Updated.. But without year

congrats bro V8 waja...

well, most often in the afternoon where weather is hot and stuck in slow moving traffic or jam, or hi revving, my waja tends to lack in pickup/acceleration and gear changing. A few mechanic suggested that gear box is understress from heat built up, auto gearbox fails most of the time due to heat. i do always change the ATF regularly though. what's your opinion?

ATF cooler is to protect the gearbox not enhances performance.

v8 de

eh, swk_sam, add the latest modification done by my sister to my waja. it was a twin tip.....


continue with the tires talk. am speaking on my own and others experience with different tires.
the test is sometimes biased / too static coz' they usually take the tires for test when the tread is well over 90%. will you change your tires while it still has 70% tread? no, right? unless the tires is burst.
fyi, nct5 below 75% tread sux big time. this is where the cheaper sime astar 300 beat it on wet grip. of course sime astar 300 is noisy due to it's directional style tread but it still being considered as a value buy. good tires is fundamental. good braking system with lousy tires is almost hopeless, so, both works in tandem.
i never bought a tires based on the manufacturer / group test alone. but based on compiled real life experience of many. esp. when the tread showing more wear.

btw, am a ps3 convert! the 2 pcs of ps3 donut i bought last week start showing it's true color. top notch



tjroy@
what is your car's mileage? lack in pick up doesn't necessary caused by the build up of heat on auto gearbox. it could be the throttle body, or wear out spark plug, weak battery / alternator and so on... when the throttle body is congested, car will takes forever to reach ratio change. thus caused the sluggish pick up and slowing gear change.
fyi, waja 4g18p gearbox is very robust. my friend had been using his waja auto up to 250k mileage without any problem. travelling pahang-kl-pahang without using atf cooler.
atf usually need to change around 15k - 20k mileage cover.

i installed an atf cooler to my waja auto before but removed it due to another problem; at times, gear refuse to change due to atf become too cold.
a good mechanic who used to works for a few big car's manufacturer, including proton, advice me to remove it and there is no problem ever since!
atf cooler is must on perdana though!

thanks for your reply, my mileage is 173+k km throttle body is clean shinny the last month i checked, spark plugs i change them every 5k service, battery is till fine 14.1Volts no sign of weak alternator. traveling at highway at high speed is not as harmful as in the city as wind carries away the heat but in the city acceleration/overtaking cars and stopping and going, no constant wind to transfer the heat produced. about once a month i do go back to penang and sometimes i do go to kerteh/gebeng to work.
IMO, if install the atf cooler makes the atf to be so cool that refuse to change gear, it cant be colder than the first few minutes in the morning when we start the journey, that gear changes smoothly or normal; right?

tjroy@
atf need to be in certain temperature to run properly. cold start temperature is fine but i found mine at times refused to change especially when traveling at higher speed.
no such problem before i installed the atf cooler thou.
decide to remove it and problem solved!
perhaps, you could install an atf cooler if your frequently stuck in the jam. cost under 300 bucks with installation. mine was of bosch.
make sure the re-routing of atf done properly to avoid a leakage.

btw, in some cases, mileage nearing 200k entitle to go for top overhaul?
but my friend's already closing in at 250k an no sign of needing a top overhaul yet.

no sign of doing top overhaul, that's good, i am sure he takes good care of the car. well have u tried before adding atf additive?

Now Im using silverstone kruzier ns700, previously was using sime astar 300 I found tht wet grip for sime better then silverstone but then simetires the thread pattern not nice and kinda like offroad tires when is new......any tires better then those 2 ??prefer quiet and good wet grip......

mine already passed 250k, no problem except dead bushes and suspension mounting. those wear and tear.

btw V8 ....

haiz local car very sux de la

bro, what engine oil you are using at the moment? minerals? semi synthetic?

This post has been edited by tjroy: Apr 8 2010, 12:44 AM

sam, update mine as well. cps 2009 bronze
no mod YET

Hahaha..we wait until mxsteven finish his master of CPS ECU tuning

tjroy,
change your engine to full-synthetic, and it should solve your problem.

fyi, ATF cooler is to cool down the auto gearbox and not for performance, it will decrease performance SLIGHTLY, due to lost of pressure.

We are not welcoming people that just wanna flame people, and talk rubbish like YOU..!! And you not going to add post count by spamming here..

This post has been edited by b48753: Apr 8 2010, 02:59 AM

wth? suddenly come out with this?

Sam can u add me in owner list...=)

Model:4918
Year : 2001 (A)
Colour : Metalic gold
Mods :
1. Pioneer Hu
2. Waja 05 Rear Spoiler
3. Waja 05 Rims
4. Solar Shield Tint

Thx!

Then go take bicycle lo

Updated

scarry this morning i walking to my car then look look.. fark.. missing

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Added on April 8, 2010, 10:55 amI realized than i need a 2 way alarm....

This post has been edited by WhitE LighteR: Apr 8 2010, 10:55 AM

Lolz missing?