Engine Conversion! help!

[B13DD W]

got a mk2 renault clio 1.2 and want a bigger engine,
what would be the best engine to replace mine with?

 

[James23]

A bigger one.
Seriously though - a 172/182 conversion would make the most sense - but for all the effort and expense involved you'd probably be better off buying a 172/182 in the first place.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

The best ? For what...? Power / economy / finance reasons / straight swap as yours is duff...?

I'm assuming you mean more power .. so, buy another car. The insurance increase alone negates the idea TBH.

 

[DannyR]

Insuring yours with an engine swap will be more than a normal 172.

 

[Inequality Street]

got a mk2 renault clio 1.2 and want a bigger engine,
what would be the best engine to replace mine with?

I thought this when I fiest got my 1.2. It was how I justified spending far too much money on it 'I will keep it, shove a new engine then it's like a sport!'

Not worth it, buy a different car.

 

[Bluebeard]

Take it from me... Engine conversions (unless you've got pots of money!) are not worth it. Just buy the car you want.

A 'semi' decent 172 ph2 can be bought for under £1500 now so its not worth the aggro.

 

[Inequality Street]

If you want a wolf in sheepskin clothing to surprise people, there are better cars to do it with.
Probably cheaper to buy a sport and put non sport bumpers on it.

 

[MDP91]

Yep, if your going to do it all properly then it really isn't worth the money. I was seriously looking into it on my previous Clio (1.2 16v), even got as far as getting quotes from people like Flux. Ended up buying a LY 182 and I haven't looked back. Glad I spent the money on a Sport rather than throw money at a conversion.

 

[Inequality Street]

Yep, if your going to do it all properly then it really isn't worth the money. I was seriously looking into it on my previous Clio (1.2 16v), even got as far as getting quotes from people like Flux. Ended up buying a LY 182 and I haven't looked back. Glad I spent the money on a Sport rather than throw money at a conversion.

And I wouldn't even look at buying a converted Clio. Too much risk involved so you'd be stuck. However, I'd bite your arm off for a LY haha

 

[Dan519]

Conversion has to be something interesting and unusual to make it worth doing really. My old mk1 (RSI) with Spider engine was good becuase it was close to being un-replicable.

I've still got the engine and I might put it in something like a mk2 RSI eventually.

 

[Martin_172]

1.2 tce