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Remember the days when bolt on mods actually did something. 88Bhp transit pinto for the win.

Is this a troll? If not you bought the wrong car for dual carriageway dueling. Do a search for engine builds and you'll see the work required. That or going the turbo route. Best time to uprate cams is when the timing belt is due as it's a fair amount of work. If you have money to burn it can...

I'm in a totally different place. I want to have the space to use a road car I enjoy driving instead of having a track car. Reason for that is I never had anymore fun in a track car because it got all serious and I actually cared about what other cars were doing. Final nail in the coffin last...

What rules have they brought in now?

And the ability to test and a consistent driver with great feel. The roads are no place to properly test a track setup. The track days I go to ban timing. I think it all comes down to what makes you happy. It may not make your car faster but if you feel more confident and enjoy your car more...

Welcome! Great choice but just remember you can't stomp on the brake pedal if you get in trouble like you can with ABS, EBD etc. At your age I'd get it on track asap because road driving skills won't save you if you push your luck one night! Don't want to sound all doom and gloom and you could...

Hence my standard or go the whole hog comment but even then you can spent a fortune and still get overtaken by a race tutor giving a demonstration ride in someone's ruddy fiesta zetec s. If playing with suspension is your thing and you have money then i guess why not. I just know I'd be faster...

That's why these threads never really have one answer. I'm just fighting the standard corner because spent a fortune over the years on aftermarket crap that could have been more track time.

At least Koni have one happy customer. My Dad junked his on his XR4i as he was totally disappointed for the money he had spent. It does however take al sorts to make a world and just because I think the standard setup is spot on that doesn't mean everyone else will. 5th gear never rated the...

Not on a Clio but on previous cars and I was never impressed. The Clio cups have the best fast road/occasional track day setup I've had on a road car and the best bit is it's standard so no modified insurance. As I don't have loads of cash I've always had to use shocks like Gaz, Koni, avo etc...

The cup is only a few mm lower. I feel I did answer your question in a round about way. Get standard new cup suspension. My car doesn't care about potholes and every track day having someone come up and say these are are quick aren't they shows there is nowt wrong. If you must keep the springs...

Maybe I'm weird but I find a completely standard Clio cup or 182 with cup packs on good road tyres more than up to a track blast. You don't have to ride the rim of a front tyre on every corner and the brakes are only an issue if your slowing to a walking pace for every corner like the guy I...

Sigh. Feel sorry for that owner. Glad mines running sweet (Touches every piece of wood nearby) as this would have meant no track days and a car Sat on the drive all year if it had happened to mine. That sounds like late night work from taking too much on to me. I may take longer than a garage...

Know that feeling. Would be a good gauge to see how much your mods have improved over standard as we usually go pretty well. Far from pro but we like to commit. Used to do sprints with a motorclub before we got fed up with the classes. Rusty these days. Gonna take a few laps to get back into it...

Taking my shared standard 172 cup down with my dad to see if anything falls off before I book up for the rest of the year. Anyone else going? Usually see a couple of Clios there.

Fuel economy oil in most cases. Not so good when you use your car.

Diesels are also poo on fuel round town. Driving style counts for a lot more round town. My diesel was doing 18mpg on a track day and going nowhere near as fast as an RS would.

Exhaust, induction kit or phase 1 airbox etc, matched inlets, de-cat, re-maps. It's all well covered on the forum and everyone has a different opinion. I'd have a good search around before you shell out as it's a fair amount of cash unless you can find the bits secondhand and fit them yourself...

Missed my XR2 and old simpler cars in general. Didn't want the hassle of modding an 80's hot hatch to have more present day performance so went with a 172 cup. Squeaks and rattles and is pretty light like an old hatch but goes, stops and corners like a modded one. Perfect.

Then it could be injectors, lambda etc. You could try a generic code reader but they can be pretty vague.

Renault garages in smaller towns charge less. Trowbridge is 200 quid less than Bristol centre. Had two Clios with belts done now by the same Renault dealer and everything ok so far. Both have performed as they should so no complaints. It really is the luck of the draw with dealers unfortunately...

Depends on the garage. If you know one you can trust then may be worth a try. I was told by the last garage I had a chat with I needed discs, pads, lower arms, had a buckled wheel etc when I had vibration issues at speed and when braking and was told I was a dick for wanting my balancing...

It will help people to advise you better to tell them how you will use the car. Can't advise on which cams though.

Awesome. Every fiesta that left the factory wanted to be played with.

When was it last serviced? If there is no engine management light I would start with the ignition system. Plugs, leads, coils/coil packs etc. Injectors faults, lambda sensors etc tend to throw up fault codes but not always. Sadly I don't have many details for models in the clio range other...

Some people just run Clios as weekend/occasional track cars and can live with a harder ride. Some parts of the country just have better roads so a harder ride doesn't matter. There lots of reasons why someone would do it. It really is a personal choice thing. I can't understand why people buy...

Could be lots of things. Give as much detail as you can. Throttle position, any difference wether engine cold or warm, engine load (worse on hills etc), how vicious is it (mild drops in power or full on learner can't do the clutch yet). Engine management light on? A video can help but...

Yep but this stuff comes up all the time on Google searches! This stuff matters to some!

Sorry to pull up an old thread but I'm sure this will come up again. The 5.8 30-70 Autocar got was using 1st,2nd and 3rd basically from the 0-whatever Sprint they did. 2nd to 3rd is mid 6's in a 172 cup or 182 and 3rd is mid 8's. The cup is a few tenths behind in all these increments. Could be...

You'd know if it was supercharged. A standard Clio isn't capable of devastating in gear times. Nail it in 3rd from 30-70mph. EVO timed the 182 at just under 9. So a little bit more for a 172 maybe. Idle and rev limit sound the same as my 172 cup which is nowt special in gear but goes well enough...