Vi-Pec Standalone ECU by Open Tune

You can have all the mods in the world but without a good ECU to maximize its performance and engine management, it will be almost worthless. This has prompted the team to actively search for a standalone ECU so that the tuning can be customized to the mods.

Hence, Team Nexuscraft Kookaburra Racing is very glad and grateful to have Open Tune supply our race car, the Toyota Levin AE101, with a Vi-PEC V44 standalone ECU and fuel injection management system. Vi-PEC aptly stands for Versatile Intelligent Performance Engine Control. The highly tunable Vi-PEC V44 comes standard with motorsports related features like anti-lag, flat-shift and launch control. A perfect ECU to be used on the race car.

Having a good, capable and reliable ECU is not enough. The features available is only good if a tuner is in place to understand the needs and bring out the best in the standalone ECU's capabilities.

Hence, professional tuner, Mr Yee of Open Tune did just that. The Levin was actively tuned live at the Sepang International Circuit by Mr Yee and with countless hours to maximize its performance to the very last detail. Our team driver, Kenny Hwang worked hand in hand with Mr Yee to customize the tuning and tracking the car to ensure it meets all testing scenarios and to customize to driver and track usage.

The outcome of this tuning session is very positive and the power band generated is fantastic! The team looks forward to more tuning by Mr Yee as more modifications comes into the car to further utilize its power, a hidden gem in the Toyota 4AG engines.

For more info on Open Tune, you can find them at www.opentunemy.com
 

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue more modifications and tuning to the Toyota Levin AE101.

Kookaburra Levin New Leash of Life

The Kookaburra Toyota Levin AE101 is currently undergoing some major revamp (modifications) and to correct some problems it had earlier from the previous setup. Also couple with some top notched works, it'll bring the power of the bird to new leash of life it has never seen before.

Stay tuned for the latest fixes, better parts, better tuning, better performance!

Kookaburra Levin at ToyzMech

The Kookaburra Toyota Levin is currently under some touch up work to further enhance it's race worthiness for upcoming races. Stay tuned to some of the works done.

In the mean time, if you would like to catch the Team Nexuscraft Kookaburra Racing Toyota Levin AE101, come see it being showcased at ToyzMech Sdn Bhd in 79 Jalan SS25/32, Taman Mayang from now till the 25th September 2010.

On the 26th September 2010, you'll see it in action at the Sepang International Circuit morning and afternoon. Come check us out!

Torco Racing Lubricants

We are proud to announce the partnership between highly acclaimed Torco Racing Lubricants (Cosmic Elite Enterprise) and team Nexuscraft Kookaburra Racing in conjunction for the Sepang 1000km Race.

Torco Racing Lubricants were popularly used in the USA for racing and have produce fantastic results on the dyno. Race proven. Dyno Proven. It's undoubtfully, Torco was the lubricant of choice for our race cars.

For the engine build, we used Torco MPZ Engine Assembly Lube to grease all areas during the building process of the race engine. Coupling Grease was used as well in the process. The rebuilt race gearbox used the Torco SGO Synthetic Racing Gear Oils which improved the gearshift smoothness and drivetrain longevity and maximizes efficiency, more so important in endurance racing.

During the run in of the race engine, the Torco Premium Break-in Oil was used. Once all smooth and running. A change to Torco SR-5 Synthetic Racing Oil was used after the run in period together with Torco MPZ Magnetic Friction Reducer. Tested on the brand new race engine on the dyno, it produced an additional 2hp on the wheel with just the change of engine oil. The engine ran smoother and temperature was stable. During shakedown track practise, the oil has proven its longevity of its quality as well. A truly amazing engine oil which can unleashed more power that already apparent on a well built brand new engine.

For more infomation on Torco Racing Lubricants, you can check out Cosmic Elite website at http://www.oilguru.com.my. Cosmic Elite also distributes Q8 oils and Lubegard oils.

Contact information:
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Email : cosmicelite@gmail.com

Toyota Levin AE101 Dyno

Team Kookaburra Racing sent their race car, Toyota Levin AE101 to the rollers to make some final tuning adjustments in preparation for the Sepang 1000km Race in Sepang International Circuit in 3-5th of June 2010.

Catch the video in action here.

Kookaburra Levin Latest Look

Team Kookaburra Racing Toyota Levin AE101 spotting the latest look in preparation for the Sepang 1000km race in June 2010. Special thanks to Team Kookaburra Racing partners Nexuscraft, Kegani Autotech, Ultra Racing, Torco by Cosmic Elite, PC Depot, ZeroRH+, Malaya Optical and Kegani Motorsports.

Pictures by Eddie Wong and Fabian Yee. Many thanks to them for the wonderful pictures.
(all images are copyright and proprietary of Eddie Wong, Fabian Yee and Kookaburra Racing)




More pictures here at : Eddie Wong Photos and Fabian Yee's Photos.

Coming Soon : New Look for S1k

The Team Kookaburra Racing Toyota Levin AE101 race car will spot a new look for the upcoming Sepang 1000km Race (S1k) in 3-5th of June 2010.

Stay tuned for the latest!

Some New Electronics (Part 1)

So we needed some improvement in the electronics segment on the track car, Levin AE101. In came shift lights, rev limiter and communication devices. Kookaburra Racing tested the new electronics during the RCA track day.

Reviews as below.

Micro Dynamics Shift Light with External LED - DSL1

In brief, this Micro Dynamics shift light is easily installed. To setup, all one needs to do is to rev the rpm till half intended RPM for the lights to come on, and push the blue button till the red light blinks and it's set. The bright red external LED was installed into the dashboard meter cluster.

It is easy to see during track as the LED is bright. It'll come on red solid at the intended RPM and once the rpm passes 200-300rpm, it'll blink till one shifts.

Easy to use and very helpful especially during the heat of the race. An item, every race car should have!


Micro Dynamics SmoothCut RL5 Rev Limiter

Levin AE101 Chassis and Safety

When the Levin came back from Ultra Racing factory, quite a fair bit of work has been done to the car. Elson Tong, Marketing Director of Ultra Racing was kind enough to custom make and offer some serious chassis and safety performance goodies as required by Kookaburra Racing. As Kookaburra Racing will be fielding the car in up-coming endurance races, Ultra Racing will be working with the team together with Kegani Autotech's assistance for the development of more specific performance parts to enhance the car's chassis and safety performance.

Safety is the utmost importance in any race car. First thing to be added was the door crossbeams to the existing Safety21 roll cage. Ultra Racing professionally welded the crossbeams with racing grade steel. This door crossbeams is to protect the driver in an event of any side impact as most of the door skeleton has been removed.

AE101 Goes to Ultra Racing

After a few shakedown sessions, Kookaburra Racing decided to do some work on the Levin AE101. Base on the requirements, we needed more protective roll cage braces on top of the current Safety 21 roll cage and fitting of new seats.

When one talk about roll cage, Anti Roll Bars and metal works, the first to mind is Ultra Racing, the Chassis Tuning Specialist. Ultra Racing has a long standing partnership with Kegani Autotech and naturally, Kookaburra Racing has the car shipped to Ultra Racing for chassis tuning works.

Ultra Racing also help us fit the bracket for a new RaceCraft bucket seat.

AE101 Take On SIC Again

On 23rd August 2009, Team Kookaburra Racing brought the AE101 Levin to SIC for another shakedown and practise during it's regular open track day. More tests were done on the car before heading into the workshop for stiffening work. Once completed, more updates will be featured here.

AE101 at the pit ready for some action!

Almost Race Pace Levin

The Kookaburra Racing Levin recently hit the Sepang International Circuit for a private track day event on the 10th of August 2009 to run further shakedown and handling tests. The Levin was running great throughout the day under Kenny Hwang's hands.

The suspension is setup just right for now. However, the handling department needs a little more tweaking. Some body strengthening for extra stiffening and also further protecting bars needed for the roll cage at the doors. Also in the plans, some data logging facility would be useful for driver training and tuning.

Nonetheless, on road purpose semi-slick Maxxis tyres, the Levin was easily doing 2:46s with rev limited to 7000rpm (still in shakedown phase).

Levin Gets a LongAcre In Car Lap Timer

At a recent MME track day on the 21st of July 2009 in SIC, Team Kookaburra Racing brought the race Levin to track to test some car settings, ventilation as well as a new toy, a LongAcre Hot Lap In-Car Timer. Julian Ng and Kenny Hwang took to the track to give it a run. We had some issues with the borrowed test unit of the lap timer and thus decided to purchase a new one which we will see in the new few weeks.

We have to resort to the unofficial timing for the shakedown and clocked low 2:50s with Maxxis semi slick tyres. Good results judging from the fact that the we kept revs to below 6,500rpm as we are still shaking down the test engine.

Some rectification work has been identified and more to come next track day in August!


The Levin with Class A Altezza at the pits

Levin Shakedown at SIC

The Kookaburra Levin was brought to the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) race track for a race practise session recently to perform shakedown and setup. Together with Kenny Lee of Kegani Autotech who monitored the progress of his hard work, Kenny Hwang and Stephen Kok took turns testing the car round the track. Also present was team management, Jeffrey Ewe who kept a close watch on the car.

The Levin performed well and it will definately be capable of making 2:40s times on track. After the shakedown, some minor work needed to be sorted out but all in all, fantastic car and many thanks to Kegani Autotech for their hardwork.

Some photos from the session:

Launch of Toyota Levin AE101 Race Car

Here it is! Finally, the launch of the new Kookaburra Racing race car - A Toyota Levin AE101. Come packed with a punch and lots of goodies.

It's no wonder why the Levin was picked. In the recent Sepang 1000km race, the car that topped the charts during the race with the faster lap times is Kegani Autotech - Ultra Racing team's Levin with a lap time of 2:41.483 during the race on semi slick tyres. Being 1.6L in Class 2, Kegani's Levin overtook even Class 1 cars of 1.8L like DC2 etc. The Levin is a class above and well balanced and fast car. It even made headlines in previous years races for its performance.

Kookaburra Racing team members have supported Kegani Autotech in the previous races and events. The obvious choice of picking a Toyota Levin as the next race car and has to be tuned by Kegani Autotech. Kegani owner, Kenny Lee, and his crew quickily got together and built a fantastic Team Kookaburra Racing race prepped Levin, complete with cold drawn seamless carbon steel FIA and JAF (Japan Automobile Federation) approved Cusco Safety 21 rollcage, Tein suspension, XYZ 4-pot Big Brake Kit and Ultra Racing anti-roll bars and other goodies too!

New Race Car Soon to be Unveiled

Team Kookaburra Racing has procured a new race car to compete and take podium finishes in the Sepang 1000km race as well as Malaysia Super Series, both held in Sepang International Circuit.

The car is undergoing major preparation utilizing top performance and quality components like XYZ 4 pot big brake kit and Tein coilover suspension.

Here is a sneak peek of the car. The car will make its debut at SIC circuit real soon. Do watch come back for the latest updates!

Very First Race Car - Toyota Starlet

This post is specially dedicated to the very first Kookaburra Racing race car - The infamous Toyota Starlet! Many recognize the car from miles away.

It's made numerous headlines and appeared in many races and events, from race track to rally to autocross! Very versatile and humbling car.

The KooKaburra Starlet during a recent event