Clio 1#2 road rally car.

[ade426]

Hi all. Thinking of possible buying a Clio Rs to you on road rallies. So looking for as much info as possible. How do you lot do away with airbags,abs etc. Are they any good as a road rally car. Reliability is a must

 

[A&P]

I have one for sale and only in Crosshands if you want to take a look. Cheers Andrew.

 

[ade426]

What do you lot do with the abs on the 182 that are used on track. I have read the the speedo runs off the wheel speed sensor. Does the Clio 182 gearbox have a take off to run a speed sensor?

 

[James363]

I'm not entirely sure, but I use a 172 Cup as my road rally car, and it has no ABS from factory. They are usually pretty reliable, so long as you don't absolutely hammer the stock gearboxes. In terms of removing airbags, drivers one comes out with the steering wheel, and the passengers one is easy to remove if you take the dashboard top off. I'm pretty sure the speedo doesn't run off the wheel speed sensor, as the cup has no wheel speed sensors, but can't say for sure.
One thing that would make it a lot better is a LSD, as it's fairly easy to spin up the inside wheel, especially in the wet. The car is a weapon for road rallies though, can keep up with anything.

 

[ade426]

I appreciate the reply. Your right from what I have read the cup has no wheel speed sensors hence no abs and has its speed signal from the gearbox. But the 182 has abs and uses the abs as a speed signal also. The reason I ask about a 182 is there is more choice when looking to purchase. And I'm a fussy bigger when it comes to buying cars

 

[James363]

Ah, that's odd, I would have thought the two would read their speed in the same way... Yeah, there are a lot of 182's around, and 172's are quite old now, mine's 12 years old!