Proton Impian

The Protons were another BTCC newbie this year and have come over from Malaysia where they have dominated the national championship. There performances this year have been a wide range of results from auful to the podium. David Leslie this year has managed to nick a few podiums usually when everyone else hits each other off the experienced driver comes through with the goods, this is of course when he is not being hit off himself. The other Driver, Phil Bennit, has had a terrible season coming last with many engine changes deducting him points and always seeming to be in trouble.

Specifications:

Body:
Steel construction. Four door. Computer optimised roll cage for high torsional rigidity - in-house design, manufactured by Custom Cages.

Engine:
16v, 4 cylinder in line, transverse installation. Prepared by Mountune
Capacity: 1996cc capacity (derived from 1.8 litre production engine)

Oil cooling:
Oil to air heat exchanger

Lubrication:
Wet sump. Petronas Syntium fully synthetic lubricant

Suspension:
Front: Racing design McPherson struts with lightweight lower wishbones and anit roll bar. Ohlins damper units & Eibach coil springs
Rear: Lightweight multilink system with anti roll bar & coil springs. Ohlins damper units & Eibach coil springs

Dimensions:
Length: 4473mm
Width: 1821 mm
Height: 1356.5mm
Weight: Min weight inc. driver - 1150 kg
Wheel base: 2600 mm
Track width: 1576mm

Transmission:
Clutch:
Carbon clutch supplied by AP Racing
Gearbox:
6 speed gearbox with sequential gear selection

Brakes:
Front:Single 6 piston calipers with 343mm x 32mm thick ventilated discs
Rear: Single dual piston calipers with 290mm x 9.5mm thick solid discs

Wheels:
17-inch diameter on 9-inch rims.
Steering:
Power assisted, high ratio and pinion - modified road car item

Electrical:
EFi Engine Control Panel. Pi Research Logger & Dash unit

Safety:
Recaro Carbon/Kevlar seat. Sparco 6-point harness. Plumbed 5kg SPA foam fire extinguisher




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