Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
just tell the insurance your not a fukin mechanic you dont know what they parts are, car came like that
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Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
lol airfilter lying in the field you just ended up in
Sorry to bring this thread back up, I'm after doing a rebuild on my spare 1.2 8v engine from my Mk1 Clio, it's the mpi engine and I'm looking to completely strip it and build it up bottom to top,
Where can I get fast road cams and other updated engine bits and bobs?? Not looking to go mental just a bit better than my 58bhp!!!
Where can I get fast road cams and other updated engine bits and bobs?? Not looking to go mental just a bit better than my 58bhp!!!
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
everything will need to be custom really nothing out there for these smaller engines (for good reason i suppose) standard cam reprofiled will probably be the best bet
EDIT: It was still woefully slow.
I just did it to keep me amused, threw some sportlines on there as well to stop me hating the car.
And yet 5 years ago it seems that people in this thread were normal and not getting the s**t ripped out of them.
Funny how things change over time.
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Catcams do various camshaft profiles;
http://www.catcams.co.uk/acatalog/Renault_Twingo_1.2L_8v.html
(Its listed for the twingo but its the same engine - i.e. DIET/D7F).
There was also some palce in germany that did exhaust manifolds but i can't remember the name now - been about 5 years since i had my 1.2 and 2 years since i've been on here.
The camsaft was reasonably cheap - i bought one and IIRC it was about £290.
You'd be best just getting that and a K&N/zorst and leave it at that.
Will sound like a mini valver and go well enough as well.
http://www.catcams.co.uk/acatalog/Renault_Twingo_1.2L_8v.html
(Its listed for the twingo but its the same engine - i.e. DIET/D7F).
There was also some palce in germany that did exhaust manifolds but i can't remember the name now - been about 5 years since i had my 1.2 and 2 years since i've been on here.
The camsaft was reasonably cheap - i bought one and IIRC it was about £290.
You'd be best just getting that and a K&N/zorst and leave it at that.
Will sound like a mini valver and go well enough as well.
RB 182 Cup
can you not fit a 1.4 head and cam?
2003 Clio 172
Why....why is this happening?
Why tune a 1.2?
When i was a young'un and couldnt insure anything......I drove a panda, a P A N D A.
Obviously, I was NEVER going to get performance so i did the stuff that i could, sounds....wheels.....suspension etc.......and left performance until I could afford a real car.
J
Why tune a 1.2?
When i was a young'un and couldnt insure anything......I drove a panda, a P A N D A.
Obviously, I was NEVER going to get performance so i did the stuff that i could, sounds....wheels.....suspension etc.......and left performance until I could afford a real car.
J
Cant fit a 1.4 head.
The 8v energy engines have inlets at the back of the engine where on the DIET they're at the front.
Dunno about the 16vs but they're a different engine code as well so basically no they won't fit.
I disgree with the comments that its not worth doing;.
A cam will only be about 300 but if he sold his mk1 he'd maybe get 500quid for the whole car - you're not going to find 1.6 or dci for that money in reality!
Fair play to the lad IMO...its not like hes spending mega bucks.
The 8v energy engines have inlets at the back of the engine where on the DIET they're at the front.
Dunno about the 16vs but they're a different engine code as well so basically no they won't fit.
I disgree with the comments that its not worth doing;.
A cam will only be about 300 but if he sold his mk1 he'd maybe get 500quid for the whole car - you're not going to find 1.6 or dci for that money in reality!
Fair play to the lad IMO...its not like hes spending mega bucks.
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
tunings a mugs game on any car.
when it comes to 1.2's, if you can do it yourself then do it, if your going to have to pay someone to do it.. its not
when it comes to 1.2's, if you can do it yourself then do it, if your going to have to pay someone to do it.. its not
thanks to those who replied with helpfull comments, dont see why people have to post saying its a waste of time/money, you dont think ive already heard that ?? :L im not just doing it for performance, im doing it so i can learn how to rebuild an engine, so when i hagve something bigger i will understand what im doing, the plan is..
try and find a 1200 MPI engine
Strip it down, replace;
cambelt
oil pump
water pump
rebuild the bottom end, new pparts etc..
port and polish the head
fast road and race cams
map the ecu to suit cams
try and get an exhaust manifold
replace all gasketc etc
paint the engine all pretty colours
try and find a 1200 MPI engine
Strip it down, replace;
cambelt
oil pump
water pump
rebuild the bottom end, new pparts etc..
port and polish the head
fast road and race cams
map the ecu to suit cams
try and get an exhaust manifold
replace all gasketc etc
paint the engine all pretty colours
SEAT Ibiza SC FR
A fool and his money are soon parted.
I don't understand the logic that tuning a 1*2 to gain 20-30 bhp after spending ££££'s is more acceptable than doing the same to a 1.2. Both will be noticeably different so why is starting with 100 more bhp suddenly making it justifiable?
As said it's a mug's game either way.
As said it's a mug's game either way.
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Just read the first few pages. I cannot believe how people now frown upon anyone trying to make anything other than a Renaultsport Clio faster yet back then everyone was encouraging it LOL. Maybe it is because the people who once encouraged it are now driving 1*2's etc.
