Well I have recently been made redundant and with the lack of jobs in my field down this end of the country I have been throwing my self at various projects and car maintenance / servicing to help keep some fund’s coming in. (I really dont want to go back into an office environment).
I have been buying and fixing up car’s for a few month’s now and it has been doing ok (when I buy the right car’s). I picked up a late 2004 Clio 182 ff cup about a month and after sorting a few minor issue’s (Replacement abs sensor and replacement steering wheel angle sensor) I have been using the car as a daily and I have enjoyed the comfort of the car and the way it handles but power wise it just feel’s it is lacking that little bit of go.
The 182 I purchased was fully std when I picked it up but it benefited from having all the cup pack’s available so has all the comforts a clio could offer and the cup suspension, cup splitter, cup spoiler package’s. Since purchasing the 182 I have upgraded/ done the following to the car, just to add it’s also the first clio I have purchased that the air-con has worked.
- Fitted Genuine Clio Cup Turini alloys, (Stolen from a previous 172
) - Brand new continental conti sport 3 tyres all round ,
- Apexi 40mm Lowering spring’s
- Full Miltek Exhaust system,
- K-Tec racing induction Kit,
- Sprayed the top of the inlet plenium (Stove black),
- Headlights full restored by ABD valeting service’s,
I have started picking up a few part’s to do a low boost turbo conversion 
Couple of month’s back I broke a Megane 225 phase 1 after it gave me nothing but electrical issue’s (Unfortunatly I lost money on this car) and I still have a few spares available and thought why not do a low boost turbo conversion using some of the part’s I have.
Part’s Obtained so far -
- Brand new Megane 225 turbo core (Compressor outlet to be modified and re-welded),
- Megane 225 exhaust manifold,
- Miltek 225 decat pipe,
- Megane 225 injector’s,
- Spare F4r clio sump (Going to modifiy the sump for oil rtn),
- Turbo blanking plate,
- SB Worx’s oil drain kit,
- SB Worx;s oil feed kit,
- SB Worx’s intercooler kit (with black silicone pipe’s)
Part’s to order once I find out the meg 225 oil feed thread type and drain connecting adaptor type,
- Megane 225 3 bolt link pipe for exhaust (Will need modification to my miltek).
- Brake servo / master cylinder heatshield
- EFI Part’s 172/182 turbo ECU bolt on kit he sell’s - Clio 172 / 182 RS TURBO ECU kit - EFI-Parts.co.uk: Connectors, Sensors, Trigger wheels, Wideband, Adaptronic, Zeitronix, AEM
- Source a used but good 182 ECU so I can send to Scoff for above,
Yes I know the turbo compressor housing will need modification as the outlet will hit the 182 inlet plenium my plan is to get the turbo inlet cut and re-welded so the angle is changed and to modify the rear of my inlet manifold (Be it if I have to cut section’s out of it to allow clearance I am adamant I am keeping the 182 inlet and using the meg 225 turbo).
