today has been quite a fun day for me, i slept at around 8am after messaging jo (wakeup message muahahahhaha) at around 5am just to bug her, then i woke up at around 2pm, damn pei, but still, i cant possibly go back to sleep, it would kill me. anyways, i went out for lunch, and to find some torx screwdrivers at teh local hardware store. (more on that later) anyways, they didnt stock torx screwdrivers that were in the right size, so i had to improvise when i got home. well, actualy the first thing i did was to screw back the rearview mirror bracket that was as loose as a grandmother’s vagina, and also the 3rd brake light, which was in a worser condition. anyways, back to the torx screw issue, i needed a size 5 torx to unscrew several HDDs i bought off from forumers at lowyat.net to get to the magnets inside. about 5 bucks a pop, i had 4 on hand, 3 segates and a WD (these were all dead, i assure you, no living hdds were harmed in the process). 2 of the segates were relatively new, as opening them wasnt an issue; you just have to strip away the magneic looking tape at the sides to get the lid out, exposing the platter, spindle and the ‘delicate’ insides. 1st thing i did was to pseudo-dj *lol* and that made some oil from my fingers contaminate years and years of data inside (and possibly someone’s once precious porn collection bwahahahahahaha).
anyways, 2 down, 2 more to go, and i had initial problems with getting the magnets out on the 2 because they were so strong, they magnetized the tip of my screwdriver. *aikszzz* the other seagate gave a bit of a fight because, well, since i havent got a torx to open it up, i had to use a flathead that’s just about the same size, but filed down so it fits perfectly. damn. a screw that holds the spindle assembly down had stripped and i had to use some drastic action to get the whole thing out. which involves a plier, screwdrivers, and a bleeding thumb. ouch. anyways, the 2nd pic shows how its done, my way!~~~~~
~warning! HDD porn shown in this page~
terrible handiwork, plus i did some hammering to get the sharp ends in check, had a prick on my right thumb, and i think the shrapnel is still there =.=" the platter was scratched, and dented as well as warped from multiple penetration into the case; i had 3 screwdrivers in the tight opening so that i could open it up for the plier nose to come in *i think i write porn well* in fact, 2 of the screwdrivers now lie broken and damaged from the bending orgy, something which i hate to end up with because they were good stanley screwdrivers =.=" and stanley stuff are expensive. luckily im not that rich to buy snap-on tools. eventually it broke off and i have 3 magnets now, save the other HDD that was impossible to crack - Seagate ST3491A. the torx screws are smaller than usual in this drive, and id rather not risk the chance of sharpening the screwdriver too fine - it might ruin the screw threads.
anyways after i got what i wanted, i proceeded to phase II of operation cheap car upgrades.
in most automotive forums, you might find a guide on DIY-ing your own fuel saving or enhancement products for your car. and in most of these products are magnets - really powerful ones, they actually rearrange the molecules or atoms in the intake air or the fuel lines or engine oil. esp the part about engine oil. remember castrol magnatec? it works, so there is some truth in it. so for those of you who dont know, the stock air filter box has a pipe going from it to the injectors; that’s where you put the magnets, in opposing poles. for fuel lines, just tie them there, also in opposing poles, and you can simply stick magnets to the bottom of the oil filter. oil filter wise, it helps magnetizing deposits so that they cant come up into the oil circulation again. so there you go, only thing left to do is to put the theory to purpose and so i strapped 2 in opposing poles to the pipe from the right quarterpanel of my car (mine’s a carbie) and 1 smack on top, just below the mitsubishi lettering before the air enters the filterbox. dont know if there’s any smoothness gains or not, because mitsu engines are well reknowned for their smooth revving properties, but i feel that the torque curve is flatter now, with quite a bump when i reach the peak at 4k rpm. either there is a bit more torque between 2k~3.5k or that it decreased, making it smoother and the sudden bump was the actual peak, im not sure. but one thing’s for sure, something really changed. for record purposes, i always try out the torque curve coming out from sunway into the LDP at the junction near the LDP toll in gear 3, heading back to the motorola bridge. somewhat like a rolling dyno LOL!
oh yeah, and i saw my neighbour’s cat, tao tao on my car before i came out….damn cute pussy, so docile and photogenic as well…hahahahaa unfortunately i only have a crappy cameraphone to capture it with….and yeah, it was drizziling at that time, what a striking sight to see this orange tabby on my merak green car…lol
which reminds me, i also went and had dinner with yukito, hanged out in my old hostel room with him and ah hong whos occupying my ex-cot…..ieeeewwwwww his farts are on it now >.< LOL and had a yumcha session with my old college mates, christine, keet and choon wah at Halo cafe for about 2 hours plus, talking crap about chinese and taiwanese songs LOL tomorrow, im gonna check out some stuffs at 1U while lepaking with choon wah and mus…muahahahhahaaaa
piggy’s gotta go now, chatting with jo whilst typing this terefore quite late to post lmao……ja-neh!!!
