Inferno 182 Trackday toy

[Neil Clio 182]

May 2021 I got round to buying a trackday toy.
120k ish miles Inferno 182 with both Cup packs, Scorpion 192 Exhaust, Purple dogbone mount, RS tuner Map 181bhp, Cup Turinis, braided brake lines. The Car was in great condition very orange and shiny. I also found lots of info on here regarding the car. EJ05HJX I paid £3900 which was probably a little over the odds, but I had looked at some shitters and this was close to home.
The plan was to keep it for B road blast and a few trackdays.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

First Mod was a Numberplate, followed by a Trip to demon tweeks to try out seats. Went for the Sabelt GT3's as these were the best fit/comfortable.
Not having spannered much at all, I booked the car in with Demmon tweeks to have the seats and harness fitted.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

A few of my friends questioned the harness angles and advised some sort of harness bar. I got a bolt in cage from K tech raching with a Harness bar.

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[Neil Clio 182]

New Disc and Pads all round, DS2500 pads, Set of NS2R's and Cadwell Park Novice day Booked. I was hooked after the day and booked Oulton park a week later.
Oh and some street race org, clio Cup decals, luckily a detailer friend turned up and helped me put them on or they would have been in the bin

 

[Mr Underhill]

Looks like a nice car. Glad you're enjoying it. They're a great little car to take on track.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Came to the conclusion that the seating possition was a bit off and swapped the Sparco beat bases for some Jon Foz ones, much better!
Passenger on the Foz base.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Next Mods were a Volantech Sabelt steering wheel,PMS shifter and a set of OZ Ulltraleggeras with a set of Rainsport 5's, did not feel great on a wet track with the NS2R's. Was very pleased with them, especially the PMS shifter and mine doesn't rattle much at all!

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Might have guess my now once I start modding it's hard to stop. The BC coilovers were huge set up on track, had the car corner weighted and Geo.
the Scorpion 192 kept sagging in the middle on track replaced it with a Pure motor sport system. Sold the Turinis and bought a second set of OZ's with some AR-1's

 

[Jamess182]

Nice mate. Some money spent on this!!
Ultraleggera's are a great choice too, look epic on these.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Nice mate. Some money spent on this!!
Ultraleggera's are a great choice too, look epic on these.

Broke the clutch at cadwell, but yeah I agree love the Ultraleggeras and not too bad in 15" if you wait for the right sale.

 

[Darren61]

Looking good! Very similar spec to mine, best colour too! 😉

 

[Neil Clio 182]

while I'm replacing the clutch I decided I might aswell have a box with a blackline lsd fitted by @NorthloopCup
very excited to go try it out at Oulton park.

 

[Jamess182]

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Broke the clutch at cadwell, but yeah I agree love the Ultraleggeras and not too bad in 15" if you wait for the right sale.

Yeah I had 15s on mine for a while. Perfect track wheels imo. Paid £700 for mine with PS3s so a bit of a bargain! Regret selling them as I’m sure they rode better than my 16” Turinis too.

 

[NorthloopCup]

while I'm replacing the clutch I decided I might aswell have a box with a blackline lsd fitted by @NorthloopCup
very excited to go try it out at Oulton park.

I’ll take a picture of the diff for you mate and upload it in here so you have a visual record for the thread 👍🏻

 

[Neil Clio 182]

The Dephaser needed doing, so I found some cheap 197 cams while I was at it! Birchdown for the dephase and setting up the cams, then off to Chris at EFI

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Car Also went on a Diet, stripped interior, removed the aircon (even the bit in the fan, that was a right pain). ACS Polly windows all round

 

[Neil Clio 182]

New wheels bearings in the front, went for black sieries polly bushes with camber adjust as the camber bolts just didn't want to stay in place. PMS reinforcement plates, rear ARB and a Pro AM front geometery correction kit

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[Neil Clio 182]

I decided to sell the bolt in K tech cage and went for a T45 half cage from JP cages, only cost me a £200 or so to trade up and it's 17kg lighter!
Got my stickers ready in advance ;P

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Carbon Foottrays in the front

 

[RustyMojo]

Proper job this! Nice to see one finished so well. Top work bud

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Once the Blackine LSD is in I think I'll call it done, will probably tinker for years, but just need to learn to drive it better now Most of the handeling mod have just given me more confidence to lean on it each time. The geometry kit was an eye opener, lots less understeer will be interesting to see what the LSD adds!

 

[Mr Underhill]

Carbon Foottrays in the frontView attachment 1663074

How do you find that tray? Does your throttle heel not touch the lip? Looks like it needs to be a little wider.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

How do you find that tray? Does your throttle heel not touch the lip? Looks like it needs to be a little wider.

No no problems at all, It isn't actually fitted in the photo just laid in.

 

[Mr Underhill]

The geometry kit was an eye opener, lots less understeer will be interesting to see what the LSD adds!

The LSD combined with that correction/bump steer kit will transform how the car drives.

I can remember doing mine and going around Croft for the first time. Turn-in and exit speeds were transformational.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

This was a great but cheap Mod, wide angle (caravan type) rear view mirror. £17 or so from amazon, much more rear visabilty.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

3D printed brake duct(by a friend) mated to some Corvette C6 Brake ducts.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Managed to get a secondhand MS engineering ported and flowed upper/lower and throttlebody. Sold my Original ones for more than I paid

 

[Neil Clio 182]

That's a great thing about these cars most of my Upgrades have been subsidised by selling the parts I have removed!
I sold the set of Turinis that came with it for £625 to fund a set of OZ Ultraleggeras.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Upgraded the rainsport 5's (which are excellent for the money) to some pre used competion wets after seening some other people out on track with them.
I've not had a wet trackday since buying them though, looking forward to bugging some pork on cups 2's
Camper van is a must these days to load all the trackday gear into!

 

[chazza114]

I decided to sell the bolt in K tech cage and went for a T45 half cage from JP cages, only cost me a £200 or so to trade up and it's 17kg lighter!
Got my stickers ready in advance ;P
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Cage looks great! Is it just a bolt in setup? I may cage my 172 in the future but would like something that's reversible.

 

[Rich-D]

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Cage looks great! Is it just a bolt in setup? I may cage my 172 in the future but would like something that's reversible.

yeah bolted in to welded plates in the inside. was advised this was the best way for a stripped interior. The other option is plates on the underside and holes to clamp it togeater.

 

[bowen86]

Fair play. This is good.

 

[Advikaz]

Good work

 

[Neil Clio 182]

"Track Spec" Brembo Disc , bigger holes in the Hub part. I cooked the OEM ones practicing trail braking into Knickerbrook despite the cooling ducts.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

I also managed to finish the clutch off at Cadwell Park, Sachs Clutch and lightened flywheel. Didn;t fancy a paddle Clutch as my noob clutch control likes a little more leway.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

P.S. the new brake discs are 400g each lighter, unsprung rotational mass etc ...

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Friend doing a Lap of Oulton, hopefully will have better quality video soon.

 

[NorthloopCup]

As promised mate. Not long to wait now until your box will be ready!

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Got everything I need now, booked in with my Mechanic next week. Just need to run it in and get a day at Oulton park booked.
Thanks @NorthloopCup for sorting it out, good to meet you.