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Well, yes it will, by 10mm! A reason why the Clios are so good is because of the excellent damping control. The more you lower a car without matching the dampers in accordance, the more you are compromising the handling of the car. Just go on a Brekkie Run to find out :D

40mm springs takes that out of the damper travel, making your car not handle. Undoubtedly cars on Apex would make your car look best, but if you want to go that low i'd save up for a few months until you can afford some coilovers.

Some official BMW dealerships supply Hartge and Schnitzer parts which are covered under warranty. The major tuning firms normally offer their own warranty on engine parts as well.

Well, if you spend towards £20k on a Mini then i guess you want to feel reassured having the warranty, especially as you get 5 years free servicing which would be voided too...

A 15% pulley can give upto 20bhp ATW, and they cost £120! Upping the boost isn't neccessarily a clever idea but you don't need to spend thousands on getting the Mini's up to near 200bhp figures. People rant on about Mini's being expensive but if you do plan to tune your car Mini's can work...

Although if he spent a couple of hundred quid on a pulley upgrade and chip he would kick your ass...

Do a national search on Autotrader and there is a Williams with 120miles (or is meant to be 120k!) on the clock for only £1.5k!

Can't say i've tested both (has anyone?) but i'm not sure the lower version would be better for the track due to the compromise on the dampers. I'll probably get them though as i've heard the Pros have made some cars higher! No thanks...

If it looked like a track car, and wasn't a 5 door, it would of looked cool. But you've just made it unsellable.

Needs foot wide spacers too.

I'm a bit of a brand *****, personally i think Cobra are a bit pikey compared to Recaro.

I would never pay that for it, complete oversupply at the moment.

Lol, exactly, it is the one with white mirrors. It may be moved on now as a similar one was on Autotrader which may of been it.

If you're bored with the car, why not sell up and move on to another project?

It would be cool if the Tuner GP visited different circuits, Snetterton is no Tsukuba that's for sure.

I don't get why people moan about the popularity of Turinis! Outside of a Clio meet the likelyhood of me seeing a modified 172 or even a Cup to begin with is very small. I have never seen a 172/182 with Turinis on the road.

Remember you get a discount from k-tec!

I think your only other option is to get one made for you at a Powerflow dealership, which has it's risks.

Mine too, i wouldn't say their exhausts are the best, but they don't cost thousands of pounds either. Never had a prob with their customer service.

If you have a standard exhaust system them the noise won't be massively different, but i would say any increase in throttle response is nice.

I'm getting confused here... As i understand it there is no 182 Cup, right? There is a 182 with a 'Cup pack' though. I thought this was just same wheels painted a different colour, slightly different suspension and the splitter/spoiler from the 172 Cup? Where does the weight difference come in?

As soon as you i three figures my 172 runs out of puff. I have never tried to go past 120mph, and can't imagine a car still 'pullling' at 140mph...maybe battling to go forward whilst shaking itself to death. I'm sure the 10bhp extra helps for the 182 but i'm sure that probably only equals...

Yeah, thanks for the review. The biggest pain about not going was missing out on a drive in the 197 as i am teetering on the brink of getting one next year. I guess from the perspective of it being your only car, you would have to decide what is more important, road driving or track driving. It...

How is the weight lost in the 'Cup'?

Anyone get to drive the 197?

Cheers dude.

With a bit of tidying up it will look ace.

They're not doing the Sadev though fella. The Sadev isn't that good anyway.

Driven the 197 on track?

There is an old dude at work who drives his son's chavved up 3-series, feel sorry for him.