Brunei-Carzine: October 2009

Greddy Cars For SEMA

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Greddy is a well known brand here in Brunei along with HKS as they have full support and there are tuners available for its ECU especially the E-Manage and V-manage. Despite its bankruptcy it is still going strong and developing a lot of products for the latest cars like the 370Z, GTR R35 and even for the 350Z HR.

They will be showcasing some of the cars at the SEMA show such as the Hyndai Genesis Coupe with Greddy Twin Turbo kit, GTR R35 with Greddy Twin Turbo kit, a fully modded 4.2L 350Z HR with twin turbo, 370Z with Greddy Twin Turbo etc.

Here are some of the cars from their master tuner shop SP-Engineering.

First off the fully modded 350Z HR with 4.2L Stroker Kit and Greddy Twin Turbo Kit which is now producing 759whp and 668.7 ft/lb at 1.3bar of boost. However they're not stopping at that and they will try to boost it up to 2.0bar and you can try to imagine the power it could produce.

The Greddy Twin Turbo 370Z is equipped with twin TD-06-20G turbo, cast manifold, twin Tial/Greddy 38mm wastegates, Greddy 3row front mount intercooler, with it Airinx intake positioned in the bumper to maximize cold air intake.

Greddy E-Manage Ultimate controls the fuel and igtion timing to suit the 440cc injectors and 255lph walbro fuel pump with Sp-Engineering fuel return kit. The boost was preset with Tial 38mm wastegate and 0.4bar spring. With all the mods the 370Z now produce 450whp.

Hyundai Coupe Genesis 2.0L Turbo.

GTR R35 with Greddy Twin Turbo Kit with twin TD-06SH - 25G with Haltech Platinum Pro is producing 778whp with 738ft/lbs at 1.6bar of Boost.

Source:
http://greddy-usa.blogspot.com/
http://www.sp-power.com/

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October Fest: Ulu Tutong Expedition

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Hj Asmali briefing the participants before departure.

Participants at the Ford Premier Automobile in a group photo.

Mr Teng Chee Khiong officiating the flag-off.

More than 15 participants have taken part in the Ford 4x4 Off-Road Overnight Expedition to Ulu Tutong. The flag-off was held yesterday at the Ford Premier Automobiles Sdn Bhd in Beribi.
It was the final out of the three events as part of Ford October Fest 2009 with the last two Sunday's successful Tug of War challenge trophy and the 4x4 Test Drive for public which was held in the Tutong District.

Prior to making their way to the campsite known as 'Nyamuk Ning Campsite' for the night, Ford automobiles sponsored several waste bins and a new signboard were handed over by Mr Teng Chee How, Sales Manager, to the Kg Kiudang village head, Hj Omarali bin Esong, who is also the Deputy Chairman of Kg Kuidang Council Committee. The handover was held at Wasai Bedanu, Kampong Kiudang, Tutong District.

Few huts, public toilets and changing rooms were set up at the Bedanu Recreational Park in Wasai Bedanu for visitors.

Amran Hj Johari, Head of Projects of Bedanu Recreational Park advised the public to work together to maintain cleanliness of the park and its natural habitat.

The flag-off was officiated by Mr Teng Chee Khiong, the Managing Director of Premier Automobiles.

According to Mr John Tan, the Marketing Executive, he said, "This trip will test their car and its ability to endure an off-road track."

"Although it wont be a hard core track, the participants will still have to equip their vehicles with mud terrain tires," he added.

According to him, one of the major sponsors of the event is Hock Motors providing the participants with accessories, tires, afterwards servicing and souvenirs. Mr John Tan said, "This is part of Ford branding and we will try to make it an annual event because the previous events were successful."

A $30 per vehicle admission fee was charged to the participants for the 4x4 Off-Road flag-off. Mr Tan highlighted that there was an experienced driver present to support the amateur drivers and showing that safety is their number one priority.

-Borneo Bulletin