Maybe some of you knew about it, but some don’t. Let me tell you sumthin about this monstrous pocket rocket!  This is a Perodua Kelisa 4WD rally car. Formerly owned and operated by Castrol Perodua Rally Team (later change to Perodua M5 Rally Team, prior to Petronas sponsorship). The car is modified and maintained by a reputable specialist workshop called AutoCraft, based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

These cars are special. Although normal Kelisa’s have a floorpan that can accommodate the 4WD system (plug & play), Autocraft had to refabricated the rear suspension mounts so it can hold special-made Proflex rally suspensions, imported from overseas.

Perodua Kelisa 989cc 4WD Turbo, 'PERODUA 491' (Driver: Kan Chee Hong, Co Driver: Bernard Chin)

Even the engine itself came from a rally pedigree, the Storia X4′s JC-DET 713cc 16-valve DOHC turbocharged unit, that produced about 150ps. Autocraft sourced 2 units of the engine directly from Daihatsu Motors, Japan via Perodua main factory. One of the engine remains standard in the second car (Perodua 492) but the other is modified, top to bottom (blue-printed) and stroked up to 989cc for the first car (Perodua 491). Both car’s engine are equipped with MOTEC stand alone ECU with anti-lag system.

Perodua Kelisa 713cc 4wd Turbo, 'PERODUA 492' (Driver: Lim Leong Onn, Co-Driver: Kamarul Annuar)

Both the car won numerous rally championship during 1998 till 2006 Malaysian Rally Championship season. In 2007, ‘Perodua 491′ is replaced by MyVi 4WD Rally Car and in the mid 2007 later, the second car, ‘Perodua 492′ is replaced by a Viva 4WD rally car.

Daihatsu JC-DET. Small engine aight? But it can eat a LanEvo 7 for breakfast!

This is a third Kelisa, a 2WD rally car (Perodua 493) from Perodua M5 Rally Team. It is powered by a K3-VE2, 1.3 litre DVVT 16-valve DOHC natural aspirated engine taken from Storia (Sirion)…

Perodua Kelisa 1.3 DVVT 2WD, 'Perodua 493' (Driver: P.NandaKumar, Co-Driver: Suresh Prakash Sharma).

The car only performed in two season (2006 & early 2007) and later it was swapped for a 2WD MyVi rally car in the mid 2007 season.

So far this is the most outstanding event held for lovers of compact car (Kancil, Kelisa, Viva, Kenari), mini SUV (Kembara) even a Mitsu Evo9, Naza Bestari and even Nissan Grand Livina!

Enjoy the photos:

To Daihatsu, Suzuki, Honda…meet your newest rival!

Honestly I never met the car in person, due to the distance from me and the place where the owner stays. But again, I gave a full respect on what the owner have done to achieve the potential

Behold…the behemoth behind the little puny bodyshell. A fully-loaded  Daihatsu K3-VET engine with all the technical and performance goodies. Some of my colleague says that the car was built at a very known workshop whom caters K3-VET enthusiast. That’s GOOD!

BTW, I hope someday the owner will give me the opportunity to snap the photos of this car, as well let me test drive it too!! Before I leave this page, let’s enjoy ourselves to the video of this car via Youtube:

*All pictures above are copyrights of MAJALAH GILA KERETA 

*Aero Magic Jr. is produced by JP Co. Ltd

Zariff @ Lyzard’s widebody Kenari finally made it’s way to her new master…

All that I can say…”So long baby…”

For those who missed the story about this little contraption, you can browse through here:

http://smallcarworld.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/lyzard_move/

Car: Toyota Passo

Character: Ayanami Rei (Evangelion)

Owner: Matt Crossfour

Car: Daihatsu Boon X4

Character: Asuka Soryu Langley (Evangelion)

Design and Artwork by NIN DESIGNHOUSE.

Later that year, they meant serious. Based from the same model (but different car), they began a modification project with a budget of AUSD 5K and some donated parts to rebuilt a worned green Daihatsu Coure. They rebuilt it, turbocharged it, and the results are quite astonishing. Check below on how the project ends:

Part 01:

Part 02:

Part 03

Please drop by at their website:

http://www.mightycarmods.com/

With some carbon fibre goodies, and 18′ BBS LM-GT’s…it’s a perfect Euro-style combination!

This time, I’ve finally spot this Suzuki Lapin on my way to work. The car was driven by a Singaporean girl and she was heading to the same place where I’ve first spotted her car- Senai Airport ( or maybe she’s working near that area).

This car looks unique with the roof rack. Noticed the front grill is different from Lapin that I’ve seen in some Japanese k-car magazine. It’s actually a facelift model with billet-style garnish, like the photo below:

As I stopped by her side at the traffic light, I gave the owner a thumbs up for that great looking, lovely car. Maybe next time I will have  an exclusive review of this car soon…

Well, Eddie is back! No more air suspension this time but it’s all about the STANCE!

What’s his reason for doin so? “FAMILY FIRST….he he he”. Kudos to him….