172 Cup track toy build

[imprezaworks]

Cheers. Be interesting your thoughts as a comparison. Where did you get the ns2's from

 

[MarkX]

They look epic in silver

I'm seriously looking at the IX's at the moment

as much hassle as they are, everyone needs to try an Evo at some stage, The V is 1998 with 70k on it, such a good car. Proper money pits once you start tinkering though.

 

[imprezaworks]

I had a seven for twelve months so I feel your pain with regards 'money pit'

Awesome cars though

 

[MarkX]

Pneus-online, they've disappeared off their site though, they were £104.82 delivered, really itching to try them, I almost put them on but decided to be sensible and kill the Federals 1st

 

[imprezaworks]

104 for how many, two?

 

[MarkX]

I had a seven for twelve months so I feel your pain with regards 'money pit'

Awesome cars though

this one, as much as I adore it, is the serious money pit.....X is big and heavier but goes well with 500+ bhp

 

[MarkX]

104 for how many, two?

yes two

 

[imprezaworks]

Good price, assume 15's? I've looked into 205/45/16's, tyre leader are the best at £240

 

[MarkX]

yes, 195/50/15, I just kept trawling the online tyre sites as the prices fluctuate a lot, I may have got the last two as next day I decided to get another two and they weren't even on the site

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah just had a quick look. I will be getting a set of four in the next few weeks. Be interested to read any reviews of people using them

 

[JonC219]

That X looks proper mean, love it!

There's a X very similar to that on the Lancer Register that's running about 400/450bhp. I'm not in a position to buy yet but nice to have a look
My dad's friend has a IX MR FQ-360 in gun metal grey that I know is pretty much standard and very well looked after so hopefully I'll tee him up to sell it to me some time next year had my eye on one of those since they first appeared
Will probably message you nearer the time with various things to check/look out for when I'm looking for one...

 

[MarkX]

That X looks proper mean, love it!

There's a X very similar to that on the Lancer Register that's running about 400/450bhp. I'm not in a position to buy yet but nice to have a look
My dad's friend has a IX MR FQ-360 in gun metal grey that I know is pretty much standard and very well looked after so hopefully I'll tee him up to sell it to me some time next year :wink: had my eye on one of those since they first appeared
Will probably message you nearer the time with various things to check/look out for when I'm looking for one...

Gunmetal MR, superb!

 

[MarkX]

Thanks to Gibbo for the pic from today.
too much kerb?

 

[MarkX]

Pesky Ferrari got me at the line lmao

 

[imprezaworks]

Great driving mate. Car seems to go very well

 

[MarkX]

Great driving mate. Car seems to go very well

Thanks, such a great day out

 

[MarkX]

Got a set of Magnecor leads today to replace the tired oem ones thanks to @MG cup

 

[MG cup]

Cleaned up well by the looks of them :up:

Edit: just watched your video, car goes good. Do you have many tracks over in NI?

 

[MarkX]

Cleaned up well by the looks of them :up:

Edit: just watched your video, car goes good. Do you have many tracks over in NI?

I just gave them a quick wipe! The old ones didn't look too good so these are great.
Kirkistown is the only one that has regular track days, Bishopscourt has a great circuit but not been on it as they don't do track days at all, and there's Nutts Corner that runs Rally Sprint series I will enter as soon as I get a cage sorted. Mondello near Dublin is about 2hrs from me so would like to give it a go too

 

[Kyle 86]

Looks awesome
The evos look epic. Such a big fan of them

 

[MarkX]

Looks awesome
The evos look epic. Such a big fan of them :smile:

Thanks, both Evos Mot'd this week so we can have some fun on and off track, the black one hadn't moved since last June! very happy at the moment

 

[Kyle 86]

Thanks, both Evos Mot'd this week so we can have some fun on and off track, the black one hadn't moved since last June! very happy at the moment

Its my dream to own one
If i was single i would like to think i would have one lol

 

[MarkX]

Its my dream to own one
If i was single i would like to think i would have one lol

I'm lucky to have a woman in my life who's every bit as much a petrol head as me, who needs fancy holidays when you can have fast cars lmao

 

[Xander Rius]

Great bulid mate!Top mounts are bought or made?

 

[MarkX]

Great bulid mate!Top mounts are bought or made?

Thanks buddy, top mounts are Pure Motor sport

 

[TarkMalbot]

Nice to see another non matching bonnet. Lol

 

[TarkMalbot]

More random progress :smile:

test fitted aerocatches, never done this before and it went pretty well I think for my 1st attempt!

Looks like a good job. I am getting a fibreglass bonnet next week so will be redoing my bonnet catches. Where did you put the pins on the slam panel area?

 

[MarkX]

Looks like a good job. I am getting a fibreglass bonnet next week so will be redoing my bonnet catches. Where did you put the pins on the slam panel area?

I wanted the catches themselves to sit flush on the bonnet and not on a curve, so placed them and then worried about placement of the pins afterwards, bit daft but it worked out ok.....although I did have to bend the drivers side one to work! I'll take a pic tomorrow under the bonnet

 

[TarkMalbot]

Cheers. It's always going to be a pain when you have a curved surface and pins on a flat surface. Mine wasn't great but fortunately it was just a scrap bonnet so not that bothered I made mess of it but I don't want to do that on the new bonnet.

 

[djz-sti]

Where did you get the quick shift kit if you don't mind me asking?

 

[MarkX]

Where did you get the quick shift kit if you don't mind me asking?

The B&M kit? It was on the car when I bought it, the Pms shifter was bought used from on here

 

[JoeMarano]

350mm wheel is that the same as standard or smaller?

 

[MarkX]

350mm wheel is that the same as standard or smaller?

Smaller, afaik the standard one is 380mm,the 330mm I had felt too small for me on track, the WRC is perfect

 

[MarkX]

Cheers. It's always going to be a pain when you have a curved surface and pins on a flat surface. Mine wasn't great but fortunately it was just a scrap bonnet so not that bothered I made mess of it but I don't want to do that on the new bonnet.

quick pic showing my pins

 

[MarkX]

I went to a local forums Rolling road day to see how healthy the Clio was.....answer is very!
176/160 for a 2002 track beaten Cup, very happy! It did three almost identical runs too :smile:

 

[MarkX]

Finally some rear beam bushes so I can get my PMS arb on

10 row mocal oil cooler kit to keep my high track temps in check. Made a start fitting it as soon as I opened the box

 

[JoeMarano]

Ragged cars always make good power lol
I'd love to get my car rolling roaded but theres always something else that comes first!

 

[MarkX]

Ragged cars always make good power lol
I'd love to get my car rolling roaded but theres always something else that comes first!

Lol you could be right!
Not usually one for rolling roads but it was £30 as part of my local RMS forum, rude not too

 

[JoeMarano]

It does seem to work like that. I remember seeing an old evo video where they RR the Clio 200 they had been ragging for months and it made 201 bhp!

 

[MarkX]

Connected and tidied up thanks to Ai autosport

Stealth like :smile:
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Another track day this Sunday, can't wait to see how the pms arb and cooler perform