Today, Proton officially announced the construction of the Proton S70 R3 race car to compete in this year's Sepang 1000km (S1K) endurance race, and due to the event regulations, the original factory may match it with the rumored 1The 5-liter self-aspirated engine is used as the power configuration, and because it must be produced in production at least 2,500 units, it means that this engine may soon be available to us.
According to an official announcement released by Proton today, this year's R3 Motorsports racing division will focus on the development of the S70 R3 race car based on the S70, and this car will be built as a standard for participating in the Sepang 1000km (S1K) endurance race, although there are not many details about this car for the time being, but in terms of their current Saga R3 MTC and IRIZ R3 MTC cars, It is expected that the S70 will also be suitable for the MTC class.
Although the detailed competition rules of this year's S1K MTC class have not yet been announced, if you refer to last year's rules, the car must be equipped with a 1401cc 1600cc displacement engine, and there can be no additional auxiliary such as mechanical supercharging or turbocharging (that is, it must be a self-priming engine), and the current S70 uses 1The 5T three-cylinder turbocharged engine is the only way to do this, to remove the turbocharger, to use the existing R3 Campro 1597cc racing engine, and to use a new engine powertrain, which is rumored to be a 1 for the S70The 5-liter four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine, so it is believed that the latter is more likely, and the rules limit that all racing cars must be produced at least 2,500 units, so it is believed that the S70 with this power configuration will be launched on the market in the future.
Finally, after Saga and Iriz, Proton's R3 racing division is finally going to build a new car again, which is good news for all fans, I wonder if everyone will be looking forward to the launch of this S70 R3 car?