Got my saga FL 1.6 last thursday thursday, my dad try the car, tekan full throttle till 100kmph until red line, belum clock even 10km on the ODO... aduih.... sakit.... anyway


first thing i did was changed the tyres to michelin XM1 for rm 180 a piece, traded in the ducaro GA's for rm 145 a piece





The next day my soundproofing items arrived, straight i strip the boot out and plaster it all in.

Could be better, but not enough materials, under order pulak



Next thing i found out is, the Osram Nightbreaker bulbs i ordered, cannot fit due to not correct size... =/

This post has been edited by barnhammer: Jul 2 2011, 05:11 PM

you're serious =.=

im about to go to penang for clubbing tonite, should i red line the car on and off till i reach there? odo is about 40km now..

some bitumen strips, and cell like foam for both bonnet and boot.


btw, guys, i tried red lining the car on the NS highway just now.

dropped to 3rd gear (auto) and went from 100 to 160 and held it there for 5 seconds, break in enough d ar? milage is now 600km

One thing i notice today ar, my car got supercharger whine XD it comes from the front passenger side/firewall area of the car ...

and when the iafm switches to short runner, at 4k or so, it sounds like aeroplane taking off, a turbo spool wan?

hmm, okays.

any oil recommended? i was thinking bardahl 5w-30 fully syn @ rm 95 or Lexus Fully syn 5w-40 @ rm 140 or castrol edge 0w-40 @ rm145

another thing is that the FC is terrible, its like pumping for a BMW 328i, i heard from a friend, can request for ECU reflash at the SC?

This post has been edited by barnhammer: Jul 4 2011, 12:22 PM

ouhz, then use what oil? even my old tiara also use bardahl 5w-40

it wasnt jammed, penang to sungai petani and then to taiping




if reflash, i thought will revert it to default?

but why 10w-40? any particular reason? if 10w-40, any oil to recommend?

oh ok =/

how about castrol edge 0w-40? fully syn, tesco i saw quite cheap

I thought new car or small CC cars ( less then 1.4L) can only use lighter oils because its better?




omfg..................................................... aihz.......... feel regret liao....

nvm la..... when it comes out and if its better, i change car lar.

1.6L + CVT got?

ahh i see..... ok.

will get the 10w-40's



by the way, any nice silent tyres for our BLM's?

using stock rim 14"

swapped to michelin xm1 on day 1 from Ducaro GA, feel like not up to my expectation, got any others to recommend? will open garage sale soon to sell it off.

this was how i broke in the car haha......

eh MR_alien bro,

should i break in the car more or not?

Bardahl is a very old brand in the 1980's up to today.

Recent checks, its a Group -III oil but heavily refined by BHP.


Castrol Edge get thiers from BHP, its suppose to be a Group IV, but some are Group III, only lab testing can prove this.


True Fully Sunythetic oils are AmSoil, and some others. Base IV and base V esters.

Hmm, use google to research the oil you want.

API classifications are just a indicator, the standards are still low. It doesnt mean the manufacturer has to point out if its a Base III, Base IV or Base V.

Price sometimes are not indicative of the oils performance.

Big brand names do it all the time, I wont say that they are NOT fully synthetic, just that it is Fully refined hence they are not cheating you. There is noone to actually control what synthetic is, semi synthetic and Dino oil.

But i know for a fact, if you buy a bottle of say, shell helix ultra, and shell normal yellow bottle one, mix at a ratio of 25:75
you get an approximate of the shell HX7 semi syn.

guys, have you encountered this problem before ar?

was driving around last night, then checkengine light lighted up in orange and stayed there.

then i just realize when cruising previously, the car will do a slight jerk, not on gear changes etc. just a slight jerk every 1 minute or so

milage 700km only....

Educated a friend of mine why the 1.6 IAFM Auto is powderful on short runs.

tq bro

me dunno why dunno how to link youtube =/

noob sia.


installed front strut bar, rear bar and anti roll bar, cornering damn stim now.

plant to install the rest next friday for the weekend drive around

btw, any way to squeeze more power out of the engine? abit no shiok when less then 3k rpm

mods done so far are:

- installed VS and grounding cable ( better lights, thats about it)
- strut bars ( front upper, front lower, rear ARB, rear strut, and rear torsion)
- drop in K&N filter


planning to install IGX iridium plugs, any serious benefits or just snake oil?

i feel butthurt liao......

less then 1 mth i got my FL 1.6 AT...... come out this CVT and abs.

anyone wanna buy my car? milage 3k. serviced with shell helix ultra.

price rm 40k ono

I travel between kl and northern region, i clock about 1k km a week

its quite alright la the saga BLM, just that need to do some improvements like anti roll bar, strut bars etc, else the feel for the rear of the car is somewhat like a vios at high speeds (above 100kmph)






1.3blm at is not really under powered, just that it needs to be revved harder say 4krpm~5k rpm for over taking cars, which is easily done by dropping the gear manually.

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Added on July 23, 2011, 9:00 pmbut i still feel butt hurt..... cvt is naise... only if proton got the ratio correct for highway. as for abs... i tend to slam brakes and whack corners pretty hard ( bad habit from my tiara ) so its better if i dont have to skid a lil

the salesman didnt tell me, else i could have waited till end of the year for the 1.6 with cvt + abs...

now my tiara sitting in the car porch everyday doing nothing ( except weekends where i take it out and whack red line )

This post has been edited by barnhammer: Jul 23 2011, 09:01 PM

vios only has 4 gears for AT la........

1st: 2.847, 2nd: 1.552, 3rd: 1.000, 4th: 0.700, Reverse: 2.343




saga blm
1stRatio : 2.842, 2ndRatio : 1.529, 3rdRatio : 1, 4thRatio : 0.712



the main reason why the FC is high is due to the ratios and the torque on the blm.

kenari AT also i have tried before, full tank rm 55 (ron 95 @ 1.9) gives about 300km? 320? mixed highway @ 110 and town driving.