Power system takes on the CLIO DTI, offering a more efficient system stopwatch in hand than the standard. Performance increases strongly but handling loses out!

Our impressions :
Very linear, the four cylinders in this Clio Dti revised by Power System has better performance than you could believe. With plenty of life from 2000 rpm up, it adversely affects handling and clutching but provides plenty of power and torque. On slippery roads, the front wheels lose their grip even in second gear and the increase in revs only stops at the regulator set at 4600 rpm. In the meantime, overtaking and acceleration times are significantly decreased, without affecting the standard version’s podgy nature. Stopwatch in hand, the results are largely positive.

On the 1000m standing start, the Clio leaves behind a “stock” Dti. By close on 3 seconds. Even better, in fifth, from 80 to 120 km/h, it shaves almost 6 seconds from the 80 bhp version! Top speed, achieved without too much effort, is easily maintained, with the car only struggling to pass 185 on the speedo. The only stumbling block: the 14” wheel rims, perfect in development for quick spurts, penalise acceleration and the torque adversely affects the clutching, causing it to lose its original progressive nature. Small faults that will not be too important at the chosen time, since the Power System box enables the Clio to undertake long motorway journeys quite serenely.