Hello guys/gals. I've recently obtained a bad condition perdana v6 year 2000 from my sister few months back which is roughly at march 2011, it was so bad(You know how women take care of their ride), without hesitating. I've sent it to my mechanic but he told me to convert to TT halfcut so less headache in the future,but I thought it would be more expensive, so i just told him to do the major repairs such the bush for suspension, aircon compressor recon, the exhaust pipes bocor so had to get that replace as well, steering does not rotate back when you turn it, so the mechanic fixed some arm thing or what was not sure what it was.. car had no tint and made all the leather became rock hard, so i added covers and tints, white smoke always come out from the exhaust so had to do a full overhaul+ install a brand new ATF cooler.. The bill came up to RM7k, but than it car was in 100% satisfying condition, also pimped my ride abit with 17'inch low profile rims and a nice sound system :).
Ok now back to the topic, the main disease of the perdana v6 has attacked me, i thought i was a lucky one but still, the gearbox after 11 YEARS without a ATF cooler is starting to give problems(Massive jerk sometimes when it downshifts to gear 2 or 1) but quite minor for now until A week ago when i was reversing my car one day, i put it on R and it took 5 seconds to shift and alot of jerking when i put it back to D. But the next day it was perfectly fine until today, still smooth shifting.. so im not taking any chances so i need to get this fix quickly.
Im sick of auto for now cause i know the same problem will occur after few years even with the atf cooler so im going for manual, but all the dealers in mudah or anywhere else mark the price up too high because the demand for it is high, would rather add some money and get the TT but what im worried about is the maintenance of the TT cause im planning to use this car for quite long until i save up for my skyline :D. I've heard that there is some problems with the TT like the back turbo overheat, and you cant always rev it high like you can on a manual.. i dont like manja engines, im a hardcore driver, i hate to stop at the highway to let my engine cooldown, wanna maintain 200 all the way. So what do you guys recommend for me? evo 3 is out of my budget :(, mivec is not worth it's price and power. another problem is my budget is not high for TT, im planning to sell my v6 engine to get some extra cash if i convert to TT because it has just been full overhauled. So to all sifu's please give me your advice.
Ok now back to the topic, the main disease of the perdana v6 has attacked me, i thought i was a lucky one but still, the gearbox after 11 YEARS without a ATF cooler is starting to give problems(Massive jerk sometimes when it downshifts to gear 2 or 1) but quite minor for now until A week ago when i was reversing my car one day, i put it on R and it took 5 seconds to shift and alot of jerking when i put it back to D. But the next day it was perfectly fine until today, still smooth shifting.. so im not taking any chances so i need to get this fix quickly.
Im sick of auto for now cause i know the same problem will occur after few years even with the atf cooler so im going for manual, but all the dealers in mudah or anywhere else mark the price up too high because the demand for it is high, would rather add some money and get the TT but what im worried about is the maintenance of the TT cause im planning to use this car for quite long until i save up for my skyline :D. I've heard that there is some problems with the TT like the back turbo overheat, and you cant always rev it high like you can on a manual.. i dont like manja engines, im a hardcore driver, i hate to stop at the highway to let my engine cooldown, wanna maintain 200 all the way. So what do you guys recommend for me? evo 3 is out of my budget :(, mivec is not worth it's price and power. another problem is my budget is not high for TT, im planning to sell my v6 engine to get some extra cash if i convert to TT because it has just been full overhauled. So to all sifu's please give me your advice.
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