if you had 1 k to spend

[bodyboarder]

i have a 172 cup and wandered what people would recommend doing to it with a budget of 1k ? what do you think ? cheers

 

[DrR]

Replace the dampers. Spend the rest on track days.

 

[bodyboarder]

replace the dampers with which ones?

 

[riz]

new seats

 

[DrR]

Standard lol, unless they've been done before.

 

[bodyboarder]

its only done 34k , do you reckon they will need doing then? dont spose you know how much they are? as for the new seats im trying to find some recaros, but its quite hard!

 

[DrR]

This is just IMO, mine are only on 24k and i think they need refrshing

there £50 a corner.

 

[W17GLE]

Change engine mounts, koni dampers,eibach springs, brembo hc discs, ferrodo ds2500 pads and braided hoses. You should be able to do all that for 1k i'd of thought and it would accelerate, handle and stop well then.

Saying that though i fitted a bucket seat and harness and the car feels so much better with just that.

 

[Peperami]

For 1k, h&r coilovers, spend the rest on a brake kit

Job done!

 

[Henry]

similar to wi7gle; i'd fit KTEC's uprated engine mounts, exhaust, and spend a little on the brakes (pads and fluid change should do it; stainless lines if it's an occasional track dayer). if you want to fiddle with the engine, i'd go for reworked inlets and a remap of some sort.

i'm sort of working through that list and think it's all i'll bother doing to mine; will be leaving the suspension alone as i don't like fiddling with them, but all boils down to personal pref.

 

[Mark One]

brakes and AST coilovers. Without a doubt. Oh and matched inlets if the budget allows.

Edit: erm. The above would be more than 1k. oops

 

[Inferno]

If you've only just bought it, I'd recommend driving it for a couple of months to see if anything goes wrong! Not saying it will, but I'd want to sure it's healthy whilst I had some cash in the bank.

 

[Eckascliovalver]

I would pay someone £1000 to burn mine

I would get some supportive bucket seats and strip it. Best purchase ever for my cup imo

 

[CupDude]

Surprising how soon 1k disappears when owning a cup - 'specially if belts due!

 

[bodyboarder]

thanks for your input , i was thinking , eibach , stealth exhaust, panel filter, inlets. wait till i need new pads then change them. uprated engine mounts, whats the benifits/ cost? got a seperate budget for the seats!

 

[Henry]

as ever, inferno's advice is sensible.
engine mounts are a common problem and, if they've not been renewed yet, the car'll benefit from a new set (around £150 for all four). three of the mounts are uprateable but will cost you about £230 + the cost of the other non-uprateable mount (about £20). pros will more control over engine/box movement at the expense of a little vibration. some don't seem bothered by the std engine mounts, so depends if you feel they're a weak point.

 

[Brett]

Surprising how soon 1k disappears when owning a cup - 'specially if belts due!

Tbh it's not as much of a problem on a cup. Can get it done cheap because there is no AC. Providing it's not a CC model.

 

[Ali]

Eibac pro springs - 100

Done! Cup needs very little to be very capable.

 

[bodyboarder]

eibach springs, panel filter, matched inlets, cat back exhaust, remap and new spark plugs all in fitted 950! will be checking shocks and engine mounts at the same time and do if needed, but this will be eating into my recaro fund.... boo