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Was looking on MOT history site and saw my old 182 Cup is still alive - wondering if anyone on here has it now? I think it'll have passed through a few hands now perhaps. Was previously owned by Tim Harvey's wife (of BTCC fame.)

I've just recieved my light weight battery to replace my flat OE one...lasted 9 years, not bad! Just wondering if anyone has any tips for fitting it in the engine bay, on it's side, mounted to the gear box mount? Before I go and reinvent the wheel. I found a good guide on fitting it in the...

http://youtu.be/i-nUgPMYLjw Issue: car won't start. Starter motor fires rapidly like a machine gun. All lights turn off. Doesn't even try to crank. Background: fitted new brakes today and drivers drive shaft yesterday. Only electrical connection I've been near is unplugging brake resivoir...

Get on it lads...too many people voting for the Integra...damn americans! http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/03/poll-front-drive-legends/

Alreet, I've got Clio booked in for a track day and to make things a little bit easier on me I'd like to fit the Recaro SPG (thinner Pole Position) from my Polo Hillclimb car. I'm looking for solid answers for the following: Subframe I can bolt into car and bolt onto side mounted Recaro How...

Hey guys looking for some input on a potential issue, below is my yet unanswered email to ktec racing:

So I had the rear wheel bearing replaced when Renault replaced my rear disks. After a few weeks one of the bearings started to whine and needed replaced under warranty. A couple of months later it failed again and needed replaced. Here we are a few weeks later and the whine has returned...

Clio is getting the big ol' cambelt service in the next few weeks. 36k miles and 5 years old (nearly). I'm thinking of getting the dephaser changed as it does tick when warm and it's better to be safe than sorry at a later date. Renault quoted £121.19 for the part. They also suggested I...

Gave a friend a hand tonight to get ready for Edition 38 tomorrow. He's been spraying on the logo's of all the events he goes to this year. So far that's MIVW and as of tomorrow ED38, followed by Players later in the year. It's raining and windy and we had no access to a garage. So we took...

Was in my girls Punto crossing the bridge near the prison. Black 182 with bucket seats and after market wheels.

JUST PASSING THROUGH - The road to the Applecross Pass Featuring the Renault Sport Clio 182 Cup At mid-day I had a brain storm. I fired up my Mac and went onto Google Maps for a look to see if it was feasible. 439 mi and approx. 11 hours 2 mins. 100 miles short of a trip to London and...

Awesome day today at Fintray hillclimb. Scorching weather (and now scorching arms + neck) and crazy cars. Here's the Clio in the 'car park'... Bringing new meaning to the concept of light weight, plenty of crazy single seaters competing: Some classics Mini's put on a good show...

One thing I've noticed over the years is that it seems very difficult to come across information on spring rates when looking to buy new suspension. I was looking at the car the other day and I'll admit, a little ride height reduction would make the 182 look a bit better. Eibach seem to be a...

Just some wee photo's from a drive tonight. Weather was great, car had just been cleaned from top to toe and I was in the mood to go for a drive. Headed south and went over the always entertaining Cairn o' Mount a few times :rolleyes: Headed up to a picnic spot in an attempt to get a great...

Went to a rolling road day with the local VW forum: EastsideVW. Great bunch of guys and a very eclectic collection of cars for a Volkswagen forum; everything from VR6 Golf's to Subaru Impreza Type R's and BMW M3's...oh and a Clio 182 Cup in there for good measure! The Clio did it's name...

TRACKDAY TYRES TO BE OUTLAWED New safety regulations spell the end for extreme road-legal rubber New legislation on tyre labelling and accompanying minimum standards to be introduced simultaneously in November 2012 will effectively end the production of road-legal trackday tyres. Tyres likely...

Coming into town on Leggart Terrace after South Deeside Road. I was standing beside the RB 182 in the lay by, just away to go for a wee run. Clio owners aren't like VW drivers it seems, no wavies :clap:

I finished my 5 year stint at university last night at 22:00. It was an epic rush to get everything handed in for marking and very stressful. I always find the best way to unwind after a hand-in is to go for a drive the next day. I fuelled the Cup up and headed off towards Cairn o' Mount this...

Has the Recaro CS seats that are so popular these days ever found their way into a 1*2? They are lush, not sure how they'd suit the older cars though...thoughts?

Today as I was getting a lift home form my dad from uni. Racing blue, stripes, quad exhausts, nurburg sticker and some healthy licks up the A90. Funny how much attention the louder exhaust attracts, maybe not so keen on one now.

One CAT: One huge gaping hole: Delighted... I haven't managed to find anywhere that sells the right type of flange on the internet, was hoping there was the off chance that I'd be able to cut the old one off and have a new one welded on. Flat faced flanges are obviously a lot more common...

I've read a lot on engine mount issues after using the search function. I get the usual FWD tramping under harsh acceleration, nothing to really worry about...that was until the car popped out of 1st one day. It's done it a couple of times since. I don't make a habit of thrashing the car in...

Had my car detailed last week over two days. Skid who I know from the local VW forum did a fantastic job and I assisted where possible. Before shots, plenty of B road jaunts and winter weather have kept the Clio looking dirty: Front wheel was particularly bad given that a broken CV...

Just had a meeting with one of our local detailers, wondering if anyone has an experience with 182 Racing Blue paint and paint depths so that I can compare my readings? Are Renault good at applying paint, how consistent do they tend to be?

Just wondering if there is scope for increasing displacement on the 172/182 engines and if anyone has ever done it? Coming from Polo's it was quite popular to go from 1272cc to 1341cc...and some crazy fools even went to 1500cc and had silly silly silly amounts of power (250bhp from what was a...

Tootled by as I was filling my car up, jealous much!

Went out after handing in uni work for the first 'proper' drive of the new year. Did about 200miles in all, started on some local back roads before heading up Deeside through to Ballater then followed the river home again. Only problem was the temperature which was sitting at -5° Celsius for...

Fairly getting the spots in now! 172 Cup in Banchory waiting to turn into a junction and a numpty in a silver 172 wheel spinning out of the petrol station at Altens.

First flash and a wave from an RS owner. Not sure who it was...thought maybe Justin but wheels were different. Nice getting a wave who ever it was!

Predictions: GT2/LP560/430 Scuderia A couple of months ago I entered a competition on http://www.drivers-republic.com to go on a magazine feature/shoot for the new Lamborghini LP560-4. I cracked open EVO and checked out lap times from Bedford Autodrome. Watched the RS6 lap on DR's video page...