Hi fellow petrolheads :wink:
My name is Jure, I`m from Slovenia and 5 days ago it was my 5th annyversary with my Clio 1.8 16V :smile:
From the beggining I used it daily (even one winter in snow :disrelieved
, and as years passed by, modification list got longer, little Clio was mainly used for a stress release, and to gain some driving techniques.
This is when previous owner delivered it to my 😌 (my ex 1.4 16V in the back)
First thing was, sold those heavy Speedline 2012 16", did a main service on the engine, changed crappy Eibach springs to stock and just enjoyed it over winter for daily commute and weekend trips.
Drove as a pre-race car on Rallysprint near my home...
Did a full exhaust, swaped springs for 182Cup (with 1 coil cut out), lowered it in the back and installed Gr.N 23.2mm torsion bars, short and stiff shifted it, raised the gear lever and had a great fun :tonguewink:
Over the winter I installed Gr.A intake, Superleggeras, 182Cup front wishbones, oil coller, oil catch can, front race pads, added 4th engine mount, harder dogbone bush, moved battery in the trunk and tidied it up a bit :smile:
Then just drove it for weekend trips, trackday, short road blasts, etc...
Than came winter again, with its upgrades of course :tongueclosed:
Bought AVO rear coilovers, but weren`t what we said it would be, send them back and purchased Viarouge Sport shocks, Twingo Cup front springs, spot welded and painted subframe, welded stiffening plates on wishbones, 172 rear hubs for aligment and some regular maintainence...
Than it was ATS ACT motorsport wheels, bucket seats, and lot of little things :blush:
This is quite a long story with many updates in it`s "short" form 😂
Current specs...
Engine:
Supersprint 4-2-1 exhaust manifold
172 ph2 cat
197 middle silencer
Polo 1.9 SDI rear silencer (quiet and flowy)
"V6" airbox
Pipercross air filter
Gr.A intake
Mocal 16 row oil cooler with thermostat
oil catch can
4th engine mount (Megane)
solid dogbone bush
made 143HP on dyno, stock map
Brakes:
front 172 swap
Megane 1.4 16V main brake cilinder
Trusting race pads
Suspension:
solid subframe bush
spot welded subframe
reinforcement plates on 182 Cup wishbones
172 ph1 halfshafts and hubs
front Megane 2.0 16V ARB
Viarouge Sport shocks (additionaly revalved)
Twingo RS Cup front springs
Gr.N 23.2mm torsion bars
172 rear hubs
Interior:
bucket seats (sold them for friends white 16V, going to buy new ones)
short and stiff shifter, raised gear lever
steering wheel spacer
lowered steering column
battery in the trunk
rear seats delete
Exterior:
yellow fog light wrap
35mm lowered
Superlerggeras and ATS DTC Motorsport
dark gold brake calipers
spare tyre delete
And lots of little stuff that came along. Car has quite sweet handling, I think the biggest (and one of the cheapest) difference was rear 172 hubs, so I can dial my own aligment settings :grinning: I only have problems with chasing 172/182 on the straights and 197/200 in the wet + straights, in the corners no problem at all.
Currently the car is waiting to get it`s front end striped, make new top hats, fit adjustable top mounts (maybe even go with coilovers), weld in Gr.N/A front end stiffening plates, convert front beam to bolt on (probably from alu) and things like that. List of changes for 2017:
172 F4R (bought)
Piper R172BP285 cams (ordered)
Intake manifold port match (to-do)
172 ph1 throttle body, enlarged to 64mm (to-buy and modify)
V6 airbox + Gr.A intake (have)
AC delete (to-buy)
200 exhaust manifold (bought, to-fit)
full stainless 63mm exhaust with 2 silencers, de-cat (to-do)
182 gearbox (bought) with 2.0 IDE (to-buy) gears (12% shorter)
lightweight flywheel (bought)
Laguna 1.8 16V wiring + ECU (bought)
Remap by Paul@RSTuning (to-do)
thicker water radiator (to-find)
oil cooler relocate (to-do)
172 steering rack (bought)
182 brake booster (bought)
ABS delete (to-do)
Brembo (Alfa/Lancia/Fiat) 4 pots (bought)
rear Scenic 1.9 dCi 130HP brakes (to-buy)
Espace/Laguna main brake cilinder (to-buy)
brake bias valve (to-buy)
buckets (to-buy)
6 point Sabelt (bought)
...
And lots of little stuff to fiddle :fearscream:
Plan is, to have a sweet driving mk.1 Clio, capable od hunting down 225`s on the road and on the track. And mostly, to have fun with it on the limit :grimacing:
Thank you :up:
My name is Jure, I`m from Slovenia and 5 days ago it was my 5th annyversary with my Clio 1.8 16V :smile:
From the beggining I used it daily (even one winter in snow :disrelieved
, and as years passed by, modification list got longer, little Clio was mainly used for a stress release, and to gain some driving techniques.This is when previous owner delivered it to my 😌 (my ex 1.4 16V in the back)
First thing was, sold those heavy Speedline 2012 16", did a main service on the engine, changed crappy Eibach springs to stock and just enjoyed it over winter for daily commute and weekend trips.
Drove as a pre-race car on Rallysprint near my home...
Did a full exhaust, swaped springs for 182Cup (with 1 coil cut out), lowered it in the back and installed Gr.N 23.2mm torsion bars, short and stiff shifted it, raised the gear lever and had a great fun :tonguewink:
Over the winter I installed Gr.A intake, Superleggeras, 182Cup front wishbones, oil coller, oil catch can, front race pads, added 4th engine mount, harder dogbone bush, moved battery in the trunk and tidied it up a bit :smile:
Then just drove it for weekend trips, trackday, short road blasts, etc...
Than came winter again, with its upgrades of course :tongueclosed:
Bought AVO rear coilovers, but weren`t what we said it would be, send them back and purchased Viarouge Sport shocks, Twingo Cup front springs, spot welded and painted subframe, welded stiffening plates on wishbones, 172 rear hubs for aligment and some regular maintainence...
Than it was ATS ACT motorsport wheels, bucket seats, and lot of little things :blush:
This is quite a long story with many updates in it`s "short" form 😂
Current specs...
Engine:
Supersprint 4-2-1 exhaust manifold
172 ph2 cat
197 middle silencer
Polo 1.9 SDI rear silencer (quiet and flowy)
"V6" airbox
Pipercross air filter
Gr.A intake
Mocal 16 row oil cooler with thermostat
oil catch can
4th engine mount (Megane)
solid dogbone bush
made 143HP on dyno, stock map
Brakes:
front 172 swap
Megane 1.4 16V main brake cilinder
Trusting race pads
Suspension:
solid subframe bush
spot welded subframe
reinforcement plates on 182 Cup wishbones
172 ph1 halfshafts and hubs
front Megane 2.0 16V ARB
Viarouge Sport shocks (additionaly revalved)
Twingo RS Cup front springs
Gr.N 23.2mm torsion bars
172 rear hubs
Interior:
bucket seats (sold them for friends white 16V, going to buy new ones)
short and stiff shifter, raised gear lever
steering wheel spacer
lowered steering column
battery in the trunk
rear seats delete
Exterior:
yellow fog light wrap
35mm lowered
Superlerggeras and ATS DTC Motorsport
dark gold brake calipers
spare tyre delete
And lots of little stuff that came along. Car has quite sweet handling, I think the biggest (and one of the cheapest) difference was rear 172 hubs, so I can dial my own aligment settings :grinning: I only have problems with chasing 172/182 on the straights and 197/200 in the wet + straights, in the corners no problem at all.
Currently the car is waiting to get it`s front end striped, make new top hats, fit adjustable top mounts (maybe even go with coilovers), weld in Gr.N/A front end stiffening plates, convert front beam to bolt on (probably from alu) and things like that. List of changes for 2017:
172 F4R (bought)
Piper R172BP285 cams (ordered)
Intake manifold port match (to-do)
172 ph1 throttle body, enlarged to 64mm (to-buy and modify)
V6 airbox + Gr.A intake (have)
AC delete (to-buy)
200 exhaust manifold (bought, to-fit)
full stainless 63mm exhaust with 2 silencers, de-cat (to-do)
182 gearbox (bought) with 2.0 IDE (to-buy) gears (12% shorter)
lightweight flywheel (bought)
Laguna 1.8 16V wiring + ECU (bought)
Remap by Paul@RSTuning (to-do)
thicker water radiator (to-find)
oil cooler relocate (to-do)
172 steering rack (bought)
182 brake booster (bought)
ABS delete (to-do)
Brembo (Alfa/Lancia/Fiat) 4 pots (bought)
rear Scenic 1.9 dCi 130HP brakes (to-buy)
Espace/Laguna main brake cilinder (to-buy)
brake bias valve (to-buy)
buckets (to-buy)
6 point Sabelt (bought)
...
And lots of little stuff to fiddle :fearscream:
Plan is, to have a sweet driving mk.1 Clio, capable od hunting down 225`s on the road and on the track. And mostly, to have fun with it on the limit :grimacing:
Thank you :up:
