Recent content by grants172

I bought a Clio 172 back in 2004 and I loved it. At that time I was looking for a pure performance hot hatch and that's exactly what I got. I bought a Golf GTI DSG in 2008 because I'd gotten married and had a couple of kids. I have to say, as much as I thought I'd miss a manual transmission I...

Im from Australia and Im heading to Coventry later in the year and was wondering if there were any good workshops anywhere near the area that I could buy some parts from to take back with me.Cheers.

Im looking at getting a radar detector and was wondering how effective they are with having the athermal windscreen. I know that the little clear rectangle on the bottom of the screen should help but it seems to be mostly blocked by the winscreen wipers. Anyone with a radar detector that can...

Just concerned about warranty.

Anyone with a group n ecu fitted ever had a renault dealer notice it?

I sent him a pm a week ago asking him the same question and I still haven't had a reply!

It' the loss of low down power that you mentioned that worries me the most.Thats the thing about the clio I love the most!

Hey Paul,I sent you a pm a couple of days ago in regards to getting one of your remapped ecu's sent to OZ.Haven't had a reply.Any chance you could get back to me with a price,cheeers.

I'm going to get the inlet manifold matched as well as a remap,would you suggest sticking with the factory exhaust then.

Is it common to lose power low down when having a s/s cat back exhaust fitted?

Thanks fellas,I'll book it in with the sports cat.

Im looking at a new exhaust system for my 03 172. The system in question is a 2 1/4" system.I'm told that the clio relys on backpressure in creating it's low down talk.Has anyone felt any loss in power low down after installing a free flowing system?Would I find a greater gain from installing a...

Anyone used fastchips rs programmer for downloading group n remap?

Thanks for all the feedback.Im thinking of getting a rs programmer from fastchip in Holland.Spoke to a guy named Hank and he's been doing remaps for clios for some time.He's developed a way to remap your ecu with a group n tune using his new do it youself programmer.Seemed like he really new his...

I'm in Australia and I own a 2003 clio 172.As performance parts for such a car here in Aus are near on impossible to get,I was looking at shipping out a group n ecu. I've decided to get it from either bb performance or k-tec racing and was hoping some of you guys in the UK could help steer me in...