Help with Clio cup!

[Stu_c]

Hi all
Right car guys need some help / advice on Clio Cup Race Car, need to get more power from it, people have said you can tune it others say you can't, it's a fully race spec car thats used in the support races with a Sedev sequential gear box just need some solid proof of anything can be done. The race series allows 260bhp per ton we are at 206bhp we are currently up against Ford Festas STs which are running close to 260bhp, we can keep up fine on the corners etc but soon as we are on the straights they pull away and we run out of puff, anyone got any suggestions?

Many thanks

 

[Poopensharten]

Forced induction has got to be the way forward i reckon.

If you can get the weight to as close as 1000kg's and drop a Megane 250 engine in maybe? Unsure how attainable that is in the Mk3's!?

 

[Stay Puft]

@NorthloopCup had high power from n/a iirc??

 

[NorthloopCup]

To be competitive you'll need ££££'s tuning the n/a lump.

 

[Lctr]

I know the lad who owns this
Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272588631422
Tuning N/A it's like burning your wallet.

 

[Craig]

I'm guessing it would be cheaper the meg engine in it?

 

[Lctr]

Easy to spend 10-15k N/A

 

[NorthloopCup]

I'm guessing it would be cheaper the meg engine in it?

It will always be cheaper mate, but he may not be allowed fi in the series.

I'd say a realistic figure to work with for around 250hp is a minimum of £10k

 

[Craig]

Ahh yeah I suppose so. That's a hell of alot of ££££. Deep pockets needed then.

 

[Poopensharten]

It will always be cheaper mate, but he may not be allowed fi in the series.

I'd say a realistic figure to work with for around 250hp is a minimum of £10k

He mentions Fiesta's running 260 so i'd have thought they're maybe FI?

 

[NorthloopCup]

He mentions Fiesta's running 260 so i'd have thought they're maybe FI?

Duratec engines are quite easy to get to that sort of hp n/a mate. They'll do a real 300+hp on itb's if your pockets are deep enough.

 

[Poopensharten]

True enough! The previous 2.0 16v one was severley restricted at 150bhp!

 

[Christopher.]

True enough! The previous 2.0 16v one was severley restricted at 150bhp!

When i had mine the air filter was the same size as a PS4 case !!! The amount of pipework it ran through added up to 2M IIRC ! Its crossed over the engine twice before getting to the TB.

Great car once improved.

 

[Poopensharten]

Aye we had one years ago as well, it was 205bhp from memory by the time we'd finished with it!

 

[Alb.]

Sorry to hijack, which fiesta ST are you taking about when you say it was severely restricted at 150bhp?

 

[shiftspark]

Mk6 fiesta st i pressme, MR200 made 200hp from modified inlet,cams and exhaust iirc

 

[Stu_c]

Hi all
After a bit of research I have spoken to the guys from RSport who do the cup conversions apparently they did a Clio rally car, our ECU is locked and cannot really be modified, but the Clio Rally runs bewtwen 230-250bhp after a lengthy chat he's told us that if we change the pistons, cams etc we should be able to see the same sort of power as they can then play with the ECU to match this but will need to run on race fuel so this could potentially be the route to go :/

 

[NorthloopCup]

Hi all
After a bit of research I have spoken to the guys from RSport who do the cup conversions apparently they did a Clio rally car, our ECU is locked and cannot really be modified, but the Clio Rally runs bewtwen 230-250bhp after a lengthy chat he's told us that if we change the pistons, cams etc we should be able to see the same sort of power as they can then play with the ECU to match this but will need to run on race fuel so this could potentially be the route to go :/

Follow the link and you might find something interesting. :wink:
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/breaking-cover-ag-content-from-page-45.772072/

Oh and race fuel?! I ran mine on shell vpower and made 230bhp and 181lb/ft. Did they tell you the cost of the parts as well btw? R3 maxi and maxi evo stuff ain't cheap!