"Stock Cars" in Tampines' Workshop

Found inside a workshop in Tampines.

The owner of this JDM accord claim that his car is stock.

But look at his front brake !

6 pots calipers and 370mm rotors painted in yellow together with 19" rims and low profile tyres.





Why would he need such great braking power if his car is really stock ?!

Anyway, a quick shot of his engine bay:



You decide yourself if this car is stock.

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Found in the same area, is this EG Civic. Owner also claim is a stock car.

Luck of the Irish

Introducing another blogger who visits Japan regularly, Chris Gray from Ireland.

Driving an AE86, which is a sure sign of die-hard dedication to the tuning cause, he described himself as "I guess I now live the tuning life even though I actually tried to 'avoid' it. I'm a Tuner, driver, JDM importer, photographer, writer, Tour guide haha, the list is endless!"

While the rest of us read about shops such as J's Racing and Sunline Racing, he gets to visit them and see all the cool demo cars in the flesh...

The J's Racing Tokyo AutoSalon demo S2000. Field report here.

Sunline Racing's demo R35. Field report here.

I guess the Irish really have better luck than us!

Gek Lim's 700bhp of fury!

Gek Lim is based at Defu Lane in Singapore and is one of the better known tuning garages in Singapore. Started in the 1980s doing general maintenance and servicing, they have evolved into a one stop modification shop, complete with a Dynapack 4WD Chassis Dynometer as well as being Singapore's authorized dealer for Haltech, Link ECUs and APS turbocharger kit.


As you can see from the picture, their clientele base is pretty eclectic, ranging from MPVs (albeit turbocharged ones!) to Mercedes to Subarus. There's even a 993 Turbo at the side, and a Toyota Celica GT4 hoisted up awaiting parts!

The Dynapack dyno connects directly to the wheel hubs allowing for more accurate torque/bhp readings compare to conventional dynos which might have problems with tyre spin. This baby reads up to 1000 bhp and that should be enough for all but the most insane of builds in Singapore.

A track-focused Evo awaits a replacement gearbox after the owner grenade the old one at Sepang F1 track. Oh well, you wanna play, you gotta pay.

Ok, a pretty left field choice here. Anyone can guess what car it is? A hint, its a Ford, there's only two of such models left in Singapore and this one packs more than 600 bhp!

Alas, the car which I went over specially to see, Gek Lim's own 10.3 sec drag WRX STI(in street trim!) wasn't ready for photo taking as the engine was out of the car for new conrods.

On a APS TSR70 turbo, with a Link Extreme engine management system tuned to Q16 120 octane race fuel, it puts out 700 bhp at the crank on all four wheels!

To compensate for my disappointment, the folks at Gek Lim kindly shared with me the car's dyno print out. Well, it'll have to do for now until we do a full feature next time.