To me mate if nothing goes wrong, but you just feel like it might, its reliable, sounds like a difference of opinion anyway and not relevant to this thread.
Yeah that clutch is a b**ch, lol
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To me mate if nothing goes wrong, but you just feel like it might, its reliable, sounds like a difference of opinion anyway and not relevant to this thread.
Yeah that clutch is a b**ch, lol
Evo 5 RS
As Chip says I had more emphasis on the stage 3 than the actual Vxr as a package. In the same regard as running more than 250bhp through a standard f4r. As a drive in drive out package it's just something I wouldn't entertain on a car that's still fairly new
Ironically considering the VXR is the one turbo from the factory, Id much sooner trust a standard N/A clio F4R bottom end at that power than a VXR one, lol
(I realise the clio has an unfair 100cc per cylinder advantage!)
Evo 5 RS
Unfair or better? Lol. Blown or not blown 1600cc is still 1600cc 
I just remembered i changed the intercooler on that for an st-3 one, it had an st-1 or -2 i cant rememer, anyways the -3 has a bigger core, i drove it up and down the road a few times after i fitted it with no bumper on, felt alot better actually.
All this turbo chat is making me so excited to do my corsa c zlet conversion, can't wait!
All this turbo chat is making me so excited to do my corsa c zlet conversion, can't wait!
Evo 5 RS
FI makes so much more sense
Indeed, the only reason any N/A cars exist at all in motorsport is when the FI cars are banned, so if you are looking to be very quick and have no such rule banning you then its ludicous doing anything else really.
It does, people spend thousands and thousands of pounds on they're clio's or any n/a car for that matter to get such small gains and not really any substantial gains, if you don't like clio's out the box don't buy them really. All IMO of course.
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
Everytime I have seen a corsa vxr over 1/4 mile at santa pod or avon park go against a 182 ( a fair few times ) it will be pretty much equal all way down strip run same sort of times. If you had a corsa VXR that was 240 plus and your 182 is quicker ( not just the fact you think its quicker because it revs better and probly makes more noise) Then your corsa was no where near 240 !! Unless you have Timed both cars I think you are mistaken !
And yet ironically you are planning to buy an N/A corsa C and then turbo it with an engine transplant? sounds kind of the same thing as building a turbo clio 197 with an F4RT etc surely?
Evo 5 RS
Nothing wrong with NA tuning either. Stringing an ITB f4R is a try before you die experience. Doesn't matter if Joeys turbo 182 cup is quicker or not tbh
Are you actually purposely trying to gun me down by anything I say now or I just need to explain things super clearly because you can't understand? I'm doing a forced induction engine conversion as opposed to spending £3000 - £4000 on trying to improve an n/a engine, I.e a 2 grand inlet for 20bhp, or 5 grand on bodies, for 35bhp,
if you spend the 5k doing a transplant or even turbo or supercharge your n/a engine, then the cars not really n/a no more, and you WOULD get substantial gains, so the opposite of me saying thousands for small gains.
Well the gains in bhp per £1K spent is certainly wrong with it if you are used to tuning with turbo engines instead, but its a different experience and I still enjoy both. There isnt only one answer to what type of tuning is best to enjoy driving, but there is one answer as to which will be the most powerful for the same money.
You must have not made your post clear enough then mate, I assumed that the spending thousands of pounds to make a car that starts as N/A quick that you dissaproved off would be including turboing a clio. If not then yes I agree that if the only thing that matters to you is power/torque then any N/A car that stays N/A is a bad idea value for money wise.
But that said I'd wager a lot of people on this site spending a week at the ring with either my turbo clio or my rs2 clio, would actually have more fun and learn the track better in the RS2 one, turbos sometimes make your lap quicker and less fun at the same time especially if you are just learning to drive on track still.
Here are a few times to have a look at...
http://www.vxronline.co.uk/forum/sh...4-Mile-Time-Leader-Board&highlight=1/4+Leader
Ok then it might not be quicker but it certainly feels it, maybe due to it been older, noisier, louder and that it revs alot more with all the power being at the top end.
Lol at this thread hahaha.
As Ive already said, you'd be better looking at terminals as a gauge of speed really, but even going on the times in there high 13s for the best stage 3 cars is a lot better than any standard 182 is ever going to manage I would imagine.
I would say either they werent well driven or werent well setup, someone going slower than a car is capable of doesnt prove anything, you need to look at the best of breed to see what a good one well driven will do for both cars.
I know its only topgear but the astra vxr is only .8 of a faster than a 182 which has around 60hp and tons of torque more. The stigs a decent driver too lol.
Look at the corsa burg and that was with ice on the track!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_test_track_Power_Lap_Times
Look at the corsa burg
and that was with ice on the track!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_test_track_Power_Lap_Times
I know its only topgear but the astra vxr is only .8 of a faster than a 182 which has around 60hp and tons of torque more. The stigs a decent driver too lol.
Look at the corsa burg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Top_Gear_test_track_Power_Lap_Times
They have the corsa listed as nearly 3 seconds a lap quicker than a clio 182, and thats a standard corsa vxr not a modified one which would be noticeably quicker.
Rubbish metric though, the conditions changing can easily effect lap times a lot.
Thats the burg edition, it is 205ps not 192 like the origional one, it also has bilstein dampers and springs, larger brembo brakes(similar to the 200) and a drexler limited slip diff. Imo this would be quicker than a stage 3 corsa vxr around there with standard brakes and diff, with the only handling mod being 40ml springs which mine in question had.
Unless they ever put a stage 3 corsa round you will never know, but like I said its a pretty rubbish metric anyway, the track conditions vary too much, if it was on the same day it would be great as a performance comparison but it isnt.
I have a 172 and the wife has a Corsa VXR and the Corsa just seems too heavy. It's nice and feels quicker but doesn't seem to have much more pace than the Clio.
It has other plus points though and I'll probably have it when she is finished with it.
It has other plus points though and I'll probably have it when she is finished with it.
Yes.
Let me guess, you got rid of it to save money\downsize.
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