The Boosh!
ClioSport Admin
Elise, Duster
Not missing an engine cover no.
Even in Jukes engine cover is a little pointless, to much pipe work to try and cover over.
But it looks a mess! It's looks like an aftermarket engine has been squeezed in. Weird!
Boosh, how's the box? Be honest
Upshifts are great - Really quick (caveat is it's the first EDC i've driven, so not sure how it compares to Porche's PDK/ VW DSG), but yeh it's quick.
Downshifts are a bit reticent sometimes but it's not unmanageable. I had it on circuit for aroudn 2 hours and loved it in the end. It's definitely a car you need to spend some time with.
I need to drive one of these my local dealer won't let me aged 22....... Luke are they any more interesting versions in the pipe line? Are Recaros ever going to be available?
Are they actually making that?
See, it should have had that power to start with.
Or 260 stock, and 300 for the Gordini.
Well from Mk.2 to Mk.3 the clio gained 30bhp in total, now Renault have moved to a turbo'ed lump and (the standard car) has no extra power. It would've been nice if Renault introduced us to the new turbo lump by giving us more power.
As for 300bhp out of a 1.6, I can see reliability issues coming out of that.
Hum, the French racing builders, part "racing" of the big generalist builders Renault, Peugeot and Citroen and even smaller racing builders than you don't know in England and UK I think, which work for Peugeot and Renault (like this who build the engine V6 Bi-Turbo of the recent 208 T16 Pikes Peak for example) build with a base of 1.6L 16v Turbo engine and with very good reability, engine with more of ... 550hp, so put 300hp with perfect reability in a 1.6L turbo is possible for them of course
So give the Megane 400. 500 for the Gordini.
Well from Mk.2 to Mk.3 the clio gained 30bhp in total, now Renault have moved to a turbo'ed lump and (the standard car) has no extra power. It would've been nice if Renault introduced us to the new turbo lump by giving us more power.
aye they upped the power a bit (20bhp in real life) but they also added 250kg and then tried to save it by putting in a gearbox with ratios so naff you're changing gear all the time just to be anywhere near the clio 2 RS, and it was still slower!
What's wrong with the Renault motor?
In standard form it can only muster 177 lbsft torque and in this new guise it makes a massive 210.
My Fiesta, even before Mountune have got their hands on it, has 214. The standard 208 has over 200 standard as well.