Savvy 73WHP / around 85-90BHP - only intake and exhaust modded.
Taken from Savoc.net
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Just to share... when the Article from DRIVEN Magazine Issue 05 Page 73 praised Savvy about its R&H and being posted on AW forum by forummer, Savvy being bashed upside down by bashers (as usual lah) regarding the integrity of the Author. The Author from the DRIVEN magazine later counter post to clear the air (copy & paste from AW)
During the flag off for the Speedball which was at around 10am we were presented with some administration problems from our office. 3 guys had to stay behind. That was I, the photographer and Jeff. We all had our allocated seats in a nice Perdana and a Mercedes E280. By around 1 pm our admin problems were not sorted out yet and we were further delayed cos it was lunch time. So the other participants from the other two cars had to leave. By this time most of the participants were already having their lunch in the Gopeng/Kampar area.
By around 3pm I had to let Jeff go since he was also our event co- ordinator. But there were no cars left. And the paper work on his 4x4 was not sorted out let alone fit to run in this event. Without thinking we had to borrow 2 cars from Proton Berhad since they were the Emergency and Technical support. We had asked for a Perdana V6, the thought of driving a Savvy for 2400+km, man that's crazy! So can you imagine our reactions when they presented us with a Savvy? Our disappointment was obvious and I had objected to the idea of driving 3 buff guys in a little car for 2400km. So for consolation they gave us 2 Savvys.
Not wasting anymore time Jeff proceeded leaving me and the photographer.
Were we bought up? No. As a new magazine we do not get much priviledge from manufacturers. And if we were bought up they would have given in to our request which was a V6 that we wanted.
Why would anyone stay back till 7.30pm to drive to Bukit Kayu Hitam? Again our admin problems were not sorted untill around 7pm. It is 456km from KL to Bukit Kayu Hitam speed around 110-120km/h, add 2 stops for petrol and pee 15 mins each that will take us roughly 5 1/2 hours to reach. So latest we had to leave by 6pm. The border closes at 12am and only reopens at 6am. If we had miss that the rest of the participants would be 10 hours ahead of us. Which we would have missed the event and not get our story which we had been working on for months. But we could only leave at 7.30pm. If I remembered correctly by the time we passed NKVE Damansara it was 7.40pm.
Pedal-to-the-metal. Yes I admit to speeding. Don't we all once in a while. So be it and send me the summons, I will take full responsibility.
Prior to all that I think the abundance of adrenaline came from the Big Mac, large fries large coke and a Power Root while we were sorting out our paper work. Hey I'm not blaming our diet for speeding but if you had taken that amount of fat and sugar it will take give you the same buzz too.
So while we were trying to burn all that we were V-maxing at around 140- 150km/h. It was on a normal Thursday so traffic was low, so occasionally we had an open highway to ourselves. We pushed our speed up after Rawang. And we were flat out in the poor little car. It was a MT. I thought we were going to blow the gear box the way we were shifting. But the car kept going.
We had our driving lights on so slower traffic were curtious to us and moved left almost immediately. When approaching traffic we did slow to 120km/h and when clear we let rip to 170km/h. There were cars who would 'run' with us for no apparent reason but we just stayed at 170 for a long period of time. And either they could not be bothered to keep up with us of got tired of the speed they dropped off. All this speed we had to have petol stops. We had 2 stops. One after the second toll after Ipoh and the other just before Alor Star. Each stop took about 5 minutes not more. We did hold off the pee, well we took turns. One would pump and other pee. We wasted no time. And we were using Smart Tag so it helped a lot.
When we did our second petrol stop before Alor Star it was around, hmm...11pm (don't hold it against me guys I will check our receipts, still have it). I thought we weren't going to make it and thought it would have been a wasted trip. But we pushed on shifting gear after gear driving the car like we just had just stolen it until we reached the border. By the time we had purchased our Third party insurance for the car, check through customs, we made it through the border at EXACTLY 12AM. While taking a breather at the Thai border, Peter( photographer), who had kept real quiet in the car all the way, lit a cigarette and starts swearing at me in Cantonese just like what POWERHAUS had said on page 1, t** n** m* c****...next time YOU DRIVE LIKE THAT.... I can't remember much after that.
We immediately called the other guys who were already in Hadyai and told them, " hey we made it!" Only to get the respond, "...why so late?! We already had dinner!".
So the rest of the way from the border into Hadyai we did kept it within speed limit, rest assure.
Why the long story? Upon our return I had related my speeding experiences with Jeff and he had related me his comfort experience about the Savvy. It was that we, non Proton car owners (myself a Kembara and Jeff a Mit 4x4), had under estimated this car completely. We initially gawked at the car when Proton gave us the keys but came back ranting and raving about it.
We were hugely impressed with its ride and handling, which is obviously the work of the Malaysian owned Lotus Engineering division, that had given it its stability in high speeds and on windy roads. Especially the windy pass after Ipoh toll...Boy that car can handle and the twisty highway 4 from Phattalung into Krabi. Supportive seats and all. Hard but supportive. All in all we came back home to KL thinking about getting this car for our wives but secretly for ourselves. Why? because we had liked the sporty-ness to it. Above it all it was in our budget.
A week after the event we were still talking about the car so we decided to write an article on it. So the Savvy article came out in DRIVEN unplanned and unintentionally. So sorry for those those offended by our passionate auto journalism style but I would suggest that you guys stick with foreign mags and wait for one day that you'll have the opportunity to go out and purchase a 250K VW Gti or a super hot hatch from Vauxhall. But for now the Savvy has our praises not because Proton lent it to us but based on the fact that this little car did not let us down in this event. That's why in the title we said The Proton Savvy- The little engine that can.
Thank you DRIVEN101 from DRIVEN Magazine
Latest extract from AW responded by DRIVE101 from DRIVEN Magazine (another writer)
I'm Jeff the other writer on the article. Based on what we have read in AW this forum is not a healthy one with the amount of P1 bashers. I too have under estimated the car when the SAvvy was launched until we drove one. The article speaks for itself. My job takes me into the jungle where I have to organize 4x4 expeditions. My everyday car is my trusted Mitsubishi Pajero. The Savvy is a serious contender for my wifes car. What's stopping us from buying? Nothing.
But as for the forum we can't say much for these bashers. We don't know who they are. The editor and I had to come in to see what the stink is all about and to stand up for what we have written. And we stand by it.
We think the Savvy for this price is a good car.
The answer is no- we weren't paid by Proton.
Jeff Z
Driven March issue has Savvy on it.
This post has been edited by hypermount: Mar 11 2009, 02:41 PM
update on the ebd fiasco: confirmed by proton factory: h-line are all fitted with ebd. just the proton support staff, marketing, sales, edar etc konk-ed up and confused. so everyone can rest peacefully
any pic of your fren's engine bay? interested to know how the K&N open-pod looks likeÂ
oh. will take a pic next time k.
but iianm, it's 2.5 or 2.75 or 3 inch K&N open pod. the intake steel (what issit called again?) is made by SAVOC member. and somehow there are some incompatibility so have to fork out $$ again for the size converter silicon.
This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Jun 20 2008, 04:25 AM
but my car 2500km only. not yet 10k. haih. do u think i need to clean my throttle body?
one more thing, almost met an accident. almost hit car in front. slippery and wet road. i guess the abs did help me. legs shaking after that. can heard the tyre make sound when i press brake very hard. almost kiss the front car's ass.
This post has been edited by death_nite: Jun 20 2008, 09:49 AM
but my car 2500km only. not yet 10k. haih. do u think i need to clean my throttle body?
one more thing, almost met an accident. almost hit car in front. slippery and wet road. i guess the abs did help me. legs shaking after that. can heard the tyre make sound when i press brake very hard. almost kiss the front car's ass.
There's some water on the spark plug holes...it will go even if you dun blow dry it. Worse case, hope it didn't spoilt the connector due to spark arcing - burning thru a small hole causing leakage when the spark grounded on a water droplet.
There's some water on the spark plug holes...it will go even if you dun blow dry it. Worse case, hope it didn't spoilt the connector due to spark arcing - burning thru a small hole causing leakage when the spark grounded on a water droplet.
There's some water on the spark plug holes...it will go even if you dun blow dry it. Worse case, hope it didn't spoilt the connector due to spark arcing - burning thru a small hole causing leakage when the spark grounded on a water droplet.
i did put o-ring last week. also use silicone to seal it as mention in savoc.net.
hurm. it cant be my TB got too much dirt. cos i dont hv problems to start my engine. i think maybe some sensor got wet due to rain. will try later.
after i left my car under the hot sun. no more stutter probs. everything is ok. hurm. weird. cos b4 this no probs even i left my car under heavy rain, the car were fine.
update on the ebd fiasco: confirmed by proton factory: h-line are all fitted with ebd. just the proton support staff, marketing, sales, edar etc konk-ed up and confused. so everyone can rest peacefully
so old model h-line got ebd installed or the facelift model?