My Grooved Zen What’s it like to realize that all you have learnt about driving is to be rewritten in a span of 72 hours.
I have been driving my Zen for the past few years, Over that period of time I have changed the following things in order to get a Better Smoother drive.
I started of with a better set of tubeless tyres. Moved on to a K& N stock Filter &then finally to a set of Free flow exhaust system.. Yes all these mods helped in an increase in power. Up until I was introduced to a topic called Grooves. And how there is this guy in Mysore called Somender Singh Who has made some grooves in the engine head that creates some kind of turbulence.
Thanks to Team-BHP I was able to collect a lot of information on this topic & get in touch with Finetuning who has been gutsy enough to get this done on his Esteem. After a lot of Reading on the topic I called up Mr Singh, He was extremely helpful & guided me on how to go about doing these grooves on my car ( Mind you he does hold a Patent on this). Yes he does offer this service at his workshop in Mysore but I was not able to travel that distance.
The Project Spanning 72 hours started out on 23rd morning with the assistance of fellow Team Bhpians Finetuning & Janeckozzy & One very Reluctant Mechanic called Jayram.
As Per Mr Somender Singhs instructions we got the following things done
1) Engine head opened up
2) Head shaved on a Surface grinder
3) 8 Grooves Made on the head
4) Head fitted back
The following are my observations today evening.
a) The engine is very quiet & very little vibration.
b) Engine temperature a little bit lower as per the gauge.
But by far the most startling experience is that I change gears without increasing the revs in my car. When I reached 40 KMPH I put the car into 4th gear & took my leg off the accelerator pedal. The car kept slowing down till it reached 15KMPH at this speed there was no knocking or shuddering from the engine. At this point I gently pressed the accelerator pedal (No Half Clutch my leg was on the floor board) The car picked up speed no stalling from the engine……. The car climbed to 60 effortlessly.
I drove a total of 25 Kms today The torque that the engine throws out is awesome.
I drove down in slow to very slow moving traffic in 4th & 5th gear
I have had to Change the Way I Drive, My gear shifting entirely.
My Learning curve just got re-written.
Mr Singh Rocks!!!!
Last edited by Kaizer Sozay : 25th August 2006 at 23:07.
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