172 Cup Weekend And Occasional Track Toy

[AdDaMan]

Well after not having a performace car for around 2 years i thought it was about time i got another!
Had lots in the past, mostly japanese turbos.
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And after seeing Harrys M's lates video of his trophy it tipped me over the edge..
I wanted either a FF 182 or a 172 Cup.

Well after scouring the web for a week i came accross one which i went to see and subsequently bought.

And outside my house..

Standard apart from KTEC Stealth catback, ITG panel filter and Koni Lowering Springs.
FSH all belts and dephaser done etc.

So generally i was pretty pleased with it. Felt quick and handled well.
Very basic interior though and HATED the standard bus steering wheel.
And also the exhaust was ridiculously loud and had to go.

So bought a brand new standard cat back.

And brand new rear hangar

Now fitted, and soooo much better
Can actually have fun in it with out every person and their mother looking at you.

Started accumulating some bits:
Service bits

New OMP GP Steering Wheel:

New fog light as one is cracked

Brembo HC Discs
Ferodo DS2500 Pads
HEL Braided Brake Lines

And the most important bit:
GoPro HERO3 Black Edition:

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[banther]

Nice!

 

[AdDaMan]

Oh and heres my daily:

 

[AdDaMan]

UPDATE.
Did the steering wheel today.
Before:

After:

So much better to drive now.

 

[AdDaMan]

Pic from the weekend:

 

[Chi]

Looks good mate

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Looks well, enjoy it!

 

[AdDaMan]

Thanks

 

[Chi]

Maybe silver turinis if you ever refurb them. .

 

[AdDaMan]

Naa not sure about silver ones. I'm thinking dark bronze if I ever do refurb them.

 

[banther]

Naa not sure about silver ones. I'm thinking dark bronze if I ever do refurb them.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand subscribed.

​Was thinking a similar colour myself

 

[AdDaMan]

UPDATE.

Well had a few days off so decided to do a few bits.

Changed the mouldy 'Renault' and 'Sport' badges for a 197 style renault and original sport (think im going to remove the sport one though) and added a 'Cup' badge under 'Clio'.

After:

Changed the oil, which was fairly eventful!

Then got a polybush dogbone mount and fitted it:

After:

Stripped the complete interior out and sold it and fitted some Cobra Buckets and Sabelt harnesses with new pads and OMP cushions.
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Feels pretty good on the road now, its quick, i think i have a very healthy one. Really troubled a modded Astra VXR the other night.
Could never drive it every day though lol!

Next steps are to fit new plugs, matched inlets and all the brake bits! Oh and now i need new driveshafts as mine are both clonking

 

[Midnight]

When you say Japanese turbo cars, who di you own.

Great progress so far, did you find the OEM seats was heavy?

 

[.GAZ.]

Good progress mate! Any suspension plans?

 

[AdDaMan]

​I've owned 3 glanzas 2 GT turbos an mr2 turbo an S14A a Honda accord turbo a GT4 and quite a few others.

yeah the oem seats hurt my back when taking them out so they were definately heavy.


Suspension is lowered on springs at the mo and planning on keeping it standard cup but we shall see!

 

[.GAZ.]

You need to change the 'sport' badge, too.

 

[AdDaMan]

Yeah I know, I did say that above!

 

[AdDaMan]

Little update..

Just had the car back from TwoTechs in Dartford. £400 lighter
Had all my brake bits put on, Matched Inlet manis, New Plugs, New Leads, new injector to cure a miss fire and a full check over and clean bill of health

Have also just RSTuner'd it. All went smoothly and now runs very well. Also cleared my pesky airbag lights with the airbag module. Well please with that.

Car is running epic ready for brands on the 25th.
Still a few more bits before then though

 

[AdDaMan]

Braided lines..

Just fitted new ITG Filter:

Used the RSTuner to get rid of my airbag lights
Fitted a Scanguage II to monitor temps etc..

 

[AdDaMan]

Harness Cutter:

Gearstick Decal:

And fitted:
New Foglight
Carbon Foglight Surrounds
Carbon Renault Badge
Tow Hook
Tow Decal
Bonnet Seal
And new Slimline Number Plate

Before:

After:

 

[Midnight]

I really like this project!

Great work.

 

[AdDaMan]

I really like this project!

Great work.

Thanks

 

[barnesautos]

Very tidy that - great progress . Be keeping an eye on this .

 

[JonC219]

184rpm on the scan gauge! Mpg FTW

 

[AdDaMan]

lol..!

 

[Martin.]

Some great little additions mate. Love the whole package.

 

[Advikaz]

Looks promising!

 

[AdDaMan]

Thanks.
It's first track day on 25th at brands.

 

[Jacky_T]

looks good nice progress mate!

 

[JonC219]

Just out of interest, what does the scangauge tell you? Can it go as far as oil temp/pressure etc or are extra sensors required?

 

[AdDaMan]

Just out of interest, what does the scangauge tell you? Can it go as far as oil temp/pressure etc or are extra sensors required?

Unfortunately not water temp only aswell as ign timing, rpm, mpg, voltage etc..also does 0-60 1/4m timings too and is a faultcode reader/clearer.

 

[JonC219]

The 0-60 timing sounds intriguing to be fair

 

[AdDaMan]

Yeah i need to see if i can actually get a time down..

 

[AdDaMan]

Well before its first trackday i bought new 205 profile Federal 595 RS-R's. Had them put on and then went to TDI South to have my Pure Motorsport Solid topmounts and strut brace fitted aswell as full geometry setup.

Went for -2.0deg Camber and 0.05deg toe out.
Was very expensive but so worth it.
Had to fit a pair of 5mm spacers on the rear as they were rubbing on hard cornering.

Car was fully epic on track, and was dominating much quicker machinery out there. awesome through the corners and on the brakes.
Even Tom Chilton was very impressed

 

[scotty86d]

How did you find the RSRs?

I'm at Brands in my cup next friday and don't know whether to go yokohama s drive, RSR at 205 or Michelin PS3. Mine does get used on the road and i want it working in the wet. How have they lasted?

 

[AdDaMan]

RSR all the way mate. Check my thread in the track section and there's some pics on there of them.
They did wear fairly heavily but the grip was seriously impressive when warm.