Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 This is no joke. A no name car manufacturer called Proton competed with all the big guns in rally (eg. Ford, Citoren etc....) and won by a margin of 3mins....Whats even more surprising is that Proton came in 12th overall ahead in the event of even some of the far more powerful WRC cars. This is the first time Proton won in a SWRC competition. http://www.wrc.com/swrc/news/andersson-cla...home/?fid=16107 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo 4th Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Proton Boleh! Satria Neo can be the next popular street racer if they market it right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnchee Clutched February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 The rest of the drivers "put water". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade777 5th Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 (edited) Making fast car is easier than making a good, cost effective reliable car. Bring your car to the work shop, they can turn your passenger car to one hell of a monster provided you have deep pockets for such hobby. Edited February 20, 2012 by Renegade777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 Proton Boleh! Satria Neo can be the next popular street racer if they market it right. Hopefully not. I wouldn't want to see Satria neo becoming a street racer. Since Satria Neos are so rare in SG, it makes me feel proud of my car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Happy for boleh land... just checking:- is the car using an mit evo10 engine? or proton's 'home-made' block? not that it matters in term of winning such races.... ford/volvo also share engine, rite? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Making fast car is easier than making a good, cost effective reliable car. Bring your car to the work shop, they can turn your passenger car to one hell of a monster provided you have deep pockets for such hobby. pple win races, we can talk and be volunteer critics.... they hug their trophies to sleep at nite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 Making fast car is easier than making a good, cost effective reliable car. Bring your car to the work shop, they can turn your passenger car to one hell of a monster provided you have deep pockets for such hobby. Saying is easier than doing. Go ahead and build one. Make SG proud. Don't be a NATO. See if you can win or not. You think its easy to build a car to win a race? Do you know how much time and $$$ go into developing and making these rally cars? Not just the Proton but other S2000 cars? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 Happy for boleh land... just checking:- is the car using an mit evo10 engine? or proton's 'home-made' block? not that it matters in term of winning such races.... ford/volvo also share engine, rite? Nope. Its a modified 1.8L Renault F4P (same engine used in the 1.8L Waja). Its uprated to 2L and modded to be able to hit 8500RPM and 280HP (as per regulations). http://www.memuk.com/super2000homepage.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightsky 1st Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 The rest of the drivers "put water". Possible, let it win one or two legs without affecting overall result to make them happy/advertising opportunity and continue to pump in money and participate in WRC (after all, majority of jap carmakers have left WRC) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 LOL...the Swedish driver won on home ground. Still got many countries to go for the championship. We will see who will emerge as the champ and in what car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 LOL...the Swedish driver won on home ground. Still got many countries to go for the championship. We will see who will emerge as the champ and in what car. Yo, does this thread even concern you? How about you just f.u.c.k off my threads and go create your own? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Yo, does this thread even concern you? How about you just f.u.c.k off my threads and go create your own? mcf got pple like to come in others' thread and stir.... habit liao, cant be helped one... keep cool and just enjoy posts which are more positive.. just take it that this is a circus, got jokers/clowns and all other imaginable/unimaginable characters... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVT Supercharged February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Nope. Its a modified 1.8L Renault F4P (same engine used in the 1.8L Waja). Its uprated to 2L and modded to be able to hit 8500RPM and 280HP (as per regulations). I tot Waja using its own Proton invented Campro engine? I tot only Savvy uses Renault engine leh.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARTer 2nd Gear February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Nope. Its a modified 1.8L Renault F4P (same engine used in the 1.8L Waja). Its uprated to 2L and modded to be able to hit 8500RPM and 280HP (as per regulations). http://www.memuk.com/super2000homepage.html OIC, thanks for the info.... its good that Proton take part in international races.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 I tot Waja using its own Proton invented Campro engine? I tot only Savvy uses Renault engine leh.... L Waja has a few versions. 1.6,1.8 and 2.0. Only the newer 1.6 using Campro engine. Old 1.6 use Mitsubishi 4G18. 1.8 versions uses Renault F4P. Then 2.0 uses Mitsubishi 6A12. So the S2000 is developed from the 1.8L F4P engine. They didn't disclose what bore and stroke they use to make it to 2L though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched February 20, 2012 Author Share February 20, 2012 Btw, there is also a "stock" 1.6L Satria Neo used in Rally. Cusco modified the Satria Neo chassis to include roll cage, welding etc, suspension. However, the engine remains stock. Even intake and extractor is stock. Its used in 2WD and junior rallies. Btw, junior is not exactly easy. We are talking about over 100KM/H on a single lane mud/gravel track. no SMG, manual gears and clutch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVT Supercharged February 20, 2012 Share February 20, 2012 Is this model "Satria Neo" still in production? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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