dogmaul

how hard would it be to do this ?? what would need to be done and what would be needed etc oh and aprox how much

ta mike

TopBanana

Why not tune the 172 engine up instead?

A guy at work is putting a Clio shell on a Lancer Evo chassis / running gear. Madman!

dogmaul

it costs too much to tune teh clio engine no one has the manifolds yet for turboing and the such like and there isnt much space but mate is getting his with TB's on in a few weeks

Tim-Grove

Very hard, lots of money and **** loads of agro which would probably end up with a very fast but **** handling car, it would probably end up with loads of under steer because of all the weight at the back that the car wasn’t designed for (don’t think you would get much over steer though). It would totally screw up what is a beautifully balanced car. So it all depends on what you want it for, it would be great at drag racing but would handle like a 2CV. So if you’re after a drag racer get a big RWD car with a V8 in it.

Great idea but i dont think it would work, those twin engined golfs handle like a bag of spuds.

dogmaul

hehe it was only an idea as i can get a 500 mile box and engine for £500 so was just asking the question really

Tim-Grove

A guy called Captain Slarty was doing a turbo conversion on his brand new 172 on cliosport last year dont know how it went?? an idea maybe

Twin-turbo

Mike,

It would be alot easier and cheaper to have a 172 manifold made up that would accept a turbo.

A twin engine 172 would take a hell of a lot of work and cost a fortune.!

Nice idea though!

Tim-Grove

The new Megane sport that’s coming out will use the 172 engine that has been adapted for a turbo by Renault which would probably the best way to go. It puts out 230bhp as standard but is not due till Sept 03.

FASTER MIKE!!

supercharge it

[Edited by FASTER MIKE!! - 5/31/2003 1:17:22 PM]

TVR Gary

Make sure the french dont have anything to do with making the car for ya ..... if they did they would have each engine pulling in different directions ..... half wits

mikey5T

Give Europarts Motorsport in Stoke on Trent a ring on 01782 330048 if you are really serious about having this done. Ian the owner has done a double engine conversion on a Renault 5 GT Turbo which could do 0 to 60 in 3.2 secs and 0 to 100 in 8.9 secs. He has also done a turbo conversion on a Megan coupe (engine size unknown sorry). He knows vertually all there is to know about tuning Renaults. I'm sure he will be very helpful.

Mike

David_Wallis

Mike, I have someone that can make you the manifold.. then all thats left is ecu, oil feed, intercooler, etc..

Change from 2k. assuming you run low boost..

David

dogmaul

hehe wellnow im back at work hehe yeah was just a silly idea that i had as there is a crashed cup close by.

turboing would be great tho ooh it would be the first one too