Mk3 1.2 TURBO

[jonnyg]

Picked up a new loan car yesterday as im still waiting to get the 172 back from the body shop,They have giving me a 1.2 mk3 clio which i was fully shocked to find out has a turbo fitted to it Its still not a megga fast motor but its fantastic for a 1.2. anyone on here have one? as i have never heard this engine before.

 

[cliobritt]

Why bother turbocharging a 1.2?

 

[nickyc]

Why bother turbocharging a 1.2?

Weight, tax and power efficiency.

 

[mcphee197]

I had a modus 1.2 turbo as a courtesy car

I fell out the seat and hit my funny bone on something when I tried to go round a corner at what I consider normal speeds.

I also felt sea sick with its bouncy bouncy suspension.


Good fun for spanking though. When i got bored of it I found myself pinning the throttle all the time to make it move.

 

[Brett]

Why bother turbocharging a 1.2?

Because it can provide the power of a 1.4, torque of a 1.6 with the economy of a 1.2. That is how renault market it, makes sense tbh, there will be a lot more small turbo charged engines coming on the market in the near future. The 1.4 TCE will be going in the new megane to replace the 2.0 N/A unit etc.

Its to reduce the tax on them etc, turbo's are the future , look at the 2nd Gen Mini Cooper S : 175bhp, 41mpg and Band C road tax which is the same as a 1.2 clio.

Makes sense to me tbh, renault should have used a 1.6 turbo lump in the 197 to cure its poor fuel consumption and high co2 and readuce its weight.

Although I do prefare a n/a engine, with all the benifits of the turbo it certainly wouldn't put me off.

 

[cliobritt]

Because it can provide the power of a 1.4, torque of a 1.6 with the economy of a 1.2. That is how renault market it, makes sense tbh, there will be a lot more small turbo charged engines coming on the market in the near future. The 1.4 TCE will be going in the new megane to replace the 2.0 N/A unit etc.

Its to reduce the tax on them etc, turbo's are the future , look at the 2nd Gen Mini Cooper S : 175bhp, 41mpg and Band C road tax which is the same as a 1.2 clio.

Makes sense to me tbh, renault should have used a 1.6 turbo lump in the 197 to cure its poor fuel consumption and high co2 and readuce its weight.

Although I do prefare a n/a engine, with all the benifits of the turbo it certainly wouldn't put me off.

but its 5k to turbocharge it, buy a 182?

 

[Dangerous_dave]

lol its a standard renault production engine not a ktec conversion...


my mum has one its a decent shopping car! read some reviews on parkers or something if you want to find out more

 

[realnumber 1]

I heard somewhere that those things will smoke most cars off the line on private roads of course:quiet:

 

[rankins]

ha ha ha yeah i have one and love it

 

[Michael172]

but its 5k to turbocharge it, buy a 182?

Standard Car, lookup :


Clio 1.2 TCE


You call yourself a clio enthusiast ?

 

[Michael172]

I heard somewhere that those things will smoke most cars off the line on private roads of course:quiet:

No kidding, will leave clio V6's for dead.

 

[iimushroomzii]

but its 5k to turbocharge it, buy a 182?

5k? Are you insane? They come like that standard...

 

[Ronnie R]

haha smart ass!

 

[jonnyg]

lol i cant see enterprise rent a car sending there cars off to k-tec for some boost haha.

 

[hardinglad]

i used to have one
great wee car found it really fun to drive and not the slowest 1.2. but i killed her so clio number 3 soon hopefully

 

[dmn1989]

1.2 tce engine.

performance of a 1.4 and more economical than a 1.2

 

[daydotz]

125brake after a remap

 

[rankins]

will be getting re-map, viper air filter, dump valve and poss twin zaust

 

[nick.]

My m8's mum bought that model without knowing an me m8 had a drive init and also had a nice suprise.

 

[Alfonz]

Love turbos, only driven me mums corsa 1.3 cdti but that was wick, found it very responsive, much better than my 1.2 clio.
it was returning upto 55-60mgp, apart from when i had it it was more like 45-50mpg.
very economical, and very nippy for a 1.3, had the power of an average 1.6 i would say, but ten time as fun.

My next car will be a turbo of some sort i think!

 

[hardinglad]

125brake after a remap

i found 135 easy enough with a muti-map. was told it might be wild hard on the egine so not run it on that map all the time

 

[Mells]

I heard somewhere that those things will smoke most cars off the line on private roads of course:quiet:

182s are easy prey iirc

 

[kaimcg]

Love turbos, only driven me mums corsa 1.3 cdti but that was wick, found it very responsive, much better than my 1.2 clio.
it was returning upto 55-60mgp, apart from when i had it it was more like 45-50mpg.
very economical, and very nippy for a 1.3, had the power of an average 1.6 i would say, but ten time as fun.

My next car will be a turbo of some sort i think!

No it wasnt lol, lets not joke

 

[Mostro]

but its 5k to turbocharge it, buy a 182?

Read properly. Muppet

 

[Ian_182]

Lots of car makers are going down the small engine turbo route at the moment...

 

[VeinAST]

R1XPH has one! Got some proper torque in it I must say
!

 

[Alfonz]

No it wasnt lol, lets not joke

Erm, yeah it was.

What did that add to the discussion?:S

 

[Jaff]

my dads got a 1.3 ctdi corsa, they only have 69bhp standard iirc so less than a 1.2 not a 1.6, even mapped they only get 90-95bhp. but they do feel lighter than the clio despite being about 90kg heavier than a mk2 1.2 and pull well in gear, but handle really crap- very skitish and understeer galore.

any way ive heard the 1.2 tce are pretty good, but i dunno tbh they should get rid of the non turbo engine, you need the extra power to compensate for the 100+kg the new clio has over the old one.

and i know what you mean about the modus, they are horrid, fair enough the one i drove had steerign failure, so i was going very sedately and i was nearly falling out the seat. i'd be inteseted in driving a 1.4 and a 1.2 tce back to back and see how they compare. the tce has about 2bhp more and is 30kg lighter, which begs the question why even have the 1.4 any more?

 

[Alfonz]

my dads got a 1.3 ctdi corsa, they only have 69bhp standard iirc so less than a 1.2 not a 1.6quote]

Mate, the 1.3 cdti has 90bhp! well my mums sxi 90 has. hence the 90.

 

[Jaff]

must be the new corsa they have a 69 bhp one and a 88 bhp one, i thought you ment the older corsa, which only had the one 1.3 engine. but i never realised how heavy the new corsa are, the kerb weight on one of them is anout 1250kg, like for like they are about 100kg heavier than a mk3 clio.

 

[Hutchie]

i NEED 2 turbo's on my 1.2 its gutless!!!

 

[Cupster]

Aren't VW making a 1.4 turbo and s.charged golf in the new shape or something.

iirc there was actually a Nissan Micra built with this setup......

EDIT: Micra Super Turbo

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3770/superturbo6po.jpg

lol

 

[Jaff]

they already do a super turbo golf 1.4 looks like a mini gti.

 

[tyni_clio]

my mate has one of these cars, its a TCE engine, acceleration of a 1.4 and torque of a 1.6 apparently, so i read about it on the web.

 

[Savi]

lol i cant see enterprise rent a car sending there cars off to k-tec for some boost haha.

Ha Ha!!

bring on a Twin Turbo 1.2. One smaller turbo with a bigger turbo so less turbo lag, Va Va Voom!!!!

 

[Alfonz]

Ha Ha!!

bring on a Twin Turbo 1.2. One smaller turbo with a bigger turbo so less turbo lag, Va Va Voom!!!!

lol, sounds fun.