Clio 1.4rt 1994

[Tibbs]

i want to put intake system and exhaust on my clio any recommendations and advice would be much appreciated thanks ash

 

[imprezaworks]

Any pics been a while since I've seen one of these.

 

[Chris_Beer]

I have a MK1 Clio as my runaround, it's also a 1.4

Please don't waste your money on the engine trying to make it faster. It never will be.

Instead, the few hundred pounds you would spend on these parts to be a 'road rally car' as stated in your other post, put towards another car if you want more power.

Sorry if this comes across blunt, but I made a 0-60mph clip onto the motorway for a friend and he was right, it couldn't make 60mph under 18 seconds...

 

[Tibbs]

It's just gonna be a fun little car I'm not trying to make it brake any records just want it to sound nice look alright and if I get the use I will eventually upgrade to something different

 

[Darren S]

@Tibbs - Chris above is right though. You can get slow cars that are cool in their own way and people accept that. Spending hard earned on making a basic, near 23-year-old car 'sound nice' is just a waste.

You might as well stick an AMG badge on the back for all the relevance it will have. As Chris said - not wanting to sound harsh, but at best, you'll get nothing other than dubious glances.

 

[Silent_Scone]

I had one not that long ago as a run about. It only had 40k on the clock, and was a 4 speed auto. Had solenoid woes though and wouldn't go into 4th sometimes lol. f**king thing. It was a great little shopping cart, though.

More on topic, don't waste your money and save up for a 172 or newer.

 

[Chris_Beer]

@Tibbs - Chris above is right though. You can get slow cars that are cool in their own way and people accept that. Spending hard earned on making a basic, near 23-year-old car 'sound nice' is just a waste.

You might as well stick an AMG badge on the back for all the relevance it will have. As Chris said - not wanting to sound harsh, but at best, you'll get nothing other than dubious glances.

AMG lol

It's just gonna be a fun little car I'm not trying to make it brake any records just want it to sound nice look alright and if I get the use I will eventually upgrade to something different

You could look out for some 16v bits, however I think these maybe quite hard to find now.

Here's a 16v kit

But don't be leaving it like this...

Alternatively, what about just a set of multi spokes?

IMO your to-do list should be:

New plain number plates
Remove all window stickers
A good polish and back to black treatment
Silver 15" Oz Racing Superturismo Alloys with some nice tyres
Lower it however much you want
New wipers
Perhaps some seat covers / mats / air fresheners but nothing fancy just plain black


Of course the ultimate find for you would be a 16v in your colour with a side impact ready to strip for bits.

That's all I can come up with

 

[Daz.]

Why did you even buy something so old? it must have cost more than a mk2!

Get rid, get a better car in the first place.

 

[Chris_Beer]

I will say compared to the MK2 embarrassing turning circle, the MK1 is like a taxi!

 

[Tibbs]

Its was giving too me from me uncle so I wanted a toy car to play about with as I didn't wanted to mess about with the family car it's nearly all stripped out now just adding lightness it's all abit of fun of a learning curve and like I said if I can get much use out of it and enjoy it I'll go buy something els in a few years but I loving it at the moment

 

[cat171]

As mentioned, leave as is & save up for a newer car in a couple of years, or leave as is and spend the cash you were going to use to mod it on getting lashed or something.

 

[R3k1355]

It's a 5 door Clio, don't waste any money trying to make it something it's not.

 

[massivewangers]

Yes, buying a 172 would make more financial sense but, if people wanted to make financial sense, they'd be driving a little diesel runabout. Life is too short.

It's your car and your money, do what you want to it.

 

[Tibbs]

Haters will hate got some interior for sale if anyone's interested what stop me from doing an engine conversion eventually??

 

[R3k1355]

Do you know how to do an engine conversion on one of them?

 

[Louis]

Atleast get some lightweight doorcards to finish it off if youre going to strip the doors down... If anything now you've just got a slow car that has loud road noise rather than just a slow car.

 

[Chris_Beer]

Keep going, remove everything