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why is every1 ripping a focus rs saying they have chavy vents n all that.. lets face it they are totaly amazing looking cars and handle and go like a train and RS is a brand i would love to own one day!! i no longer own my 172 but if i remember it had plastic arches.... nuff said :P
of course there tuneable but wat realistic gains do u get from spending a fortune on cams etc ?? all i need to do with my vxr is a simple map and it sees 270ish clio would never see that without a 5k turbo conversion i think that was basicly the guys point
i had a filter, full janspeed system, decat, and a remap cost me a few bob and wishd i hadnt bothered didnt feel any faster at all and to be honest it wasnt end of the day as danny 172 says na engines are non tunable in the long run buy a turbod car and ure sorted :)
hey u dont need to tell me about comparison with the clios corsas astras and meganes i wouldnt diss a clio as i had one for 3 years and it was a weapon and let me tell u this no1 hates a corsa more than me but in terms of performance the astra is better than the megane the stats say so and on...
well after 2 years of hell with my 53 plate 172 i had to say goodbye
good bits about the clio well i actually loved looking at it made me smile and driving it was fun but ive now got a 55 plate astra 150bhp diesel with alota wee extra half leather n stuff as the clio was just hell only had it...
basicly when im driving my serv light traction control light and electrical warning light will come on and it will stick idling at 3k revs and will not respond to the accelerater but if i turn the engine of and on it works fine for an hr a day a week just does it wen it wants basicly any ideas...
wen i drive sometimes the car loses all power the electrical warning light comes on along with the service light anbd the traction control light ive read soem other threads on this but none on the traction control light coming on aswell but wen i restart the engine all is fine till it does it...
basicly ive been having imobiliser problems now for months i turn the key and its like dead but eventually it will go i take it, it is the imobiliser as the wee light on the dash wotn stop flashing, i have a sigma alarm system on it but the guy from sigma says it wont be a sigma imobiliser as...
ive got a slow puncture on my back driver side tyre n wen its goni flat most of the time its great fun sideways action on every round about with the aid of traction control cant go wrong haha
ermmm civic type r with 205 bhp only from afilter rollign roaded a ibiza cupra with 225 bhp goes like nothing else.. ctr with 220 bhp... my mates about to get a b18 into his wee civic fully loaded with 212 bhp golf mk4 gti 1.8t with 215 bhp also faster than me the list goes on my wee cars just a...
basicly im considering getting rid of the clio due to getting fed up with the power (or lack of compared to my mates cars) or would it be worth me keeping the clio and getting cams and a map would it give me a real new feel for the car or would i be better moving on to say an integra dc2 type r...
rite guys been offerd a turbo,manifold, and ecu are the engines the same and ecu is this possible if so wat else would i need do they fit a 182 arethe engines the same
cheers
yeah its neddy i aint a member my mate us txt me this morning telling me the guy wrote stuff on it end off the day id rather have my nice wee motor rather than a squib :)
ok i got a wee tango on a private road against a wee nova running 160 bhp ish ... sat with it till 135 then at the last bit b4 the end i was just about to overtake it and then i go on the local forum *strathycruise* only to find the clio is once again getting slated i hate it when this happens...
tehn u spend the other 12 k fixin the bloody thing every day :P ach a love ma clio who am i tryin to kid am just soo annoyed just now :( need to get my lights all fixed n stuff
a dont care wats faster its still fench crap mines is ruining my life at the momment!! dashlights,headlights and taillights dont work, gearbox is buggered and its soo annoyin wishd ad got maself a honda:(
the lights are all out the fuses are ok its murder a cant drive her at nyte just now back lighs dont work but ma brakes are fine! and my sidelights dont work bu tthe xenons are fine and a cant see ma speedo ethier as its too dark!!! ahhh help!!!
yeah i was the same untill last year i bought a samsung d600 n hated it then got maself a wee sony ericson k750i and loved it lol but the nokia is amazin ma dads got it but its pretty slow!!