. I'm trying to set
up a "Next" sign for each page. If you don't know where
to go first, hit no links but the "Next" at the end of
each page and you'll eventually finish all my pages sequentially!Welcome to my miata page! I'm not any expert in
web design. You won't see fancy or stylish pages here! My main
goal here is to give out infomation about my car-racing hobby.
Please use my guestbook or email for any
suggestion on how I can make this site better. If you want to
quick steer around the pages on this site, please go to Site Map. I'm trying to set
up a "Next" sign for each page. If you don't know where
to go first, hit no links but the "Next" at the end of
each page and you'll eventually finish all my pages sequentially!
I feel bad about not updating my web site for so long. Some of my news include finding myself a new job shortly after my previous web update (Jan '99), more mechanical problems with my car, and more car modifications. All these years, my web site has always been focused on car modification/setup with no mentions on driver skills. It's unfortunate that I'm giving people a false impression of advocating car modification over driver skills. Please be aware that this web site is not about all my aspects on car-racing. While the Internet is a good place for sharing infomation for car modification/setup, improvement in driving skills is better earned from practice which I can hardly describe in words.
Recently, I changed my ISP back to my original one, so I think that this must be a good time to update my web site a bit.
I was born in Hong Kong, 1968. When I was a little kid, I started to get into mechanics and electronics because I like innovative stuff. I liked to build projects of my own design. Later when computer technology got to household level, I was addicted to it because I could "build" my projects without any per-project cost. I was lucky enough to be able to study and work in the field I like.
You may recall I was having trouble surfing the site of 
UBC EE department.
I finally bother to find out why everybody else has never had the
problem. And even I could go to the site from my computer at work
without problem. The problem was due to conflict between IP
addresses from the dial-up network and my local network. I set up
my Ethernet card to use the EE IP address, some numbers that were
easy to remember!
Finally, someone within our group suggested to set up a home page for the EE UBC class '92.
These are the companies I've been working for. Some people may wonder why I changed job so often. That's because I was self-employed. These jobs were contract-based. I figured I can trade-in job security for a higher pay while I'm still single. These jobs had nothing to do with Miata, but they have been keeping my hobbies and this web site running.
Since February '99, I've changed my self-employed status to full-time employee while joining Raytheon (formerly Hughes Aircraft). And yes, I'm working on the same project I did at Hughes Aircraft. In October, '99, I had a 1-month business trip to Zurich, Switzerland. There, I met Peter Baumann of Baumann Swiss MX-5 Shop and had quite a bit of a chat.
My CarIf you have one of these nice little roadsters, you'll never
regret that you've ever owned one. If you think this is a girlie
car, I invite you to have a ride in my autocross runs and you'll
see why it's faster than a Ferrari 348!
My Previous
CarI still miss my "ex..." not only because it brought
me my 1st autocross racing trophy, but...
My
HobbiesAutocrossing is a good way to test out my driving theories,
legally and economically. Furthermore, 
trophies is part
of the excitement. To get more information on autocrossing, check
out our VCMC site. My other
hobbies include R/C model cars, computer driving simulation,
electronics, etc., but they don't seem to fit under this page.
My
Favorite RunsCompared to road-racing, autocrossing is different in that only the fastest of the 3-4 runs counts. It's always tempted to push a bit more and therefore power-slides and spin-outs are quite often. In a recent tight competition with the top 5 competitors stayed within fraction of a second, I had to late-brake from a WOT at the end of 2nd gear into a corner with trail-breaking. My body was literally thrown out of the seat and landed on the side-bolster!
I got lots of spectacular moments from my camcorder archive. Power-slides, spin-outs, 3-wheel turns, etc. may worth sharing w/ car fans. Due to web storage limit here, I can only post one video clip at a time. Also apologize for the image quality after so much compression. Old clips will be archived in my home PC. You may request to email to you directly any archived clips.
In answer to requests, I'm putting some sound clips and will
keep adding more.
Shop TalkI dedicated this section to share with other car fans my
opinion, theories, and experience on car stuff. I try to avoid
too much detail in each topic. You may not agree with some of my
opinion and theories here. Any constructive feedback or request
for details are welcome. Please use my
guestbook or email me.
VCMC -- the official web site for our racing
club.CACC -- Confederation
of Autosport Car Clubs.Autosports BC --
Another site for CACC.ChasinRacing -- Race
Track Locator Home Page. Info on more than 630 race
tracks in North America.Tracks-Seattle
International Raceway -- Info on Seattle
International Raceway.Simple Digital System
-- SDS Fully Programmable Fuel/Ignition Computer.CSP autocross miata
solomiata -- Randy Stocker's home page. Tons of car
modification info.Dans' Home Page -- Dan
Garcia's home page. You'll find various miata sounds from
different setups.NW Motorsports Web --
Motorsports racing schedule in the NW region.miata.net -- lots of Miata stuff.Simon Tam's Home Page
-- a friend's home page.How Safe is a Miata --
some pictures of flattened Miatas.Kam Yuen Lai's Home Page
-- another Miata owner's home page.
My guestbook is kept at another site, so I include this redundant section to guide you to My Guestbook.
If you have any
comments, suggestions, or want to include your home page in my
hot links, use my
guestbook or email me at cchuNO_SPAM@infomatch.com.
(NOTE: Please remove NO_SPAM in my
email address.).
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