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moving to the dark side
- Thread starter SHORTY
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Maybe next on my shopping list when I eventually grow up!!!
Weird as the CTR owners say the same about 172s!!!
You are a cup owner thats the difference!!
i am not a clio cup owner i have a mk1 172
i just had the clio cup alloys fitted, besides the civic i might go for is the JDM civic type-r
198bhp of pure power
Revs to 9500rpm, there is also a civic thats revs to 12000rpm you can imagine a renault doing that, there would be engine bits flying everywhere
HE HE
http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=cs_BDK-EG9-TYPER.jpg
as long as it aint a new typre r then go for it. New one looks too much like a bread van! Get an import with all the toys and you wont look back. jap quality is better than anywhere else and you get more for your money (including more power!)
I love the Clio but yearn for an MR2 turbo (when insurance allows) because Jap quality shines through
get the early one. I had a performance car mag ages ago which pitched the 205 gti, clio williams, R5 gtt, and others against the civic type R. They said it sounded like a touring car! with a 1.6 at that state of tune, im sure it revs to the moon. I really wanted to get one when i was looking for cars, but couldnt find one, anywhere. There was one for sale in autotrader a while back and he said that it had the Spoon engine, and revs to an even higher level-possibly turbocharged as well. Who knows.
Theres a movie of one racing an integra type R (both white) around a track somewhere on the internet. My friend has it on a CD so il ask him where he got it from.....on the track both of the cars are pretty evenly matched.
Do remember that the civic has 0 torque and as to be revved hard to keep going, but who argues with that eh? we all rev our cars high and hard!
Shorty,
If you manage to get a hold of a previous gen Type-R, then you will have one of the fastest, best handling FWD cars on the road, not to mention the most exclusive! I have that vid of the Teg & the Civic round a track, let me know if your interested and Ill upload it to my webspace!
As far as the new Type-R goes, imo it is a bit of sideways step in terms of performance, but other areas like, build quality, reliability and residuals will all be better.
i like the shape before that civic with the split boot the tail gate drops down and the glass pops up.
saw a program when i was in america had a guy that had 1 and he had done exterior and stripped interior with custom dash and buckets, he went to a shop and took it round the back in to the shop garage, they opened the bonet then it went to time lapse film they wacked the engine out and full zorst sytem put new zorst on got a shiney new spoon engine dropped it in closed the bonnet and the guy drove off with it the same day and it was wicked sooo fast.
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Cupster
No bullsh*t my mate has a mini (proper mini, not no bmw thing)with an integra type r engine in it. the front was extended by 3 inches - TOOL!!!
Thanks for all your positive replies
i have about 5 import companys looking for one, iwould love to get hold of one in black, i agree the new one is nice but the 1998 shape is the one to go for, fingers crossed i will get one i had a civic vti coupe and that went like a rocket
Cheers shorty
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