Hi everyone at lowyat.net,

My name is Jonathan or nickname John and I live at KL Cheras, this is my first time post at lowyat.net although I been observe lowyat.net for many year until now.

Currently I owning a Proton Saga CVT 1.3 (E) from last year October, I choose Saga over Myvi because CVT, handling and larger trunk if someone ask, and I don't had any bad complains about this car accept performance and quality, you get what you pay .

P/S: I'm a aggressive driver.

Is been 6 month and my car almost reach 10k (odometer), I'm thinking of upgrade/modify of my car and I had two option to choose:


First option:

1. All available product for Saga FLX (accept Room Bar) from Ultra Racing.

2. 15" rims with 195/50/R15 tyres.

4. ECU tuning, remove speed limit and improve FC.

3. Aftermarket high flow stock replacement air filters for Saga FLX.

5. Aftermarket high quality or braided stainless steel brake hoses.

6. Aftermarket Rear skirt diffuser.

7. Aftermarket 4-2-1 exhaust manifold with ceramic coating, keep stock catalytic.

8. Aftermarket S-flow muffler.


Second option:

1. All available product for Saga FLX (accept Room Bar) from Ultra Racing.

2. 15" rims with 195/50/R15 tyres.

4. ECU tuning, remove speed limit and improve FC.

3. Aftermarket high flow stock replacement air filters for Saga FLX.

5. Aftermarket high quality or braided stainless steel brake hoses.

6. Aftermarket Rear skirt diffuser.

7. Aftermarket 4-1 exhaust manifold with ceramic coating or stock exhaust manifold, keep stock catalytic.

8. Aftermarket Hi-flow muffler.


Optional:

Upgrade rear brake drum to brake disc.


Basically the differences of the first option and second option is exhaust system (6. & 7.), I need advice from lowyat.net Guru to know what are the pro and con from these upgrade/modify option and which aftermarket brands and what shops to get these upgrade/modify.

Thanks to anyone who read or reply this post.

Your purpose to upgrade is?
For the sake of itchy hand upgrading or something else?

Anyhow, those are normal acceptable upgrade. You can head over to Saga BLM FLX thread for more response

This post has been edited by shakku: Apr 9 2013, 03:00 PM

Yeah I suppose to post at 'PROTON SAGA BLM, FL & FLX CLUB' thread, but I figured out that club thread post/reply speed so fast I'll lost in the middle of the thread, and thanks for the reply.

My purpose to upgrade is minor boost performance and improve FC.

Wow, that is quite a huge amount($) to upgrade. Why dont you just use those money to get a better car?

Since you already knew that what you pay is what you get. Investing in cheap car(local) would not make you any happier compared to high end car. Even you have the best local car, everyone will still look down at you. No doubt.

Save up more and enjoy what you pay for.

1. All available product for Saga FLX (accept Room Bar) from Ultra Racing. Front strut and rear strut should be enough. If you like you can do rear ARB too.

2. 15" rims with 195/50/R15 tyres. No problem, go ahead.

4. ECU tuning, remove speed limit and improve FC. Forget about it. The car can touch 190km/h stock, how much faster do you wanna go in a Saga.

3. Aftermarket high flow stock replacement air filters for Saga FLX. Can.

5. Aftermarket high quality or braided stainless steel brake hoses. Yes, recommended.

6. Aftermarket Rear skirt diffuser. Aesthetic mod, no performance effect whatsoever. Up to your personal preference.

7. Aftermarket 4-2-1 exhaust manifold with ceramic coating, keep stock catalytic. Pls refer to FL/FLX/BLM thread. There are members who have moded entire exhaust.

8. Aftermarket S-flow muffler. same as above

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7. Aftermarket 4-1 exhaust manifold with ceramic coating or stock exhaust manifold, keep stock catalytic. same as above

8. Aftermarket Hi-flow muffler. same as above

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Upgrade rear brake drum to brake disc. Don't bother. If the workmanship is questionable, your whole rear wheel hub may fall off while driving. The FLX is not fast nor heavy enough to warrant rear discs.

All the above upgrades add up and the car still cheaper than a RM50k. Not everyone is as rich as you are.

I suppose to choose Ford Fiesta instead of Saga, but I'm lacking of high paid salary for the installment, and I'm not upgrade all at once fyi.

4. I read about that tuning ECU can improve FC at club thread?

6. I need to fix rear skirt because last month some motorbike crash my rear skirt , maybe I go for stock.

The rest: Thank you.

This post has been edited by Jonathan.J.Wolf: Apr 9 2013, 03:24 PM

There is nothing much you can do about the FC, electronically or mechanically. Just have to train your footwork. If there is a genuine ECU tweak that can improve FC, every single one of us would have done it already.

But if you read our most recent threads, you can see a few members actively coming up with efficient driving techniques and sharing amongst each other.

change to larger rim will not make FC better
it will make it worst

Generally true, unless you can find a larger rim that is lighter than your stock rim.

TS, please cum inside Saga Thread...

speed limiter?



As for exhaust, there are two types; One that gives more power at the high end with the expense of slow acceleration and one that pushes acceleration at the expense of slower time to reach top speed. Either top speed or acceleration. Cant have both. lol

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Apr 9 2013, 03:43 PM

Not only that, 195/50/R15 diameter is smaller than my stock 185/60/R14

hi there TS

wow. by judging to your mode, that's really huge money to spend. if i considered all this thing, why not i buy SE version, where i drive right now. everything have (except those extractor, air filters, braided hose brake, SB or else). its 1.6 summore, easyly reach 200++kmh (friend claimed that)

come on to our saga blm fl and flx club as iska mention. turst me, you not just ask for your planned mod, but plenty of poison you cannot resist..hehehe

Saga price at RM42k, so you said upgrades & add up would be less than 50k?
Only 8k to get all the upgrades & add up TS wants?

Not sure if you are drunk, to me at least 10k is needed to get ori parts. Except TS want it for decoration purpose.
Yes, ford fiesta is a good car, good handling especially. Since you are not upgrading all at once, hand so itchy need to upgrade already?
It would be better if you can work harder and save up more money to get the Ford fiesta you wanted. Then only start to upgrade from there.

Yeah on the list the most expensive stuff is Ultra Racing product, but is permanent and safety so I guess is worthy.

I should choose 1.6 back then, the dealer tell me that 1.3 is enough, is ok at first, but not sure is me or the car feel slow after second service.

eqmal starting to give out poison pill ~

Need car fast back then, my big brother take away my previous car (vios), long story and I don't want talk about.

to me, its a really waste of money since its just a 1.3 car. Not sure how fast you want to run

its just like upgrading a viva, 1.0 but also cannot run fast. Except turbo it but super expensive which is really not encouraged.

ooitt.... u eat poison more than me