Turbo conversions

[eidolon]

Clio's n Supras drive very differently.

I drive an MR2 turbo which I guess is in a similar vein to a Supra, and my girlfriend has a 16V Clio and despite having only half the horsepower of mine I actually prefer driving it more than my own in some ways.

The MR2 is a violent kind of power and you need to be a much more skilled driver to throw it round the corners whereas the Clio is more smooth and easier to chuck around. When it's wet I tend to back off a bit in my car whereas I can drive just as fast in hers, oversteer in a Clio is a damn sight easier to control than oversteer in an MR2, trust me!! (it's not like Gran Turismo)

I'd imagine that if you could have the best of both worlds you'd have the power of the MR2 with the chuckability of the Clio, hence the Clio turbo for £7k.

I do know what you mean though, personally I wouldn't spend £7k on a £2k Clio cos it'd still be worth £2k at the end of the day.

 

[Lowe]

..and then there's the old attention a Supra attracts. Drive into Walsall in a Supra and you'll turn the head of every single car theif and 14 year old who likes scratching expensive cars...

..not to mention the coppers.

 

[Ev0]

er notice the ????!!!! after the 7k, hence I think its far too much money and wouldnt dream of doing it unless I was seriously loaded, as afterall you could buy somethign quicker in teh first place.

But the conversion for 2-3 would be ok.

And as said before, what if you prefer a clio to another car, why not make that better?

Why do people but crap lookign cars then? For teh same money they could get something better etc, look at the fiat multipla for instance rolleyes: )

Its all down to personal preferance, persoanlly I woudlnt spend 7k on a clio turbo conversion as said before, itd still only be worth a few k come sell time, id buy a faster car, but for less cash itd be worth it yes.

K-tec are releasing a low pressure turbo kit, pricing tbc but they say between 2-3k, this will give about 200bhp. Would be nice, maybe if I get a better job soon, because I love my car, it handles well, been maintained well, and if i were to sell it itd only be worth about 1.5k, so for the money its be fun , and different.

Much rather go and buy a teg type r or sdomething, but alas that would be too much.