"Header"ing onto the fast lane Thursday night
5 SMS's from Psycho at 11.30 - are you awake? - well I was not!
Friday morning
Get a call - got these Greddy headers - come and take a look
Sat morning
Show up at the worshop. Psycho shows me the article, the finish and the design was impeccable so I give the go ahead
"will take 45 min ? " - ahem, it took 4.5 hours as Vasu and Psycho were perfectionists and ensured that the fit was perfect and exact. Start the car up, sounds the same except for a menacing hiss when one revs the engine.
Psycho twiddle with the timing and does what is known as the "Islero" test to check the torque. Oh boy! the tyres really smoke, no vtec does this.
Vasu takes the car for a short spin. Comes back smilling. Psycho takes the wheel and I run shotgun - as if there is a firm hand in my back . Last time I felt this was in a V12 Jag. The car really pulls hard. Interesting. Roads were too crowded to extend it.
Go home via Rudy's. He has a go - "feels like the Optra now" Evening - go with full family for a function. At a traffic light, a smug guy in a modded Zen sneers at me. I calmly accelerate and leave him speechless.
Sunday - go for a run with an old uncle (away from Bangalore for 22 years ) to show him ITPL and E-city. He was awed by the development. I was awed by how easy the car was to drive. One guy tried tailgating on Hosur road, I slammed the car in 2nd and the torque woke hem up from their snooze.
Monday - Leave early and take the car on the Outer Ring Road, but top end needs improvement since rear end is still stock. When down shifting, it makes a "sonic" boom.
Hoo boy - now for some improved natural breathing and some proctological application to the exhaust |