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At Rentech I had the 72k service, cambelt/auxillary belt changed, new dampers supplied and fitted, new rear brake discs and bearings supplied and fitted, 1hr spent buggering about with my Ktec stealth to get it to fit better...plus a few other niggly bits sorted out... And it still came to...

My fuel light came on this morning at 330 miles.

Us insane non-ABS Cup driving imbecilic paupers are too random to all gather in the same place.

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Factual though ^^^

Looks much better fitted Mike...your little table in the corner was just a random mess of bits Friday afternoon LOL Give me a shout and I'll pop round and give you a push when you're ready for it ;)

LMAO - better resale values on the Trophy? Of course it does, it's newer after all...but then it'll cost you almost twice what a 172 Cup would. Buy a 172 Cup for £6k and the most you'll lose in depreciation over say 3 years would be £4k. Or buy a Trophy for £11k (what do they go for?) and in...

I don't have a remap as such, but I fitted a preprogrammed Renaultsport Group N ECU bought from R-Sport of Wimbledon (direct replacement - even comes with Renault logos and barcodes). More power? Not really. More torque? It kind of flattens out and makes the mid-range a little keener. Throttle...

Ack!

I've found over 71k miles that mine consistantly over-reads by approx. 3 mpg. It says 38, true figure is 35. It says 44, true figure is 41. It says 14, true figure is 11 (trackdays only ;) ) I'm sadder still - I'm an accountant by trade, so working out actual compared to...

Now that ^^^ looks nice. Will it compensate for your lack of talent Fred? :rasp:

Portsmouth

Dodgy temperature sensor maybe? They can be faulty one minute then fine again the next?

Looks nasty Chris, could have been much worse if your littl'un was in there too. Sounds like you got yourself a good deal there though.

Ruffneck has a spare valver bonnet spare if you need one. Different colour but that would increase the slagness!

Very rare car you've got there apparently, only 8 Inferno's specced with Recaro's were sold in the UK. Enjoy it...and welcome :D

Nah, I think it's more like mid 16's Roy. Only stripped as far as no back seats...though I did have a heavy baby seat (empty) strapped in to the front to make up for it.

LOL at this - here's your answer Gaz... I've done most of my trackdays on semi slick soft compound track tyres. Lots of hard trackdays, and 71k miles in total over three years. I'm still on the original front wheel bearings. All this crap about slicks wearing out the car...it's the driver...

That's way too much on that clip. I like mine better...clicky...

Excatly.

Don't pussyfoot around one Roy, get one on it. Seriously, it's the last thing I've done to my car (filter, ECU, exhaust beforehand), and if I bought another Cup tomorrow, it's the first modification I'd do over everything else. And Yozzasports kit is lovely.

Glad you saved it mate - unexpected lock-ups can easily make you panic and pucker up! Have you ever thought of looking beyond the car immediately in front of you when driving on the motorway? It's a good practice to get into, and would have meant your incident would not have happened.

Quality video...that CSR is one fast mutha f***er!

...a headlight bulb has gone :( Now I can justify spending money on those expensive super-duper bright white light jobbies. Any recommendations? Also, how the f*** do you get to the left-hand bulb? I don't have the hands of a small child...

Quicker with more grip definitely...but more fun? I can't imagine one of them ^^^ going down Paddock Hill with 3/4 turn of opposite lock lap after lap after lap. Having sat in the passenger seat of a 182 Cup with John Hayman at the wheel (writes for Evo and races) round Brands they're so...

It's closer to 15 kgs, which on a standard 172 Cup would give you about 3 more bhp/ton. Don't scoff though...how much does 3 bhp cost normally? £47 for a panel filter? Or maybe £100 for a decat? There's plenty of people that spend money on them. Yet taking back seats out costs nothing and...

Dead easy, 5 minutes max. All you need is a decent sized torx bit.

That's so important in my opinion, and nicely aided by the feedback. You can get it to dance on the limit when you're in the groove. There's nothing better than when my Cup's moving about beneath me :)

Some here...

A 172 Cup is likely to be slightly better than a normal 172 as it's got 89kgs less to lug around. I regularly get 350 miles from a full tank...which is approx. £43.00 to refill. That works out at just over 80 miles per £10.00. I do a mix of dual-carriageway, country roads and urban stop/start.