Cars on ShrimpWorks

New Car

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

New car from a few months ago. First time without a Civic or a Type R badge. First car not bought from Honda Westrand.

It even has plastic wheel covers over steelies.

New Car

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Said a teary farewell to some old things, got a new thing. Very happy with the new thing.

Mpumalanga - South Africa's Touge Province

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:27:51 +0000

This past week, I was supposed to be visiting Mpumalanga’s Parorama Route, taking in the views around the province, and capturing all manner of awe-inspiring photos of Pinacle Rock, God’s Window, and whatever else was visible. Unfortunately, not a lot of anything was visible at all, since my visit perfectly coincided with some extremely heavy fog and rain covering the entire area.

Fortunately, I was surprised to find that I didn’t much mind missing the views, as I was entertained by something much more interesting: the roads.

Zwartkops Track Day

Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:55:39 +0000

Data recorded with RaceChrono for Android, and mashed onto the video using RaceRender. Both are excellent tools I can recommend wholeheartedly.

Final Result

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:15:41 +0000

New Bonnet

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:40:19 +0000

My new carbon fibre bonnet arrived today, and was a snap to fit. It seriously is much lighter than the stock part, plus the vents earn me some major ricer cred.

Latest dyno

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:07:25 +0000

Attended a dyno day at WRC Tuning on the 5th. Was the first opportunity I’ve had to compare my car to other FN2s at the same time under the same conditions, and I’m rather impressed :)

Stock cars made between 116 and 117 kw on the wheels, and my car pulled off a very respectable 131 kw. Not bad for a naturally aspirated 2l motor in oxygen-starved Jo’burg :D.

More car stuff

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:47:33 +0000

Yup, I installed more bits :). See the link for full details.

I also bought myself a small camera for recording laps. Here’s my fairly boring first recording:

More stuff!

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:49:28 +0000

Got some more goodies fitted to my ricemobile, this time, a rad brake upgrade!

Previously, I had Powerbrake disks with street pads, and unfortunately pretty much killed them on the track. I’ve fitted a brand new set of Powerbrake front disks, as well as Endless CC-Rg pads and replaced the brake fluid with Endless RF-650 brake fluid.

As the pads are primarily meant for track use, they squeal like hell under light braking on the street, but that’s something I’m happy to live with, though I’m not sure the neighbours would agree when I come and go at night. Even though they’re not completely bedded in yet, they stop like nothing on earth.

HOCSA Track Day

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:48:17 +0000

The Honda Owner’s Club of South Africa hosted a Bridgestone-sponsored track day at Zwartkops this last Sunday. Was seriously awesome to be able to zoot around with similar performance cars, unlike a regular track day where you have to constantly worry about being run off the road by BMW M3s :D.

A highlight was a pair of Integras out on the track, although I’m proud to say my ’lil Type R was quite capable of outperforming them all day :P.