Hi bluswhitehat...I think I have the answer to your air-con problem. I personally drive a 1.6 Gen2 manual without IAFM and I suffered the same problem after about one year plus of owning the car. I went to the air-con repairer and the shop owner just swapped a "internal" filter located underneath the front passenger area (it should be somewhere beneath the glovebox if for persona). The cost was around RM60 with installation. According to him, all new proton cars have this filter. Once the filter is changed, the air flow is very good and the air gets cooler real quick. I am driving my Gen2 for almost three years already and it is almost time to change the filter again as I can feel the aircon is getting slower already. FYI, I changed the filter on my second year of usage as well. So I make it a custom to change it every year now and I am really grateful for that filter (some plus points for Proton cars) as when the filter is removed you can really see the dirt that it managed to filter which would otherwise be circulated over and over and we would be breathing such polluted air. Cheers