on the high end side, HKS air filter proved to be a more potent element for horsepower.

Stay tune as I keep you guys posted on setups cum dyno charts as we go along.

So for this Dyno chart on a Honda stream, we used Emanage Ultimate, decat the exhaust and put in a HKS Air filter. LTA compliant bros....

Meanwhile, stay fun, drive safe.


2am Racing

Brake Fluid Tests

One of the ride we tested so far failed the brake fluid tests, at 184 degrees celcius, the brakes are not funtioning as per normal, rather than going for steel braided hoses or changing the brake pads, our brake fluid tester would help you identify the actual reason why the brakes are failing.

This week, we brought in a machine which bleeds and replace the entire brake fluid system with completely fresh brake fluid, and no more pumping of the brake pedals and still stand the risk of having air bubbles in the brake fluid system. The cost of having this machine is 4500, but we believe it will pay off on the long run.

The brake fluid machine runs via pressure and completely flushes the entire system of old brake fluid and replaces it with new fresh brake fluid.

OWS Dot 4 brake fluid costs $23.95 per litre and the average car carries 2 litres. If you're regularly relacing only 1 litre, think again, the other 1 litre is still in the system and not extracted.

see you soon...

2am Racing

Honda Steam Stage 2

Here's a Honda Steam running on Emanage Ultimate, what we gained on this ride is a cool 10%hp, however, today, we're gonna try out the difference between Hurricane, HKS and the good old Simota Carbon Air filters. Stay tuned....

And most importantly, have fun...

2am Racing

Stock Kia Picanto Dyno Chart

Amazing! 50 BHP, OMG.... lolz... anywayz, this ride is only 850kg, dun play play hor... kekekeke.... enjoy....

2am Racing

Wheel Bearings and rotors

You know when you hear wierd sounds coming from the wheel well area, those sounds are using produced from some of these components, the warped rotors, worn out brake pads, wheel bearings, drive shafts and occasionally from the calipers.

Good news is that we fixed them all.

:)

Just remember to do the wheel alignments after we are done...

happy driving,

2am Racing

Adrian's Ride

Lightening the flywheel is something worth considering, while the cost of modifying the flywheel may be low, it has to be done such that the flywheel is skimmed balanced and to the right proportion. Special machining is required in the process.

The results is a very much lighter free revving ride. Acceleration is very much improved on the low-end side.

Aluminium flywheel is another option which some may have come across somewhere, this flywheel is extremely light in weight but after installation, the car may not be able to idle properly, stalling your ride with aluminium flywheel is a common reason why most people steer away from this modification, the costs of having this would be 10 times more than what Adrian have opt for.

Ben's birdnest

Its amazing how sometimes we can look at a birdnest and scrutinze the every detail savouring the essense of saliva without much a do about the origin of the creation. I looked at Ben's Emanage Ultimate with much amazement.

Restoration work is never simple but always very rewarding.

Every single wire is soldered, shrink wrapped, every detail is crutial to us and we take special pride in doing the best re-wiring of ECUs.

Right, diagnistics on the pull back when the turbo kicks in on this 1.6 Honda Civic FD1 turbo has to be accurate and precise. Fixing is thus simple and no re-tuning is required.

Today's thursday, we'll leave for supper at 9pm, thats something to look forward to also!

Meanwhile, have fun.

2am Racing

Hotstuff Magazine

Ok, its a little vain, we are advertised in Hotstuff magazine issue #91. Running my own workshop is rewarding, I see for myself, quality workmanship solidify right in front of my very eyes.

ps:
JX, when you're back from the US then sms me, unless your company is paying your roaming charges lolz... ;)