aiya..cvt not that fragile lah.. at least for me. just use recommend cvtf and not those aftermarket ones and you'll be fine.

the only problem as it gets older is the time it takes to engage to drive/or reverse from parking during cold starts.

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Added on March 23, 2012, 12:15 pm

yea..it was a risk i knew when i bought the inspira, but as long as the drivetrain is good, i can slowly play with proton regarding the suspension sound.

if it is the bushing at the control arms or lower arm, change suspension also wont make any difference..

CFE not as powerful as 2.0 car meh?

i don't think you should do that.. you're gonna lunch the cvt gb and it'll cost you a bomb to replace..
want mod, wait p3-22a with 5(or maybe even 6)-speed stickshift..

or maybe can transplant halfcut mitsus??
heh, bro mat aka insider proton, can ah?

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Added on March 28, 2012, 12:40 am

as much or even more than some N/A 2.0 engines in terms of torque (205 nm)

max horsepower is only 138
i wonder why they couldn't use the r3 version of the campro as the basis.. it already had 145 bhp and 168nm of torques to begin with..
imagine 110 hp > 138 +28 hp
145hp+ 28= 173hp, same as Prince engine THP175!!

he...he...i'm not insider by the way. The question is, how fast u want to drive the car?
Example, in exora bold cfe, with nearly 1.5 tonne body, less aerodynamic than p3. Cfe already can launch it at speed beyond 200kmh. If beyond 200kmh is not enough, then, i think this car will not suit u. Talking about hp numbers, yes, the bigger, the better, but, let say, in the same car, same cc engine, one is 100hp, another one is 120hp, how much that 20hp translate to kmh? Just around 5-10kmh only. Back to the question, how fast the better hp car achieve the speed?

A common mass production car is not built for speed. It is more on usable power. For even 1.6 turbo(except race prepared car), speeding beyond 180kmh is a stress n it takes time to achieve speed beyond 200kmh.

Safe to say that based on info i gathered from prtn, speeding to 180kmh is effortless for a 1.6 car, even comparable with many 2.0 na cars.

As i mentioned above, if u r constantly drive beyond 180kmh, need speed more than 200kmh everytime u hit the fast lane, the car is not for u. But if U just need to speed beyond 180kmh only when it needed, or just for fun once a while, then, it will be rewarding.

That's where Proton marketing fails I guess, the SAs are too shy to brag about their product

That's where Malaysian need to change their mindset.
We need to be more confident with ourself. In our eyes, we are not as good as mat salleh/Japenese or Korean.
We always look thing in negative way when it come to Malaysian product.
Don't know why. Maybe Malaysian naturally born tspeo praise others.
Proton not in position that we can proud of yet but with right support, it got potential.