Upgrades on 172 Mk2 motor?

[2.0 SPORT 16V]

Hi what can I do to my Clio 172 Mk2 motor to make it faster and still reliable? I was thinking about turbo or supercharge but it's going to cost alot and my car isn't going to be reliable , so what else can I do?:S

 

[MarkM]

how much have you got to spend?

 

[CrazyK]

Take £2k and give it to GDI along with your car, collect when complete and smile all the way home!!

 

[2.0 SPORT 16V]

Hi , I live in South Africa so +/- R10 000. I want a car that kickes a#s without turbo,supercharger or Nos.:approve:

 

[MarkM]

OK engine work as follows,

Exhaust, (2.5"-3" bore)
Decat / sports cat
ITG Maxogen filter

manifold match
headwork

Choice of engine management:
Hill Power chip
Rsport ECU
SMT7
OMEX

V expensive mods:
Throttle bodies
Supercharge (not available in this country yet...........)
Turbo

If you havent done anything yet,

Start with the top 3 and see how you get on. Speak to one of the main tuners for better info.

Hillpower
BBPT
GDI
AWT
Yozzasport

I have approx 205bhp and have no reliability issues. You must be prepared to spend a few thousand to get any noticeable power increase

 

[MarkM]

Hi , I live in South Africa so +/- R10 000. I want a car that kickes a#s without turbo,supercharger or Nos.:approve:

Talk to local tuners but sounds like throttle bodies if you have the cash for 215bhp+

 

[CrazyK]

I would say, In this order...
Good Panel filter (itg)
Matched Inlet
decat
182 manifold
2.5-3.0" exhaust
SMT6 or Omex ECU management
Ported head
Cam
Throttle Bodies

 

[widders]

surely you'd want to do the ECU last otherwise it will need remapping if you add anything?

 

[2.0 SPORT 16V]

What do you mean by Decat,take the cat out? If you take the cat out won't you have problems with your sensors?

 

[Martin_172]

yep a decat means removing the restrictive cat for a free flowing pipe

i cant answer your question on sensors though, someone will

 

[thedoc]

you could have problems with your sensor's.. some do, some dont.. my emission's light is on.. it bothers some people, other dont give a rats @ss.

 

[toms_cup]

Take £2k and give it to GDI along with your car, collect when complete and smile all the way home!!

seeing you live in SA, do as above, take to GDI and get one of there stickers lol,



adds at least 20bhp :evil: :clown:

 

[Ali]

surely you'd want to do the ECU last otherwise it will need remapping if you add anything?

Correct.

For ur budget

Filter, air feed.
Zorst and decat
Inlet work
Remap.

Approx 1000£

Want more?

Cams

Approx now 2000 inc fitting and remap.

 

[MATT BLACK]

you can cam, ECU, decat, gas flow the inlet manifold and viper a 172 for less than £1k

 

[Neil G]

surely you'd want to do the ECU last otherwise it will need remapping if you add anything?

Good point....do as many mods as possible and remap after

 

[Ali]

you can cam, ECU, decat, gas flow the inlet manifold and viper a 172 for less than £1k

No chance!!!!!!!! bearing in mind not everyone's a mechanic matt

Gas flowing =200 + 50 fitting
ECU = 300 +mapping mayb
Decat = 135, 80 2nd hand.
Viper/Ik = 150+
Cam regrinds are gash are 300 billets are 500 and fitting is 8hrs labour.

I don't understand your breakdown of costs above?

 

[CrazyK]

Good point....do as many mods as possible and remap after

The New ECU will have a base map which will be miles better than the std ECU it will allow you to run your other mods with a better result, Finish the tuning then get it mapped to the optimum for that vehicle.

 

[-Make-]

Just wondering..
Why 2.5" or 3" bore?
I think 2" or 2 1/4 is better for this engine, better flow you know.

How big Clio Cup -cars use?

 

[Fred@BTM]

Just wondering..
Why 2.5" or 3" bore?
I think 2" or 2 1/4 is better for this engine, better flow you know.

How big Clio Cup -cars use?

63mm is just about perfect IMO

 

[Ali]

Yep^ Is that the diametre of the Obisound freddyboy?

 

[Fred@BTM]

its not orbisouNd its orbiSOUD

 

[wide]

you can cam, ECU, decat, gas flow the inlet manifold and viper a 172 for less than £1k

from were m8???

 

[Ali]

its not orbisouNd its orbiSOUD

Tomato Tomato! Up yeee

 

[Fred@BTM]

foreigner!!

 

[Ali]

^ Good band that!

 

[Neil G]

The New ECU will have a base map which will be miles better than the std ECU it will allow you to run your other mods with a better result, Finish the tuning then get it mapped to the optimum for that vehicle.

Yep...most aftermarket ecus do indeed have generic base maps when you install them