Quote: Originally posted by yeecup on 29 December 2003
I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE NEW CLIO 182 WHICH SAID RENAULT GOT THE EXTRA 10BHP FROM CHANGES TO THE CAT AND INLET MANIFOLD. CAN U BUY THE MODIFIED MANIFOLD ANYWHERE TO FIT THE CUP? WILL IT MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE?
There is a new throttle body as well.
Not worth doing the Renault mods though 182 hp can be reached for less IMO.
The parts and order numbers for Renault sport parts can be got from the cup racing teams and maybe Renault UK dealers. The parts are listed below. Some of them are not 182 parts though there group N ones
Inlet manifold : 8200 251 605 (same as on Clio 182 Bhp) it was designed for cup racing by RenaultSport in France in 2002. Should costs about £130 Bugger to change I think Nick Hill does the conversion adds about 5hp on its own.
Exhaust Orbisound : 7711 151 188 Costs about £600
Ecu : 7711 151 295 Not the same as Mk2 ones I belive as Cup racers use a MK1 one throttle body ie no DBW
Cam are different. It´s a difficult to drive at low revs drive so not worth it for day to day drive ability. Although cams and chip give ~190 Bhp and the torque from 4500 is ~240NM
There is a parts catalog for group N mods the code is 7711 156 400 its the parts used in the group N cup series
If you change manifold, airfilter (K&N insert with moded coldair intake), exhaust and ECU you will get around 188 Bhp
The offical press release for the 182 said the Clio had
An exhaust manifold and catalytic converter changes
EDD