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The Cup has now been mapped by Andy at Engine Dynamics. Reliably told that it's a healthy engine, made great numbers at 243 bhp / 230 ft-lbs. Video with graphs and dyno footage is in the works, but yesterday we had a little drive with a few mates. In a straight line, the Cup is bang on the same...

Exactly what Daniel has said. If you want it gone for good, pay to have it cut out and some new metal welded back in. Otherwise it will just keep coming back. I know this from first hand experience and mistakes :rolleyes: Either way, it's worth removing the rear door cards treating the inside...

It's really hard to say. If it were a standard totally OEM Cup I feel it would be worth £3-3.5k. I have an agreed value via insurance at £5k with the turbo, so likely around that price point I guess. Maybe more to the right buyer.

My original post on selling was more driven out of frustration. I am going to try and persevere a little longer. Last straw and all that.

Averaged around 5-6k a year. For about 2-3 years it ran faultlessly. Then a few small problems here and there, but nothing terrible up until now. That's not the case here, but I totally get where you're coming from.

I used to have a MK8 St-Line daily through work, although that benefit has now ended. Thought I'd fix the Cup and give it a go for a while. Still in two minds about it all.

Best place for a boosted 1*2!

Car currently has a slight misfire under load at around 5K. Other than that it drives ok. I've come to the realisation that it's just not practical to be daily and that it's a shiny toy to be used on the odd occasion. With that, it's probably time to part with it for something more practical...

Sorry, have I done something to offend? 🤣

Low Boost 172 Cup, 8 Previous owners, 126K, full history including stamped booklet. Belts done by A&A Motorsport in Tunbridge Wells, along with water pump, dephaser pulley less than 1k ago. Cosmetically immaculate. Respray on rear quarter and doors last year. OEM looking cup with mods. Interior...

Thanks @Colin-S i’ll make sure it’s used more often from now on! Will be doing a brief follow up video on the car and what’s been done next week 🙂

The original engine is now back in.... and the Cup is back! :love: This time, I left the work to a pro and although the total cost was eyewatering it means I now have a car that should be a little kinder to me in the long run. Booked in for map adjustment in March with Engine Dynamics. New...

Shocking isn't it. I've owned this engine since 2015, so thought it was solid. You never truly know what you're buying. Yes exactly that. The plan is to drop the engine in that came with this shell, as well as the turbo kit. I'll then get it booked in again with Engine Dynamics for the map to...

Certainly seems that way :rolleyes:

Ok, so, where to start. I have owned this engine since 2016. It's been boosted, made good power, been fairly reliable, but is now toast. You would never have known things were this bad from driving it. New engine inbound! It started off as an oil leak and ended in cam cover coming off to reveal...

Another day, another thread moaning about Clio prices 🤦‍♂️

@GrahamS what happened to YouTube? I miss the updates haha. Amazing build, fingers crossed you get what you want and it goes to a good home.

Finally uploaded a video on the Cup. I've been sat on this footage for months! I think I'll continue to try and film updates on the car, but trying to film and get on with it is hard to balance, and saps some of the fun out of the process. I much prefer to film other peoples cars. Anyway, for...

Great idea, I may just do that!

Likewise, unless I’m trying to actually be factual. Then I need a script. What’s your YouTube?

the Late brake show is a shout! Really enjoying that at the moment.

Even more bizarre is that it's us, either current or past owners of these cars, berating the fact that someone is asking £8k for one of these. If it sells for that much, great. Means my cars worth more!

I did a video on this exact car. I would be lying if the owners didn't expect it to reach more on Collecting Cars originally. Cups always seem to have had a certain appeal, so I totally get it. What I don't understand is the mileage argument. They are all now at an age where mileage is...

Cool Gti-R. Nice daily too!

Bit of a lame update on this. Car is now in storage. Sadly it's got quite a catastrophic oil leak from the dephaser/camshaft area. Given that it's now winter and it's a toy - straight into storage. Still no intention to sell, but does always seem to give me problems. Sort one thing, something...

In recent years we've seen a steady rise in the prices of all clean Clio 1*2's, but most notably the 172 Cup. Just earlier this year a Cup on 50k miles sold for north of £8k. What's fascinating is that this always seems to split the forum in half, with some welcoming a rise in prices and others...

I was chucked the keys for a week to a Stage 3 Golf R. 530bhp. The car handled it well, me on the other hand... can't really enjoy or explore that level of power safely on a public road.

Loads of us run low boost these days, some high-boost, but what about those with more? I came across this and it got me thinking: https://www.instagram.com/cliofu/ - seems like it's being built for big numbers. 300/350 seems common for high boost. How many big power (400+) Clio's are on here...

Cool videos. Always good to see more Clio content on YouTube. I have subbed. I'm also on there too, but hoping to create videos on all sorts of cars: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsKEDJYNOoNkzwDucs_7LiQ?view_as=subscriber

The underside of the car is now done. The second part video won't be quite what I was expecting, as it was challenging enough to do the work, let alone film it all. Below are a few photos. Would take forever to list all of the parts, but everything is pretty much new right up to the new discs...