Tuning the Proton Satria Neo

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The Satria Neo is a awesome tuning project to have. The key to Satria Neo tuning is balancing power and reliability you can waste loads of money if you do it wrong.

We review and look at Satria Neo tuning and point out the premier mods that work. Proton Satria Neos have loads of potential and with carefully chosen modified tuning mods you can certainly enhance your driving opportunities.

Handling/Suspension upgrades

Handling modifications are a good place to start for the Satria Neo.

Good suspension tweaks that greatly improve handling for the Satria Neo include a couple of degrees negative camber and 1-1.5 degrees of toe in or out on the front wheels. Toe in for stability, or Toe out to improve cornering. It would also pay to improve the brakes, by adding larger discs and or higher friction pads..

Drop the car by as much as 24mm - 42 mm. and fit modified stiffer dampers, bigger drops will need other modifications in most instances.

Top end power should be your overall aim with a nice fat wide peak torque band.

Sadly with smaller engine sizes you are wasting your time spending money on modifications, so if this applies to you get yourself an engine swap then apply the following mods.

Power mods.

These mods tuning mods are usually carried out by our members, decide how far you want to go before you get started.

• 1.3L S4PE
• 1.6L S4PH
• 1.6L S4PH CPS

Getting the correct grade of sports upgrade kits for your planned usage of the car is a time and money saver. Stage 3 competition upgrades just don't work well on the road hard to control in slow traffic.

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Modifying to Stage 1:

 Panel air filter, Sports exhaust, Lighter flywheel, Alloy wheels, Remap, Suspension upgrade (drop 24mm - 42 mm.).

Modifying to Stage 2:

 Ported and polished head, Power/Sport clutch, Fast road cam, fuel pump upgrades, high flow fuel injector.

Modifying to Stage 3:

 Competition cam, Engine balancing, Sports gearbox, Adding or upgrading forced induction (turbo/supercharger), Internal engine upgrades (pistons/head/valves).

Your aim when tuning the engine should be a nice flat torque range. You don't want all the power to be at the top end of the rev range unless you are creating a competition car.

The point of our hints is to give a limited introduction of tuning upgrades and point you in the right direction, our forum is best place to go if you need more detailed advice and tips on your customized car project, the best modified mods and all aspects of modding cars.A fast road camshaft will be one of the best NASP power mods you can do mechanically to your engine.

It maximises the intake and exhaust durations and pushes up the power if done right. Ideally you'd add other mods and finish up with a reflashed ECU. TorqueCars would caution you not to go with a motor sports profile cam as this affects the engines idling and general town driving characteristics.

You will need to ensure that the engine is not starved of fuel so will need to pay attention to the fuelling.

If you find you have flat spots and surges after your motorsport upgrades you should check the fuelling and try a higher octane fuel as well. To get sufficient fuel you may need to increase the injectors on your engine.

If you've uprated your fuelling with bigger injectors you will also need to get a bigger fuel pump to supply it.

Intake and Exhaust Tuning.

Breathing mods are usually next up. Please note that WE DO NOT SEE IMPROVEMENTS WITH INDUCTION KITS, unless you have tuned your car a lot and are finding that the standard air intake has become the bottleneck.

Derestricting the flow of air into the engine is a primary goal of tuning so get a better flowing air filter if you find that the car is running lean only if you find the car is running lean. Induction kits can sound sporty but due to the warm air in the engine bay they will not add noticeable power and more often than not rob you of power.

Sports exhausts can help equal out the flow of air through the engine. But if your exhaust pipe is too large, ie: it's over 2.5 inches bore, you will lose much of your flow rate and end up sapping power and torque.

Head work including a gas flow and 3 or 5 angle valve job will really help to release the potential of the engine. When you tune up your Satria Neo you will discover that the standard clutch starts to suffer so get an uprated clutch. The best mods in our experience for your Satria Neo are a remap especially on a turbo, a fast road camshaft and sports exhaust, with a good air intake.

NASP engines do not achieve big power gains if you remap them, unless you have done extensive modifications. With turbocharged engines this is another story. A remapped turbo will give large power gains and take full advantage of the strength of the block.

We've also seen some tuners toying with twincharging conversions and making some impressively high power hikes.

The most significant power gains for NASP engines usually involve the addition of forced induction. It is often cheaper to bolt on a supercharger than it is to fit a working turbo. With a turbo the boost curve is related exponentially to the engine speed making it difficult to map fuelling with.

Superchargers, however will give a boost which is proportional to engine speed so is easier to map. Adding forced induction will nearly always require a lower compression ratio or water injection.

Alloy wheel upgrades.

The benefits of alloys include a lower unsprung weight and better brake cooling via the extra air flow they allow. Pay attention to your choice of tyres (tires) for your car, a good track legal slick tire can really enhance your cars handling. Large Satria Neo alloy wheels can decrease performance. If you get big alloy wheels you will be changing your final drive ratio.

For this reason try to keep the overall rolling diameter of the wheel your OEM settings. In all cases without going larger than 16 inches.

For more information on Tuning your car please join us in our friendly forum where you can discuss Satria Neo options in more detail with our Satria Neo owners. It would also be worth reading our unbiased Proton tuning articles to get a full grasp of the benefits and drawbacks of each modification.

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