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Had pretty serious fade at Bedford, and it seems I'm now asking for more than DS2500's have to give. Can anyone say which are "better"? Dust isn't an issue as my wheels are black anyway and I hardly ever clean my car...I just need to know that when I step on the middle pedal they're gonna...

Bugger, wish I hadn't listened to that...I might need to give you a call Andy...

PMSL at some of these replies...yes the Focus is a "better" car, a faster car, but is it more focussed or exploitable in amateur hands than my 172 Cup is in mine? Apparently not. I wasn't doing anything special, just feeling what was going on, reacting where necessary and joining the dots...

To David ^^^ He was holding me up in a big way, I had to keep letting off to avoid running into him. Also, overtaking is by consent only...there were 2 or 3 chances where I'd have comfortably got past and outbraked him...but I didn't want to get black-flagged and sent home.

ITG panel, R-sport ECU, Ktec stealth, brain removed before going on track, and no mechanical sympathy or fear of breaching limits whatsoever :D No real, if any material gains over standard...certainly doesn't feel any quicker than it used to...just a little more responsive...it's always been...

Indeed it does look impressive (providing he was really pushing it of course). I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on one at Brands in August - I reckon it might surprise a few people...

PMSL - next video to come is me pushing an Ultima into a spin at the hairpin LOL

Yep, he was, hit a few apexes ok, but had really strange lines elsewhere. What surprised me was the run, at about 1:30 in, down the 1km back straight...I didn't get particularly good drive out of Bank (hooked 3rd too soon), but he was coming back to me 2/3 of the way down...maybe his car was...

Bedford GT circuit on Monday, me against a flame spitting Focus RS... I was very, very surprised... Clicky

Ooh...bad luck OMS...I'll get you a beer or two Sat night to drown your sorrows. I hope you punched him hard in the face?

Should be put down IMO

Far too expensive...don't a set of springs with a 60mm drop normally add 40bhp?

Are you confusing grip with handling? Tyres affect grip levels...but only altering the balance of grip available from front to rear could you say they affect handling. I think the Cup handles really well, sure it rolls a huge amount when you really load it up in a turn, but that emphasises...

Another one missing the point completely...ABS does not stop you quicker, it allows you to maintain steering control if you've mashed the pedal so hard you'd have locked up. That's all it does.

But my post showed that 172 Cups, put out more power (proven), and weigh less (proven)...quod erat demonstrandum...they are faster (only very slightly on the road where it makes no difference anyway, and quite considerably faster on track). FACT. No one yet has shown anything that disproves...

I think the lightness at the back helps hugely, keeps understeer in check, helps the car rotate on entry, and generally lets you know what's going on. I've found that so long as you don't do anything foolish to unbalance the car, it moves about, but never really threatens, just kind of wags...

But that is EXACTLY my point. The facts are clear (and I've not seen any evidence to the contrary yet), move on...ban/delete any threads that turn into slanging matches beacause it doesn't matter and we all look like stupid c***s to the rest of the net. BenR or AndyGDI or Mike or Alex care...

I'm fed up of all the arguments about who's year/spec/engine is fastest? I'm bored...and I've made assumptions, so if anyone that was there can correct me where I've gone wrong, please do... At the rolling road day at Janspeed recently, there were 30 odd cars that turned up, roughly 5 of...

I can't explain why and am slightly confused...but I'm liking your elf stickers mate :) CG lock? Not seen that before...can anyone say the best place to get one?

I've had a set of these for the last 5 years and they still look and perform like they were new - highly recommended...but a little pricey. That's after they were abused for 3 years straight, every second Sunday, as I crawled through woods paintballing LOL

Took the decals off? I'd check to see if there are any other "mods" that you might want to undo. Welcome to the club :)

It's the temperature sensor. My Mate's 182 has had 4 of them replaced, all under warranty. It packs up, so the ECU think's the engine's cold, so it the overfuels to compensate. See if there are any sooty deposits around the tailpipe exits...if there are that's probably your problem.

He speak the truth...

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Had mine nearly 2 1/2 years and done 60k miles - I still grin like an idiot everytime I fire it up, and peek out the window at it every night before I climb into bed :D

www.yozzasport.co.uk have always done good things for me. Err...what he ^^^ said...

Nice vid mate, nothing better than spreading the Clio word :)

LMAO...still at it...

LMAO - another "horsepower destroys everything" thread! I had a run against a M3 Convertible (320bhp) at Goodwood...and from the top of 3rd through to hooking 5th, he pulled not a great deal on me...not as much as I'd have thought anyway. Video here... Don't forget...with all that...

LMAO