performance upgrade for 172

[chris79]

When I first bought my cup back in april I heard rumors on here that renault were going to be offering a 200bhp upgrade by xmas for 172 owners ? Anyone know if this is still happening ? or if not who else does it aftermarket and whats involved etc ?

 

[Paul Wicks]

Best performance upgrade is to upgrade the springs and dampers, no extra stress on the engine = no drop in reliability (yes I know its a french car)

 

[pennga]

lad do a 200bhp upgrade

 

[edde]

O no I can see another anti LAD thread starting.

LAD claim 200hp but they wont seem to put it to the test on the dynos.

The best thing to do is to fit an exhaust, Bigger air filter and have the car remap as a one off.

Or stick 50hp nitro into the car (another area of disputer true tunning)

Renault have never said a 200hp is coming out the French I belive get a 180hp version

Renault woulnt offer and upgrade though they would just sell a completly new car. The new Clio may have 200hp but thats in the new car due 2004/2005 I belive and it will most likly be turbo (loads of easy tunning there)

EDD

 

[rt172]

Airfilter, decat and RSport chip and you will have a car capable of 14.1 second 1/4 mile times - a full second ahead of a standard 172. Forget bhp, these relatively cheap mods are the way forward. Not seen and LAD cars running 14.1 1.4 mile times, and these mods will only set you back £500 or so, rather than £1500 (i think) for the LAD conversion.

 

[JJ172]

Shame R-Sports mods dont work on a normal 172 and they have no plans to adapt the Cup ECU for a 172 either

According to R-Sport, the engine in the Cup is different so the inlet manifold and ECU upgrades dont work on a normal 172.

 

[KDF]

The engine isnt differnt, the 172 ECU has to deal with additional side airbags, climate control systems, ABS etc you get the point.

The Cup is not FBW throttle IIRC but the engines are exactly the same.

 

[Tom]

I can sort one out through eric at Audi-Renault sports enginering

contact mailto:eric@A.R.S.E.co.uk">eric@A.R.S.E.co.uk

 

[KDF]

lol..

There is actually a company that we use up here called

Audio Repair Services Edinburgh.. lol

 

[Frosty]

Quote: Originally posted by _KDF on 06 October 2003


The Cup is not FBW throttle IIRC but the engines are exactly the same.

Yes it it!

 

[Tom]

yes it is he means

 

[KDF]

is it ? i thought the FBW was taken out of the Cup ? oh well there you go then they are even more the same as before.

 

[Mike@Rentech]

I have heard a little bit of news Renault have released a mod that gets rid or the limiter and as its a genuine renault part it does not invalidate the warranty, I will keep you posted on this upgrade Im trying to find out the part number for it and I will post it on the forum as soon as I have got it.

 

[jonnyboy]

Quote: Originally posted by Mike172sport on 06 October 2003
<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>I have heard a little bit of news Renault have released a mod that gets rid or the limiter and as its a genuine renault part it does not invalidate the warranty, I will keep you posted on this upgrade Im trying to find out the part number for it and I will post it on the forum as soon as I have got it.


That will make no difference to performance as the max power of the engine is below where the limiter kicks in!

 

[rt172]

Is that not just the RSport chip?!

 

[Fred@BTM]

I think i remember Jeremey Townsend saying he has the R-Sport ECU on his 172

 

[tonykart]

@jonnyboy.



you are wrong, if you check the figures of the powercurve you see that after the max. power there is a drop is power and afterwards the power is climbing up again !! so in general the more rpms the more power. Of course this will stop when the valves will floath at some point and then your gone. But till 8000 Rpms the car flies !!

 

[cliosport.nu]

How about TechnoMap in France? 218bhp

http://www.technomap.fr/cliors.htmlhttp://www.technomap.fr/cliors.html

 

[dbouwer]

The guys from R-Sport said that it will work perfectly on a 172 because when you order one they need your engine number to get the correct ECU. It is not for cups only.

 

[cupdriver]

Quote: Originally posted by cliosport.nu on 07 October 2003

How about TechnoMap in France? 218bhp

http://www.technomap.fr/cliors.htmlhttp://www.technomap.fr/cliors.html

Is anyone able to translate, my french is not good, in fact its crap.

 

[rich[182]]

Who are R-Sport ? Have they a website ? Does it effect the warranty ?

 

[pennga]

try http://www.hillpower.co.ukwww.hillpower.co.uk they supply the r-sport stuff

 

[cliosport.nu]

Quote: Originally posted by cupdriver on 07 October 2003

Is anyone able to translate, my french is not good, in fact its crap.

Try http://babelfish.altavista.comhttp://babelfish.altavista.com
/j

 

[rt172]

Quote: Originally posted by dbouwer on 07 October 2003

The guys from R-Sport said that it will work perfectly on a 172 because when you order one they need your engine number to get the correct ECU. It is not for cups only.

Does this include MK1 172s?

 

[Darren555]

I contacted Hillpower about an R-Sport ecu for my 172 mk1 & they said no problemo as long as I gave them my engine number