Sunday Driving with Dave

"Breakfast with Lolo" Short Film

I just want to share to you a short film I made for a local film festival where I also featured the roadster. They posted it on their website. It's about my experience with my lolo before he passed away. Anyway, I hope you like it! :)

Here's the link to the short film:

http://180cinema.net/?p=281

4-Point Racing Seatbelt Installation

For added safety, I had 4-point seatbelts installed to the roadster. Safer indeed when compared to the old 2-point lap-belts that was previously installed.

Looks great as well! Cafe racer look for the roadster!

Fabrication of the mounting bracket and installation of the belts was done by Speedmode. Professionally done and well though of. They even had to remove the seats to install the belts.

Nice clean design and fabrication work. Speedmode used high tensile strength bolts to hold down the bracket to the chassis underneath. They also welded a stainless steel rod underneath the bracket to strengthen it and keep it from flexing and stress.

Back view looks clean and it doesn't clutter the rear shelf, which is good for added storage space. Looks good too when the top is down!

Race Preparations for Classic Car Race in Batangas Racing Circuit on July 19

R16 Engine and Solex Mikuni PHH40 already tuned by "Race Guru" Fil Gulfin

Bought an OGK RSN (Japan) fullface race helmet. Fits great!

Shell and interior lining/fabric are still in very good condition...breath guard already included.

OGK RSN

Will also tighten all the screws/bolts in the body to prevent parts from falling off during the race! I also need to have the suspension bolts checked and tightened.

I also bought a set of HD Kai racing brake pads. These pads have an operating temperature from 0 to 500 degrees celsius, which is more than adequate for street and track-day use. Had them ordered from Japan c/o Speedmode.

These babies are quite hard to find and get. This was one of the last two remaining in stock at the Japanese manufacturer's inventory. If I have the budget and if the braking performance is great, I plan to buy the last set!

I had them installed at Speedmode for only P300. I also had the brake fluid replaced for P1,000 only...considering that they had to remove and clean the calipers and pistons. They also used a pneumatic device that sucked all the dirty brake fluid from the entire brake system and piston chamber. The brake fluid was already dark from dirt and grime!

I can't wait to try them out on the street and especially on the track on Sunday! I hope they perform well especially with a price tag of P7,000 per set! Expensive indeed, but safety first!

Sunday Fun Run


Here's a short film I made about our fun run adventure driving the Fairlady roadster:

Carburetor and Engine Tuning by Race Guru Fil Gulfin

Finally, Fil had an open schedule today for tuning the Fairlady. New jet settings: Pilot Jet - 52.5, Main Air Jet - 170. Hopefully, fuel consumption will also improve.

Cleaned and checked all the Mikuni PHH40 parts and assemblies. Found a number of blocked jets and leaking parts. The pilot screws have been replaced with the correct Mikuni screws. The previous screws were from a Weber carburetor!

The butterfly valves were still in good condition and are sealing well. The grooves on the rubber isolators have been sealed shut instead of just using rubber tubing as what the previous shop did during the last overhaul.

The timing was also adjusted since it was retarded. The timing advance mechanism was also checked. Valve clearance was also tweaked.

New NGK BP6ES spark plugs have also been installed. The idle is so much smoother and the throttle response is insane! There's more power in the engine and low end torque also improved. Top end power has greatly increased and also much smoother. The induction noise and exhaust tone is so much more addictive!

Resto-Mod & Restoration Updates:

Fairlady @ Caltex

1. Re-jetting of Mikuni PHH40 twin side carburetors and engine tuning by Fil Gulfin - still waiting for Fil's call
   
2. Ordered a set of HD Kai semi-race front disc brake pads (0-500 degrees Celsius) from Japan c/o Speedmode - P7,000 for the set
   
3. Greased zerks at Caltex
4. Planning on buying Sparco 4-point racing harness - found a supplier that is selling it for only P2,700 each
5. Planning on re-grinding the disc rotors and flushing the brake fluid prior to installing the new set of racing brake pads...when I get it hopefully in 2-3 weeks time.
6. Had an oil change using Valvoline's 10w40 DuraBlend (Synthetic Blend) oil
   
7. Had recently cleaned and sanded both rear drum brakes and pads