£1000 to throw at your 172 trackcar.

[Lucky_13]

With a bonus at work this month im going to treat the tracktoy.

Atm its a standard 172 with camber bolts and shims.

I have some oz f1s coming and want some tyres for them, im thinking nankang ns2rs. But what size to use with my 15inch f1s. 195/50 ?

Also in my budget i would like a bucket seat and coilovers. Obviously ive not got alot to spend on coilovers so the cheaper the better, with the best performance as possible. I could go and chuck hundreds at coils, tyres and a seat and totally blow my budget but the car gets used once a month at the most so its not worth it for me.

If u had 1000 to spend what would u go for?

 

[JAParker]

white line rarb, decent tyres and pads, race brake fluid, and save for some coilovers that are actually good

 

[Lucky_13]

Its got decent fluid etc. And i dont want a whiteline arb it has plenty turn in and is tail happy enough atm

 

[Addicted]

Skip cheap coilovers, they're pointless and you'd be better off with current suspension imo. If you don't want to blow it all on coilovers, then save it for more trackdays!

 

[Lucky_13]

And i dont need to "save" for decent coilovers. I dont want to spend daft money on a car i use once a month. Hence the 1000 being a limit not my available bank balance.

 

[The Russian.]

Gripper diff.

 

[Lucky_13]

Really? I though just get coils to sit it down abit and lower the cog/stiffen up the ride. It was like driving a boat last time out.

 

[Fletcher]

A decent set of coilovers, set up properly.

 

[Ryanph1rs]

600 on coilovers and 350 on tires at camskill ( plenty to choose from ) and then £50 having it camber and tracking done etc .... get some can get pretty tidy coilovers for 500-600 so adjust as needed then if money was left id buy some decent pads for under 100 id get ebc yellow stuff as i like them ....

 

[Lucky_13]

Tyres i have prices are guna be about 280. So ill have atleast 600 to spend on coils. We do all our own alighnment at the track and are constantly checking at changing it.

 

[Ryanph1rs]

I'd do 600 on coils and then the leftover after tires I'd spend on brakes if you already haven't..... Seems u do track days I'll assume uve got brakes sorted .... What about an induction set up or something a bit more performance wise....

 

[JAMason]

If I had £1000 to spend on my Clio, I probably wouldn't spend it on the Clio!

in all honesty though, new suspension, brakes, fluid tyres would all be on my list and a few small
cosmetic things to tidy the body up!

Jack

 

[Dan@SJM]

PMS Top mount and strut brace, and some bilsteins.

 

[182jwilliams]

Suspension refresh from adam on here. whiteline rarb kamracing, ds2500 front pads HC discs braided lines, superblue fluid from g172 on here. Federeal 595rsr opeon tyres £244 delivered

Spend remaining on a trip to the ring

 

[LiamR172]

Suspension refresh from adam on here. whiteline rarb kamracing, ds2500 front pads HC discs braided lines, superblue fluid from g172 on here. Federeal 595rsr opeon tyres £244 delivered

Spend remaining on a trip to the ring

He's already said his brakes are sorted and he doesn't want a RARB..

Why do people not read s**t before the post

 

[Ex-User (60778)]

He's already said his brakes are sorted and he doesn't want a RARB..

Why do people not read s**t before the post

Because most people will read the opening post and reply to that? Have a minute

 

[LiamR172]

Why not read the replies you don't repeat them or post stuff that he doesn't want/need though?

 

[182jwilliams]

He's already said his brakes are sorted and he doesn't want a RARB..

Why do people not read s**t before the post

Didn't realise I was on the VXR forum.

He also said "what would u go for?"

I'm not telling him to go for that stuff, I'm saying that's what I'd go for.

 

[LiamR172]

So he did, Apologies.

It's got nothing to do with VXR forums though!

 

[DannyR]

I'd be buying some grippy tyres and a few trackdays.

Or is it a typical CS track car which gets tracked once or twice?

 

[Sargara]

He's already said his brakes are sorted and he doesn't want a RARB..

Why do people not read s**t before the post

Where does he say brakes are sorted? All I can see is OP mentions having "decent fluid etc".

My money would go on stopping power as well tbh.

 

[LiamR172]

If you want to be pedantic then he says decent fluid 'etc'! But anyways the convo is over so carry on with your suggestions

 

[BoatNonce]

I'd be buying some grippy tyres and a few trackdays.

Or is it a typical CS track car which gets tracked once or twice?

This. 400bhp racecar for non competitive days FTW!

 

[Lucky_13]

It will do atleast 1/2 trackdays a month. Its never used on the road.

My mates run in the civic cup and i take the clio to there test days which are quite regular. Cheers for the tips lads. Tyres and coils atm then ill upgrade as i need

 

[JamesBryan]

£300 Yokohama AD08R's and the rest on coilovers and getting them setup.

 

[Goodj]

Mk1 MX5, a service and a new set of discs, pads and tyres.

Rear drive, no traction control. You'll learn a lot about yourself the first time you're pointing the wrong way out of paddock hill bend.

 

[Martin.]

£350 on some R888s.

£130 on some cook sport springs + new cup shocks whatever they cost. (will handle better than cheap coilovers)

The rest on the pure motorsport top mount and brace.

Anything left will be little bits.

Or....

£350 on tyres, £650 on decent coilovers and do the GEO yourself.

 

[Lucky_13]

888s are around 110 each arent they?

 

[Goodj]

£350 on some R888s.

888s are around 110 each arent they?

The inside rear wheel shouldn't be touching the floor much and since the UK doesn't have any figure-8 tracks, you only need 3 tyres, really.

 

[Martin.]

888s are around 110 each arent they?

There was a thread on here a while back with a link to them for £87 each. So I bought some. Probably 2-3 months back.

Since then someone else found them even cheaper from another site, I remember specifically because I thought I had got mine cheap until I saw this post. Didn't pursue the new link though obviously, so I don't have a clue where it was from I'm afraid.

Bit of searching and you should be able to find it though.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Quaiffe diff, although will need a stretch of the budget for a box rebuild if you cant or dont fancy doing it.

 

[24JSeymour]

Them New Gazcoilovers at £475 seem a great deal, coilover units all round, no seperate spring/shock spend the rest on tyres and tracking/camber/corner weighting

 

[Lucky_13]

Got a link seymore?

 

[The Russian.]

Quaiffe diff, although will need a stretch of the budget for a box rebuild if you cant or dont fancy doing it.

Box build is only £275 at agency all in, so not that bad.

It's hard explain reason for someone to spend £1k on one thing though chip, even if it would be the 'best' mod for a track car.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Box build is only £275 at agency all in, so not that bad.

It's hard explain reason for someone to spend £1k on one thing though chip, even if it would be the 'best' mod for a track car.

Last Quaiffe I had fitted complete with a box build by agency was far less than that, Ive had a few boxes done by them and its varied in price based on condition.

Good thing is, it really holds its value.

Ok you will probably spend 1300 and it only be worth 900-1000 but thats still a pretty good return overall, and it lasts basically forever unlike expensive tyres etc.

 

[The Russian.]

Last Quaiffe I had fitted complete with a box build by agency was far less than that, Ive had a few boxes done by them and its varied in price based on condition.

Good thing is, it really holds its value.

Ok you will probably spend 1300 and it only be worth 900-1000 but thats still a pretty good return overall, and it lasts basically forever unlike expensive tyres etc.

Exactly i mention the gripper but they need servicing every 15-18 months which I still don't think its that bad, probably wouldn't need doing dependant on the millage and use.


I was completely won over and glad I did it, but then I sold

Silly silly boy.

 

[FLOBALOB]

£350 on some R888s.

£130 on some cook sport springs + new cup shocks whatever they cost. (will handle better than cheap coilovers)

The rest on the pure motorsport top mount and brace.

Anything left will be little bits.

Or....

£350 on tyres, £650 on decent coilovers and do the GEO yourself.

IMO this was the answer I'd agree with the most out of all the others. The first bit anyway. These mods will make a noticable difference.
But if you want to spend some money I've got a really decent bolt in half cage you can have for 200 quid.

 

[Lucky_13]

Listened to your wise words and gone against the idea of cheap coilovers. So im about to order some cooksport springs to try.

Now need to find some 15s as the guy with the oz f1s has messed me around.

 

[MarkX]

Listened to your wise words and gone against the idea of cheap coilovers. So im about to order some cooksport springs to try.

Now need to find some 15s as the guy with the oz f1s has messed me around.

New cup shocks are ~£36 each, well worth doing at the same time

 

[182jwilliams]

Lucky_13 Think CoopsTurbo was selling some in the for sale section, multi spoke alloys wrapped in R888's mate. Take a look, £220ono iirc