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Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 touring car

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Satria Neo S2000
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It appears that a group of people have been working on a Super 2000 Proton Satria Neo rally car. Yahoo Eurosport UK reports that the people behind this car is most likely Mellors Elliot Motorsport based at Bakewell in the Derbyshire region. Mellors Elliot Motorsport was the company that prepared the Proton PERT that Karamjit Singh raced and won in the Production Car World Championship. This is unconfirmed of course.

No specifications at the moment, but FIA regulations for Super 2000 cars include a maximum power output of 280 horsepower normally aspirated, so it’s just natural that the development team tune up the Neo to produce that amount of power to be competitive. There’s also a maximum displacement limit of 2.0 liters – so it’s not very likely that this will be powered by a Campro 1.6 engine. The engine must be mated to a 6-speed sequential gearbox with control specification made by Sadev, Xtrac or Ricardo.

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27 Comments »

  1. abtm said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 6:11 am

    nice wide bodykit

  2. corolla_KE70 said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 7:28 am

    marvelous power, however doesnot looks as nice as the usual rally car… still a bold try i must say…….

  3. kakilubuk said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 7:31 am

    Tunggu apa lagi? Jual je la. Kitaorang nak beli ni.

  4. normaluser said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 7:36 am

    Does this lowered race version is road legal for Neo owners? I’m sure much chassis and suspension tuning is involved.

    Look at the humongous wheel arches. It wil be super cool if these cars can make it inroads here. Can’t wait to see the completed car.

  5. SKUNK_WORX said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 8:00 am

    i read from other blog it will sell to public in limited numbers to make it qualify in S2000 cup and there is a possibility they will put AWD into it. there is a rumour said it using a 2.0 litre renault engine. correct me if i’m wrong.

  6. BanyakMasukWorkshop said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 8:45 am

    you guys can forget about buying or even having any of the modifications that go into this car.. these cars are super super expensive, and are not meant for public use, Racing only.

  7. sxe10r said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 9:29 am

    cool man can race in WRC also … 2.0engine what inside the hood ?? 2.0mivec ??

  8. razor_clawzz said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 9:54 am

    The olny thing stock are the headlamps and the chassis frame. Even that might be changed to empty ones! All glasses will be changed to polycarbonate, recaro seats, etc etc

  9. bmpower said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 10:24 am

    one 1 pic?
    please paul.. find more pic for us :D

  10. sagaKNIGHT said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 11:46 am

    some pic for perdana v6 replacement

    http://www.protonclub.com/forumproccv6/viewtopic.php?t=18247&start=45&sid=e791f20abf594780fb62e6c4283a5720

    si-fu or proton GL…can you all explain it?

  11. moha774 said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

    Renault source engine is not impossible, since last Proton Impian engine used in British Touring Car Championship, if I’m not mistaken, were Renault sourced also and rebored from stock 1.8 to make it 2.0L engine…to compete in BTCC

  12. tokmoh said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 4:31 pm

    @sagaknight
    Wow, looks very convincing!! But then again, it could be a mule model? Can’t wait then ;)

  13. xenith said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 4:32 pm

    I read in another blog that it might use a Renault 2.0L engine.

  14. BanyakMasukWorkshop said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 5:29 pm

    Saga knight, this is a thread about the Super 2000 satria neo.. please dont hijack it and talk about something else. if you wanna talk about that car, look at the thread below…

    http://paultan.org/archives/2006/02/04/mitsubishi-380-38l-v6/

  15. MrDDR said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 7:18 pm

    look like nissan to me

  16. proton GL said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

    saga knight
    dont ask me, i dont know

  17. MyviKiller said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 9:02 pm

    sagaKNIGHT said,
    February 28, 2008 @ 11:46 am

    some pic for perdana v6 replacement

    http://www.protonclub.com/forumproccv6/viewtopic.php?t=18247&start=45&sid=e791f20abf594780fb62e6c4283a5720

    si-fu or proton GL…can you all explain it?
    —————————————————————-

    Looks like Vauxhall Vectra from the back.

  18. raybrig85 said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 9:26 pm

    interesting…cant wait to c it compete wit the big boy like grande punto n 207

  19. mitlanevo said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 9:48 pm

    280 hp? not bad !!!

    but looks like still didnt fully complete….

  20. Cyberkayu said,

    February 28, 2008 @ 11:37 pm

    base on r3 neo?

  21. AvE said,

    February 29, 2008 @ 12:08 am

    Wow…looks nice for the body kit..but the color…ermm…

  22. mystvearn said,

    February 29, 2008 @ 1:03 am

    Nice car. Hope will win something.

    Also Is that Perdana Replacement a Mitsu??!

  23. paxter said,

    February 29, 2008 @ 2:38 am

    eh stop hijacking the damn thread la…..

  24. bluebeam said,

    March 1, 2008 @ 8:15 pm

    If it were on sale,I would have buy it!

  25. szw said,

    March 1, 2008 @ 11:42 pm

    nice body kits

  26. tokmoh said,

    March 3, 2008 @ 3:51 am

    This car cannot buy one la……it’s a pure rally machine modded by specialist in the rally team. It’s designed to go just a few thousand km…not hundreds of thousands of km. It’s also bloody expensive. I remember watching on AXN showing the kits for the Ford Focus in WRC cost easily in the region of 60,000 GBP or more. That’s not inclusive of the cost of the car itself. Expect similar cost region for this Neo Super 2000.

    Even if they make a road-frenly version of it, it’ll be too close to Neo R3.

  27. jpeter said,

    March 3, 2008 @ 11:40 am

    quite nice, i like the wheel arc. and i wish to know the specs ASAP.

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