Being one of the main sponsors for the famous TV reality show Zero2Hero, R3 of Proton were kind enough to provide these amazing rally-spec Satrias for the rally training. As someone who have personally driven this machine, I dare to say that they're surprisingly quite easy to drive, but before that, we got quite a lot of 'scolding' LOL.
I have to admit that my past experiences of fooling around in my faithful university transit did help me to drive front-wheel driven cars (FF) sideways on gravels, but rallying with FF, damn, it's whole new level. First & foremost, I had to kill my habit of letting the rear end lose out at maximum angle. Then I had to use my left foot to brake instead of just kicking the clutch LOL. I'll explain more about the rally driving technique in the future. Here are the specifications of the rally car that we used for training for close to 2 months :)
PROTON SATRIA RALLY CAR BASIC INFO
BODY
FIA roll cage
Light weight bodyshell
Extra spot weld straight from factory
POWERTRAIN
1.6 SOHC (Mild race camshaft)
Standard bottom end
Custom air box system
Harry Hockley ECU
Harry Hockley wiring loom
Standard transmission (Originally with close ratio dog box and LSD)
SUSPENSION
Bilstein rally damper
Rally-spec springs
Rally-spec hard suspension bush all round
Rally-spec suspension top mount
BRAKE SYSTEM
Tilton twin brake pump non servo
Tilton brake bias in board controller
Hydraulic handbrake
ALCON 4 pot front brake & 295mm disc
ALCON 2 pot rear brake & 280mm disc
Competition high temperature brake pads
Brake line relocated to inboard
FUEL SYSTEM
Standard fuel tank
Standard fuel pump
Fuel line relocated to inboard
STEERING SYSTEM
Standard steering rack with 2.0 lock to lock
Sparco steering wheel
Power steering assist
INTERIOR
MOTORDRIVE Racing seat
TRS 5-points harness
Navigator foot rest
LIFELINE build in fire extinguisher electrical triggered
LIFELINE hand helds fire extinguisher
Quick release spare tire harness
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