Project Satria: Proton Satria

 This is the car from my parents who awarding me after I got my car driving license. It is a local made Proton Satria and I understand th...

 This is the car from my parents who awarding me after I got my car driving license. It is a local made Proton Satria and I understand that a lot of others definitely give negative feedback and a lot of criticism to Proton Cars. However, I am proud of being a Proton car owner. So for those who wish to talk something bad about Proton Cars, please leave this post alone. 

Started off with a fuel injection 4G13p 1.3L SOHC engine and a Siemens ECU which to produce  about 80 hp on engine. Adding performance cam, exhaust system, cold air intake, an E-manage piggyback ECU and some other modifications will only bring you slightly pass over the 100 hp mark which this is not worth to invest as for me a performance seeker.

After some consideration, a 4G93T 1.8L turbo engine producing 180 hp from the  Mitsubishi Lancer is selected. The 4G63T 2.0L turbo engine from the Mitsubishi Evolution 3 is my preference but due to the rules regulation from our beloved JPJ (Malaysia Road Transport Department) whereby there is only 25% increase allowed from the original capacity. Anyway 1.3L to 1.8L is way over the 25% increment, and I did pay some amount of "money" to get it legally pass the JPJ and Puspakom inspection.  

After the conversion, some minor modifications are done to the car. An upgrade of the exhaust system is done to provide a better flow of the waste gate. Where 2.5" stainless steel from exhaust manifold join with 3.5" to a RSR s-flow muffler and since the exhaust tip is too big measuring at 4", therefore it was changed to a 3" tip to avoid attention from the enforcement. A VR4 intercooler with all the piping are upgraded but the drawback is the boost level is drop because of longer path and bigger intercooler which cause the pressure lost. A HKS air filter with a CAI (cold air intake) is installed as well. Some other modifications are done to the car to increase the performance such as ECU, FPR (fuel pressure regulator) and etc.

Back into the cockpit, nothing much changes are done. But one can noticed that the dashboard is changed to the Mitsubishi Lancer dashboard with the digital air-cond controller. 2 extra gauges which are the Apex-i boost meter and the Apex-i RSM. 1 semi bucket seat and 4 points safety belt from Sparco are installed for more safety when having fun in the track.

For the exterior, the car is finished with pearl white. A set of ATZ 15" rim wrapped with Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 is installed. Slotted disc rotor is fitted to provide better stopping of the car.

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