Clio 172 Cup

[Mark92]

Hi all,

Picked up my new toy last night, a 2003 Clio 172 cup, Interior has already been stripped out and has been fitted with Cooksport springs. Plans are to get it nicely prepped for some track days. Currently has a Race Yozzasport exhaust with Decat which sounds awesome but a little too loud for me.








Last few previous cars have been VAG due to working at Revo Technik, Best being my 370bhp Stage 2+ Leon Cupra. This was sold due to very high fuel costs as you can imagine.





Currently sourcing some bucket seats, nice steering wheel, RARB, bush kit and a nice brake setup. May be a long build, trying to see if any of our suppliers can help me out on some things.

Anybody have any other tips on what may help?

 

[Meek_racing]

Cracking little car this! The engine is very strong and tidy on track, I took Boycey on his first track day with it a while back. Get some cams installed when you have the cambelt changed, this will be a proper weapon then

 

[Chambers_RS]

Nice one mark

looks ka tidy when mines back on the road getting mot in dav I'll have swing by Revo.

 

[Mark92]

Cracking little car this! The engine is very strong and tidy on track, I took Boycey on his first track day with it a while back. Get some cams installed when you have the cambelt changed, this will be a proper weapon then

Yes it pulls very well, need to get some brakes sorted, seat and wheel. It has a horrible driving position.

Nice one mark

looks ka tidy when mines back on the road getting mot in dav I'll have swing by Revo.

Yes mate pop down for a coffee! Whens it being MOT;d?

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Cup looks tidy mate, enjoy it

Cupra looks smart aswel, bet it didn't hang about either with that bhp

 

[Chambers_RS]

Not sure yet need to change the drive shaft and just ordered some uprated wishbones as everything is rusted or bodged up lol

 

[Mark92]

Yeah, ill be replacing tie rods, track rod ends and bushes this week hopefully. Where did you get the tool from?

 

[reedy107]

Can i see some of ya stripped out pics please mate from the back please.


Ben

 

[Mark92]

Will be purchasing some gripper tape for the front floor and potentially clean up the rear somehow.

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Do you work with Kev then? He's an ex Clio RS owner.

 

[vecbtb]

Looks like a good starting point for your project. Maybe look at some light 15" wheels at some point to give you more choice (and cheaper) tyres. Do you live in Daventry or work there?

 

[Mark92]

Do you work with Kev then? He's an ex Clio RS owner.

Yes i work with Kev, hes my manager!

Looks like a good starting point for your project. Maybe look at some light 15" wheels at some point to give you more choice (and cheaper) tyres. Do you live in Daventry or work there?

Yeah ive been looking at these, may opt for some pro race 1.2's. I live in Southam and work in Daventry.

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Yes i work with Kev, hes my manager!

Tell him Tom says hi!

Have a chat with him about what to do. But the first things for going on track really are (if they haven't been done already) Brembo HC discs with decent pads (DS2500/3000, RC5+, Yellowstuff), braided lines and good brake fluid, Vibratechnics engine mounts and Powerflex dogbone, 15s with some decent tyres (mytyres have Federal RSR for £56 a corner at the moment), suspension refresh (new dampers, bushes, mounts etc.), steering refresh (tie rods, rod ends, rack bushes), poly exhaust mount, 5w50 or 10w60 oil.

Rally design to some nice seats for cheap. I paid £275 delivered for a pair with sliders and bought some OMP subframes, the seats are essentially the same as Sparco Pro2000 and weight 7kg each.

I had a RARB, it seemed great after fitting it but I didn't miss it after removing it!

 

[Mark92]

Tell him Tom says hi!

Have a chat with him about what to do. But the first things for going on track really are (if they haven't been done already) Brembo HC discs with decent pads (DS2500/3000, RC5+, Yellowstuff), braided lines and good brake fluid, Vibratechnics engine mounts and Powerflex dogbone, 15s with some decent tyres (mytyres have Federal RSR for £56 a corner at the moment), suspension refresh (new dampers, bushes, mounts etc.), steering refresh (tie rods, rod ends, rack bushes), poly exhaust mount, 5w50 or 10w60 oil.

Rally design to some nice seats for cheap. I paid £275 delivered for a pair with sliders and bought some OMP subframes, the seats are essentially the same as Sparco Pro2000 and weight 7kg each.

I had a RARB, it seemed great after fitting it but I didn't miss it after removing it!

He was showing me some photos of your car yesterday with your new suspension, looks well!

Im really wanting to get this Yozza exhaust off, too loud for me and could do with some money to purchase some worthwhile mods. Any feedback of a standard exhaust with de-cat?

 

[Ph1 Tom]

I've got a ktec recessed twin box system with decat, sounds good. Not that loud. Similar price to a standard system I think

 

[Mark92]

Just fitted new inner tie rods and track rod ends on my lunch, getting it tracked tomorrow. Hopefully it feels tighter at the front end now.

Got a slight oil leak on the sump, will get this sorted out when i get some time. Brakes all round have been ordered along with some hose technik lines.

 

[Chambers_RS]

The track rods all good yeah buddy?

I've got a ktec system and sports cat and still quiet loud lol

 

[Mark92]

The track rods all good yeah buddy?

I've got a ktec system and sports cat and still quiet loud lol

Yes mate went well, borrowed a tool. Ive ordered a standard exhaust to run with the decat, yozza has been sold to fund some engine mounts.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Good good. I found the new rubber boots harder to put on lol

cool, should look at a ktec stealth exhaust don't think there as loud. My work should be able to get you the standard system iirc

 

[Mark92]

Yeah they were starting to stress me out!

Where is the best place to go in Warwickshire for a cambelt, dephaser and aux belt change? Rough price? Cambelt on this has only done 30,000 miles but was changed in 2009/10.

 

[vecbtb]

Where is the best place to go in Warwickshire for a cambelt, dephaser and aux belt change? Rough price? Cambelt on this has only done 30,000 miles but was changed in 2009/10.

Fred at BTM in Birmingham (airport area) I would have thought. Just had mine done by him, superb.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Try Long march motors in dav. Andy chan, good mate of mine he might do it for ya. Or beanie sport just off j14 m1 he's top guy.

My my work stock the genuine dephasers if you need one

 

[Mark92]

So, last nights journey brought me these...



Fitted my rear brakes tonight, will be fitting the fronts and lines all round tomorrow or weekend. Also ordered myself a wheel, boss and subframes which should all be here tomorrow.

 

[Mark92]

So managed to fit both seats, will be changing the side mounts soon as they are sh*t. Connectors for pre-tensioner had been removed and just soldered so i need to figure out how to get the airbag light off. Also fitted my 350mm steering wheel which makes world of difference, so nice to drive now.

 

[Mark92]

New wheels fitted tonight, 15" speed line 2120 wrapped in Federal 595 RSR.

 

[Mark92]

So i had my first trackday in the Clio at Bedford, was performing well. The car was on T1R's and were a big weak point. I will be getting a spare set of wheels and tyres for track. Really happy with my brake setup, no fade whatsoever.

Here are some images, ignore the undersize helmet.

 

[Mark92]

The car is also now running a home made intake with cold air feed along with the 98ron map from RStuner. I am currently looking at some new seats, engine mounts and a roll cage.