350z, Subaru Legacy
Ok so I need to buy a new car.
There's a 90% it will be a Clio, and I am a sucker for the 182 tailpipes and struggle with the idea of the Cup interior...
So let's assume it would be a 182 (FF preferably). I do love RB and have owned 2 in this colour already but having a hard time finding one that has particularly grabbed my attention.
My original plan with the last Clio was to go down the ITB route which is expensive and doesn't give you the greatest gains I know - but I love the noise and just how motorsport they are.
One of the problems is - that I do about 25,000 miles a year. Now I could potentially get the train to work or get a 1.0ltr/diesel for commuting; and in that case I could probably afford to just get something turbocharged aka a megane...
One thing I'm concious of is that if I mod my car every couple of months that I will have done so many miles inbetween - and I'm sure it's probably ideal to do lot's of work at the same time, when it comes to performance mods anyway...
At the moment there are a couple of Clio's up for sale with ITB conversions already done. However both have fairly high mileage. And I'm well aware that over 3 years I'd be doing around 75,000 miles. On the flipside they look well maintained and I'd avoid all the expensive/slow modding work myself.
The things I would use the car for are:
Driving to work - say around 75miles a day, dual carriageway.
Driving extremely fast around my local bumpy/ dusty 1 track backroads(private etc. blah...) this is pretty much a daily or rather very late at nightly occurence.
Possibly the occasional track day - but not a lot of pull for these as my local roads are so fun.
I mean I could just get a fairly standard one - decat, panel filter, matched inlets, brakes etc. and it be good fun, but I want more performance.
What are ITBs like for daily driving - like how much of a difference fuel wise? And what sort of mechanical/electrical worries are there if any? Petrol is a major concern for me and the main reason I don't currently have some sort of turbo.
Appreciate any thoughts/comments/opinions/CS Police :rasp:
Cheers,
There's a 90% it will be a Clio, and I am a sucker for the 182 tailpipes and struggle with the idea of the Cup interior...
So let's assume it would be a 182 (FF preferably). I do love RB and have owned 2 in this colour already but having a hard time finding one that has particularly grabbed my attention.
My original plan with the last Clio was to go down the ITB route which is expensive and doesn't give you the greatest gains I know - but I love the noise and just how motorsport they are.
One of the problems is - that I do about 25,000 miles a year. Now I could potentially get the train to work or get a 1.0ltr/diesel for commuting; and in that case I could probably afford to just get something turbocharged aka a megane...
One thing I'm concious of is that if I mod my car every couple of months that I will have done so many miles inbetween - and I'm sure it's probably ideal to do lot's of work at the same time, when it comes to performance mods anyway...
At the moment there are a couple of Clio's up for sale with ITB conversions already done. However both have fairly high mileage. And I'm well aware that over 3 years I'd be doing around 75,000 miles. On the flipside they look well maintained and I'd avoid all the expensive/slow modding work myself.
The things I would use the car for are:
Driving to work - say around 75miles a day, dual carriageway.
Driving extremely fast around my local bumpy/ dusty 1 track backroads(private etc. blah...) this is pretty much a daily or rather very late at nightly occurence.
Possibly the occasional track day - but not a lot of pull for these as my local roads are so fun.
I mean I could just get a fairly standard one - decat, panel filter, matched inlets, brakes etc. and it be good fun, but I want more performance.
What are ITBs like for daily driving - like how much of a difference fuel wise? And what sort of mechanical/electrical worries are there if any? Petrol is a major concern for me and the main reason I don't currently have some sort of turbo.
Appreciate any thoughts/comments/opinions/CS Police :rasp:
Cheers,
