strip or not?

[Adey.]

hi all been around a while, really into my track driving and every car ive had up untill now has been very track orientated, striped out bear, coilovers and a decent setup. thing is ive only done it with older cars, ie my old ph1 clio turbo, silly ammounts of r5,s my old gordini turbo and a few 200sx's. im picking up a cup 172 at the weekend and am wondering weather to go the same route? strip her out, sort the suspension and spend a bit on the engine, and use her for what she was intended. comfort doesnt bother me atall (as the passengers of my previous single seat cars can vouch for lol) so do i go and do it again? answers on a postcard cheers adey

 

[chris509]

yesssssssssss! do it! do it! do it!!!! lol

 

[Adey.]

its a 53 plater if it makes a diff?

 

[Adey.]

wheres the best place to get track stuff for the clio then? cage and such like?

 

[paul_h172]

yozzasport are good

 

[Martin]

yeah ...less weight = better power/weight for free! Can't beat it lol

 

[chris509]

its a 53 plater if it makes a diff?

age dont mean a damn thing

 

[Adey.]

goodshiznitz. guna try and keep all the interior so when i come to sell the car i can put it back in

 

[chris509]

thats what i did, you need plenty of space tho, it takes up loads of room! but depends how much you take out i guess, all i have left in is the dash and rooflining pretty much

 

[Martin_172]

thats what makes these clios fast, because they are so light, ok 170bhp isn't exactly a lack of power but if you had some merc or bmw with 170bhp it would hardly be fast!

so if you make it even lighter then it will be rapid!

strip it, coilovers, uprated disks and pads, braided brake lines, set of 15s with good tyres.

then maby basic engine mods: panel filter in the standard air box, cat back exhaust with decat or sports cat, matched inlet manifold and a remap could take u to about 185bhp probably. maby more.