NEW 172 Owner from Oxford

[EJTAYLOR]

Morning clio community!
Picked up a 172 Saturday, new to the french car world, always had VW's and bit of a german car nut (not a scene kid mind you, always performance in mind)
Paid about 1k for the little chap,
skeptical about how long she will last, as always with a new second hand car, just going to drive it and enjoy it,

Previously owned/ built from the ground and super charged vr6 corrado, house purchase forced sale, saving for something serious, but i couldn't face the pain of not having a fun car any longer so went and got myself a little 172, for what they cost you (hopefully) cant go wrong.

Spent tens of thousands on the corrado for it to spend most its life off the road, so clio is opposite approach, spend little on it, strip it out, make it into a weekend/b road/ track blaster.

Hoping to enjoy the clio adventure, first impressions, handles amazing, little engine revs like bugery and cant believe the pace of it.

Ordered new filters, plugs and oil going to give her a good service this week as i checked the oil and was a bit to dark for my liking. Overall plans, strip not to a silly extent, keep dash and radio, front rear strut brace, nice heat shielded cold fed induction. DONE.
(also did my research and got the titanium plugs you all recommend, didnt bother with the Fuchs oil mind as its got £20 on the Castrol magnatec)

 

[imprezaworks]

Welcome mate, throw some pics up

 

[EJTAYLOR]

smart little motor i think,
looked underneath yesterday, drivers side CV boot split, the de-cat section seems to be 1"/.5" smaller than the manifold down pipe and zorst pipe, so im getting my fabricator to fashion a 3" section as im sure this step down in pipe size will and is causing resonance.
Other than the De-cat, got Eibach lowering springs, 182 clio exhaust manifold, and potential maping? smells like its fueling a bit rich, god knows.
got it from a seller, was up for 1500 but it failed the mot he attempted because obv de-cat, so i said leave the de-cat and no mot and call it 1300.
tracked down the chap who had it before the dealer had it, he had it 4 years or so, looks like he maintained it well, but you never know, i think damper have been replaced aswell. cam belt etc apparently done 2 years ago.

 

[EJTAYLOR]

oh and a decent steering wheel and extended boss i think, im 6.3ft so would make for a more comfortable driving position.

 

[imprezaworks]

Looks tidy

 

[EJTAYLOR]

Welcome mate, throw some pics up :smile:

Also, do i spot Mo6's on your clio? used to have them on the corrado!!!!

 

[imprezaworks]

Fox Ms006 mate

 

[Stay Puft]

Looks tidy enough, have fun!

 

[EJTAYLOR]

cheers all, you guys do many club organised track days? or just roll up to an open one together?

 

[Jason_E]

And one by one I drag them in.

Welcome to the gay scene x

 

[EJTAYLOR]

oh hey!

 

[James H]

Welcome! Think there's a few from Oxford on here. Will probably see you on the road!

 

[JP83]

Welcome along. Tidy car!

 

[EJTAYLOR]

Lads im having to sell this now, Serviced and MOT'd since purchased,
£1000 for quick sale

 

[imprezaworks]

Looks a great buy for someone mate

 

[EJTAYLOR]

hopefully mate just need a quick easy sale as need the cash ASAP

 

[Inequality Street]

hopefully mate just need a quick easy sale as need the cash ASAP

Would you be interested in £600 collected at the weekend?