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Post by loudness on Apr 2, 2009 18:39:43 GMT 8
Its a brand name for an "internal" car cleaner.Internal meaning the guts of the engine. Best done before an oil change.For me I do it once every 1 to 1.5 years.
Pour 1/3 of contents in fuel tank.Another 1/3 in crankcase.The rest directly into the combustion chamber via straight down the throat of the intake or down the brake booster line.Whichever is easiest.
Start the engine and you'll see thick white smoke coming out from the exhaust with pieces of black soot.(carbon deposits).This tells us that Seafoam is doing its job.
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Post by loudness on Apr 12, 2009 8:58:38 GMT 8
No one use seafoam here I guess.
Anyway,giving a once over around the radiator area.Debris lodged in the grills.Even on "clear" roads debris are everywhere.Lots of digging with tweezers.
Thinking of adding grill mesh covers.Form and function.Looks sporty and blocks debris entering the grill.See what Autobacs has.Also "snooping" around Serangoon for Hafei parts I previously hauled.
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Post by loudness on May 19, 2009 22:25:03 GMT 8
Searching the web for "wind tunnel" programs to improve aerodynamics.Also finding cheap and easy ways to do it without those costly kits and aero mods.
Ongoing "snooping" around Serangoon.
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Post by loudness on Jun 9, 2009 19:20:19 GMT 8
Here's the rundown.
Using flow illustrator @ ecomodders to "see" the aerodynamics. Very turbulent at the rear.Typical of a van. Still solving to reduce rear turbulence ,hence increased fuel economy.
Connected VS with the grounding done earlier.Together with Spark earth. The roughness at idling and at acceleration simply vanished...............what?................Vanished? Vanished.
Wondered what the red raizin can do? (Ignition Earth)
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Post by sadiqsiraj on Jun 9, 2009 20:20:38 GMT 8
woah thats cool..the roughness on idle and accleration is really irritatingg...
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Post by fit on Jun 10, 2009 23:09:43 GMT 8
My idling is not spot on at the moment. Glad to know the car responded to grounding and VS. How do you describe the roughness during idling and accelerating?
So curious to find out what brand/model VS you used.
Thanks!
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Post by loudness on Jun 11, 2009 11:46:18 GMT 8
Been very sick with high fever.Don't know If can go out these few days.
Before adding VS, engine noise was like a few bags of marbles shacking about in the engine. So far Minzee responded well to every little "tricks".Don't know if it will respond well to other cars. I'm using Pivot Raisin (blue) and spark earth.Haven't connected Ignition earth(red) yet. All of these are previously used on my Hijet.
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Post by loudness on Jun 11, 2009 23:15:33 GMT 8
Can't sleep,aches all over,temperature at 38.6,body full of medication.
Made me realise that I should have got myself a laptop instead of a PC. Reason,came across lots of free vehicle diagnostics software at ecomodders. There are programmes for performance tuning,fuel economy tuning,fault finding,engine diagnostics and a lot more.
Now I'm really sick.
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Post by lostheaven on Jun 13, 2009 17:08:03 GMT 8
H1N1 alert bro! .. LOL .. get well soon ... but nice to see VS works.. but i am more intersted in grounding .. our MinZ's electrical aint that pefect at all ..
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Post by loudness on Jun 14, 2009 7:57:34 GMT 8
Getting better as usual.Be following my Khatib GRC for Some brisk walking. Gets my blood flowing again.
Yes it true.Our MinZ electricals IS far from perfect.And so are the rest of the cars in Singapore. Many still say grounding and VS don't work.No performance gains. For me its about saving the "life" of the engine.Especially the "brains"- ECU.Which goes through "hell" everytime we drive.
Grounding and/or VS plays a part,no matter how insignificant.
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Post by loudness on Jun 20, 2009 16:34:15 GMT 8
Finally got to drop by Autopoint. Went straight for Cartronics. The nice lady showed me a lot of filter setups.From the cheap to the costly.Simple to elaborate.Could have sworn she got heavy make up on. Spoilt for choice, literally. Go back, must think some more.Which are the "needs" not the "wants". Got time must check out other shops there.
Later.............................................
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Post by loudness on Jun 30, 2009 21:47:53 GMT 8
What a way to start posting after a long while.
In my continuous ways to achieve the highest fuel economy,...............still getting there...........This morning while going to work,as usual,no aircon with windows down.Nothing out of the ordinary. Going back time,this time,hot weather.So, indulging myself ,this time aircon on. What a shock,aircon only blows hot air.Aiyah............................chalat. Quickly drop by an auto shop nearby.Topped up aircon gas and oil.Surprisingly they got the same type of gas and oil as stated in the manual.They said that this is common aircon gas and not specific to certain car models.Its even used in domestic fridges and home aircons.
I guess I haven't used the aircon for quite a long while.And needs to be topped up.
With the taste of aircon,no wonder it feels sooooooooo............gooooooooood. Confirm my fuel economy sure drop one.Hehe.
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Post by lostheaven on Jul 2, 2009 22:56:02 GMT 8
Just came back from servicing.. and ordered a custom hurricane air filter to replace my current air filter, apparently i am not the only hafei to order the filter.. the boss said a malay guy came to him to order one too ...
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Post by sadiqsiraj on Jul 4, 2009 2:04:57 GMT 8
hw much is the air filter?
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Post by lostheaven on Jul 4, 2009 14:54:37 GMT 8
Boss says its about 100+ .. but its not a open pod kind... its the same drop in type but its from hurricane filters.. stainless steel
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