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Winter hibernation over for the 172 Cup! Finally took the cover off the 172 Cup and attempt to repair the damaged wheels from the brake pad compound, after trying various popular wheel cleaners that failed to lift the stains I'm pleased to report so Auto Finnese saved the day! Treated...

This has been on my mind for a while, treat it to some proper sticky rubber on 15's.. the issue is I would love a set of white 2118's which would literally be the worst colour for track pads 😅 Glad your enjoying the content, beeb really pushing the channel this month to see if it makes a...

Thanks mate & glad your enjoying the content on the channel ;) The onsite photographer is awesome, even more so as there all included with the price of the track day

Completely agree, as mentioned in the video I had more fun in the Clio than the M3 at Anglesey track earlier this year! Few pictures from the official photographer

Finally got the Cup 195 on track and it was fantastic! I needed to do a few jobs in preparation for the track day, oil service and brake fluid change so figured it would be a good idea to put a together a little guide for the channel (simple enough job) The track day had been booked months...

I didn't plan for the day to play out that way thats for sure but not having decent footwear on was a silly move! Friend in front stacked it and in attempt to avoid him I ended up in an unplanned stoppy shortly followed by my foot rolling forward off the pedal and as the bike came down the...

Evening guys & girls, Emailed the contact page without a response earlier this week so hoping some one here can advise as we draw closer to the event - I had booked on early for entrance/dinner and afternoon track time to finally get along to this years Cliosport festival in the 172 Cup but...

Looking back through the post I forgot to drop the Engine Dynamics video on the build! Obviously with the new parts fitted it will be back to Engine Dynamics to hopefully break the 200BHP mark with all the new parts set up on the dyno! The handy part is my good friend Matt is about to go...

Small update for the Clio 172 Cup OEM+ Build, dusted it off for a short video to recap & go over the future plans for the little french pocket rocket for 2022! 197/200 camshafts 197/200 injectors Pure motorsport fancy exhaust manifold Limited slip diff (undecided if to go for a road friendly...

agree, the MK2 just has something magical about it (it still hadn’t been washed when the images were taken so the shiny 200 had a slight visual advantage lol) looks fresh again now for the next couple of months off the road until the dry, warm & salt free roads return

Happy New Year! (final shots from 2020) Shall be washing the Cup today & putting it away for a few months, the old girl doesn't usually come out this time of year but with it being on the road for Engine Dynamics last month I got some pictures with Matt's Clio 200 The MK3 Clio 200 with a...

Lovely read this mate - thing is far to clean to be a daily lol, didn’t know you had a project thread on here - shows my lack of time on forums these days :( Also agree with the C&M, was expecting the same as you.. we see it as a resting/ refill point now as my friend Matt found a cracking...

You won't be disappointed mate, really impressed with the entire day (Andrew makes a grand cuppa tea too ;))

Don't give me ideas, already have far to many projects/ hobbies to consider racing too haha!

ECU Calibration time at Engine Dynamics This was the final piece of the puzzle for 2020 on the Clio 172 Cup & something I had wanted to complete on the car for some time as I knew after the Surrey Rolling road day she had more to give (even though the trusty F4R had now covered over 133,000...

Even though it’s the slowest of the collection it never fails to put a smile on my face when giving it a good run out (well expect one time in 30c weather when I was stuck in traffic with no aircon & a fully stripped interior lol) MK2 Clio sports are becoming a rare sight now on the road even...

Lovely stuff! nice OEM Cups are still cool to see on the road

Starting to get the ball rolling again on the project Chosen a bad time of year to even entertain driving the Clio out (old car + salty roads + no ABS) but I've been in talks with Engine Dynamics about getting the car mapped soon, feels like its the final piece of the puzzle for the build this...

No major updates for the little Clio 172 Cup lately, gave it a quick clean but this year has been pretty naff on the social front for drive outs/ meets with the Covid destruction.. still cleans up well for 133,000 miles Have another video in the pipe line for the Cup but looking like this...

She returns to the road (still needs a new drive shaft :rolleyes:) The Clio 172 Cup returns to the road this month, passed it's MOT with flying colours which was a result and until I went for a drive this week I had forgotten about the clicking drive shaft joint which I need to replace...

Cotswold drive, pictures & something has broken.... Weekend before last a few of us went to the Cotswolds in the cars, the Clio delivered again for the pace and fun factor but towards the end of the drive something does seem to be making some noise on the front left corner, I'm assuming drive...

Surrey Rolling Road Video : Finally managed to get the Clio 172 Cup dyno video together, wish I had taken more footage at the time! Small clip at the end of the Clio on a short run through some twisty roads, at the time this was the car running with the catalyst fitted, should hopefully get...

All depends on your camshaft & intake setup, as the RS2 Intake has a much shorter intake runner length than the stock cast intake & even ITB's it performs differently in each application, you can spend so much time on rolling roads + calibration time trying to squeeze another couple of BHP out...

Very small update : Drivers side fog light blanking plate (as the passenger side is feeding the air intake)

I would be happy with 190bhp given the mileage, need to find the time to get it booked in some where, all those with good understanding/access of the stock ECU appear to be miles away. New video should be up potentially tonight (editing it now) but more than likely tomorrow, been out recording...

Yes, will flag engine management light for the rear one unless you fit a lambda sensor spacer or code it out. Does come with x2 lambda bungs so you could leave the rear one tucked under the car (second lambda only reports poor running & doesn’t adjust)

Yep would have expected it to clear the 190 mark once mapped but it drives great so deciding if it’s even worth having to drive miles to a mapper, loose the majority of a day and be £400 lighter for 5-10bhp lol. Something in the pipe line for later this year, certainly not fussed for it ASAP...

182bhp is good going for a base calibration file, as said with a trailered map there is no reason this car couldn’t hit 190bhp which considering it’s a stock high mileage engine i’m very happy with, also keep in mind most 172’s make around 165bhp at Surrey Rolling Road (dyno dynamics are not...

Rolling Road time The next on the list of things to do for the little 172 Cup was a trip to Surrey Rolling road to see if it was making the numbers, the car was essentially standard internals with the inlet camshaft advanced and an RS2 base file (essentially what we used when the JMS RS2 the...

New video now also online tonight for those that don't like reading lol!