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Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Laaaaarvely!
ph 2 clio 172
i had a black stelth one no stripes and it was immense fun and one we got past 2000 miles the standard exhaust comes alive bacfires and sounds quality i changed to a novitec group n exhaust after and sounded even better i got to 180bhp in mine with remap and exhaust and gt tuning induction set up, but that is as far as you can go on standard turbo there are a few now with 300 + bhp and with putting punto abarth turbo on you can get 230bhp good little car good choice
just i wanted to track more so couldnt bring myself to put 19k in a gravel trap.
just i wanted to track more so couldnt bring myself to put 19k in a gravel trap.
lbrench
ClioSport Club Member
F250 6.7 / VW GLI.
Tmc mapping box takes it to 175 ish then group N exhaust about 180
Yeh but it's pricey
BG 182
awesome m8, properly nice little motor. i just ordered a ds3 as the fiat would be too small for the missus and child
Mini Cooper S sport
CBA to change the plates. Might think about getting it detailed when the weather warms up.
Thanks, the seats are OK but obviously not exactly Recaros. There are some tuning options but it feels quicker than it is anyway.
Thanks
You want almost as much ass?
Nice car. You suck at pictures
LOL, sorry!! If you ever come over here you can take some for me!
Yeah I wanted xenons but the price was too good to pass up. I've fitted whiter dipped bulbs instead, that will have to do.
I think it has to be done within a time limit on the new car, if a dealer does it anyway.
Thanks all for the nice comments x
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Whats an Essesse?
Looks nice. Id ditch the badge on the rear qtr tho.
Are they better than the cooper s?
Looks nice. Id ditch the badge on the rear qtr tho.
Are they better than the cooper s?
MINI-R32-integrale
Looks good. The Essesse kit is a box of tuning bits that can be ordered from new or added upto 12months or 12,000miles from new. This is manufacturers way of getting around individual type approval as the car is homologated as the normal car, so no costly fees. Lots are doing it now scenic it's just re-maps like BMW offer on some of thier cars etc
It also means you retain the warranty.
It includes lowered stiffer prints which look good but make the car horrible to drive, cross drilled discs & uprated pads all round, the nicest 17" wheels offered on the car, a remap, a BMC drop in filter & I think that's it. You of course keep the wooden crate which looks pretty cool it all comes in and all the original parts.
There is an extended SS kit that includes Koni FSD dampers which replaces the under damped originals but does nothing for the car sitting on the rear bump stops, they are a improvement.
The original seats offer no support whatsoever but you can buy expensive £1600 Sabelt sears which are better, this also includes a slimmer under seat subwoofer as the original one is too big to fit under them. They are meant to lower the seating position, but in reality doesn't. They look brilliant but have no shoulder support like say a Recaro Speed does.
The Trofeo Race cars ran 215-220bhp on 100% standard internals engine with only changes to the Garrett turbo from the Punto Essesse kit, bigger fuel rail & injectors. They could run a whole season without issue. The standard IHI turbo is tiny & runs out of puff at 170bhp running anything above this will start to overheat the charge & possibly overspeed the turbo.
It also means you retain the warranty.
It includes lowered stiffer prints which look good but make the car horrible to drive, cross drilled discs & uprated pads all round, the nicest 17" wheels offered on the car, a remap, a BMC drop in filter & I think that's it. You of course keep the wooden crate which looks pretty cool it all comes in and all the original parts.
There is an extended SS kit that includes Koni FSD dampers which replaces the under damped originals but does nothing for the car sitting on the rear bump stops, they are a improvement.
The original seats offer no support whatsoever but you can buy expensive £1600 Sabelt sears which are better, this also includes a slimmer under seat subwoofer as the original one is too big to fit under them. They are meant to lower the seating position, but in reality doesn't. They look brilliant but have no shoulder support like say a Recaro Speed does.
The Trofeo Race cars ran 215-220bhp on 100% standard internals engine with only changes to the Garrett turbo from the Punto Essesse kit, bigger fuel rail & injectors. They could run a whole season without issue. The standard IHI turbo is tiny & runs out of puff at 170bhp running anything above this will start to overheat the charge & possibly overspeed the turbo.
MINI-R32-integrale
Couple of errors above I can't fix now.
It should read 'lots are doing it now, even if it's just remaps' no idea how scenic got in there.
And lowered springs not prints!?!?!?!
The Trofeo cars run the 6 speed box from the Punto which proved to be durable over a race season, even when wrong gears selected i.e. 2nd rather than 4th coming down the gears which happened on more than one occassion seeing as it was an H pattern box in a LHD car many bring used to RHD cars with sequential. Though the damage to the buckets/shims was interesting on engines over revving to 10,000rpm. Though to be fair you just replaced them rebuilt & off they went.It reduces the steering lock by loads. The engine can trace its origins back to the 999cc 8V FIRE fitted to the UNO in 1984, through the 1108cc 8Vin the Cinquecento, 1242cc 8V & 16V in Punto, to the 1368cc it is today. It is very robust & proven unit.
The stupidly expensive 695 Tributo (£38,000 for a 500 Abarth with some real carbon trim, Garrett turbo giving 180bhp, the same Brembo callipers the Punto Abarth/Clio 197/200 use) runs a 6 speed box I believe so the rumoured facelift due this year may get it.
It should read 'lots are doing it now, even if it's just remaps' no idea how scenic got in there.
And lowered springs not prints!?!?!?!
The Trofeo cars run the 6 speed box from the Punto which proved to be durable over a race season, even when wrong gears selected i.e. 2nd rather than 4th coming down the gears which happened on more than one occassion seeing as it was an H pattern box in a LHD car many bring used to RHD cars with sequential. Though the damage to the buckets/shims was interesting on engines over revving to 10,000rpm. Though to be fair you just replaced them rebuilt & off they went.It reduces the steering lock by loads. The engine can trace its origins back to the 999cc 8V FIRE fitted to the UNO in 1984, through the 1108cc 8Vin the Cinquecento, 1242cc 8V & 16V in Punto, to the 1368cc it is today. It is very robust & proven unit.
The stupidly expensive 695 Tributo (£38,000 for a 500 Abarth with some real carbon trim, Garrett turbo giving 180bhp, the same Brembo callipers the Punto Abarth/Clio 197/200 use) runs a 6 speed box I believe so the rumoured facelift due this year may get it.
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Mini Cooper S sport
I've found the original bill of sale and mine does have the Koni dampers, so that's good! The ride feels fine to me.
I like the badge on the rear quarter!
Have changed the dipped beam and driving light bulbs and it looks SO much better. Think I'll do the indicator bulbs next.
I like the badge on the rear quarter!
Have changed the dipped beam and driving light bulbs and it looks SO much better. Think I'll do the indicator bulbs next.
the pic of the wheel and brake... someone put ur wheel on upside down.
the mats are dirty...
is the front bumper a different colour to the car?
i was in a mazda/fiat garage the other day and saw the 500 gucci version.... OHHHHH EMMMMM GEEEEE people would look an absolute cuyunt driving that!
the mats are dirty...
is the front bumper a different colour to the car?
i was in a mazda/fiat garage the other day and saw the 500 gucci version.... OHHHHH EMMMMM GEEEEE people would look an absolute cuyunt driving that!
Mini Cooper S sport
At least attempt to read the first post before commenting Alice!
And no, the wheel is not upside down.
Are you upset I sold the Jap car or something?
Oh, and it's YOUR, not 'ur'.
i was joking you old bag lol!
i actually like the 500 i wasn't a massive fan of the 370z... i was proud of you but i wouldn't own one... actually was looking at a 380z yes 380z that was for sale in japan not long ago... and they are mega rare...
back on subject the 500 is a cool car
and surely... if in my last comment i mentioned everything that you said in the first post it clearly means i read it. GEEZUS!
i actually like the 500
i wasn't a massive fan of the 370z... i was proud of you but i wouldn't own one... actually was looking at a 380z yes 380z that was for sale in japan not long ago... and they are mega rare... back on subject the 500 is a cool car
and surely... if in my last comment i mentioned everything that you said in the first post it clearly means i read it. GEEZUS!
FN2 Type R +MK6 Golf
Side on they look good,but that first pic shows the bumper is a different colour on the left.Its a bit like 172's,the wings were sprayed somewhere else and never matched.
I think there ok but full on frontal view makes it look like a disabled person's shoe.
Just not for me sorry.
I think there ok but full on frontal view makes it look like a disabled person's shoe.
Just not for me sorry.
Hondata'd EP3 Type R
My mate popped round earlier with his mrs. She picked up a 2010 Arbath 500 Essesse today.
I think its a different white to yours? Did they do 2?
It has an after market airfilter, but oh my it sounds amazing! Really impressed with it. Love the sound at low revs, it just burbles like a high power evo!
Definately the best girl car ever. So much better than a Cooper S!
I think its a different white to yours? Did they do 2?
It has an after market airfilter, but oh my it sounds amazing! Really impressed with it. Love the sound at low revs, it just burbles like a high power evo!
Definately the best girl car ever. So much better than a Cooper S!
Hondata'd EP3 Type R
Funk had a Nissan 370Z which she didnt really gel with..
No, she's a lady.
I have to be honest, 500s look like little Noddy cars to me, (although Clios aren't exactly masculine)
Abarth 500s are cool though.
I have to be honest, 500s look like little Noddy cars to me, (although Clios aren't exactly masculine)
Abarth 500s are cool though.
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
hot cougar?
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