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Will have to keep an eye out for you then

WOW! Very impressive stuff, this thread has forced me to abandon my original build idea and copy this conversion for my track toy

Yeah I'm in Gedling mate, I'm usually driving around in this

Hmmm seems I've been misinformed, always been under the impression that the silver tops were 170bhp & the black tops 180bhp, oh well. Loving the 190 conversion but the lack of ITB's puts me off a bit lol! I'll certainly keep an eye on that I must admit 838kg is a bit of a disappointment though, thought more could be taken out, but I am basing that on what I know about the clios, a mate has got his down from the std 1000kg to 790kh with him and some fuel in it. I've had a look at taggys as suggested & think EP82 is probably the better option for this build but we'll just have to wait &

Thanks Enzo, some pretty useful stuff there Well I know that the Black top is going to be the engine of choice for us to aim for as it's the N/A base power with ITB's already fitted that appeals, tweaking will be in the form of new rings etc & some head work & maybe some DIY mapping. I've also seen some interesting gains made with trumpets being swapped about & what not so will see what can be done there. Is 200bhp or close to it from a black top a reasonable expectation? Do you how big a difference there is in the engine weights? We'd be very happy with close to 200bhp & b

Hi Guys! My name's Lee & I'm from Nottingham. Me & my mate have decided that we'd like to build a Starlet to be our track day toy alongside our current cars that we use for occasional track work. My car is a Mk1 Clio 1.8 16v with 50mm Jenvey ITB's and my mates car is a heavily modified beast of a Volvo 850. It's mostly his idea as he's getting a bit disheartened with his Volvo & all the usual ballache & complications of boost pipework etc & really fancies building a lightweight FWD car with some decent N/A power and I got talked into helping out as I've got to the point w