Hi all, just thought Id introduce myself having finally become a full Cliosport member!
My names Dan and I hail from the deepest depths of Essex (Maldon to be precise) and hope to be tagging along on upcoming Cliosport events. Im driving a 93 Clio 16v with the leather interior and the evil ABS module that has just recently come back (the whole car, not just the ABS) from those rather clever chaps at Torsion Tuning (oh, and they make bloody marvellous tea as well by the way).
Ive spent recent months having quite a lot of work done under the wee beasties bonnet (courtesy of Torsion Tuning) and am now proudly sporting 2 litres of Clio goodness. While she was there it seemed rude not to have the cams, pulleys, head, flywheel, crank, clutch, outlet manifold and a whole selection of other magic done (i might understand some of it one day), and all without overly stressing out my bank manager. Shes now putting out 170.2 horseys at the flywheel and 195 pounds of torque.
Ill bung the graph from the rolling road up once I work out how. The result back from the chaps at the rolling road was damn good, but more interesting was what they said after the test. Apparently at high revs the injector’s aren’t even opening and closing, merely staying open on a permanent basis! Also, the ECU (being of the standard 1.8 16v variety) really has no idea what the hell is going on, and doesnt really like idling after a good hooning. They suggested that sorting the fuel injection out, an oil breather system and a map would put me up at around 185 gee gees. Again, my commendations go to John and Dave at TT for their work!
My iminent future Clio plans (the next 6 months or so) include getting throttle bodies, the oil breather and a map done as soon as I can rustle up the wonga, and maybe finally getting the damn electric sunroof to work. Of course I am realistic and realise that may involve changing my car!
So in summary, Hi! again, and hopefully Ill bump into some of you soon at Cliosport events (or maybe just arsing around on the A130
).Dan
