Oops I did it again... Adey's Clio 200 EDC

Adey. said:

Not had much chance to play, but have a done a few draggy pulls on the Clio this morning on the way to work, fresh air giving it some boost. Not too bad I don't think?

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A while back I timed 60-100 on the hybrid turbo, totally forgot I had a draggy tbh but popped it on on the way home from work today, not tried it hard but just a few pulls. Now considering the power hasn't increased just the spread of it, it shows. Not dropping out of spool I guess? 0.74 seconds quicker with all my work bits in the car and not trying. Decent improvement tbh.


similar to these

still no where near the times my old twingo 2.0ltr turbo ran with similar hp though about 250kg lighter and wild diesel gearing.

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About a week ago, the car threw a gearbox warning fault (could be tied to the emissions issue/fault in the above video though mpg has improved)

Decided to do some more tinkering and digging around. Opted to buy myself some kit that allows me to bench flash and obd flash many ecus, but also the dc4 getrag TCU!

If you remember I had my original TCU fail, bought a Chinese supplied item but it didn't work correctly and i was told it had the incorrect software on. I then purchased a complete 2017 box and TCU, fitted that and had it mapped by scoff at EFI with a few more changes.

I think I've now been able to pull the TCU file off both my current TCU (through obd) and my original TCU (on the bench) and flashed the Chinese TCU with my original file. I may try the later one from the trophy if the hardware codes match up. So hopefully, all being well I now have a new TCU with the correct software on, just need to fit it and try it I guess.....

I was bored and had a little time on my hands.

Something ive been wanting to knock up for a while was a heat shield to protect the big open filter I have. Had similar on my old Leon cupra R from badger 5 so knocked up a shield from aluminium. Mounted it on a cotton real rubber at the back to secure it. Need to pop to the local scrappy for some rubber edging to seal it against the bonnet, the area is fed with cold air from the bumper. Probably nets me 0.5hp but should help keep the engine heat out of the intake

You still thinking of selling it?

I sometimes consider but have no idea what I would get.

I still really want to experience the car with a hybrid though, think I'd regret selling it before I did.

Daz. said:

You still thinking of selling it?

I sometimes consider but have no idea what I would get.

I still really want to experience the car with a hybrid though, think I'd regret selling it before I did.

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Its always a thought at the back of my mind. Id defo miss it though, great all round car. Not sure what id replace it with if I was to let it go. Only thing i could think of would be a proper kit car

Bit of trim added. I may fully contour it to the bonnet if I make a revised version