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Dbass

Posted 11 May 2003 - 11:48 PM

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Any Proton Persona owner here? We can change our experience here.

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Posted 15 May 2003 - 04:30 PM

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Persona is just a Aussie version of the Wira 1.6.

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Posted 15 May 2003 - 09:54 PM

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Actually, the earlier Wiras exported to England and several other countries are also called Persona, and they include the 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0D.

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Posted 17 May 2003 - 04:45 PM

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Is it Persona have 2 type of driving?
1. Righthand drive
2. Lefthand drive

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Vernieman

Posted 18 May 2003 - 12:41 AM

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Yeah, export version were called the Persona. Not anymore tho...they've standardised it
now...but the Waja is still called the Impian in some countries...

anyways, I drive a 96/99 1.8 Persona SOHC...what do u guys drive?

Verne

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Posted 20 May 2003 - 12:27 AM

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I also drive Persona 1.8 Sohc

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 12:19 AM

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Hi DBass,

How do you find the SOHC performance wise? And how is your mileage? Modded or still
standard?

Verne

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Posted 26 May 2003 - 06:07 PM

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Hi DBass & verne,

I'm also driving Proton Persona 1.8 SOHC. Perfomance wise is quite
good, but I wife's ex-Proton Wira 1.8Exi performed much better than my
car.. I notice that my car got like 3 bottle on the exhaust pipe
itself. Dunno why that many...

I'm planning to get Recaro seats (front and back) for my car but
dunno where to get. Been looking all around but could not find any.
Maybe later I'll find one.

JoeySmile

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Posted 27 May 2003 - 12:15 AM

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Posted 27 May 2003 - 12:17 AM

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Hey joey,

I think performance wise, the SOHCs lose out to the DOHC on high-end, whereas in the
low-end the difference is slight. You'll see a DOHC pull away after 4th gear.

I'm planning a head conversion (DOHC here we come, yippeee!!) soon.

You can find 2nd hand Recaros from forums (for example: zerotohundred.com). I've seen a
couple of them advertised at the moment. Why don't you go check them out. Or if you have
contacts with kedai potong, maybe get an Evo III set (complete front and back) - probably
around RM1.5K, sometimes with door panels too!

Happy shopping!

Verne