1.2 75hp to 1.6

[MOFO]

am looking to chuck a new lump into my clio, is the 1.6 anygood and what are the stats?
ie hp/0-60 ...............

is it worth doing?

 

[Peperami]

Sorted out the finance thing then?

Id wait and get a 172 lump fella... Or sell the car/ stop the finance, and get some on a 172 instead.

 

[edde]

Nope don't bother with a 1.6 get a 2.0 instead.
Matt Black off here sells all the bits you need for £1.5k.

 

[MOFO]

Sorted out the finance thing then?

Id wait and get a 172 lump fella... Or sell the car/ stop the finance, and get some on a 172 instead.

Yea its all paid up, give them £700 soo paid a month or 2 finance aswell,
the only reason why im asking about a 1.6 is the 2.0 ltr lump is £1500 but then i need 2 get it fitted so another £1500. is the 1.6 that much slower then the 172?

 

[edde]

the only reason why im asking about a 1.6 is the 2.0 ltr lump is £1500 but then i need 2 get it fitted so another £1500. is the 1.6 that much slower then the 172?

110hp vs 169. The 172 is the better engine not worth doing a 1.6 transplant IMO.

 

[clio__chris]

ud be rather foolish to change everything over to only go to a 1.6

do it properly or not at all

1.6 is a lot less powerful than a 172

 

[Brasseye]

yea get a 172.......
just get saving

 

[MOFO]

110hp vs 169. The 172 is the better engine not worth doing a 1.6 transplant IMO.

no problemo so a 172 is the way forward, also im looking at taking the back seats out, will this save much wait or not, also the sandard exhaust sound nice a poppy when you have no back seats.

 

[Middo]

either sell up and get a 1.6 or get a 172 lump in as already said. Def take the back sets out, found it made a huge diff in mine. Dont think the exhaust will sound any diff, to make a poppy sound you prob need a sports cat/decat

 

[spirez]

Personally, i don't see the point in dropping in an engine if you can buy the real deal for around the same price. Is that £1.5k including brake and suspension upgrades too?

If i were to blow the time and money on an engine conversion (which i am), it'd have to be something that you can't buy 'off the shelf'

 

[edde]

Personally, i don't see the point in dropping in an engine if you can buy the real deal for around the same price. Is that £1.5k including brake and suspension upgrades too?

If i were to blow the time and money on an engine conversion (which i am), it'd have to be something that you can't buy 'off the shelf'

Off the shelf in a phase 2 is expensive first of for easy you need to swop to the phase 1 loom IMO for simplicity and more space as the aftermarket ECU can go sit where the UCh should be.

£1.5k is everything brakes suspension gearbox radiator basically all the wiring looms and front end of the car minus the sheell and subframe since stock subframe is resused.

 

[spirez]

Well you certainly can't fault the price.

I'm looking at around £2500-3000 i think to S3/TT power my mk2 golf, that's parts only

 

[Martin_172]

looked into the 1.6 16v for my car, after reading all that was involoved and watching videos i decided it just wasnt worth it as it wasnt that much faster to justify the cost/effort required. so im going for a 2.0 16v conversion.

as for the sell up and buy a 172, i could have much MUCH more fun in a fairly standard looking 1.2 with 200bhp than a 172 with all this climate control and xenon stuff!