Bought my first 172 cup

[Liam8863]

Hi all, recently just purchased my first Clio 172 cup. The car has been stripped and built purposely for track with buckets seats and harness and few other tasteful mods.

I have never done a track day and looking to go on my first one in November, was just wondering about tips and any general information about first time on the track and what brakes people are using on here? And is the tuition worth the money?

Thanks in advance

 

[STEVE.M]

Hi all, recently just purchased my first Clio 172 cup. The car has been stripped and built purposely for track with buckets seats and harness and few other tasteful mods.

I have never done a track day and looking to go on my first one in November, was just wondering about tips and any general information about first time on the track and what brakes people are using on here? And is the tuition worth the money?

Thanks in advance

I saw that on eBay on thought it was a lot of car for the money. A good buy.
Tuition will benefit you more than fancy priced brake pads.
Enjoy.

 

[Liam8863]

I saw that on eBay on thought it was a lot of car for the money. A good buy.
Tuition will benefit you more than fancy priced brake pads.
Enjoy.

Cheers bud, was a good 4 hour train journey away but was worth the time and money loving the car already just having a good blast round the B roads

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah it looked good

 

[Liam8863]

Yeah it looked good

I'm more than happy with the buy really enjoying and especially this being my first Clio I am hooked haha

 

[chris blue]

Very nice- welcome to the Club. Which track?

 

[Liam8863]

Very nice- welcome to the Club. Which track?

Cheers mate, I was looking at going to Caldwell but was told that's a pretty tricky one so either that or Mallory park next month. The Mallory park one is a lot cheaper than Caldwell and looks a more simple track to get started with. But not 100% decided yet

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Welcome along, looks tidy that

Tuition is well worth the money, especially if first track day. Get it booked for the morning, will help you a lot. I did my first track day at Cadwell in my 172 and didn't kill myself, just build your pace through out the day, and check your mirrors

If the existing brakes have plenty of meat on them and in decent condition, I'd do the first track day as the car is. It's got the brake cooling in place on the front, which will help a lot. Just do short stints will 15-20 min on track, and then a cool down lap and 20+ minutes off to let the car/you cool down. Leave the car in gear , and do not put the handbrake on

If the brakes do need replacing, get in touch I can supply various options of pads, discs, fluids, braided lines etc etc :up:

 

[Liam8863]

Welcome along, looks tidy that

Tuition is well worth the money, especially if first track day. Get it booked for the morning, will help you a lot. I did my first track day at Cadwell in my 172 and didn't kill myself, just build your pace through out the day, and check your mirrors

If the existing brakes have plenty of meat on them and in decent condition, I'd do the first track day as the car is. It's got the brake cooling in place on the front, which will help a lot. Just do short stints will 15-20 min on track, and then a cool down lap and 20+ minutes off to let the car/you cool down. Leave the car in gear , and do not put the handbrake on

If the brakes do need replacing, get in touch I can supply various options of pads, discs, fluids, braided lines etc etc :up:

Cheers bud, awesome reply. will take all of that on board and try not to kill myself haha,
Defiantly on the list of things to do start of next year will be in touch for sure!

 

[MatBat]

Welcome! Looks a nicely setup Cup. Enjoy

 

[Jamess182]

Welcome along, looks tidy that

Tuition is well worth the money, especially if first track day. Get it booked for the morning, will help you a lot. I did my first track day at Cadwell in my 172 and didn't kill myself, just build your pace through out the day, and check your mirrors

If the existing brakes have plenty of meat on them and in decent condition, I'd do the first track day as the car is. It's got the brake cooling in place on the front, which will help a lot. Just do short stints will 15-20 min on track, and then a cool down lap and 20+ minutes off to let the car/you cool down. Leave the car in gear , and do not put the handbrake on

If the brakes do need replacing, get in touch I can supply various options of pads, discs, fluids, braided lines etc etc :up:

Why leave the car in gear and leave the handbrake off?

 

[STEVE.M]

Cheers mate, I was looking at going to Caldwell but was told that's a pretty tricky one so either that or Mallory park next month. The Mallory park one is a lot cheaper than Caldwell and looks a more simple track to get started with. But not 100% decided yet

Bedford is a good 1st time track.
Plenty of run off & nothing much to hit.
http://www.msvtrackdays.com/car/calendar/2017/nov/18-ba/

 

[imprezaworks]

Why leave the car in gear and leave the handbrake off?

Heat.

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Why leave the car in gear and leave the handbrake off?

As the brakes will be very hot, you can have issues like the pads sticking to the discs. Also in extreme cases, as the discs will cool quicker where the pad is not in contact with it, it can "warp" the discs. Unlikely on a Clio due to the bias of the brakes. But still best practice to leave it in gear/chock the wheels

 

[Jamess182]

As the brakes will be very hot, you can have issues like the pads sticking to the discs. Also in extreme cases, as the discs will cool quicker where the pad is not in contact with it, it can "warp" the discs. Unlikely on a Clio due to the bias of the brakes. But still best practice to leave it in gear/chock the wheels

Ah I'm with you now, cheers.

 

[James363]

I'd be surprised if the car has been built like that with brake ducts if it has standard pads tbh. If it was mine, I'd be having it up to see if I could find out what pads are on it, sometimes the numbers are stamped, or if the pads are pretty new you can read the numbers.

 

[Liam8863]

Bedford is a good 1st time track.
Plenty of run off & nothing much to hit.
http://www.msvtrackdays.com/car/calendar/2017/nov/18-ba/

Cheers man looks like a good first track day

 

[Liam8863]

I'd be surprised if the car has been built like that with brake ducts if it has standard pads tbh. If it was mine, I'd be having it up to see if I could find out what pads are on it, sometimes the numbers are stamped, or if the pads are pretty new you can read the numbers.

Next weekend I have free I will defiantly give it a full check over and see what is what, cars stored in garage at the moment and with this weather and dark evenings haven't had much time to get out in it! cheers for the advice

 

[Nicoles dad]

Mine was sat for a year and cost £2000 to get everything sorted on it.
These cars are just such a blast on a good b road
Gotta keep the cups out of the scrap yards I am sure they will be worth money in the future.
Think the K-Tec super sport exhaust was a step too far for me, have to wear earplugs when going for a blastersevere:

 

[Liam8863]

Mine was sat for a year and cost £2000 to get everything sorted on it.
These cars are just such a blast on a good b road
Gotta keep the cups out of the scrap yards I am sure they will be worth money in the future.
Think the K-Tec super sport exhaust was a step too far for me, have to wear earplugs when going for a blastersevere:

Yeah I paid £2000 for mine and so far it's been worth every penny! Like you say on a B road they really are mad and so much fun to drive! I feel sorry for your neighbours haha