Fitting 172 cup springs onto a full fat 172

[Rob_]

Is it worth fitting 172 cup springs onto a full fat 172?

How much lower are the cups and will you notice the difference?

 

[Fred@BTM]

3mm difference, 0 point in doing it, go for Eibach sportlines instead

 

[cliobritt]

thinking of doin this, but I dont want to loser the character
of the 172's handling

 

[Big Iain]

it will be faster if u do!!

 

[Alan]

Aye for sure....it'll prob gain about 20 brake when paired with a subtle cup badge on the B pillar too..as the 'cup' is a far more 'raw' 'drivers' car..

 

[Big Iain]

Aye for sure....it'll prob gain about 20 brake when paired with a subtle cup badge on the B pillar too..as the 'cup' is a far more 'raw' 'drivers' car..

dont forget the extra down forsce of the cup spoiler Al!!

 

[Alan]

Aye for sure....it'll prob gain about 20 brake when paired with a subtle cup badge on the B pillar too..as the 'cup' is a far more 'raw' 'drivers' car..

dont forget the extra down forsce of the cup spoiler Al!!

Right let me get this right a cup spoiler provides more down force so does a V spoiler provide enough down force to say...drive upside down??

 

[Big Iain]

^^ I havn't tried that yet!!

 

[R20 CWH]

^^ comedy

 

[Alan]

Hmm...clyde tunnel sir..should be reasonably quiet at this time on am Monday night lol

 

[Big Iain]

see ye in 5 we can see how the cup spoiler compares!!

 

[R20 CWH]

can i video it

 

[Big Iain]

Nope!!!

 

[Alan]

Lol ^^

 

[tommyboy]

Aye for sure....it'll prob gain about 20 brake when paired with a subtle cup badge on the B pillar too..as the 'cup' is a far more 'raw' 'drivers' car..

lol

 

[R20 CWH]

Nope!!!

ok

 

[CHRIS172CUP]

You're better off fitting bed springs, 172 springs are sh1t!

 

[Gaz_]

Aye for sure....it'll prob gain about 20 brake when paired with a subtle cup badge on the B pillar too..as the 'cup' is a far more 'raw' 'drivers' car..

lol, but remeber which cars make the times down the 1/4 mile













































that one with the cup badge

 

[djmode]

i have a 172 and i raced a 172 cup and to be honest there was absoloutly nothing in it. As far as i can tell its just a cheap version without any of the usefull things!

 

[duncansharp]

The cup is better to drive as it has different steering? (electro-hydraulic), its lighter, wider track, and as it doesnt have ESP it is much more driver orientated than the FF 172. Although not quite as sensible!

 

[Lagerlout]

You sir, are talking cod s**t.

 

[duncansharp]

What part of that is wrong?

The cup is lighter, has a wider track and i think it has different steering mechanism and is more exciting to drive IMO. And it doesnt have ESP / ABS/ Traction so its loads of fun, except in the snow.

 

[MarkCup]

All 172's have hydraulic steering - the non-sport Clio's have electric.

There's no difference in steering between a FF or a Cup for either 172 or 182.

The rest is right though

 

[duncansharp]

Cheers MarkCup i stand corrected on the steering mechanism, to be fair i wasnt sure but i had read it somewhere. Thought this may a bit provoking but that is my understanding of the differences. Hence i bought a 172 cup