!72 1/4 mile

[N.D.Hill]

Does anyone out there have any 1/4 mile times for a mk2 172

 

[sandys]

Couldnt say for sure, one of my mags reckon 14.something for the Cup but I havent got it too hand.

This site is not bad for figures if you are in to that sort of thinsg

http://www.syclone.freeserve.co.uk/rivals_cars.htm

 

[sandys]

think its was 14.8

 

[DazzF]

Hi Nick,

When i was at Stratford i saw an old freind of mine who was running a 172. He ran consistant 15.8s-16.0 all day. It was pretty well run in and was completely standard.

Cheers

Dazz

 

[DazzF]

The website quoted states a 15.0 dead but gives no real details of the car etc.

Dazz

 

[sandys]

That ll be for a standard car

 

[sandys]

MK1 172 as its for year 2000, it cant see the Mk2 being much different.

 

[Pugboy]

clio cup brochure says 14.8 for standing quarter so 15 deads prolly about right for a std 172. it says 27.2 for 1000m but wed prolly have passed out from heat exhaustion by then having no air con or headlamp washers to cool us down!

 

[SteveJJH]

Anyone know what a standard Mk1 16v will do?

 

[sandys]

I knew I read it somewhere, probably on my brochures not in a magazine, not a bad figure to start with is it really, especially when most of the figures I have seen for the standard 172 from Renault tend to get bettered in mag testing I can only imagine the Cup to do the same. It mixes quite well with some much better cars

 

[Tim Lennox]

lol PUGBOY!! Well just have to open the competition lightweight windows for some cold air!! My first mods gonna be to fit 172 headlamp washers as I dont fancy the thought of them getting dirty.....

 

[BenR]

i would get the xenon headlamps!!

 

[Tim Lennox]

No I think Im gonna fit mini cooper s lamps and a BMW 7 series interior - just for all those luxuries and comforts!!!!!!

 

[Trev_m]

I ran 15.7 last time out at York Mk2 172 with 4k on clock Im at york this sunday will get back to you again hopefully with a better time.

 

[Nick Read]

Steve, if you can find Renault data anywhere that says their factory 1/4 mile time for a 16v Ill be well pleased mate. Ive been trying to wrangle this kind of thing out of them for years mate!

 

[Eddd]

I am amazed by the fascination with 1/4mi, and 0-50 times here. Surely these cars are more suited to a road course.

How many of you get out on the track now and then as opposed to the drag strip.

I dont mean to disparage drag racers, but just wonder if you ever test anything other than the acceleration of your cars...

 

[Captain Slarty]

Eddd m8.

for this purpose only.. Nick (Hill) is looking at comparative tests for testing modifications only.. not for general use..

Joe.

 

[Nick Read]

Good point Eddd, but a days 1/4 miling costs £20. A track day is a lot more.

Also the only true figure that will shut people up in a my cars faster than yours is a 1/4 mile timing slip. Rolling roads bhp figures, lap times etc mean nothing compared to a slip!

 

[Captain Slarty]

Hi Nick dood..

I must agree with you here.. not that its a rarity lol ...

Its a great test, if not the best, of straight line acceleration - which is what a lot of new petrol heads are unaware of... ....

You just cannot beat the timing slip.. !

soon we will have a back to back with the turbo jobby n the Nos... will be entertaining m8 ! ( I is only aiming for 285 bhp @ 6700 and 260 foot / Lbs at 2000 rpm....


Joe.

 

[Captain Slarty]

too many Nicks lol.. Nick Read was the intended lol..

 

[N.D.Hill]

19 replies and ONLY Trev_m with a confirmed answer

 

[teady172]

OK, ran 15.2 with a passenger, with only 1200 mile son the clock, hoping next time, with a good start, to dip into the 14s!

 

[2 live]

nick mate iv run against 5 of them all pulling around the 15.1-5 mark the only exception is the mk2 one with the viper n chip n zorst wich runs a tad quicker than my williams (which is standard) and that runs 14.8-9s fairly consistantly ..........
as for the valver id say about 16.3-5 is about an average time for a standard one
and the willy shud run about 15.3 as standard
hope this helps
jon

 

[teady172]

Well I was at Crail today and was running constant < 15.1s, the best run of the day was 15.08, this was despite the fact I missed 4th and coasted over the line! So I know for a fact now a bog standard MK2 is capable of a 1/4 mile in the high 14s!

 

[m@thew]

my best was 15.2 at york today

 

[Trev_m]

Mine was 14.9 but now has a magnex backbox on and was running 17 inch alloys.
Hope this helps Nick.