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 Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:20 am |
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Joined: Jul 13, 2012
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AFAIK the only places (unless you do some serious research, I'm guessing there will be minor places that aren't that well known) that offer Peugeot tuning are Ecosse and Pug1off. Plus, we all know the 180 is a swine to tune even when you have big money, simply because from my research it's only these two places that will do supercharging and turboing for a Pug. I found one other place, DC Engineering I think it was called who were willing to work on it, but they are less well known.
So, what about the Clio 182, do any of you know? Is that easier to tune? Are there more tuning places willing to work on them and so on?
Basically I'm wondering whether to get my missus a 180 or a 182. Considering I have a 180 I'm swaying towards the 182. But I don't know how easy or difficult the 182 is to tune compared to the 180...
If there are more places/opportunities to tune up a 182 then I'll get one of those. She already has a standard Clio and suspension wise it's miles better yet the performance is rather similar, so would be interesting to compare them both in my experience.
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:26 am |
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Just buy a Clio V6 and smile for the rest of your days 
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:38 am |
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Good point, but the cheapest V6 would set me back about £12,000 it's completely not an option!
The budget (for the car) is about £2,500 including the part exchange of her 1.2 Clio which in essence means we'd pay about a grand - not bad.
Besides, for that sort of money you could buy something a lot quicker and more fun, I'm guessing!
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:57 am |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2012
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Location: Kent
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I used to own a gti180, and owned a Clio 182 for 6 months, and trust me, the clio wins hands down apart from reliability, but I bought mine without a service history, so I suppose it varies from car to car, but definitely worth it!!
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:07 am |
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Thanks mate. Yeah I love driving her Clio but because she has it all pinked out I look like a bit of a doughnut.
Still, I give people a good laugh!
Incidentally, the girlfriend's Clio came with no service history whatsoever and even the wrong tax disc on it! We sorted it out and immediately got a new cambelt and water pump, and took it for a proper service and MOT at Renault and apart from a few bits and bobs it's been damn reliable so far over 7,000 miles! Don't get me wrong we've had a few problems but it's only needed stuff like a new thermostat and few bits and bobs from the scrapyard like a seat belt locker etc. It now runs perfectly.
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:40 am |
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Hide your credit card www.k-tecracing.com/home.asp
Personally I prefer the Clio's, they are a better car and nicer to drive, the only thing I prefer the 180 for is the interior.
There appears to be more support for tuning i.e ITB's ect than the 180's too but it is just as expensive.
Reliability wise they are probably not better or worse than a 180.
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:57 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Some say .... if you polish the front badge of the Peugeot you can make it better than the Renault 
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 3:12 am |
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I know a few lads with the Clio and they love them, most of them say that they're the best car they've ever owned.
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 5:21 am |
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Only issue with Renault is finding a local dealer, a lot where closed down to save money.
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 6:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Renault parts are also more expensive that Peugeot bits. I was amazed when ordering service bits for our old renault.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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