Finally I managed to watch 'Captain America: The First Avenger'!!! I'm a sucker for comic derive movies... If there is someone filming it, I will definitely watch it... Till date, I believe I have watched all these movies showing in the cinema... So I won't leave this one out for sure...

What I like about this movie is the retro feel of it... I'm really into retro nowadays!!! I'm very sure a lot of people will compare 'Captain America' with the recently shown 'Thor' and to be honest, I prefer 'Thor' a little bit more... Don't get me wrong as I really like 'Captain America: The First Avenger', but in terms of story line, I prefer 'Thor' a teeny bit more... The problem with 'Captain America' is you know what is going to happen next... So there is no suspense or whatsoever...

Another thing that I like about 'Captain America' is how a small guy with a BIG heart manage to be the ultimate soldier which is the polar opposite to 'Thor'... 'Thor' was born with mighty power and this makes him damn arrogant... So I guess I'm just comparing apples to oranges huh??? But this is still a very good movie if you ask me... Down to earth kind of movie where you get to cheer on the good guy and hates the villain!!!

After getting my car for a few weeks, I needed to sent my car to the workshop again... When driving I can hear some grinding noise and during initial acceleration, I can feel the car vibrating a bit... I'm suspecting the long shaft to be the main culprit...

After checking my mechanic confirm that something is indeed wrong with my long shaft... But the problem does not lies on the long shaft rather than the mounting... Guess I need to train myself not to step on the accelerator pedal everytime I'm behind the wheel of my 'FrankenBenz'!!!

Besides the long shaft mounting, I'm changing my power steering box as well as the old box is leaking severely... I need to top up everyday and a 1 litre power steering fluid won't last me a week!!! That's how bad it was leaking... After replacing the power steering box, there is a noticeable difference between steering feel... The steering is so much heavier and a lot less free play... This is how it should have been...

What is this 'Proton Savvy' doing in my mechanic shop???

A 'Toyota 4E-FTE' in a 'Proton Savvy'!!! Really Malaysia Boleh...

To be continue...

I don't know when it really started but it seems that I'm really falling in love with 'classic' cars!!! I guessed it started when I decided to start on 'Project FrankenBenz'... There are a few classic cars that I'm really fond of before I even started my 'FrankenBenz' project... This particular car will get my blood pumping and even making my knees weak if I have the chance to see one on the streets of Malaysia... But I guess chances are pretty slim... If you watched 'Fast Five', I'm very sure you know which car I'm talking about...

The KPGC-10 or better known as 'Hakosuka'!!! One of the nicest 'Skyline GTR' if you ask me... Sex on wheel...

If you let me choose between the 'Hakosuka' and all the other 'Nissan Skyline GTR', the 'Hakosuka' will definitely be my pick!!! I know it won't out run all the other 'GTR' but there is something with the design that got me tingling!!!

Boost meter install on my 'FrankenBenz'!!! Currently still running on stock boost so I'm only able to boost at 0.7 bar the most... If you are not power hungry, stock boost is more than enough... But my target is to boost at around 0.9 to 1.0 bar!!!

All the meters are working fine... If you are familiar with W124, I'm sure you will notice something different with my speedometer... My mechanic swap out the original 'Merz' speedometer and replace it with a 'Toyota' unit... I'm really impress because he manage to find one that looks almost identical in terms of design and lettering!!! The only downside is the meter max out at 180km/h only as oppose to the original one at 260km/h... I don't know about others who went down the same route as me by transplanting another engine, but i find it really hard for me to keep track on my service interval... When I bought the 'Toyota' engine, the mileage is around 155k++ but the speedometer that my mechanic found have around 189k++!!! So I guess that's the price that you need to pay... No BIG deal actually...

To be continue...