Proton motorsport division, Proton R3 has officially unveiled the S70 R3 race car that it will field in the upcoming Sepang 1000KM race that is taking place next month at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit, …
that it will field in the upcoming Sepang 1000KM race that is taking place next month at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit, as well as its line-up of drivers it has enlisted for the race.
The decision to use the 1.6L Campro engine instead of converting the 1.5L three-pot for natural aspiration is because that engine was designed to work with forced induction, and to make it work as a naturally aspirated engine would require significant redevelopment. This approach is adopted elsewhere, too, as for instance, Toyota has built their GR Yaris Rally1 competition machine with the engine from a different model, namely the 1.6 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine from its predecessor, and not the 1.6 litre G16E-based engine as featured in the current roadgoing GR Yaris and GR Corolla.
Under the skin, the S70 R3 retains the road car’s suspension layout, being of MacPherson struts in front and a torsion beam setup at the rear. Suspension hardware on this car continues the use of Ohlins TTX units, as with the Iriz and Saga R3 race cars previously campaigned.
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