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Definately mate.
If you havent got a diff already I would strongly advise one if you are going to be running much power, does help.
Thanks mate, im really chuffed with how good the camera angle looks in both directions, dont think I will even bother trying them anywhere else now, thats me sorted for where to put them both and having the remote to turn them both on and off together is handy too
The camera positions do seem ideal! Lucky on trackdays you don't play bumper cars. I couldn't get away with running mine on the front bumper, wouldn't last 2 mins!
They both look excellent!
Thanks George, they both drove really well on the day, I had a load of fun in both of them.
Must admit I do prefer the turbo out of the two though on a track with the space to really open it up.
I think at LLandow its going to be the other way around though and I will prefer the RS2 car.
Must admit I do prefer the turbo out of the two though on a track with the space to really open it up.
I think at LLandow its going to be the other way around though and I will prefer the RS2 car.
After chatting with mike it looks like I will be going ahead with a turbo conversion for mine
Ed kindly gave me this video footage filmed from his RS200 showing me passing him, it really is quite nuts just how fast my car dissapears up the main straight considering a clio 200 isnt exactly a pedal car in the first place.
Got some footage of you coming past me. Couple of seconds after you pass me listen out for your exhaust - left abit on the end, you can see how much ground you make in the straight, my foot is down (but the tyres are still cold
Second clip is the reverse of yours, you passing me from my angle.
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Initially I don't want anymore power than your had initially, so I am hoping to get away with it initially - but I will probably be buying the engine he has already built. Which gives me more future options.
A diff will be on the to-do list.
A diff will be on the to-do list.
I dont think there is a single corner where I couldnt have gone quicker TBH mate, but when considering if things are flat or not, I think you need to think about how pace this car piles on and the fact it is still only a road car its not a caged racer on AST's etc,
There is no way I could take the pits corner flat in this car, I would be doing over 100mph round it if I just lifted slightly at the apex like you are saying, lol!
And that little left kink, if I was flat all the way to that I would be doing probably more like 120, while I might make the corner itself at that speed I would be pushed so far wide and never then be able to lose the speed in time to get back to the left before turning into the hairpin
would be great to let someone like yourself loose in it though so you can see firsthand where I really can go flat or not, but you cant use a normal clio as a reference, I do exactly what you are saying when driving the RS2 car, dont lift at all for that left and only a tiny lift off and no brakes for the right by the pits, but its VERY different in this car with more than twice the midrange torque and 100bhp or so extra.
its flat in 4th round the pit right hander cira 110+ you soft lad!
No chance of doing that flat in this car mate, you'd be doing over 100 at the point you turned in, and another 20mph or more by the time you got near the apex, lol
Plus like I said, its not a race car in terms of the handling, its a car that my mrs still uses to go shopping in! And the tracking me and dan had to set by looking at it as I had to raise it to get clearance for the tyres on the day. It will probably handle a bit better when setup right even on the current parts, but this was just a shakedown not a test day.
Come along next time and give it a go mate
Clio 172
I can tell you from first hand experience it doesn't feel like a turbo, very progressive feeling to it and doesn't feel out of place in the car. Brakes are s**t but Chip is on that so I'm sure with them tweaked it'll be even more awsome than it currently is.
Mine is ph1 gearing, and would still pull the limiter in 4th there if you didnt lift I would think, which is 128mph
Thanks mate, thats exactly the entire intention of the project, to have big power but still be driveable
Yeah pagid blues and HC disks are no longer upto the job, although if I got a bit braver on the corners like Fred is saying then I guess I would be using them a bit less so they might have coped then.
4 pots coming soon though I think, just need to sort a setup that goes under OZ f1 as got 9 sets of them in total now so cant really justify swapping to something else now, lol
its flat in 4th round the pit right hander cira 110+ you soft lad!
I was pinging off the limiter in 3rd(7850) if I didn't hook 4th for it. So I was doing it circa 100-110 on PE2's lol
It is a bit silly just how far in the distance it gets although I think I had a slight advantage coming out the bend with the diff so got on the power a little sooner as well.
Its properly silly on the road, would be FAR too easy to lose your license in if using it as your only daily, but its great how pleasant it is for long journeys etc.
Got to decide if I am goign to take it to the ring or not, Im sure it would be mental there and it would be a pleasant trip over, but currently we can only get insurance on the RS2 car for that, and I wouldnt go there uninsured, so it probably wont happen any time particuarly soon. Would love to take it one day though, would be seeing 170mph in places!
9 sets FLOL!! That's just showing off! You greedy git.
Yeah in our RS2 car I have to go for 4th through there or it hits the limiter. Which is 100 ish, I dont get near the limiter in 4th though in that car like Fred is saying, just cause I cant carry enough speed through from the corner before to get to that speed in the space available.
Was just about to say when I was out with Lesley I got her to hook 4th for it
Thats for 3 clios though mate, so its only a case of:
3 sets of dries (1 each)
1 and a bit spare set of dries
2 sets of wets
2 sets of road tyres
and then some random odds and sods.
It seems like no brainer to buy that instead of messing around with my engine.
It could be from his blue car? I couldn't tell you.
i can tell you I am looking forward to it!! Especially after seeing all these videos of yours.
It could be from his blue car? I couldn't tell you.
i can tell you I am looking forward to it!! Especially after seeing all these videos of yours.
If its the one I am thinking of, he built it for the blue car, got as far as fitting it up with standard manifolds to start running it in, and then changed his mind and broke the car instead, so its literally done a bit of shunting around the driveway and thats about it I think, I dont think it ever saw the road.
I think it probably is!
Cool stuff mate, Im sure that will be spot on.
What clutch are you going for?
I can recommend the one in my car, its great, but its also 500 quid
6 paddle with uprated cover
4 paddle on standard cover is cheaper and takes same sort of power but wont last as long.
Is it still going to be a daily?
If so I would go for low boost only and a standard drive plate but with an uprated cover, should still be able to cope with about 240bhp and will last ages that way, where as all the padle ones dont last long.
What clutch are you going for?
I can recommend the one in my car, its great, but its also 500 quid
6 paddle with uprated cover
4 paddle on standard cover is cheaper and takes same sort of power but wont last as long.
Is it still going to be a daily?
If so I would go for low boost only and a standard drive plate but with an uprated cover, should still be able to cope with about 240bhp and will last ages that way, where as all the padle ones dont last long.
It will be my only car at the minute - but I have just moved house, which has reduced my commute to a walkable distance (one of the main reasons I am pushing ahead)
I haven't really thought that far ahead! Ha ha I am open to suggestions for sure.
I haven't really thought that far ahead! Ha ha I am open to suggestions for sure.
FLOL
Luckily most of them arent at my place, ive got a garage I rent for storing stuff in and a workshop we built where I keep a few too.
Ah fair enough mate.
Well im sure Mike know what he is doing, so if you tell him your short and long term plans he can spec the bits accordingly
Ah fair enough mate.
Well im sure Mike know what he is doing, so if you tell him your short and long term plans he can spec the bits accordingly
That's what I was hoping. He certainly knows his stuff.
