Proton Campro-powered open wheel racer

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This is one of the exhibits at the Proton Technology Week, an open wheel single seater racer from the Proton Prototype Center powered by a Campro engine. We didn’t get to see it in action while we were there, so if you did see it running do share in the comments section. Plenty more photos and a video available after the jump.


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VIDEO: Campro-powered single seater


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  1. BrakeFader says:

    Wow. Looks fantastic. Could be a possible A1GP car.

    Too bad it is not in action. Would love to see and hear that thing around the track.

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  2. ENZO says:

    is it a normal campro or the CPS version?

    lol……the fuel is empty lar, that’s y can’t in action!!
    A1?! i think it is only a over-sized go-kart only lar!
    Anyway, it look nice.
    (no offence, just my thought.)

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  3. JULIANLEE2 says:

    sure breakdown

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  4. xenith says:

    Are they using CPS?

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  5. raptorclans says:

    That’s quite interesting… if they can prove it to be a feasible racer, they can make a mini league using the engine :)

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  6. mystvearn says:

    The car looks like it had been extensively used. Maybe proton use it to test the durability of the Campro engine so that it will not get hot etc..?

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  7. rt says:

    too bad,
    I saw it today, but there nothing written on the car itself and the engine bay was covered.
    So I thought it was just a gimmick.. I don’t know it was powered by CamPro.

    Anyway,
    I saw it cruising on the road at the Plant, but it was too loud that I lose interest on it..

    rt

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  8. delos3nos says:

    Toy Car

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  9. Cyberkayu says:

    twin turbo are visible beside the campro engine
    huh
    very plain interior
    no flashy electronical control switch
    n very small wheel
    lousy look of rim
    the whole car look flimsy also
    can run in hi speed ar?

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  10. cole planet says:

    Cyberkayu said,
    August 3, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

    twin turbo are visible beside the campro engine
    huh

    —————————————

    yalah, is that a turbo??? i mean campro turbo charged???

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  11. God.of.War says:

    Kinda nice for a start, just that the steering is not so shiny like an F1 car shud look like.

    ANyway congrats Proton !

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  12. johnson wong says:

    WoW.. i wonder how fast is that…hehe

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  13. IsaacVky says:

    LoL wtf.. Twin turbo???
    That’s the intake manifold with electronic throttle and without an air box & air filter!

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  14. mokkf82 says:

    Yeap! i think that’s the turbo kid!
    eh, if P1 able to fit in those turbo stuff in it’s campro. Hey, why don’t they fit in one of those in the persona or waja?
    just a suggestion though, must be a hit if they make it a production car.

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  15. MyviKiller says:

    Turbo Campro in such car? VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! Got dust in my mouth…

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  16. cbljkkj says:

    God some people are so full of rubbish. Like IsaacVky deciphered it, it is indeed the intake manifold with electronic throttle sans the air box & filter.

    Don’t simply go bursting out with what you think it is just because it kinda looks like a turbo due to the fact that it is silver and is curved like a turbocharger.

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  17. azrai says:

    That’s the turbo turbine (the siput one).

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  18. Cyberkayu says:

    7th picture from above can clearly c the butterflies valve
    is twin-turbo

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  19. szw says:

    proton should make a car like caterham with campro engine in it…

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  20. kingv6 says:

    that’s 1 big proton gokart….
    I would to drive it…

    cool!

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  21. Alifz says:

    Cyberkayu said,
    August 3, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

    twin turbo are visible beside the campro engine

    -No lah…that’s the IAFM module…

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  22. capeplates says:

    Looks cool – reckon it’s in with a chance as long as the race is over a single lap of less than three miles!

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  23. bolo says:

    Very crude installation of engine in a single seater. Even the radiator comes straight from the road car. The chasis looks quite old and tired, more like what you may see in a racing driving school. But this should also make it low cost option for single seater racing, like formula ford or formula renault. There’s no turbo. you can clearly see the exhaust pipe goes straight to the back( thick black pipe above the transaxle ).

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  24. cbljkkj says:

    bolo:

    I do agree with you on the poor installation and the dated chassis and frame. Seeing as it’s a prototype, I might just cut Proton some slack.

    Where I won’t cut slack is when they show half-baked concepts such as the Satria Neo & Saga concept range which hardly had anything tweaked apart from some 3rd party mods, aerokit and new paintjobs.

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