2005 Renault Clio 2 1.4 16v from Romania

[Torvalds]

Hi lads new member here , got a clio 2 1.4 16v but with some twingo rs mods . Bought it 4 years ago from a lady who had it in her garage , regarding the twingo mods a good friend showed me his wife car that had only the twingo rs intake and i was in love with the sound , so couple months later got the twingo upper intake + throttle body , bought from a Reno dealer twingo rs injectors + both cams , found an lower intake manifold from a megane 2 1.6 16v , from the same dealer bought also the modus oil separator to fit the twingo intake . Suspension wise car has Gaz GHA coilover kit , rear disks conversion with abs ( sensors ordered ) , front suspension from a clio 172 (lower wishbones , hubs ,calipers etc ) , PMS shifter (doesn t rattle ) twingo rs exhaust manifold from k-tec (i need to install it and complete exhaust with sport cat) . Car handles well , revs so easily to 6000 rpm , the fuel consumption is lower now 6.6l /100km at 120 km/h , tyre wise is sits on some hankook tyres will get some Michelin sp3 in the future ...

 

[Torvalds]

Forgot to mention yesterday the car is a work in progress , the paint needs some help got some rust points and rear wheel arches need help , prob in the near future if i find a good pair of 172 headlights with xenon , 172 or 182 engine subframe ( got the washers to fix the lower wishbones ) im going to map it after i finish with the engine , got a spare 1.6 16v engine thinking to do a lot of work on it , open to any ideas .

 

[Torvalds]

Checked some threads and decided to add some spacers to rear wheels i didn t like how the wheel was sitinng with the wing so got some laser cut spacers and the nuts and bolts for rear hubs , also got 2 Michelin Pilot Sport 3 tyres , the handling of the car changed even better the grip on dry it s perfect you just turn and it goes there ... Also got a small video on how it sounds , fun starts at 03:00 mark , it filmed with gopro and it was put on top of my backpack and early in the morning on my way to work .

 

[Torvalds]

Saturday i ve decided to finally fix the fuse box ( car was in an accident im the 5th owner ) because everything was broken ... also converted the car from wheel bolts to bullet tipped studs and nuts ( best thing ever ) .
One of my friends had a yard sale and found this gem : Clio Rs front grille for 60 quid ...

 

[Torvalds]

Rear subframe bushes arrived couple days ago and today i decided to put them on , i ve found out that on right side you need to drop even the subframe mount too (fuel tank is too close ) 2 nuts come loose one don t , had to remove the rear seat smash the metal that holds the bolt and use a massive plier 😁 to hold it ...done the job in 3 hours but it s not nice.

 

[hopgop1]

Is that where you work? Can spot some very nice motors behind the fence.

 

[Torvalds]

Is that where you work? Can spot some very nice motors behind the fence.

I work as a tech for Bentley and Lamborghini

 

[Torvalds]

Im back 😁... owning a clio is a neverending story of changing parts on it...

 

[hillclimbclio]

Great job, looks like you're building the same car as I've basically got planned, 5 door and everything!

I'm new to clios, I'd be interested to know exactly what bits were required to swap the 172 hubs etc as that would open up suspension possibilities (which I'm guessing is why youve done it?)

Great job on the intake, do you notice a big improvement?

 

[Torvalds]

Great job, looks like you're building the same car as I've basically got planned, 5 door and everything!

I'm new to clios, I'd be interested to know exactly what bits were required to swap the 172 hubs etc as that would open up suspension possibilities (which I'm guessing is why youve done it?)

Great job on the intake, do you notice a big improvement?

On my car im using 172 hub carrier but with my clio 1.4 16v hubs and driveshafts , i didn t go for the clio sport hub because i can t find driveshafts and they are very expensive to buy as new also i know the difference in stock engine subframe vs cliosport subframe im still thinking to modify my subframe or source a second hand one and put those washers like you did , reason i ve done all of this is because i wanted to improve the handling of it ( i ve spun the car couple times driving at the limit ) the car is wider now ( 1 cm spacer on each side at the rear between the hub and the subframe ) on top of what the rear disk conversion done .

List of parts : front lower wishbones from 172 , antiroll bar from megane 1 or 2 i think ...( good friend give it to me for free ) , 172 front hub carriers ( my GAZ suspension has the 54mm hole pattern ) 172 front calipers and for the rear i got caliper carriers ,calipers ,rear disks ,rear disks studs from 172 but with new bolts but i ve used my rear subframe .

Intake part is more interesting , yes it revvs more easily , sound wise sounds like and e30 m3 with itbs ( i ve been asked on the street if i have itbs ) if i have more bhp , yes i can outrun a stock 1.6 16v clio ( i have intake , cams ,throttle body and injectors from twingo rs ) fuel consumption dropped ( motorway , in town and mixed ) i have a twingo rs engine coming next week and im going to strip it and put the internalls on k4m spare block that i got and do the complete 1.6 16v conversion for more bhp , i will be happy at the end if i get 133 bhp same as twingo rs or more ...

 

[Martin_172]

Really cool project, what did you do when fitting the cams with regards to the VVT system on the 133 cams? Dephaser etc?

 

[Torvalds]

For the intake cam i blocked the oil holes for vvt so no dephaser and i had to cut a square shape cam lobe that a sensor used to read on the twingo rs ( k4J and k4M are the same except k4M has a longer stroke the rest is identical ) hopefully with the engine that im going to build and the mapping is going to improve the low end torque that is missing from running one with a dephaser , if im above 4000 rpm and try to overtake a vehicle i don t drop a gear , but if im below 4000 i need to drop a gear and dissapear...