@Womble i saw yours on RST facebook page. That's very impressive. And Paul says the clutches are doing just fine, which is mega. How's the car to drive? Any wheel spin on dry? I just cant imagine 280 HP in a clio. Mine was stock and did about 185 on a dyno.
Oh your consumption is so low I almost can't believe it
It's great to drive, not a massive change from 244, most of the power in these cars is low down which suits the tall gearing. If you overlay the graphs you don't really see much change until 4500 rpm over what I had, these cars fly with a "good" remap and carefully selected mods. To go any bigger on Turbo size than the 220 will result in power at the top end but nothing at the bottom end, because of the tall gearing. Keeping the exhaust small and increasing the inlet is what helps these cars.
Wheel spin in the dry? Wheel spin in the wet? I don't know how to answer that question, my foot is attached to my leg which is controlled by my brain which gets feedback from various sensors in my arms and bum, it progressively feeds power in so these are not really a problem, also the electronic diff works really well, sorry cheeky reply but hours upon hours on the road and track learn you these skills. DON'T get rid of the factory dump valve it works with the traction control and it is better than these after market contraptions.
Mpg again I use the car everyday, it commutes to work in Auto and we usually have a bit of a spirited drive in Sport manual on the way home. At the weekend it gets a good amount of mixed spirited driving, unless it is in bits getting jobs done. I have 2 apps on my phone that I religiously enter the data into when I refuel.
To me RS Tuning have put the time into my car and others, Paul has worked out how the cars go and what shuts them down, hence other maps you see dips in the graphs. It is a 6 hour round trip for me, and I have done a few, but finding tuners that are prepared to get the car to work properly is not easy. Many people can flash cars, but not many tune cars for all round use.
Years ago I had a Focus RS mk1 and we were the first to crack 300 bhp on the stock Turbo, then we got to 330 bhp and 400 ftlb of torque on a car that covered 90,000 miles in my ownership did 30 mpg and it was many a night at 12am plus that we were fine tuning on the road, that Tuner is based in Fife and again hours of dyno time and road time, but I have to put the effort in as well. Last time at RS Tuning there was a car in from Europe, and people pay Paul to go to Aus and the Far East to tune cars.
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