is this a common 172 mod!?

[michael flanagan]

Hi eveyone, i bought my first clio sport 172 a few days ago and am really enjoying it. Its a 2nd car to enjoy on the weekend and i was lucky enough to get it for £480 off gumtree. Im over the moon with the price, it was running on 3 cylinders when started from hot and i narrowed it down to injector number 2. After buying a new injector for £36 it now runs faultless. I spent another £80 on giving it a service after work this evening so all in all it owes me less then £600. whilst servicing it today i came across this!!??

i havnt seen one of these since i used to read max power as a lad! Am i right in saying this isnt a popular mod on the clios and it is just down to some numpty previous owner??
I took it straight off and threw it as far as i could (into the skip), please tell me it wasnt expensive lol
anyway heres a few pics as she stands (sorry, iphone lens is very dusty inside)

 

[LeeRS]

What am i looking for?
Get belts done on that, asap.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Power boost valve. Useless

 

[ADS_V6]

extra 50bhp,lee get one

 

[michael flanagan]

What am i looking for?
Get belts done on that, asap.

already booked in!

 

[michael flanagan]

Power boost valve. Useless

lol i agree, they cant still be selling these surley? i thought they died with fibreglass bodykits

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

lol i agree, they cant still be selling these surley? i thought they died with fibreglass bodykits

Lol no idea mate

 

[Inequality Street]

Power boost valve. Useless

What is it for (supposidly)?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

What is it for (supposidly)?

I honestly can't remember their sales buff on it, I'll have a research

 

[ADS_V6]

max power days promised better throttle response,load of tosh

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

My mistake, its actually an Ecotek valve

http://www.ecotek.eu/shop/cb-26p-chrome/

 

[ADS_V6]

ordered one

 

[Addicted]

I reckon you'll hit 300bhp with that and bucket mod.

 

[LeeRS]

Lol, you probably have.

 

[ADS_V6]

what sort of bucket?

 

[Addicted]

what sort of bucket?

What?!

THE bucket mod. There's only one type that works.

 

[ADS_V6]

im a bit slow on this,was gonn drill few holes in my wash bucket?

 

[Addicted]

im a bit slow on this,was gonn drill few holes in my wash bucket?

Is it a blue bucket? Only works if it's blue.

 

[ADS_V6]

yes its a blue home bargains one,extra torque or mid range?

 

[carbon_clio]

I'd be more worried as to why it has no xenon headlight units

 

[McGherkin]

Is it a blue bucket? Only works if it's blue.

Nope, if you just use any old blue one it won't work. It MUST be a 5 Litre Calf Rearing Bucket.

 

[Knuckles]

My mistake, its actually an Ecotek valve

http://www.ecotek.eu/shop/cb-26p-chrome/

Sooo... It only works with lift off over steer?

Firstly, it collapses the manifold vacuum allowing briefly for a richer mixture on the re-application of a trailing throttle

How can they charge £43 for that?!

 

[michael flanagan]

I'd be more worried as to why it has no xenon headlight units

I'm not worried, the previous owner changed the headlights for the mot and was clearly a cheap skate.

 

[davo172]

I lost intrest when I read gumtree !