FD Malaysia was the first time ever that i drove the S13. It may look similar but it’s an all new car as we got a new body shell. The previous car was totally beat up from the crash i had at irwindale. Not only that , Dai crashed it on the rear before and all the crashes are on the right hand side of the vehicle. That made it a banana car…… Since it was a new body with everything rebuilt and new, it needed alot of set-up and also there was some problem with the electrical console. The car would cut off during drift as the power supply to the ecu was slightly faulty. So instead of testing the car and getting it running right, we were fixing the car to get it working the whole week that i was in Malaysia.
It was a real waste of time and i didn’t get more than an hour in total to test the car and set it up. Well i was lucky that Phob and Mi drove all the way down from Bangkok to help me fix the car! They are my team mechanics.
Well come race day, the car worked real well. It was a dream to drive.. just that i was so rusty from not drifting and it’s an all new car and the weather was real bad…. super sunny and hot with lots of grip and all of a sudden it’s soaking wet with no grip at all. Didn’t do too well this race but i’m going to do my best to kick ass during FD Singapore to make up for last year!! This year with a little more practice i’m sure i’ll get real used to the car and since it’s lighter and faster i should do better….see ya guys!
