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Clio Clio 200 meglio

Renny 5

Well-Known Member
This is gunna be a short intro as I’ve bought the car built as is but I’ve had my fair share of issues with it and Its been improve since in my ownership and hopefully it’ll be better as time goes on.

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Previously owned by KTec it was used as a demo car and didn’t really do much. My mate Dan bought it cheap as the gearbox was fucked and needed all the usual front end issues sorting. Once Dan had it afew weeks he decided it needed a Meg conversion as he had a spare engine lying around. After having it afew months he’d also bought a megane 250 which he favoured over this and I decided to buy it off him.

Spec was:

Forged Megane 225 engine with 9:1 compression
R26 gearbox
TTV flywheel and R26 clutch
Deka 630cc and Walbro 255 pump
Cup shocks and eibach springs
Power flex engine mounts
Clio 200 Scorpion exhaust with no cat
TD04-19t hybrid from Midland turbo
Made 240bhp & 230ftlb

Apart from this I’d only had a Clio 172 cup and my Renault 5 and not really driven many boosted Renaults apart from dans old mk1 Clio f7r turbo so I wasn’t really aware to the quirks of owning something this. After a couple of weeks of ownership I decided Togo for a “spirited drive” not knowing of the fuelling issues (driving round on less than half a tank) and ended up absolutely killing a piston 🤦🏼‍♂️

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This being a Clio 200 I wasn’t ready to take this on my own so thankfully Dan sourced me a another engine and I ordered all new forged pistons, rods. Had the pms air con delete and billet pulleys. full airtec kit. Megane 250 map sensors, billet fuel rail, 3.5bar reg at the rail and fuel return and after a couple of weeks it was back and ready for mapping.

Did really well at EFI. pulled 350bhp @ 6800rpm and 350 Ftlb @ 3100rpm

Chris said it could’ve gone more and was really impressed with the TD04-19t but with the engine being 9:1 compression it would’ve had det but it’s my daily at the end of the day so I’m really happy with all the low end torque.



Now I’ve moved house (closer to work) I can start getting more done and not worry if it’s going to be running the next day or not.
 
Serious power from a 19t, love the 200 front on these too. Bet its chalk and cheese compared to the campus. Ever timed them against each other?
 
Serious power from a 19t, love the 200 front on these too. Bet its chalk and cheese compared to the campus. Ever timed them against each other?
I did prefer 197’s but the 200 has grew on me. Honestly the turbo is amazing and only cost £800 from a local firm that specialise in evo/scooby stuff so they’ve built plenty of TD04’s. You know I’ve got a draggy box but not had chance to get some decent times down. The renny 5 is fast and I’ve beat afew 135/140i’s and golf R’s but I think because the Clio has such a massive torque curve it would beat the 5. They’re both shit off the line but both are monsters in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear.

If I had to choose it would be the 5 alday long!! It’s just more me and an absolute screamer.
 
Need to get my 15T to midland turbo’s for my Meglio.

But due to my Van deciding to blow up and having to find another daily it’s not a priority at the moment.
 
Need to get my 15T to midland turbo’s for my Meglio.

But due to my Van deciding to blow up and having to find another daily it’s not a priority at the moment.
I highly recommend midland turbo! They’ve done a lot of my mates turbos for their BMW’s, Diesels and petrols. My turbo in my meglio is brill. Comes on boost hard and doesn’t run out off puff near the limiter.
 
ill be sending my 19t to them if i want to go a little quicker again
I think it was £800 on exchange but I’m sure they could do it to the same spec as mine. I’ve asked them what they’ve done but they’ve only said it’s got billet wheels and that they’ve machined the turbine housing. Everything else is hush hush I guess 🤷🏼‍♂️🤫
 
Looks like you have had fun with this one melting a piston. Must have been very lean at some point!

I had a chat to Midland when i was looking for a turbo for mine, decent lads sounded like they knew their stuff. If they have machined the turbine housing out for a larger wheel that will be why it performs so good for a 19t, as most 19t are on stock exhaust turbine iirc. I wanted them to build me a 20t hybrid but my exhaust housing was too damaged to get it machined, and we could not source a new one without buying a complete new turbo.
 
Looks like you have had fun with this one melting a piston. Must have been very lean at some point!

I had a chat to Midland when i was looking for a turbo for mine, decent lads sounded like they knew their stuff. If they have machined the turbine housing out for a larger wheel that will be why it performs so good for a 19t, as most 19t are on stock exhaust turbine iirc. I wanted them to build me a 20t hybrid but my exhaust housing was too damaged to get it machined, and we could not source a new one without buying a complete new turbo.
Honestly it was I nightmare! I’d just sold my house that I owned with the ex and moved into the parents whilst waiting to move into my new house then the Clio shit itself 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣

Did you end up using midland in the end?? I think the size of the turbine housing is more like a 20t but I won’t be going anymore boost as I’m really happy with how it drives. It’s really good on the motorway and never need to downshift when over taking
 
I ended up buying a used engine dynamics 20t hybrid as we couldnt find a new or used turbine housing with no cracks. Price was good for a hybrid too, if i ever need one doing in the future would definitely use them.
 
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