182 cup- how to save even more weight!!

[Kano_182cup]

As above, the 172 cup is the real cup but how could I save some real weight without too much hastle in a 182 cup. Planning on buying a cup but not sure weither i want a 182 or 172 yet, oviously the 172 option is much cheaper and prefer the 182 looks. help..

 

[ForceIndia]

back seats out? takes ten minutes.

 

[sh33n]

Sorry couldn't resist

 

[Kano_182cup]

lol

 

[Kano_182cup]

to be honest the 182 cup is my option, hope i can find one easy enuf thru a dealer!

 

[JBarber]

are you planning to race it? If not, there's little real world difference so what's the point.

 

[CUPCRAZY]

If your planning on buying a cup then buy the original and true CUP.

Put the money left over in the bank or better still buy some mods.

 

[crazycup]

aye, you want a real cup without any fancy mods !!! Hardcore all the way!!!!!!!

 

[ukaskew]

Good luck in finding a genuine 182 Cup that you actually want and is reasonably local, not actually that many about as it was a bit of a flawed release (182 with Cup Packs was the car of choice).

If you prefer the looks of the 182 I assume you mean the tailpipes as that's the only difference...? If so save yourself some money and buy a 172 Cup, then get Pro-Speed or someone to do a twin tailpipe conversion, pretty easy mod and should save you a fair bit. You will need to replace the exhaust sooner or later anyway so 172 Cup + pipe conversion would be the sensible option. Performance wise there really isn't anything in it.

 

[trailerparktrev]

Buy a 182 Cup - Air con for the summer. ABS for the winter - and you get exclusivity, there are less of them than the exclusive trophy

Oh and the back seat is made out of foam and weighs about 250g - so you won't save much weight by losing this.

 

[Fred@BTM]

buy a 182 cup and be branded a homo

buy a real 172 cup and be hailed a king

 

[Justin]

182 cup mate

 

[BenR]

so you went out and bought the heaviest wobbliest clio you could................god damn space docker you are!

 

[trailerparktrev]

buy a 182 cup and be branded a homo

buy a real 172 cup and be hailed a king

What a king homo?

 

[blink172]

Buy a trophy??

Take out all the carpet, rear seats. and sound proofing (maybe fit with checker plate)

 

[Cupster]

Simple, if you want the newer car with ABS and aircon - 182 Cup.

Want the real thing with nice wheels, save a bit of dolla and slightly lighter - 172 Cup.

You could try and source a 172 cup with CC, good luck though!! Biased, but this would be my choice

 

[JBarber]

I just don't get the point of taking out the seats. Even a FF 182 has near identical performance to a 172 CUP on the road (put the Stig in the FF182 and he'd beat any of us in a 172 CUP around a track I'm sure). Taking about the back seats is just going to make you look like a knob when you need to give more than 1 person a lift.

If you want something faster, then save up and get an Evo or STI.

 

[fad632]

^^^^Very True.
but same could be said with put Stig in a cup and he'd beat any of us in a 182. What i would say is I would have loved CC in my 172 Cup with this heat!

 

[JBarber]

CC is fantastic. My point is this chap is buying a new car, so why buy a car and then feck it up but ripping out the seats, when the real world performance gains are going to be insignificant?

If going fast is that important, then buy a faster car.

 

[chiefsilverback]

put the Stig in the FF182 and he'd beat any of us in a 172 CUP around a track I'm sure

Put the Stig ina 1.4 and he'd beat you round a track in your 172!

 

[JBarber]

doubt it, I haven't got a 172

 

[quickshift]

lose some weight

 

[Fred@BTM]

so you went out and bought the heaviest wobbliest clio you could................god damn space docker you are!

but i look cool

 

[faz2726]

182 cup all the way, nice and light but still have AC, and even cruise con

 

[kully]

182 cup .................then add mods to make it quicker , best of both worlds

 

[sh33n]

Get a 172 Cup or 182 FF, the 182 Cup is pointless, it's not 'hardcore' and there's bugger all weight difference.

Or get a Trophy, best of all worlds.

 

[John D]

Originally Posted by JBarber
put the Stig in the FF182 and he'd beat any of us in a 172 CUP around a track I'm sure

Put the Stig ina 1.4 and he'd beat you round a track in your 172!

Ha ha exactly mate. I think bringing the Stigs driving skills into this was a bit irrevelant.

If you want my to cents on the question I'd go for the 172 cup if you want the lighter car, but your hardly gaining much of a performance (straight-line) advantage over a 182 cup/with cup packs so its hardly worth worrying about. The choice comes down to interior trim and toys/equipment in my opinion when choosing between those cars (if you can afford both of course - 172 is cheaper), if you want the leather and toys go for the 182.

 

[thedoc]

172 CUP, then use the money you've saved over a 182 & spend it on a few choice mods.. 182 manifold, modified inlet, exhaust, then into the interior, strip it, lighter seats, etc, etc.

 

[JBarber]

Ha ha exactly mate. I think bringing the Stigs driving skills into this was a bit irrevelant.

What I mean was a better way to make it go faster is to become a better driver. I agree with you though, the cars are so close better to get a 182 + cup packs and have the nice toys like Xenons, CC and nicer interior