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What have you got against Blyton? It's a great circuit for learning to drive a car quickly. I think Cadwell is a better circuit for good drivers (not me unfortunately) but there is an absence of safe run off particularly when the grass is wet. We were at Cadwell 10 days ago and at least half a...

Sorry, I have just realised I posted this in discussion. Can the moderator move to track days and good driving roads section please.

I have just bought a new Samsung phone and would like to use it to video/time my laps on a track day. The track day organisers dictate that the phone is securely mounted and suction mounts are not allowed. How do you mount yours and is there a proprietary mount available? Secondly can anyone...

A friend of mine (not a Cliosport member) has damaged one of his Conti tyres (215/45 17) on his (partner's). Before he goes out and buys a new pair or full set he was wondering what is the preferred tyre for the 200Cup and can he run 225/45 17s? It is an everyday driver but he hopes to do the...

I have just bought some Yokohama A048s with 4mm of tread for a fraction of the cost new for track day use. There are quite a few around at the moment as one of the race series which uses them is switching to Avons next year. A lot of people buy used slicks. If you want some cheap everyday...

Why do 50% of people who post on this forum know the price of everything and the value of nothing. I looked at 10 Clios before I bought mine and it was the second most expensive. If you want to trade cars then price is everything but if you want a car to keep buy the best you can find; it may...

At at track day earlier in the year I got talking to a guy called Carl Greaves who runs his own one man band car transport business. I took a card in case I needed him. I think he charges about £1 a mile. I have never used him so cannot vouch for his reliability but he struck me as an OK guy who...

When I first drove the MK3 MX5 I thought it was a bit heavy and had a hard ride even in standard trim and preferred my son in law's Mk 2. On the track though I really like the Mk3. I seem to recall that a lot of people think the Mk3 Cliosport is a bit underpowered compared to the Mk 2 but it is...

I have a Clio 172 Cup and my son has the MX5 Mk3 2.0 sport. We share track days alternating between the two. I find the 172 a bit fragile compared to the MX5. If I had to pick one car it would be the MX5 but as my son already had one there was not much point getting another and we wanted the...

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That's what initially concerned me but I have been lucky in the past and had some real bargains. So I thought I would look into it further. The point I am trying to make in flagging this up on the forum is just how professional the scammers are in terms of producing authentic looking pages on...

I have just avoided falling victim to a scam over the purchase of a car on ebay What follows below came on an email purportedly from ebay. Although the logos and layout etc have not copied across it looked like a genuine ebay document. It even had a link to their live chat centre. No doubt if I...

Race against time! Why do we all book the track day then take the car to bits? This should be ballistic. Put me down for a ride on Sunday.

Is it going to be ready for Sunday? Sadly the Lotus won't be - looks like HGF. So we will be there in the Clio and maybe the MX5 as well.

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As I was not able to post photos with my ad here is a link to the ebay ad. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brian-James-Car-Transporter-trailer-Motorport-Track-Race-/140858639609?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Touring_Travel&hash=item20cbd444f9#ht_860wt_922

Please note that I have posted on thetrack day forum about a potential Group track day at Blyton Park, north of Gainsborough. For those who would just like to come down and watch/ mingle, please keep an eye on that thread. i will update on here once we have sorted a date. Sorry about the...

Sorry to hear this. Hope you get sorted ok with insurance but you must be gutted right now.

I used Eibach 1 degree shims to increase the negative camber but abandoned the shims I had made myself to adjust toe as I ended up with about 10mm toe out. With my driving skills I thought that might be a bit dangerous. As luck would have it when I just had the Eibach shims in for the camber it...

Finally got the car back together following the fitting of rear camber adjusters. What should be a couple of hours work turned into a much bigger job. When removing the brake discs neither would come off without leaving half the bearings still attached to the stub. So either fit new bearings or...

That's thrown me. I'm running 16inch (205/45/16) for road and 15 inch (195/50/15) for track. The measurements quoted and front alignment were done on the road tyres. So what will happen when I switch to 15 inch rims for the track? The circumference of the track tyre is 180 and road 186 cm ( a...

The car although virtually standard is primarily for track use . I only live 3 miles from our local circuit ( Blyton Park) so only road outings it gets are for fuel and maintenance, hence I had been looking to optimise settings for track use so still veering towards a bit of rear toe out. I will...

Alignment was done on 16 inch rims but we also run 15 inch rims on track. What constitutes a little toe out? Presumably less than the Renault spec I quoted.

I am not intentionally running different toe side to side. I took my car to have it checked after fitting Eibach springs and camber bolts. I got the front sorted but now I know I need to sort the rear and this is why I am seeking some advice before doing so. My settings are a long way from what...

If anyone is interested hear is a link to the Technical note. http://www.renaultalpineownersclub.com/Workshop%20Manual/Clio/3676A.pdf I should add that it was the lads at Chase Racing who put me on to this. I just didn't know how to up load a PDF file so I found a link to the same document.

Sorry Tony, my original post should have read 3mm toe in on the offside not toe out. (i'm just obsessed with toe out at the moment:)). Are you saying the Cup has never been manufactured with toe out or just that it won't work with toe out? If the Renault Technical note is wrong, what are the...

I have been following all the posts on here about rear toe. At the moment I have 1 mm toe in on near side and 3mm toe out on offside. Camber settings are -1.5 and -1.3 respectively on newly fitted Eibach Pro springs. From reading the posts there is quite a variation of opinion about what...

That's really interesting. I was thinking of getting one as my car is primarily for track use and everyone says they are the single best mod one can make. So can you tell me please why you now prefer it without. Did it make the rear end too loose?

That is really neat. Do you mind me asking where you got it from?

I don't want to hijack this thread but I also have a similar question. I have a 172 Cup which I have now used for 4 track days. As far as I am aware it has standard Cup suspension. It goes well but the outside edge ofthe front tyres is wearing badly and I have been told I need to add negative...