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LOL yes I am looking forward to racing those VTS etc in the Vauxhall Conference of hot hatches compared to mine. :pIn fact I already had my first few scalps and Im only taking it up to 4500 rpm... MG Metro, economy spec 106, a Ford Ka whose driver was giving it beans off the lights and went on...

PLus whats even worse is that I used to think that they looked like an MPV with a bodykit, and now Im actually beginning to like the look of them! I would still rather have a Cup as I believe its the better car, Renault have the credentials that Honda dont. But then again, I could have bought...

LOL here we go again. BTW I skipped page 2 & 3 cos I know whatll be in there. Anyway firstly, before I got bored of the arguments, the original post wasnt about whether a CTR would beat a Cup, it was about a Focus RS. Secondly, the FRS, CTR and Cup are all pretty similar in terms of...

1.8 RT is basically the more popular 1.4 RT with a bigger engine, but only a basic 1.8 nothing special and underpowered compared to the 1.8 8v in the RSi. RSi had the looks to be a sporty Clio but not the poke really, although at the time it was a warm hatch, roughly equivalent to a Baccara or...

Most of the stuff youd want as a pattern part you cant get, Renault only, which is bloody annoying, especially on a Sunday morning when their parts dept are closed.

BTW Scooby Doo, I might come down and pay you a visit soon, havent seen you for a while mate, and I think I might be off to Kent in the next couple of weeks...

To be honest, regardless of what it is, Scooby, Evo, Cossie, whatever, it will need to be packing more than 250bhp per ton (my lightened Clio =950kg max, power =240bhp) to do me in any acceleration test apart from 0-60, where I will have a natural FWD disadvantage. Once rolling my car is lighter...

Yeah come to Essex! Doesnt matter that road deaths actually went up in the county last year, the biggest year for their speed camera revenues - when theyre making money, they can always twist the figures round so that it means something different, this year theyre saying there are less accidents...

Nice but very common. I seem to see as many Scoobies as Saxos around at the moment. Not that I dont like Scoobies, I think theyre wicked, just that there are a lot about.

JUst drive around without tax then...

LOL James youre not the first one to suggest that they run it in for me!

I had em all... a bog standard air box (OK), K&N IK (noisy but didnt feel any quicker to me, if anything, slower), Hill Power IK (better than the K&N and felt a bit quicker than usual), standard airbox with K&N element (best up to that point), then finally BMC carbon airbox which was the nuts...

Well my running in has to be proper running in, everyday driving in other words, but not caning it. Not just because of the engine but also the kevlar clutch with a refaced flywheel plus its even got a brand new set of big brakes. So theres plenty of reasons to just drive it around normally and...

Well Ive been slaving away the last couple of days trying to get it roadworthy. WHile it was at BB it had all the engine work but I was working on the interior and exterior myself, which wasnt finished. So Ive been sorting out getting the bucket seats right, putting in the soundproofing, wiring...

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LOL cheers for the replies! Im still going to work today, no sicky for me. The worst was last night...had three parents to see straight after school then the next batch 6:00 till 8:00. Dilemma - do I try and burn up to BB in the 2 hour gap and then get back in time for the next lot of parents...

WAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRP--TSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssss---WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARPPPPP----TTSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssss-- The sound of my lovely Clio that I finally picked up today after waiting since December when I blew up the original engine. Never had a turbo car before, and I just cant help backing off...

Thanks for the answers, thats cleared up a few things.

Well I just went to get it today, running late, had to get back to school for parents evening, but I couldnt cane it back cos of the running in. No hard driving for 1200 miles in mine, only revving to 4500, no lugging it in 5th gear at 30mph, which I dont really do anyway. Just being sensible...

Wide arch kits DEMAND deep dish wheels, they are the way forward

LOL good on em I reckon. You boring bunch of old gits. IMHO neither of them are a look Id be happy with, but each to their own.;) I for one would love to see a Darth Vader Clio cruising past - I see thousands of plain, standard looking Clios every day so why not go to town on one. Just dont...

BTW Im picking it up tomorrow afternoon.

Ive never been able to do handbrake turns on a Clio with discs at the rear. Drums seem to lock on better so theyre better for turns.

LOL all these rumours flying about! Yes its my mistake I worded it wrong, it was MY valver on gas that blew up, not BBs. And its now running on a brand new set of 17" OZ Chrono Evos to lighten up the unsprung weight. The rims are about 7.5kg each, only 1kg more than Superleggeras in the same...

Probably mag rather than aluminium alloy arent they?

Yes but I just took mine off and never got round to replacing it. No problems so far.

A lot of questions there Mikey, all I can say is if youre seriously looking into it, BB will let you have a drive in one! Ive had the high boost one out on the road (the one in Max this month) and before I blew it up I was used to a fast Clio when I was making average 14.5 second passes over...

If only I could read the tickets! Can you blow them up a bit or make them easier to read?

OK I dont know much about these things, but it would be nice if the vintage Clios, which are in many cases just as quick if not quicker round a track than the newer ones, were going along as well.

I bloody hate them. If I ever take the roof lining off Im gonna take those blinds out and throw them in the bin then just black out the sunroof glass