New Mitsubishi Strada [ARCHIVED]

[Arvin Cristi]

Sir Patriarch puti po ang kinuha ko kasi parang ang gaan tignan saka mostly kasi ng mga colored pick up, ang hilig nang mga kaibigan nating muslim kaya palaging flagdown sa highway. Kababayan ko nga po pala si PACMAN. Maraming mga strada owners dito sa GENSAN yon nga lang walang pang strada club,he,he,he. Medyo lay low muna sa biyahe ngayon kasi biglang sinasara ang mga daan due to security reasons.

sir lamansala, ingat na lang sir sa pagtakbo takbo diyan!!!! i might be flying to davao next month, depending on the security issue, and i would be more tha happy to meet you sir. i'll kep you posted if and when my trip would push thru.

[wulf_geo]

*ThePatriach
*Siomai
*Av8or

Thanks for the feedback.

[wulf_geo]

* Sir Av8or - sir please scan and post it sir. i realy need enlightenment regarding the strada rack and pinion steering system. FYI, ive done so many research regarding the steering system to fully understand and appreciate the enginnering behind it. then i presnted my case to MMPC. which is really simple to comprehend:

1. rack and pinion is not new: the downside and what every car manufacturer obviously try to manage/control is road feedback and kick. mine is excessive. the upside is responsive steering. but hey, the old gearbox system is as responsive and accurate. then it boils down to economics - rack and pinion i believe is cheaper because of fewer parts.

2. Power assist as the term susggest, assist in delivering power so that steering wheel input need not be as much. vice versa, this power asssist mechanism should also assist in lessening feedback from the wheels being transmitted to the steering wheel. the roratry valves, torsion bar, check valves and other flow mechanism controls handle it.

3. a simple mechanical efficiency theory applies to our steering system.... even without power assist, but beacause of mechanical efficiency and gear reduction principle- less amount of force through the steering wheel can move or turn the wheel which is heavy (vehicle weight plus load of the turck). thus, in a reverse fashion, it would need a much larger force to move the steering wheel through input from the wheels (a small rock perhaps) UNLESS there is somthing not right/ flawed in the steering the power assist steering mechanism. it could be insufficient pressure from the pump, worn and non-functional valves, a weak torsion rod, only MMPC knows what and why...


the other article posted about steering applies to variable-assist and speed-sensing power assist steering system. our strada i believe uses the simple power-assist steering system only. and not so power at that because it's hard to turn the wheels.

[ianmitsulancer]

hello fellow BOSBs and strada users/tsikoteers, here is a friendly reminder from dadz when i was chatting with him last night:

"bro paki remind ang mga naka 3.2 (4M41) diyan na wag mag kakarga nag biodiesel na me 5% bio. hangang 3% lang pwede may isang barkada dito na bumigay ang makina for only 2 years. Hindi na nakuha sa warranty kasi mali daw nag (lagay ng fuel si) customer."

as i chatted with dadz further, he and his buddies in thailand will still have to see if this would have the same effect for 2.5 (4D56) users. But IMO, to play safe, it is best to use 3% biodiesel irregardless of the engine. i will be checking on the fuel requirements once i get to grab an owner's
manual again.

*dadz, thanks for the info.

If anyone here knows someone from BOSCH - I THINK they are the providers of the CRDI fuel injection system for Toyota and Mitsubishi they
might know something... thanks po.

[av8or5]

* Sir Av8or - sir please scan and post it sir. i realy need enlightenment regarding the strada rack and pinion steering system. FYI, ive done so many research regarding the steering system to fully understand and appreciate the enginnering behind it. then i presnted my case to MMPC. which is really simple to comprehend:

the other article posted about steering applies to variable-assist and speed-sensing power assist steering system. our strada i believe uses the simple power-assist steering system only. and not so power at that because it's hard to turn the wheels.

Your right, the post from alainroyce is more on variable assist, speed sensing power steering, but nevertheless, it was informative. Our ride as per the article is road sensing power steering. I have text Doc Glen to have it scanned and hope to upload it...it doesnt say much, but it just says we have a road sensing steering if i remember correctly. It's from the C Magazine when they featured the Strada, so If anyone has it, they can scan and upload it here. Their website has that part omitted, I dont know why.

Sir, try to also check your tire pressure...many factors can contribute to what you say, but again it's normal to feel the road with our rides, as it was designed for that as a 4x4 vehicle and not a sports car. Who knows, maybe changing tire size and brand might make the ride feel better. I also think, again this is my opinion, that our rides are not meant to be left hand vehicles, so if we compare it with the original rhd configuration, we might have a few differences on experience.

[DonT]

hello fellow BOSBs and strada users/tsikoteers, here is a friendly reminder from dadz when i was chatting with him last night:

"bro paki remind ang mga naka 3.2 (4M41) diyan na wag mag kakarga nag biodiesel na me 5% bio. hangang 3% lang pwede may isang barkada dito na bumigay ang makina for only 2 years. Hindi na nakuha sa warranty kasi mali daw nag (lagay ng fuel si) customer."

as i chatted with dadz further, he and his buddies in thailand will still have to see if this would have the same effect for 2.5 (4D56) users. But IMO, to play safe, it is best to use 3% biodiesel irregardless of the engine. i will be checking on the fuel requirements once i get to grab an owner's
manual again.

*dadz, thanks for the info.

If anyone here knows someone from BOSCH - I THINK they are the providers of the CRDI fuel injection system for Toyota and Mitsubishi they
might know something... thanks po.

These seems to be quite interesting. If this was true, then Mitsu should release a bulletin or advisory to warn all its customers. Could it be na isolated case lang yan? or wrongly attributed to the fuel? We all know that those CASA people are not always knowing everything.

[dadz]

Bro Dont dito when we buy the truck sinabi na yan sa amin kaso minsan me ibang tao na nag babaka sakali so far isa pa lang naman ang nasira and it's only on 3.2 engine like mine sa 2.5 okay lang, that is why we use pure deisel or deisel with 3% bio. The casa in thailand is very much diffrent sa pinas they inform every thing to their customers and they dont experiment.

[alainroyce]

Sir ianmitsulancer * I already tried to my truck to refill this Biodiesel in San Pablo, Laguna twice already . I think all Biodiesel has a 3% bio fuel. So far my truck is ok but i encounter hard starting the next day (That's only 1 day), i don't know if its cause by the biodiesel. The 1st time i've tried this i refill more than 50 liters(full tank).

I will never try this again.. Mahirap na, baka swerte lang ako at hindi nagkaproblema engine ko...

[dadz]

Okay 2.5 (4d56) can use bio deisel more that 3%, only the 3.2 4m41 is the one that cannot use bio deisel more than 3%. Ingat lang kasi mahirap sa makina hehehehehe.

[av8or5]

diba lahat ng diesel sa metro manila meron halo ng biodiesel?

[dadz]

Not all like caltex wala pa silang bio same with shell wala pa din mostly is upto 3%. You can ask the gas station on the volume of bio deisel sa kanila siguro alam naman nile "sana" hehehehehehehe.

[av8or5]

Biodiesel blends now mandatory in the Philippines
Posted Jan 24th 2007 at 8:40PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Last year Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo released an Energy Independence Agenda for her country that called for sixty percent energy self-sufficiency by 2010. Now the president has signed a bill into law that makes part of that plan mandatory. The Republic Act 9367 mandates five percent ethanol be blended into all gasoline by 2009 and ten percent by 2011. For diesel they have to add one percent biodiesel within three months and two percent within two years. The new law also eliminates the tax on the bio-fuel portion of the fuels.

[Source: GreenCarCongress]

from this alone..all gas station in the Philippines must have at least 1% biodiesel...still way belong what sir Dadz mentioned on the 3.2 variants.

[av8or5]

O.T.

Club gathering tonight at "The Alley" at Ortigas Home Depot along Julia Vargas 8pm.

[dadz]

That's very good so no problem regarding the bio diesel, sorry for the alarm akala ko kasi same lang dito kasi we have special diesel, pure deisel, 2%, 3% and 5% bio.

Bro av8or5 thanks for the clear input, paki toma na lang ako hehehehehehe, unag bote para sa akin.

[wilcats]

mga bossing, anu ang FC ng 3.2 and 2.5 Di-D?

[tancho_kuhaku]

mga bossing, anu ang FC ng 3.2 and 2.5 Di-D?

sa akin 2.5 Di-d is around 10-11 halo sa city driving and highway

[coyddrummer]

Mga Sir,

Hindi ko lang po alam kung napost na ito. Gusto ko lang sanang itanong kung saan ako makakahanap ng original body moulding ng strada 2007. Any shops na pwedeng gumawa na ma susuggest niyo? saan bako makakahanap nun? Thanks a lot!

[ThePatriarch]

Mga Sir,

Hindi ko lang po alam kung napost na ito. Gusto ko lang sanang itanong kung saan ako makakahanap ng original body moulding ng strada 2007. Any shops na pwedeng gumawa na ma susuggest niyo? saan bako makakahanap nun? Thanks a lot!

I think one member of the strada club, Aaron Go, is fabricating the body moulding of the 07 strada... pero di yata siya nagpo-post dito sa tsikot forums. You can attend one of the mini EBs so that you can have the chance to meet him and get his contact number

[cebu_boy31]

Good evening sa lahat ng strada owners and strada club members

been reading the thread for quite sometime. This forum is very informative and helpful sa mga katulad ko na gusto malaman ang performance and common problems ng strada. Reading the thread gives me an idea on the car. Ask ko lang po , Im here in cebu and my wife and I decided to buy the red strada glx. Is it true that the new stradas are 2009 model? Corrected na po bah yong mga problems like the squeaking left spring and the steering problem? based on the last few pages of forum medyo wala na problems posted. Sabi kasi ng SA na ang claims daw nila regarding steering usually happen sa mga strada's na malalaki mags and tires. If stock lang daw wala naman daw problems.

Please advice. And Thank you Strada owners and strada club…

[ThePatriarch]

Good evening sa lahat ng strada owners and strada club members

been reading the thread for quite sometime. This forum is very informative and helpful sa mga katulad ko na gusto malaman ang performance and common problems ng strada. Reading the thread gives me an idea on the car. Ask ko lang po , Im here in cebu and my wife and I decided to buy the red strada glx. Is it true that the new stradas are 2009 model? Corrected na po bah yong mga problems like the squeaking left spring and the steering problem? based on the last few pages of forum medyo wala na problems posted. Sabi kasi ng SA na ang claims daw nila regarding steering usually happen sa mga strada's na malalaki mags and tires. If stock lang daw wala naman daw problems.

Please advice. And Thank you Strada owners and strada club…

congrats sa new strada mo sir cebu_boy31 and welcome dito sa strada thread.

from recent reports, it would seem na 2009 models na nga ang release ng casa ngayon. and since aware na sila dun sa mga naging problems ng earlier released models, mukhang napalitan na nila yung mga defective parts. that would be great news for the new owners who can really enjoy their stradas sans the usual previous complaints.

may coordinator ang strada club dyan sa cebu... his handle here in tsikot is tancho_kuhaku. if you want to become a member of the club, you can PM him for an EB there... we hope dumami kayo dyan sa Cebu sir.

drive inspired!