Do a bit survey... find nearest spare part shop and make friends with them. Try and buy from them consistently and see if you can get better pricing from them. If you get it from mechanic you can't expect them to sell you for the same price, they need to pay for storage/parts/transport as well.

Some of the things can be fixed DIY. Changing plug cables/distributor cap/rotor arm is so simple so that's something you can do to save a bit of $$ and also have some satisfaction of DIY maintaining your car

oops.. new thread is here..
i just posted in v25.. ><

Learned expensive lesson.
Nvr trust workshop so much.

if you fixed your rough idling, wouldn't that void the need for sound proofing? think about it.

also, even on rough idling, usually the hood would not vibrate that much, if any at all. perhaps there is free play? engine mounting issue? you claim that it doesn't bother you much... but you're seeking for sound proofing because of engine hood vibration, contradiction?

i just red line rev it to pass 1/2 gear and just sit in 3 gear lol. as for engine/gear box damage, maybe not? since i use good engine oil (either torco or liqui moly semi syn). gear box... well i am using almost rm300 per oil change worth of oil and additive. (Q8 semi syn and lubegard platinum lol)

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Added on August 27, 2012, 1:25 amthere is obviously not the case as not everyone also kena makan duit, right?

there are honest workshops out there, just got to find them

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Aug 27 2012, 01:25 AM

yeah i know, my foreman did a few tuned of the rpm thingy b4, but that doesnt last long, some time later, it came back.. so instead of going back to tuning the rpm thingy again, so just get something to stick in between so that the sound doesnt come out. just let it vibrate, as long the sound doesnt pop up again, im totally good with it.

wow, u can really spend big bucks on ur service each time.. im just just using some average mobil engine oil and atf though. but isnt it even if u use good lubes, ur exhaust system arent upgraded, will cause engine oil to drain away?

the carb idling tuning is obviously not the root cause then, you need to fix the root cause which is causing all this problem (require to fix idling, require to sound proof)

considered de-carbon your carburetor? when is the last time you replaced spark plugs? are there any fouling/premature worn on your spark plugs? what about spark plug cable? is your car grounding ok? (bad circuitry = shitty spark/misfiring = rough idling)

gear box oil only every 20k km or so change, and i am considering extending it to maybe 30k km. gearbox always smooth, oil drained out damn clear/clean and no signs of degradation, a bit wasting to change at 20k km for such good quality oil/additives lol.

and no, engine oil draining are caused by oil seal/piston rings etc leaking. nothing to do with good lube or exhaust system aren't upgraded. in fact, exhaust system has little to nothing to do with engine oil lol.

that said, my exhaust system is completely replaced with cap ayam upgrade though

no idea which part of the engine bay went faulty, but i think it cost much more than buying a couple of metre to do some simple absorption though.

2 years ago done corbon cleaning using threebond from thundergod_cid, not much of white smoke came out. felt wasted.. even thundergod_cid himself said my engine still in pristine condition.

replaced all 4 spark plugs when doing top overhaul about 1/2 year ago, so i think shouldnt be spark plugs. not sure about spark plug cable though, but definitely is stock black cable.

bought a set of vs + thick grounding cable from ericteoh too.. so i guess grounding should be fine too.

thats weird, there was a time that after i done my top OH, my engine oil was at the peak level, done is crazy max speed sprint @ plus highway from sepang to kl for a couple of times, surprisingly my engine oil gone down to 1/2 level. shocked me, and since then i never speed more than 140kmh. now even worse, my GB started to have oil stain and my parking lot floor has some oil stain and i suspect is GB oil.

based on my knowledge which i obtained from my friend, he said if always do high rev, if your exhaust system is not modded for bigger flow, the pressure created due to high rpm will cause the engine to suck up the engine oil. not sure he was crapping around or fact.

eh 2 years ago? prior to that trip to de-carbon, have you done it before? or did previous owner (not sure if you owned the car since the beginning) did it? because i decarbon my car around every 20k km, and that always exhaust a decent amount of white smoke lol. though since i am a "frequent" decarboner, only need to use around half bottle as the engine/carb isnt really that dirty
takes about 1-2 months for 5k km, so between 4-8 months for 20k km in estimation?

also, those 4 spark plugs are stock/cheapo NGK? (as in rm30-40+ or so for a pack of 4) or fancy platinum/iridiums? because if using those cheapo ones, i just change every 5k or 10k km if they are still in good conditions upon inspection lol. maybe try inspecting it?

have you tried taking out your stock cable and inspect if there are any damage/corrosion on the cable contacts/tips? or even damage to the housing/cable exteriors?

at least we got groundings out of the way (i also recently just bought a set of VS + grounding from ericteoh )

when you inspect your engine oil, is it right after you speed? because the oil will take time to settle down back into the oil sump. best to do oil inspection is the next day in the morning to get a more accurate reading (also make sure your car is not on a slope too lol, iinm tilt to front = more while tilt to back = less?)
btw, i just did a ~165-167 max speed sprint from lcct to subang yesterday (lol figure got detained by customs. rm70 tax ) and no engine oil loss, lol.

my GB also have minor oil stains, prolly due to the gb oil sump dmg? (could be just the contacts/gasket unable to seal properly) however i inspect the gb oil levels, everytime also adequate as if never leak. i may not have the experience to inspect, however i let my mechanic to do it, also same results (they will have 1 more guy in the car to engage gear while the guy in front inspect the oil levels)
and furthermore the ground never have any oil stains... so yeah ill just leave it as it is until the next gearbox oil change, then maybe replace the GB oil sump and gasket/gb oil filter all at the same time (got a long way to go on this )

as for your friend, personally i think he is crapping. other sifu do comment/correct me if im wrong

add me to list
iswara year y2k

m goin wit wife... hotel duno oo...i ask d organiser help me settle room..goin on saturday..if u goin on sunday, u can convoy wit d rest..can try PM peekaboo.

aiya...go there sure alot bring car jack.. i can personally help u as well. no big deal..lol

yup.. time attack. better also coz no chance hit wit other car...lol

compare wit continental car sure is cheap la..lol..

distributor proton is good but kinda expensiv.. i'll resolve to half cut..lol..depends on luck also..china distributor dun waste money..totally cannot trust..

eh,join along lo..lol.. well, sport spring is enough d lo.. ARB u can pasang also but dat day didnt saw ur car oversteer/rear buang. so,guess dats not d main weakness.
welcome

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Added on August 27, 2012, 9:02 am@megadisc
PM peekaboo to add name better..

This post has been edited by low yat 82: Aug 27 2012, 09:02 AM

the place organizer settled is a hotel or their own room/housing? plan to go saturday too, can sleep/rest easy 1 night after long distance driving XD

anyone may want to convoy/tumpang room?
http://www.hangouthotels.com/malacca/index...g&id=4&Itemid=4
i love hangout at sg, hopefully melaka is the same if not better.
RM73.5/night/person

free breakfast, and you can leave your stuff at their locker/facilities after checkout in the morning and go track, after track come back collect luggage.

as for car jack, i also got la. but the turning mechanism thing just to jack the car, makes me pening more than i unscrew the nuts on the wheels lol
if you/they got the big one that's much easier, where you use a long handle stick and just whack it up/down while standing, ok la lol

my when my distributor kong'd, i replaced with recond initially, gave me too much headache, "tuning" after "tuning", until i just fed up, pay up for original proton, and everything kaotim.

maybe i just bad luck la, but hey, money works, so that's the end of the story lol

and no oversteer/buang cuz i brake damn hard ma, somemore cheating with semi slick tires, damn thing sticky as hell even during rain (it still aquaplanes like mad when hitting puddles )

i still managed to buang it during open track la, but that's cuz i wanna try to drift
but rofl drum rear and our FWD car, aih forget it la

that said, everyone claimed my car was sampan and at some points tripod weih, so i dunno la. from the inside i memang can't feel anything and quite sure the wheels were stuck on the ground. if anything, like you said, didn't oversteer/buang. but again, that is with semi-slicks, with that banned, how? lol

im the 2nd owner of the car, when i got the car, the mileage was around 83k+-, and iirc, i de-carbon it around 100k mileage. i think i should go for another de-carbon too.. my current mileage is almost 130k. it took around 3 months for me to reach 5k mileage as i only use the car to travel around the city, not much highway speeding.

for sparks plugs, yes 4 stock spark plugs, the top overhaul package came together with those cheapo plugs. frankly speaking, i never take out the cable and the spark plugs for inspection before as i do not have those tools to take it out and also im noob on it..

i inspect my engine oil after i left my car to cool down overnight, so i think should be accurate, the floor is pretty much flat, no slope and whatsoever. well, probably my gb is about time to get some new stuff replacement though.. i hate oil leakage, as the oil level will drop drastically makes me feel nervous. but my ground has some oil stain, so i think it started to have some minor leakage, asked my foreman, he said its still very minor yet, so just leave it there, and the heck, changing gb stuffs cost alot though..

i think my friend is, he is the leader of his car group, so i guess his words should be reliable.. who knows he is bs-ing around or what. but he is more into visual enhancements rather than performance modification.

@lowyat82

i wanted to join, see how far i can push my car to, but my car is pretty much stock, afraid will let ppl laugh and oversteer..

I'm no sifu but this is first time I've ever heard of such thing...

"if always do high rev, if your exhaust system is not modded for bigger flow, the pressure created due to high rpm will cause the engine to suck up the engine oil"

Let me say this based on my limited understanding on car exhaust...

1. High Rev/High power output results in higher rate of exhaust gas to push out.
2. If the exhaust system is not catered to handle this higher rate, it means there is high backpressure.
3. My understanding of this is, high backpressure will cause loss of performance or probably better to put the other way round, not able to squeeze out maximum performance.

I believe what your friend meant is probably if the exhaust is not tuned accordingly, the car engine will suck up more PETROL (not engine oil). I believe stock exhaust is probably not performance tuned.

lol..
how come online bookin so much different?

wat they meant by sampan is bcoz it seems ur ride abit tall thus makin it feels like sampan huyung hayang.. its bcoz d spring is too long.. sport spring will solve it..lol

car jack i guess alot will bring d big 1..lol

no 1 will laugh lo..haha.. any type car is welcome.. outside of my car also looks stock. no bodykit.. shawn's n quaza's iswara also stock

well it was "clean" when you brought it to elton, so wondering if previous owner got it done or something. i mainly travel city too btw, just that i guess i use it a lot more especially for my work (travel between sites lol)

if you noob (like me!) ask mechanic help you unplug/take out la
do note that if you cant remember/label ur plug cables connection (distributor to the spark plugs), please do this sequentially because if you mess up the connection from distributor to spark plug, your engine is going to have some bad mis-timings/firings lol

if thats the case, makan engine oil ady lo. maybe instead of top overhaul, consider saving up for a full overhaul and bukak semua? lol
do note that if your engine oil leaking on the ground is severe, it will be much worse if you speed/put more stress and temperature to the engine as engine oil viscosity gets thinner on higher temperatures, which means easier flowing aka leaking out
GB stuff if you're just dealing with the gasket, external oil sump, filter, isnt a lot. maybe 200-300 (or less) for the 3 things i mentioned

Malaysia banyak butt dyno people ma, are they reliable? hard to say. depends on your judgement i guess.

its ok la, they want to laugh can laugh at me lulz. (yes i also pretty much stock, though that day brought semi slick tires la LOL! )

lolz i dunno le.
maybe book online they get to prep the room/planning better? walk in have to arrange on the spot.

somemore book online usually charged beforehand (unless you frequent customer which is true for my case lol) so its a "guaranteed" customer.

well that "tall" part is stock ride lol. never changed my springs, only absorbers. and i dunno la, that still kinda dont explain on my car tripod'ing according to them lol
sampan until tripod? if no semi slick ma gg oversteer/car flip?

and ya only proton AT car in the whole race too i believe ROFL!
dilemma of gear 1/2, locking at 1 red line too much, scare engine blow. go to 2 it tends to up shift while exiting corners, GG LACK POWER LOL

ooo... i planin to book hotel in melaka town as well...lol.. but d hotel u intro, dun hav for superior double d.. in d mid findin other hotel..

lol..its d spring... car wont flip la..lol. mayb oversteer / understeer la..


huhu..act, got another car also AT..d proton wira green light color. belongs to iszo.

you mean twin beds? as in 2 beds together that kind? its generally budget hotels for travelers, not so much for couples/families lol. but i suppose with twin beds, one can... "improvise" lol

i thought your accommodation is arranged by the organizers? still finding?

haha i see...

and yawoh, forgotten bout him too. i think i'm 5 sec behind him, while him 2 sec behind the other guy. though IINM he got mod underneath his engine?
i know he changed his camshaft or something lol.

mine is still pretty virgin weih (well maybe not, ady full overhaul once, lol)

queen size bed..

i told d organiser i settle myself..huhu..wanna stay inside melaka town instead of ayer keroh.. pekaboo n some r doin convoy on sunday n go back on d same day

his car heavily mod.. 1.6liter stroker, forged piston,mild camshaft n yada yada.. if his is manual, then probably can unleash roughly another 30hp..

aiya atm im "settling" myself lo, tentative case and what not lol
and omfgwtf i checked hangout again, double bed tarak on 8th sep, and twin bed rm168 not rm147 on that day, WTF.

and wtf the list of mods. how is that stock lar
my car at most is just cap ayam exhaust and LCP, lol.