The KE70 is finally home

This morning, at around 10.30am, Han and I went to meet up with the Franken70's owner, Sang. We all went over to an insurance agent's office to fill up forms for the transfer of ownership. Then, we had to wait... And wait we did. We waited until almost 5pm, before we got to see the Franken70 again.

I don't get this. It is a clean business transaction involving an already road-worthy car. Why the fuss? Why the heck did they have to waste one precious day in our lives? They ought to rethink the whole process. Franken70 was inspected only about 2 months ago, after an engine transplant. Talk about redundancy... And the worse part is, we still have to wait for at least a few weeks before we see the registration card with my name on it. Efficiency from the government? Keep dreaming...

Anyway, I drove the Franken70 anxiously in heavy traffic... Once near my house, I was drifting all over the place... Holyshit... This car is waaaay more tail-happy than my ex-touge machine! Once the Franken70 was home, everyone had to get close:


With Han's help, we:
1) Got rid of the front stock seats
2) Installed SSCUS seat for the passenger, and Bride for the driver
3) Removed the old steering wheel and replaced it with my deep dish steering
4) Got rid of the rear seats to make way for the roll cage coming in tomorrow

For tomorrow(Wednesday), we need to:
5) Install the 5ZIgen ProRacer for sound effects :P
6) Weld a half cage into the car
7) Install a working horn
8) Install this front lip, arriving tomorrow afternoon:


On Thursday, we need to:
9) (May or may not install the runners for the ITBs)
10) give the transmission and LSD some TLC with fully synthetic Red Line oil
11) give the car a thorough wash and polish for that extra shine :-)

On Friday:
12) Put some stickers on the car to promote this site, Red Line, my advanced driving school, etc..
13) Wait for Jeya to come back, install round headlights, replace front grille, etc.
14) And maybe install ram-air through one of the round headlights.

On Saturday:
15) Gotta pick up some tires for drifting
16) Bring the car for a run at the touge to check out the suspension settings

On Sunday:
Have a blast at the track!!!