Couple of videos from combe action day of my turbo 172

[Chip-mk1]

Relatively steady session, was only really bedding my new brakes in and having a bit of a shakedown but still managed to make reasonable progress, chopped the vid in half as the session was red flagged and we sat on the line of ages which im sure wont interest anyone.

 

[imprezaworks]

That impreza was quick

 

[Chip-mk1]

That impreza was quick

Yeah it wasnt bad at all, not sure what mods it had but certainly appeared not standard from how it went.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Unbanned then lol. Forgot you had a new engine in. Savage

 

[Advikaz]

Very nice mate.

 

[Millerin]

That impreza was quick

I bet he was still thinking what's this little clio STILL doing behind me?

 

[imprezaworks]

Ha ha definatly. I love chip's car it punches well above its weight.

 

[Chip-mk1]

I bet he was still thinking what's this little clio STILL doing behind me?

Well he only thought that until I got bored following him and decided to overtake him I guess.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Unbanned then lol.

I believe its against the rules to discuss such things which is a shame as TBH I would have quite a lot to see about it given the chance. lol

 

[imprezaworks]

Oh and love the overtake on the 200sx

 

[Tom]

I believe its against the rules to discuss such things which is a shame as TBH I would have quite a lot to say about it given the chance. lol

Correct.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Oh and love the overtake on the 200sx

The one just before 3:50 on the first video?

Hopefully thats not one Tony will rap my knuckles for, lol, seemed like fair game to me, I knew I had far more grip and power than him so I hung back and turned in deliberately very late so that as soon as he was past the apex i could cleanly get past him.

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah that one

 

[MicKPM]

Hi chip, fek it, I missed you

 

[Chip-mk1]

Yeah that one

Was it a "love the overtake" in that you thought it was actually ok, or were you being sarcastic, im rubbish at working out such things just from a wink on the end of a sentance, lol.


Mick, gutted to have missed you, didnt realise you were going!

You back down again for FCS?

 

[Renault Wolverhampton]

i'll be there awaiting my pint!

 

[Chip-mk1]

i'll be there awaiting my pint!

Nice one mate, I certainly owe you one with all the help you have given me with parts for this car with its weird and wonderful combination of 172 and 197 engine bits making things more complicated etc!

 

[Renault Wolverhampton]

well i'll be there in one of a few cars 265 new 200 182 twingo or a new 3cylinder turbo clio!

 

[imprezaworks]

Was it a "love the overtake" in that you thought it was actually ok, or were you being sarcastic, im rubbish at working out such things just from a wink on the end of a sentance, lol.


Mick, gutted to have missed you, didnt realise you were going!



You back down again for FCS?

No not sarcastic matey

 

[Chip-mk1]

well i'll be there in one of a few cars 265 new 200 182 twingo or a new 3cylinder turbo clio!

Cool, let me know which you are out on track in and I will make sure I wave as I pass you

 

[Andyrg@ ClioTurbo]

Looking very good and that LSD seems to do a good job!!!

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[Chip-mk1]

Thanks Andy, yes I think at this level of power in a FWD car its silly not to have an LSD if possible really, it does make a huge difference on the exit of bends to how soon you can start dialling the power in.

 

[Tony Hunter]

The one just before 3:50 on the first video?

Hopefully thats not one Tony will rap my knuckles for, lol, seemed like fair game to me, I knew I had far more grip and power than him so I hung back and turned in deliberately very late so that as soon as he was past the apex i could cleanly get past him.

Na, that one's fine, didn't like the one earlier though.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Na, that one's fine, didn't like the one earlier though.

Ah well, at least im getting better then, lol.

 

[George182]

Car looks awesome chip. I need to pull my finger out with mine!

 

[r0ss172]

Very good mate! that impreza in the first video did look a little nippy... easily caught/overtaken?

Any other good battles whilst you were there?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Very good mate! that impreza in the first video did look a little nippy... easily caught/overtaken?

He was relatively easy to get past, I was being very gentle to begin with as was fist time out on the new brakes, once I decided I wanted to pass though it wasnt too much trouble to do so.
Not a lot in it, but my car was definately capable of going quicker than him both on the straights and in the bends.

Any other good battles whilst you were there?

There was a striker racecar that caught me up and would have passed me if it wasnt for the chequered flag.
Other than that, everything else on track I passed pretty easily TBH, oh there was an evo racecar that was mega quick too, different league but I dont think we were out near enough to each other to end up "racing" as it were, he would have slaughtered me though in my little roadcar with a radio and rear seats etc, lol.


Oh and JamesEP400 from here did a really good job of fending me off for a while in his standard 172 but with his "mad karting champion yo" skillz, I obvioulsy passed him easily still but it was harder to catch him in the first place than I expected, and he did a good job of kind of hanging onto me after I passed him too, I was getting away, but not by as much as you would expect given the spec difference.

He is definitely the quicker driver out of the two of us, but the cars were just such an unfair match I won anyway, lol

 

[Mr Plums]

That black clio went ok too.

 

[r0ss172]

Good work !

 

[Chip-mk1]

That black clio went ok too.

That is James ep400.
Standard car more or less! Very good driver.

 

[Paul172sport]

Welcome back chip. We missed you

Looks like you were making steady progess even if taking it easy.

What the hell was the rx7 racecar?

Out interest what is the rough lap time of this over your better halves rs2 or even a standard 172?

 

[Dan@SJM]

That is James ep400.
Standard car more or less! Very good driver.

Still a very quick car on straights too as it was walking away from the cup!

 

[Mr Plums]

That is James ep400.
Standard car more or less! Very good driver.

​It looked very quick for a standard car.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Welcome back chip. We missed you

Looks like you were making steady progess even if taking it easy.

What the hell was the rx7 racecar?

Out interest what is the rough lap time of this over your better halves rs2 or even a standard 172?

I was five seconds a lap quicker in the turbo that day than the rs2 car, but I was driving the rs2 car harder, the real difference is probably more like 7 or 8 seconds a lap at Combe.

the rx7 was doing passenger laps and when me and James slowed for the red flag he kept going so looks mentally quick as I was about 40mph slower than I normally would be there. You can hear me back off and I'm braking gently, where as would normally be flat out accelerating at that point.

 

[Chip-mk1]

​It looked very quick for a standard car.

Yeah it's one of the better ones.
​Although his gearbox broke that day and its currently off the road awaiting a new one.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Anywhere near 1.19?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Anywhere near 1.19?

No mate not on that day, best one timed was 1:22.2 but there was loads more to come, James said he thought his or your car would be around the 1:18-1:19 sort of ballpark and I think that's probably about what mine can do too if I try a bit harder so probably quite a fair fight. Which I'm quite happy seeing as I can be listening to the radio and mine is with a passenger and still got seats and sound deadening etc.

Shows how much difference being a properly stripped race car on proper suspension etc makes, as it effectively is cancelling out 80bhp or so difference.

On a twisty track I couldn't match you though I'm sure, Combe plays to my cars strengths more than yours, somewhere like Oulton where its all about chassis I'd be miles away, its only a basic road car still on almost standard suspension (just some mild upgrade rear shocks and springs and some midrange coilovers) and I've taken no weight out. Its probably 1300kg in the video.

 

[Martin_172]

didn't realise you had a LSD now, was just thinking it seemed to be putting power down on corner exit very well!!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Videos are awful from a watchable/smoothness PoV :S What happened ! Looks like about 6fps not the 24/25 you should have haha !

 

[Tony Hunter]

No mate not on that day, best one timed was 1:22.2 but there was loads more to come, James said he thought his or your car would be around the 1:18-1:19 sort of ballpark and I think that's probably about what mine can do too if I try a bit harder so probably quite a fair fight. Which I'm quite happy seeing as I can be listening to the radio and mine is with a passenger and still got seats and sound deadening etc.

Shows how much difference being a properly stripped race car on proper suspension etc makes, as it effectively is cancelling out 80bhp or so difference.

On a twisty track I couldn't match you though I'm sure, Combe plays to my cars strengths more than yours, somewhere like Oulton where its all about chassis I'd be miles away, its only a basic road car still on almost standard suspension (just some mild upgrade rear shocks and springs and some midrange coilovers) and I've taken no weight out. Its probably 1300kg in the video.

​Yeah, I was just interested to see the difference.