172 Cup
Having got tired of sprinting making me modify my road/ring Megane beyond useable for its original purpose and seat time coming in all said and done at 30-60quid a lap. I've decided to stop sprinting my Megane and let it have some peace...well just ring trips (I've got a few this year) and trackdays.
Pic of Megane because I love it like a child...
So, I've decided to take the foray into rallying. Me and a couple mates often go up to Cadwell to watch the stages when it's on and constant watching of Irish tarmac youtube vids set me off.
My reasoning being I've done trackdays on and off for the last ten or so years and I had a couple of year foray into drifting so in my head its the combination of the two and I won't be completely useless. Likelyhood is 3 corners in I'm on my roof.
So the car.. I started by choosing a class. 1400... please don't start the debate from the other thread 2.0 etc etc I'm aware of the capability of the 1*2 but part of the fun for me is the build and the development. I'm lucky that my job gives me access to machine shops and engineering knowledge and that I also have a tooled up unit to play in thats my own. I sold my Mk1 Clio 16v which I think is on here somewhere as I'd lost interest as it was too original to ruin and this gave some unit space.
Initially a Puma was purchased. I personally can't get the hype and found the 1.7 uninspiring. So was filled with dread at the 1400 even tuned. I was browsing eBay one night and this came up I chucked it on watch and thought no more of it. Next day I was in the office one thing lead to another and I've fired a deposit blind
I had a 172 a bit back as a B-road toy and loved every minute until the dephaser fell off This spurred me on that despite their relative lack of use in rallying in the UK this had potential. Up until collecting it I spent the next few days working away so hotel evenings were spent researching they appear to be used in Eastern Europe and I know there's a few 2.0's on here so this thread will be about building it from the base abandoned project I bought and getting it logbooked, to my Bars test and events. Going to use this as a bit of a log of what I get up to. Hopefully people can chip in with advice and laugh/be inspired to try something new along the way.
So set off with the trusty 500quid Renault Master and my trailer to Wigan to collect it...
Pic of Megane because I love it like a child...
So, I've decided to take the foray into rallying. Me and a couple mates often go up to Cadwell to watch the stages when it's on and constant watching of Irish tarmac youtube vids set me off.
My reasoning being I've done trackdays on and off for the last ten or so years and I had a couple of year foray into drifting so in my head its the combination of the two and I won't be completely useless. Likelyhood is 3 corners in I'm on my roof.
So the car.. I started by choosing a class. 1400... please don't start the debate from the other thread 2.0 etc etc I'm aware of the capability of the 1*2 but part of the fun for me is the build and the development. I'm lucky that my job gives me access to machine shops and engineering knowledge and that I also have a tooled up unit to play in thats my own. I sold my Mk1 Clio 16v which I think is on here somewhere as I'd lost interest as it was too original to ruin and this gave some unit space.
Initially a Puma was purchased. I personally can't get the hype and found the 1.7 uninspiring. So was filled with dread at the 1400 even tuned. I was browsing eBay one night and this came up I chucked it on watch and thought no more of it. Next day I was in the office one thing lead to another and I've fired a deposit blind
I had a 172 a bit back as a B-road toy and loved every minute until the dephaser fell off This spurred me on that despite their relative lack of use in rallying in the UK this had potential. Up until collecting it I spent the next few days working away so hotel evenings were spent researching they appear to be used in Eastern Europe and I know there's a few 2.0's on here so this thread will be about building it from the base abandoned project I bought and getting it logbooked, to my Bars test and events. Going to use this as a bit of a log of what I get up to. Hopefully people can chip in with advice and laugh/be inspired to try something new along the way.So set off with the trusty 500quid Renault Master and my trailer to Wigan to collect it...
