Starting build on a 182 Track Weapon!!

[Gweebs]

Looks awesome....

I'd get an aftermarket exhaust though. Give it a better note and performance...

 

[cal46]

your clio really took shape nice and quick.

just a quick? about the toyo's whats the size your using and were you get them from?

thanks callum

 

[len_beach]

The car looks great barring the plates.

How did you fare against the S2 Elise? I had a dabble today and expected to get wasted but he can't have pulled more than 2 car lengths on me over a couple of bends and up to 120ish.

 

[Darren S]

Looks good Ricky!

Are you planning anything with the fog-light holes? Cooling ducts for the front discs, perhaps?

How does the racing blue colour fare against the usual debris thrown up on track? It looks ultra-clean on the later pics - does it look proper grubby afterwards?

D.

 

[Greeny.]

Great thread, just read through it all.

Wish i had the spare cash to do something like this

 

[lee_cup]

great read!
well done mate, car looks awesome!

wish i had the space and the cash to do something like this

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Thanks guys.

I deal in tyre's myself so getting my hands on a set of toyo's isn't to hard!! They are well worth the money for the difference in performance over a road tyre when the car is in track use as mine is. Quite soft tho so don't expect too many trackdays out of a set of front tyres!!!

Will eventually get round to getting a set of clio racer brake ducts for the front fogs, that'll maybe be the next mod!!

A good clean after a trackday and the car comes up as new again.

Camber adj helped yesterday a big lot on the track, very sharp on the turn in and holds a line as the power is fed in again. We had a nice mix of motors at the track yesterday from a 1.1 pug 106 to a 911 GT3 and all the usual mix of westies.
The clio wud be easily the fastest hot hatch there taking into account all your Honda's, Pug's, Vauxhall's, VW's etc. Also very little of you higher bhp saloons could post a quicker laptime other than maybe EVO/STi but there'd only maybe be a cople of seconds between them with a similar gap to std S2 elise. The fastest motors on the track by a long way are the bike engined westies and some of the Exige's.

Will post a couple of pics of the motor with the Team Dynamics on, managed to melt one of the centre cap's yesterday so I only have half of it left!! Maybe a yard or 2 to late on the brakes on a couple of corners!!

 

[philmots]

My mate had a S2 Elise (now swapped for an R26) and it didn't really have much over mine, his was only the std car i think 120hp???:S He had more in 1st and 2nd but then he kicked his ass

 

[polarbert]

My mate had a S2 Elise (now swapped for an R26) and it didn't really have much over mine, his was only the std car i think 120hp???:S He had more in 1st and 2nd but then he kicked his ass

It would cream a Clio in the bends though.

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Yeah the clio wud be quicker round the track than some std 120/130bhp elise's but the 111s and 111r are a bit harder to sicken! I would maybe have more grip running on the toyo's than they would running on road rubber so braking and corner grip might be in my favour but I start to suffer a bit once we get onto a long straight.
But the clio pushed hard a 111r doesn't ever get a chance to pull much of a gap, and it's nice to see the anger on the face of a lotus driver getting out of his car in the pits and looking at the clio he failed to shake off or catch:rasp:

 

[Bluebeard]

i just sat down with a brew to soak all this up. what an awesome read!

You've done a top job there fella, well done.

(AlisOmega, i do sense a little jealousy )

 

[alexm]

Yea great read, youve done well there.

I might start looking into making my phase1 172 handle a bit better myself. what am i looking at price wise u reckon?

 

[Ricky81 STi]

To start with mate I can't speak highly enough of the Bilstein coilover kit so your talkin £700 there to start with, If you fancy an odd trackday the H&R camber adj bolts did improve the handling yesterday. Depends what your budget is tho, I think I went slightly over mine to be fair but sure everyone has their own way of going mad. Had only planned to keep the car till most of the trackdays came to an end this year then sell her but after all the work and effort I might just keep it another year.

 

[ming-the-mazdaless]

Looks great.
I'm curious though. How much did the interior weigh?

 

[Eddd]

I had far better results with the DS 3000 pads. I found the DS 2500s wore quickly and tended to shed the friction material entirely when they got a bit thin.

 

[Johnc172]

Looks awesome mate, my car is off to mark fish on monday for track day preperations, i'll be posting a similar thread to this. Great read as well!

 

[Travis CC]

Awesome, I like that a lot! Do you have any pics of it on track with the stickers? I quite like them, great looking car.

 

[MarkM]

It doesnt look like you are running any negative camber on the fronts. Is that right or is it just the pictures?

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Ready for the upcomming trackdays!!

Although the time has come to maybe sell the good auld 182 after the next couple of runs!!

 

[ricclio]

looks really good mate loads of hard work put in well done

 

[172boost]

That is lovely mate, absolutely gorgeous.
FPMSL at those who are slating little details, bunch of nobs.
I'm curious how much something like this would sell for?

 

[Russ_16v]

dont sell it matey you have put so much work in!

 

[Turkish]

(AlisOmega, i do sense a little jealousy )

Lol, seems that way. Ribbing The clueless chav's on here for abysmal spelling, grammar and punctuation is fare game but in this case why bother. Nice to see another member who's in to their car and putting it to use on the track.

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Another trackday went very well yesterday even tho it was at sometimes almost undriveable on track, flat out up to 5th gear we were getting wheel spin due to the standing water which all added to the fun. It did however dry up as the day went on and as ever the slicks made an appearance.
In the wet conditions from 10:30am right up to lunchtime break nothing and I mean nothing overtook me on the track, we were eating everything from nova's to m3's and from MR2's to exiges, I was very suprised at how well the clio went, handled and stoped on a flooded track. I don't think I've had a trackday where I had as much fun!!

A few pics

Maybe I'll keep her now!!!

 

[jayxx83]

Immense!

 

[Guppy]

glad to see things went well matey

 

[.GAZ.]

v.v.v.v.v.v impressed matey

 

[nockmeister]

AWESOME pix...looks like you didn't need tyres but a keel!!

 

[Day]

Which track is that?

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Kirkistown N.Ireland mate. Yeah a rudder may have helped things along very well

 

[Jake16v]

good job mate, car looks awesome, money well spent !

 

[clio_luke]

nice. you have spent a lot on that mate. good job. looks ace

 

[Dash]

:approve:

 

[RichF]

Cracking Project.

 

[mini-valver]

You were'nt joking about it being wet! Good show bud....

 

[Ian_182]

Well done on a cracking project. Keep up the good work

 

[DH_GTI]

nice pics !!!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Kirkistown N.Ireland mate. Yeah a rudder may have helped things along very well

my mate tested formula renault there

 

[Djw John]

Im amazed they left it open with that amount of water! Cracking pics as a result though!

 

[Graham Gooch]

Bonnet Sticker is mint!