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I thought I was very restrained LOL

Ooooh, juuuuuuuuust! Go on then Lee, I guess we'll have to give you that ^^^ LOL You must try harder next time out!

I personally stick with the good ones on the front Phil, the car still goes where you point it then, but you of course have to be comfortable and careful with the nice agile back end. Pressure wise, normally I run 30F 33R to help keep the back agile, but after two MASSIVE "moments" this...

^^^ nice

Good man...support Mike and his magic hammer...you know it makes sense :D

Nope, standard exhaust with a blowing cracked centre silencer :( For those having trouble...I'll see if I can get a smaller version of it hosted too.

Mods? Engine wise...ITG panel, and R-sport ECU. Suspension/brakes...goodridge lines, brembo discs, standard 50k old springs, dampers, and a fresh set of Renault pads. Not a great deal done to it...and certainly no real (if any) power gains. I think I got one of the better ones from the...

That whining noise is the tyres...Yoko A032's. Helped me out through the corners...but on the straights I was still reeling the Trophy in, even after backing off to let Nik get away from me first. But then he has done only 6k miles and is still tight, whereas I'm knocking on the door of 50k.

Ahhh, the joys of trackdays...with a little frustration thrown in at the end for good measure. It's nice to see a Trophy in its natural habitat... 4 min clip here - 20mb Who said Trophy's were the fastest Clios... ;)

A little play eh? It was all out war :evil:

How about a 172 Cup...?

He managed it yesterday very well...didn't catch it on video though as he was behind me at the time.

Weather was OK...bit damp all morning and was more than a bit greasy, but the sun was out after lunch and the racing line dried out on about 75% of the lap. Still haven't leant properly on my A032's yet though.

Hmmmmm...maybe I should've coughed up the cash for the pics after all...looking good Nik. My video has come out nice and clear as usual (good ol' Daipac...the mount's still going strong). Give me a day or two to pull something together. Dream on Jon, dream on ;)

I genuinely think it looked spot on as it was. (but then I am someone who screams "STANDARD" all day long LOL)

They're actually old Clio 16v wheels (£50 of a member on here + my painting skills). Straight on, no problem. There's so much more rubber choice available for 15's. Nice pics Jon...what was Em looking at up so high?

"Climb in Insert key Start engine Remove eyes Drive like a c**t" ^ taken from the Range Rover owners manual. Shame mate, was looking so good too, hope you get it sorted out.

Had a frustrating day today...the driving standard wasn't much cop, and I kept ending up being no. 11 in the queue, when 10 is the circuit maximum so a lot of time was wasted sat watching everyone go by :( Finally managed to hook up and run with/against Nik in his Trophy in the last...

Err, nope - no way does it have 225bhp LOL A Trophy is a 182 with trick front dampers and good seats. Beyond cosmetics that's about it I think?

Could be the rust getting scraped off by the pads for the first mile or two? I get that every morning. If you're tyres are going to last 24k I'd be surprised if you'd even 2/3 worn the pads down.

Can't speak for the discs, but Tarox Fast Road & Track pads are sh*te. One track day + 3k road miles and they'd almost gone. Also, when putting new discs on, Mike @ Rentech noticed that both of them had a huge crack running all round about 1mm in from the edge of the pad material. Would have...

Swap any tales of side-pod paint woe? I've never had a random RenaultSport bod come up to me and start chatting...

That's exactly what I used to say. Having just completed my IAM training, I now say... Learn to read your environment, the messages are all around you, act upon what you see/feel/hear/smell in good time and overall be smooth and restrained...unless road and traffic conditions allow of...

Yay, another one :D

Those brakes on the Cup racer look standard? Don't they run uprated sets then?

Exactly the same for me, just had my discs done.

It's different for every gear I think. If I change up before 7000k from 1st, I'm then below 5k in 2nd, and it takes a second or two to really get going. 2nd is lower, about 6800 or so, and it gets less for each gear. In 4th, about 6200 gets you into the meat of 5th's torque.

Go do some trackdays before messing with the suspension...find out what the standard set-up is really capable of before spunking a wad over some fancy springs/dampers. While you're there...get some tuition. That'll make you a much faster/better driver than any amount of aftermarket add-ons...

You'll find that the rev limit is set lower when the engine is not yet fully up to temperature...so if you're bouncing off the limiter at 6,800rpm...go easy on the loud pedal until it's properly warmed through. The thud? I get that when I f*** up my gear-changes, but when smooth, no problem...

I drive pretty smoothly most of the time, the traffic doesn't allow anything else. But on each journey, I make sure it goes through the gears properly at least once. I've always run my Cup on Optimax since new, and normally by now would have 37-38 showing on my mpg avg. After 2/3 of its...