eh I also interested too...do let us know too

haiz....bleady Kastam's network down so couldn't settle the excise duties yesterday and today mine masuk system late. Tomorrow morning registration at JPJ

afaik BLM doesn't use DBW for the throttle so can't use the booster...lemme check mine again later. And can you all please stop talking about the sheared cranks...that's old story already due to early batch miscalculation of sinter forge technique causing it to shear

Haven't heard since then such cases even with the leadfoots out there. And if proton continued to produce those, they'd be in a risky position of being sued for negligent fault wouldn't they?

Let me have a look at mine tomorrow since it's very easy to identify after I removed the engine cover but to be honest that booster is just a signal amplifier to indicate to ECU to open throttle at greater opening since DBW's input is resistance based output which means the ECU reads the voltage being reported back and corresponds accordingly. So the base issue lies in the programming itself

Short of taking the crank out and subjecting it to tensile testing, I'd say no

Clearly that's not how an ECU works. ECU works based on feedback. Feedback is from sensors and for general systems running the main feedback is based on an electrical value. DBW only gives feedback based on the pedal position. How? Imagine a simple example. Look at your radio. You turn the knob clockwise you get a louder volume right? How urgent you want it to be louder is dependent on how quick you twist that knob. So the booster acts as "trickster" telling the ECU that you supposedly pressed the pedal to a position you want to press at a more urgent rate. That's how I believe it to be

No la not so that bad k? Mine is 2 days old. 2 bar strips and mileage 200km already. And I drove mixed

Which dealership is this? Mine on last friday had ready stock of your model

This post has been edited by almostthere: Dec 21 2008, 11:59 AM

Double checked and yes BLM uses DBW..had a look underneath the dash and found the VDO unit (Made in Romania....LOL)

This post has been edited by almostthere: Dec 23 2008, 11:19 AM

Me!!!! B-Line Grey Manual

Latest update on FC after 1st service:

Mixed driving (including occasional blasts upto 14-km/h)

RM51.35 = 28.53l

Mileage = 406.6km

FC: 14.25km/l...w00t

MANUAL
1) Vincent_A8fm - Solid white - M-line
2) djboycalvin - Solid White - B-Line
3) limping - solid white - m liine
4) almostthere - Granite Grey - B Line
5)

AUTO
1) Bibby - Genetic Silver - M-line
2) four_add - Genetic Silver - M-line
3) Darkmage12 - Genetic Silver - M-line
4)
5)

done

Your question would obviously yield a biased answer here but to be frank, the value for money ratio for Saga is better (which is what swayed me to get one). FC wise for manual I've managed to achieve about 14+km/l and in terms of performance, let's just say a Myvi is gonna have a hard time to keep up with me or lose me. Maintenance wise I'd leave it to the more experienced one's to answer

By right it's not a good idea to over extend your current service point since I've noticed such practices actually increases likelyhood of engine sludging. What would be a good idea is to service it now and mark the next service to be at 11000km instead

Wow, saw the GAB springs pricing, lower then expected but didn't state where to pasang it leh

Same laa here, drive like mad can still achieve at least 14km/l. Not bad man

Eh, anyone pasang de the GAB springs?

pics laa bro...wanna see berapa jari dia kasik turun

Hurmmm...this is weird the FC for manual BLM's. Mine's a B-Line manual wiht lots of mixed driving RM50 still can stretch me upto 360km between fillup's. The most I've done was 496km with RM60 init. And yes, I do drive it very fast at times. Upto 165-170km/h at night just for fun. Once a week