As a few people know last year I descended into the world of forced induction with my clio, the long term plan was simple, I wanted 300bhp. Ktec were just in the process of releasing their low pressure turbo kit and after speaking to them I decided to have the low pressure turbp (LPT) conversion initially installed, followed by the high pressure turbo (HPT) conversion when funds would allow.
Anyway I had the 220bhp LPT conversion carried out and although initially pleased with the performance I was a bit disappointed to discover it only made 206 bhp. So a quick plan was devised, and I decided to pull the engine out and fit the full low compression/high boost turbo kit. In theory it was a simple concept as I already had the 300bhp turbo and intercooler and therefore once the low comp pistons etc... were installed I’d be able to simply turn the boost up and here we come 300bhp.
Unfortunately the reality was that the car made 267bhp and 262lb/ft now this really did annoy me as I’d heard countless stories of the mythical 300bhp turbo clios yet on closer inspection everyone who’d turbocharged their clio had struggled to exceed 280 bhp. So I decided to build my own kit, I removed the ktec conversion and sold it, then set about hand picking various component which I believed would get me to a comfortable 300bhp. I’m not going to bore you with what I’ve done but by using a logical approach and thinking a bit outside the box I managed to cobble together a half decent set up. Anyway early on in the thought process it was obvious that I was going to need a decent ECU after looking at everything available I decided that it would be the EC1 that RStuning and Tour-de-force designed.
Well after 5 months of varying enthusiasm levels I managed to get it finished and down to RStuning for a mapping session, the results from todays mapping are below. The first graph is power at the fly the second and third are power at the wheels.
The car is obviously unbelievable to drive it’s so smooth with a little bit of power available should you want to make a bit of progress, all in I’m pretty chuffed with how it’s all came together.
A massive thanks to Paul@RStuning for being a key player in bringing my car to this level and I’d also like to thank Matt@Tour-de-force for tirelessly answering question after question whilst I muddled my way through the ECU wiring LOL. I’d also like to extend a little thanks to Specky who works at RStuning just for being such an annoying sod all day, he cheered me up no end
All comments welcome whether positive or negative.
Anyway I had the 220bhp LPT conversion carried out and although initially pleased with the performance I was a bit disappointed to discover it only made 206 bhp. So a quick plan was devised, and I decided to pull the engine out and fit the full low compression/high boost turbo kit. In theory it was a simple concept as I already had the 300bhp turbo and intercooler and therefore once the low comp pistons etc... were installed I’d be able to simply turn the boost up and here we come 300bhp.
Unfortunately the reality was that the car made 267bhp and 262lb/ft now this really did annoy me as I’d heard countless stories of the mythical 300bhp turbo clios yet on closer inspection everyone who’d turbocharged their clio had struggled to exceed 280 bhp. So I decided to build my own kit, I removed the ktec conversion and sold it, then set about hand picking various component which I believed would get me to a comfortable 300bhp. I’m not going to bore you with what I’ve done but by using a logical approach and thinking a bit outside the box I managed to cobble together a half decent set up. Anyway early on in the thought process it was obvious that I was going to need a decent ECU after looking at everything available I decided that it would be the EC1 that RStuning and Tour-de-force designed.
Well after 5 months of varying enthusiasm levels I managed to get it finished and down to RStuning for a mapping session, the results from todays mapping are below. The first graph is power at the fly the second and third are power at the wheels.
The car is obviously unbelievable to drive it’s so smooth with a little bit of power available should you want to make a bit of progress, all in I’m pretty chuffed with how it’s all came together.
A massive thanks to Paul@RStuning for being a key player in bringing my car to this level and I’d also like to thank Matt@Tour-de-force for tirelessly answering question after question whilst I muddled my way through the ECU wiring LOL. I’d also like to extend a little thanks to Specky who works at RStuning just for being such an annoying sod all day, he cheered me up no end
All comments welcome whether positive or negative.
