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Round town they are a little worse than a Clio on juice, but on a run I get 37mpg so hardly bad on fuel... As for insurance, should be cheaper than a 172/182!? :S

It still amazes me how many people underestimate the 306 :approve: Love the "must be well modded" and "it'll have throttle bodies" comments as well! :rolleyes: My old Rallye made 151bhp @ wheels with just a panel filter, my current GTi-6 made 148bhp @ wheels with a K&N cone filter...

Slooooooooooow ;)

More than likely just a GTi-6 or Rallye with a couple of mods... I've owned a 306 Rallye, a Clio Cup and a 306 GTi-6, there's not a massive difference between them all on the road, and if anything the 306's are a little better top end due to the gearing, with the Clio being slightly quicker...

I bought the Cup from new back in 2003, had it about 9 months and then sold it to get a Civic Type-R. Had that about 6 months and flogged it as I wanted to downgrade and get a cheaper car for a while (getting married, doing stuff on the house, etc) so I got the GTi-6 as I'd had a 306 Rallye...

I actually used to have a 172 Cup myself, that's why I could tell it wasn't standard... :cool: The R5 is my "play car" (got a 306 GTi-6 as my main car) but I've been using it a lot lately with the nicer weather & dry roads, makes a change to actually get some traction! It was only...

very impressive then... :D

How the hell has a decat made so much difference to the exhaust note!? Is everything else totally standard? :S

I've owned both, the Civic is quicker, but not by a lot...

This was more bloke than lad, looked to be late 20's/early 30's to me, but yeah dark hair... Had an induction kit on for sure, sounded mint when he booted it past! :cool:

I've seen TimO run high 13's in his 172 Cup so it's possible...

Yeah, that works out as roughly 187bhp @ fly, so not a massive power figure... However, Chris has the R-Sport ECU so it revs higher in gear, better on the drag strip and he removes the rear seats too. My near standard Cup used to run 14.5's all day long though, only had a filter, was...

a rough approximation using maths, gives 184bhp

Sure it's got more than that from memory...

Anyone on here own the 53-Reg 172 Cup that I followed from Blackburn to Accrington earlier this evening, be about 6:15pm, I was in the white R5 GT Turbo... ;)

Time I dragged myself out of winter retirement Chris... planning to run the R5 at the next meet on Bank Holiday Monday, you going?

Wouldn't touch that with a barge pole... My mate's Dad owns our local Renault dealer, you cannot believe the abuse these cars get, I'd never own one!

Let's hope not... :quiet:

If they're anything like GTi-6 brakes then it will...

In theory the GTi-180 should be a hell of a good car, it comes from a stable of cracking hot hatches, however the reality is that it's not... :dapprove: Peugeot have made some of the best hot hatches about, but the 206 aint cast from the same mould!

If it is mint, standard & original you'd be a fool to mod it... Can't advise as whether to sell or keep, I am about to sell my mint R5 as well

martin, you going to Oulton on Friday? I'll be there, only spectating though, some of the 306 lads are going...

Was that cr@ppy aluminium ducting, needed to be squashed oval to fit where I wanted it to go... not pretty, but worked... :o

You really think they all leave the factory with bang on 197bhp :rolleyes: There are always good/bad examples, mine was a quick car, it ran the 1/4 in 14.5secs @ 97mph with just the zorst, not stripped out.

Jap cars have cr@p earthing systems, the kits seems to stabilise the system and make the engine run smoother and some say gain a couple of bhp as well... definately does something... One example is that at idle, if you operated say an electric window, the revs would dip slightly and it would...

No, at that time had a cat back zorst, although otherwise standard. On another RR day when I had a BMC CDA air filter and earthing kit as well, it made 176bhp @ wheels, roughly 215bhp @ fly, much more of a VTEC kick with the BMC fitted.

Yeah had the CTR after the Cup, was fed up with it being in the garage every few weeks, bought from new, but after 9 months I'd had enough. :dapprove:

It's just the way the power is delivered, the torque is there, but they can feel a little flat when off VTEC due to them being so strong when the VTEC is engaged.

By lowering slightly and altering the suspension geometry (castor & camber), which is not difficult or expensive...

Beg to differ... nowt wrong with the torque on my old CTR >>>