Dacia Sandero 182 conversion

[RIC172]

I was thinking earlier, isn't the Dacia Sandero based on the Clio mk2? If so, could you drop a 172/182 engine into it fairly easily as presumably all the engine mount locations are the same? It would be a great sleeper car!! I know it's been done with a Kangoo before

 

[DaveDreads]

An old Romanian member stuck a 1.6 K4M in a Dacia Logan.
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/dacia-logan-turbo-project.590376/

Dacia do actually use the F4R in a few models, but it's a watered down 140bhp version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia_Duster

 

[msremmert]

Came here hoping conversion had actually been perfomed.

Dissappointed.

 

[RIC172]

Came here hoping conversion had actually been perfomed.

Dissappointed.

Ah sorry, well never say never!

Sounds like it's definitely possible. It'd be good fun too!

 

[Chris_Beer]

lol

 

[DrR]

That's pretty cool!

 

[PP200t]

lol

Looks better than the Clio 200 edc

 

[RIC172]

Looks really nice! They could be into a winner if they used the full power F4R and sold that as competitively as some of their other cars

 

[DaveDreads]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/moscow-motor-show/dacia-sandero-rs-performance-hatch-works

 

[DrR]

Are these real?

 

[DaveDreads]

Yep, but only in South America.

The Sandero RS is the first RS-badged model to be built outside Europe. It is set to be sold exclusively in Latin America from next year, with no plans to bring the car to the UK. That decision is likely due to the fact that the Sandero is badged as a Dacia here, rather than a Renault.

 

[RIC172]

Renault are mad for not bringing that to the UK. That has more appeal to me than the latest Clio and would have been a lot cheaper too

 

[DrR]

Renault are mad for not bringing that to the UK. That has more appeal to me than the latest Clio and would have been a lot cheaper too

This!

 

[DaveDreads]

At 143bhp it would appeal to people that want a cheap sporty hatchback that might be put off by expensive top of the range 200bhp cars.

 

[DaveDreads]

I don't normally like Deviantart renderings as they tend to look like a schoolboy drew it on the back of his maths book, but Dacia should make this with a minimum of 200BHP. (but with less doors)

 

[DrR]

No, I hate 3 door cars! Piss me right off.

 

[DaveDreads]

4 door hot hatches should be illegal.

 

[Matt W]

I still want a duster with a F4RT in it.

 

[GiT]

I still want a duster with a F4RT in it.

Already does... oh sorry... I meant FART

 

[Dsign]

Hi. There are some F4R conversions made to Dacias here in Romania. They are Logan, mexhanically identical to Sanderos. There is a slight mod which has to Be done to the right side engine mount. Nothing too complicated. Some of them went up to 200bhp, by race camshafts, updated Ontake and exhaust manifolds