I know i’m really late to get into this forum.
But I agree with you, I’m now driving a wira 1.8 uk spec, it has DOHC engine, and dual airbag, and i also notice has 5-speed auto gearbox. the 5th gear jus drop around 200rpm only, make the car running 120km/h just at 2,800rpm.
But, i not very can notice the gear shift, if only I very concentrate to look at the rpm meter with the radio turned off.
Btw, i not really believe proton got 5-speed gearbox for long time ago. Maybe they have made some modification on the gearbox so that it looks good to export to england, izzit right? haha…

If you dont mind, would you share your dyno graph which us?

I’m just curious, since we both have the same engine in the same chassis..although I have a lightened GTi flywheel, clutch and gearbox.

since your like the rest of the blokes too,…. could tell me about Waja..

(i have to ask you because if you go to the clubs for wajas… the most they know is to fit in nice rims and white lights… the car downshifts everytime because of the heavy rim or the wrong sized tyres.. and the light blinds drivers and isnt that bright anyways…

what can waja owners do to their cars… without changing engines. .. changing heads is OK i suppose… trying to avoid paper work with JPJ…. the 1.6 in the waja.. is powerless… after driving a 2.2 car… it feels like i’m dragging a live in trailer behind with the waja…

I saw SpeedWorks Gen2 chart & there were very bad torque curves lower end & then the highest was towards 5000rpm. Which means this car needs to rev very high to achieve the power it can. Which is maybe good for track but not for daily road drive.

what a wasting lots of money, just to get extra 10% hp?? lol

better u buy dohc engine or mivec dohc coz after a few months it will be back to normal hp:P

I drive a stock standard Proton Putra. Original and Unadulterated (including the chrome proton grill) because I bought a Proton and I stand by my decision. No need to bluff myself by throwing away the grill and slapping on a “made in cheras” mitsubishi grill..”which doesn’t improve the performance” ha ha ha .. No offence to those of you who prefer the Mitsubishi grill.. its your choice..i’m sure you have your reasons. I’ve got no money to buy a mitsubishi car, so i bought a proton !!

So, you use the open pod air-filter. What brand? Any signicant differences to the power? My previous Satria 1.6 only use standard element K&N. Didn’t get to feel the difference much since the clutch wore out already.

Did you change your manifold or you just wrapped it?

Q:What’s the most expensive thing that i’ll ever spend on in my life..?
A: A house! Probably spend 15-20 years earning for it..

Q:Correct! So you’re paying so much for this thing over your head, to give you safety, comfort, reliability and satisfaction, who builds this for you?
A:Engineers, Architects, Contractors, and certified people that not only know what they’re doing, they spent a good number of years through education on how to do it right, calculations, theorys, examples, from the right education sources. Pretty much they spent a good 4-7 years of their lives in higher education to deliver these things to us.

Q: Bingo mate!, I’d NOT HAVE AH chue, AH kow, Muthu, or Ali who says i’ve done it tonnes of times before to build it right? No sane person would even look that way.. man, i cant imagine if it falls down on you while you’re sleeping…
A: Yea, hor, after build so half ass, then i have to spend again rebuilding it.. (which most people get ripped anyway in the car scene)

Q: So then what’s the next most expensive thing you buy in your life?
A: A wife, i mean car lor..

Q: So you want the workshops that came out from cherry trees, without certified engineers or techicians to work on your car? People that used to sell oil( eg. boss of amoil, boss of n1 racing) or banker ( boss of dmt, that was sold of a few good months ago) or Accountant ( boss of hiperacing) or wah last time i work in new zealand wan, under gwailo, so what i dont know leh? (links power).
A: Wah lau eh, no wonder i hear so many people get ripped off, pay so much, and car is still shit. Sit there for so many years, never come out. Lets face it, there are more snake oil sales men out there than there are true engineers. So when your car fails, or products on it fail, they blame the product and not they’re dodgy install, or the stupid mistakes they made. Most of you i believe have been guinea pigs. Publicity is on the outlook of the shops, they look good, customer service is great, but you get pumped, ripped and suckered!

Q: So what do you do in situations like this?
A: Sue the bugger!

Q: You could, but it dont work that way in this dodgy country. that’s why, in countries like Aus, you have to have 4 years of minimum technical training and certification in order to work as an aprentice in other bigger shops, then you have to have at least 2-3 years of experience before you can even own your own shop to work on. Most of the shops here, dont even know how to tune or build and engine the right way.
A:What can we do about this then? Find out more about the people that build your car, before you even think about spending your money. As any other business, investment or project, its the people that make it happen right, and the people that make it go so wrong. you’ve been through it. you know.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
I hope you guys dont get suckered in to shit like this. as the saying goes, cheap things not good, good things not cheap!

yokohama advan neova ad07 195/50/R15

Your tyres look horny. What brand/model are they?

Link

For me, I still prefer the original bonnet STAND. Because….my concerns are
1) Weight issue: I think The rod is still light than those gas springs.
2) Dangerous: Some X-brand gas spring might be Exploded due to overheated at high temperature especially in the Engine room.
3) Is it Necessity?? How often will you open the Bonnet??? Once a day??
4) Corrosion issue. Did you painted or applied ANTI-RUST after welded a small Brackets on the car body?

YAU MOU GAU……CHOR!! Good luck man!!

as for the dyno, paul, why did they harness your rims at the back?? although not much strain is put onto it.. is it the normal procedure? to tie the rims?

doesn’t the normal satria have the little ‘U’ thing to hook ex: when you get towed.. i know the satria GTi and the r3 have one at the back.. i just find it different to tie the rims..

btw, your ad07s look kinda new.. haha.. nice choice.
and since the dyno in N1 is the single roller dyno.. the readings it produce, does it differ much from the dual rollers used in Links or Speedworks? which is more accurate?

i am kind of confuse when u said wira 1.8 limited edition used the 4g93 dohc. my previous car was a Wira Aero limited edition (purple color), that imported from England(cause it was exported to england~~), and i am very sure tat it was a 1.8 sohc engine.

by the way, i had a question in my previous 1.8 wira aero, i noticed that it comes with a 5 speed auto gearbox. it may sounds rediculous to u all and even to me, but honestly, i could feel the gear shift from 4th to 5th and i also noticed the obvious rpm dropped (it dropped about 200-300rpm). i hv told this to quite a lot of mechinical, most of them just think i was joking but they cant even give me a good explanation about that. i may be wrong, but it was wat i noticed last time when i was driving my 1.8 wira, hope u can help me to figure it out ~ Thanks ..

cheers…

thx man. if not mistaken, KL Auto was featured in CBT in Sunday Times.