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My mate has been running it in his track car for about 3/4 years and it seems brilliant. Can open the lid of the expansion bottle after 30 minutes on track and it’s nowhere near as hot as normal coolant.
My perfect road spec clio;
Petrol blue clio 182 FF.
Bilstien B14’s,
15 inch TD1.2’s in silver with PS4’s.
recaro SPG bucket seats but with standard seatbelts.
Sabelt steering wheel.
Janspeed exhaust and sports cat (best I’ve ever heard!)
and some decent discs pads and fluid with braided...
bucket of hot water, as hot as your hands can take. Half a bottle of Miltons baby sterilising fluid.
Couple of clean microfibers and wipe, rinse cloth, wipe, rinse cloth, etc etc. They'll be like brand new and smell lush.
Search “leather repair company” on google. They sell/promote some awesome kits. A lad that details on FB that I follow swears by them and his before/after shots are epic.
Spray Tar and glue remover over the wheels, leave for 15 minutes, pressure wash off.
It’s the easiest pain free way to remove plasti-dip. (I used to valet a car for a guy that did it for a living)
Oh, and yellow cars are hella-gay!
I love these. I’m not usually a fan of Jap crap but I could quite easily smoke that bad boy around.
(Is it not super rare in a manual? Apologies, I have no knowledge of them)
I've been doing track days for 15+ years and have a big circle of friends that do it too. Im yet to find someone that's bought a 'Track prepped' car and not had to fix umpteen bodges inside and out. Buying someone else's headache if you ask me.
I once went to view a 'Track 172 Cup' off this...
Ahhh, I see. There's a few different engine variants on the 1800. Majority are Timing chain iirc, with the earlier ones Belt. I just assumed they were all Belt.
Get new brake fluid flushed through, take a tyre pressure gauge and a pump, a pack of cable ties, a Stanley knife and a trolley jack/wheel brace and a 10/13 mm spanner.
Been doing track days for 20 years and never needed anything more.
Most fun I’ve had was in a standard 115bhp MX5 At Combe...
It's nice but I do think these look much better when they're a bit lairy. Bigger spoiler, bigger wheels etc.
Lovely power though, the sweet spot for these I think. Quick enough to enjoy, not mental enough to die.
Can you not get a van for a company Vehicle? Less company car Tax, bigger towing capacity, Your employer can claim all the VAT back too.
Something like a Citroen Dispatch, Transit Connect etc will tow a clio and a trailer and you van get them in a 5 seater variant. Bloody comfy and well...
I do a 60 mile a day commute, 50% lanes and 50% motorway, 6/7 days a week plus whatever I do on evenings etc and my car hasn’t been washed since about August. It’s still as clean as a whistle. Where do you buggers drive to get so dirty!?