Search results

The brakes can't breathe properly with the valver wheels though TomS - hence why I've got these now. Thanks alot for doing that MarkM - purple doesn't work, I've done the orange before, light blue and the black don't seem loud enough, but the lime green looks sweet, as does the yellow...

Ooh, I'm liking that mate! Thanks :)

It was in gear with the handbrake on and I just dropped it down quickly for the pics...so it hadn't settled properly. I like it high though ;) To SamboRT - yep, danny lee, need new centre rings though as they don't fit.

Got these recently, only just put them on the car for the first time. They're going to get a rough coat of something, and I'm leaning towards bright yellow, but I'm open to suggestions... Could someone please photoshop these pics to show the wheels in; Lime green Flourescant pink Yellow...

And you let that go? :S What are you building then?

OK, I concede...it does have it's benefits, but 99.9% of the time I'm proper hardcore...I must have been having a soft week that week.

I love inferno, period. Looks nice Roy.

That looks harsh mate - gutted for you :(

If you take it on track with those wheels the brakes will overheat (common problem with hard driven 182's)...the standard Turini's give much better venting. Your old Fiesta looks nice though...what's the spec on that?

True (for 3 days this year so far - not worth £650 IMO) ;) ;) ;)

That's close to 100 per day! Do you suffer from RSI?

Cheap track tyre - wear it down to the canvas and then bin it...bargain @ £10.

Everyone wishes they'd bought a Cup, that's why. *** runs ***

Convertible Toyota Celica... Don't know if it's any good, but weren't they something like £30k when new?

Pointless exercise mate. All you need is braided lines and good fluid for the road. For track, Brembo HC discs and Ferodo DS2500's work well for most people. And don't bother spending any money on the rears, as they do absolutely fook all anyway.

Heavy as standard then...I thought they were more like 106 GTi's and Saxo VTS's - they're about 850kgs aren't they?

Less than that I'd say, closer to 800 kgs or so? Aren't they less than 900 standard with everything in?

If I were you I'd get that in writing. Some call-centre monkey told you it was fine. The insurance assessor on the other hand, having spotted different sized tyres front and rear, will contact Renault to find out if in their opinion the vehicle was safe. Renault will respond with "It's...

Be careful mixing tyre sizes - cars like an MR2 are designed to have different widths - wider at the back etc. from the factory. Clios aren't. I'm not saying it'll f*** up the handling or anything, but lets say you have a "moment" and collide with a kerb/end up in a ditch. The first...

Safe as houses mate if you know what you're doing eh ;)

I booked mine today for the 72k cambelt doo-daa...and I wouldn't let anyone other than Mike at Rentech do it. I've got no idea of the cost though, I didn't ask as there's no need. I know that whatever Mike charges me will be almost 50% less than a Renault main stealer.

Nice one and welcome :) Gotta love the Moggie Thou - though with 175bhp probably a bit more than a Thou eh?

You just took the words right out of my mouth :D Almost 3 years and 68k miles - and I've lost count of the number of times I've justified my obsession to my wife with the "it'll never depreciate as I'm never selling it!" line LOL

I saw this last night on Motors TV, and it was the best racing I've seen in a long time :)

So what have you removed then to make your car lighter? I have a 172 Ph2 Cup, and at the factory that had 89kgs removed to make it weigh 1,021 kgs. Add those 89kgs back on and you get...1,110 kgs for a full fat Ph2 172. You either have a ph1 172, or your car weighs 1,110 kgs, or you've...

I'd be more than up for a challenge if we could ever find a suitable venue...in the meantime, I'll see if I can get out this weekend to film a 100-0 video clip. Glad to see the reasoned debate continuing after Mr "I've got major issues" blaze waded in ;)

It isn't mate, 172 Ph1 is 1,035 kgs, 172 ph2 is 1,110 kgs.

Not once have I personally ever said that I could hold said braking forces through all conditions, nor would it be possible for anyone to do so on the road as the weight transfer would cause almost instant oversteer if any steering input is applied while threshold braking. I accept that ABS...

They're not... I can't quote all the science bit about how the outer rubber surface actually grips the road at a molecular level, and what happens when you introduce some slip-angle (or rotational slip) but the (my) fundamental point is that tyres give more grip/traction/call it what you...

Yep, defo 100% genuine.