I'd like to know if you get water spots in a month or two. Because if yuo don't I'll be polishiong of SG and doing PPS lol. Though I no waterspots = impossible. My waterspots are nearly invisible under sunlight, but under street lams. OMG.

When driving or when parked?

I only get the sound when my car is parked, but that's normal for ABS brakes, as they are not meant to be pressed when the system is not powered. When driving, I don't notice anything.

It would be great if you get a recording for it.

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Apr 8 2011, 01:33 AM

Also checkout www.protoninspiraclub.com forums section for dealers and their prices ( =

Wow, sounds bad,


No it wont. Unless you get your ECU re-adjusted for 97 only.

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Apr 11 2011, 07:20 PM

Impressive.

Bro, hissing sound is quite common, just depends on what speed it appears. But yours is a WHISTLING sound haha... Now that's weird man.

Yeah. My mom's Sylphy also got whistling sound. SC did nothing to fix it >.< At least proton is trying on yours.

When my manual was new, the gear shifting was smooth, too smoth in fact, that sometimes I don't know that it has entered gear. Over time, however, it got stiffer and stiffer. Now it's a little uncomfortable, and sometimes hard to engage reverse. I asked proton what should I do, brought it in. Their foreman at COE said it's pretty smooth for "his opinion" haha. And said it's nothing. But he told me if I'm really concerned, I should remark about it a second time when I bring my car in for second service, then they will look at it properly (because on that day, I was sort of in a hurry.)

At first the feeling brought me reasurance that I've entered correctly too, but after 4 months, it's starting to feel a little hard. I read that new cars need to get their clutch pedal adjusted because it gives a little since it's new, and after a few months or 1k km, even though you depress the clutch fully, the mechanical clutch itself is not fully disengaged, but I've yet to try that. I'm guessing that should solve the problem.

For the auto, I would recommend the 2.0

No USB port, but we have aux in, and bluetooth for audio streaming.

What I remember reading from Honda is : People generally disliked the linear speed feel of the CVT, which became known as the "rubber band" effect. Somehow, people preffered the feeling of gearshifts (at that time. nowadays everyone want smoooth lol). This was especially amplified because the honda city's were targeted to young people, and surveys showed that younger people prefered a more lively car than one that's silky smooth but with no character (of gear shifts, which I do agree, sounds nice to a petrolhead haha). I think the trend is reversing though, and as we can see in the lancer/inspira, they actualyl implement virtual gears although they are completely unecessary, to satisfy the "younger energetic" crowd haha.


Awesome.

It's pretty easy to calculate the theoretical top speed of the manual (and possibly the CVT)

All you need to do is multiply the circumference of the tire by the engine RPM and dividing by the combined gear ratio (gear ratio + final drive ratio).

Whoa... that's scary. Looks like a serious problem there.

"The next Turbo Kits developed from Speedworks will be the Suzuki Swift 1.6 Sports and the Proton Inspira 1.8 (Lancer CY 1.8). Estimated date to release will be 21st April 2011. "

Source : http://www.speedworks.com.my/newsinfo_14.aspx

The problems with my manual are... to fun too drive, so FC can be very high AHAHAHA.

Jokes aside, problems I face (some are subjective) specific to the manual:
1. Gear ratio for 1 and 2 is a little strange in my opinion. 1st gear needs to be reved quite high for a comfortable shift to 2nd, especially when going uphill.
2. Gear is starting to feel slightly too hard to shift after 4 months of use. Some like it, I think it's a little odd. Sometimes I can't get into reverse gear. This should be easily fixed by a clutch pedal adjustment. Yet to get it done.


That's about it. Minor complaints about Inspira overall:
1. Absorber sound in the morning (proton is supposed to fixed this, it's printed in my service receipt "awaiting factory improvement")
2. Boot space. Proton gave a full sized spare, so you lose about 3.5 inches of boot space depth. I just remedied this by getting a space saver spare and removing the polystyrene compartments underneath the boot lining.
3. Air con compressor sound. It's loud, but I don't notice it anymore. New people to the car will though.
4. Suspension setup. I feel it's a bit too soft. I've whacked some corners till my wheels were screaming and have not lost control, oversteered or understeered (much haha), which is a testament that the setup is very well tuned, but because overall it's soft, you feel the roll and it doesn't inspire much confidence.
5. Handbrake. Even after pulling all the way, when you release your brake pedal you can feel the weight of the car shift a little especially when parked on non-level ground. Not a big deal, but sometimes scary to passengers
6. Radio reception is bad when on the move.


Can't think of anything more at the moment. Please don't get me wrong. I love the car, but I tend to be critical about things, and these are the faults I find in the car. Some will disagree with me though, as mentioned earlier, some things are subjective. Overall, I'm loving it. After driving my mom's sylphy again for a week, I was so damn happy to be back in my manual HAHAHAHA! PS: If you're concerned about FC, it really depends on how you drive. Highway driving I can do even up till 15KM/L. Stop and Go, usually 8KM/L and above (as I tend to get impatient and rev more off the lights and all). That's a difference of nearly 2X lol.

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Added on April 18, 2011, 7:34 pm150BHP at the WHEEL is way more than 2.0 if i remember correctly....

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Apr 18 2011, 07:34 PM

Haha! Great find!

Our rear anti-roll/sway is 16mm if i remember correctly.

Autofoam is not better in terms of handling than UR bars as far as I know. This is taken from comments at the autofoam thread in FnF Technical section.

The only (and major) negative is if you meet an accident, the areas that are foamed cannot be knocked back. It doesn't make the car significantly heavier, as foam is light. UR bars are definitely heavier if you use the necessary ones to increase chasis rigidity.

Inspira should be 22 front 16 back, Lancer GT should be 22 front and 22 back. This is based on bro Azmann's post in the "other" forum lol. That's why Inspira is said (by the suspension engineers and car reviewers) to oversteer less compared to LGT. Stiffer rear antiroll = body rolls less, so it feels more steady generally, but the back wheel suspension becomes so rigid that you get less grip at extreme cornering due to the inner wheel being slightly lifted off the ground. Whether that's a good or bad thing however, is up to you haha. Drifters want it oversteer, but drifters dont drive front wheel drive cars lol.

What do you mean by your bro say strut bar have very very significant improve? if he said that then why he say change antiroll better? LOL. blur.

Oh forgot to add... Today I put the ralliart air intake snorkel, and finally cut the bigger hole for the air intake.

I definitely can feel the difference, especially in 1st and 2nd gear. Just what I need hehe!

Don't go forte 1.6. If forte, make sure it's the 2.0 haha. Worth it seriously. Even just for the airbags >.<

1.8m fuel consumption, my daily commute is a short one, many stops many bumps... so I average around 9km/l. Very low. But on highways, I think 13-14km/l is easy if you keep within 90-110kmh. I did 15.4km/l on a kesas run in the afternoon. This is based on the on-board calculations though, so it may not be accurate. Usually on petronas ron95.