Performance figures?

[peanuthead]

I have just been looking at torque stats website as I am bored at work.

I compared the 172 sport against the 182 cup and there was a difference in 0-60 and 0-100 of almost a second.

Is this correct, I mean I know it may be a bit quicker due to a not more power but that seems a lot!

 

[bozothenutter]

and the 172 cup?
should compare like with like I guess...

 

[peanuthead]

They don't have the 172 cup on there. But iirc the 172 cup was only fractionally faster than the non cup. Just seems like a big difference.

However if it is correct surely this can be fairly easily achieved by a 172?

 

[Saner]

Put the figure comparisons down and walk away...

Do not speak of comparing 1*2's ever again



If you hadn't guessed this is a can of killer snakes

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

lol @ killer snakes.

In reality it comes more down to whether you have a peach or a dog of an engine. You'd not notice the difference unless you had a race side by side and the couple of times I've had a play with a 182 I've been quicker by a couple of mph by 4th gear. But then mine is a Ph1

 

[peanuthead]

Haha I wasn't actually trying to compare them just noticed both on there. I was trying to compare against a mini copper s as a friend has one.

 

[172Ben]

You probably don't have the 169Bhp they should start with, so I wouldn't get hell bent on figures.

 

[peanuthead]

No I do realise that in reality these figures aren't likely to be 100% correct. But I persume they are figures from Renault.

 

[172Ben]

Yes. But most if not all cars never make book figures.

 

[Saner]

Yes. But most if not all Renaults never make book figures.

EFA

 

[172Ben]

Lol, I meant to write clios. My bad

 

[MartinR]

Yes. But most if not all cars never make book figures.

Mine did

 

[172Ben]

Mine did

Probably s**t rollers

I did say most, not all

 

[Adamm.]

Who cares? lol

Not being funny but they are essentially identical to each other so there isn't really going to be a noticeable difference.

 

[davo172]

Mine did

Yes but you timing is out !! "in a good way" LOL

 

[MartinR]

Yes but you timing is out !! "in a good way" LOL

 

[peanuthead]

Who cares? lol

Not being funny but they are essentially identical to each other so there isn't really going to be a noticeable difference.

This I kind of my point. How come the figures released on both models differ so much on pretty much the same car. I know it doesn't really matter was just a bit curious

 

[rumble291]

Pretty sure the ph2 172 and 182 are pretty much on par every race ive seen on youtube 182 is a car length ahead and just stays there. Ph1 172 are suppose to be pretty quick because there lighter than the newer ph2's. Thats where i would of thought people get this impression of them being faster..

 

[Chip-mk1]

Your first mistake was to think that website is accurate.

 

[Chris n nic]

Yeah pinch of salt time really. Good example is two friends who we used to go to York dragway. One had a totally standard 172 the other had filter/exhaust-decat. Std was getting 14.6...slightly modded improved his times but still struggled to get 14.9's. You can get a very good engine or sometimes a really poor one but as said already until you compare side by side you wouldn't really know

 

[wifey]

all i know is i brought my 182 over the 172 because i like the twin exhaust

 

[OBIE]

Had 172, 172 cup and 182 cup all with only mild mods. Out of the three i would say the 172 cup felt the fastest but the difference is very small and would buy on condition over anything else. Unless you want the 182 exhaust that is. Cant comment on the ph1 as ive never driven one.

 

[Brett]

It all depends whether you get a "quick" one or not. Power outputs can vary a fair bit between cars.

 

[Chip-mk1]

It all depends whether you get a "quick" one or not. Power outputs can vary a fair bit between cars.

So much more true of the F4R than any other engine I know of!

 

[Tom]

I remember the Autocar 182 roadtest, 0-60 6.3 secs.

Mindblowing.

 

[John Gordon]

Was pretty much the same with the 205 gti's. The 1.6's tended to make the claimed 115bhp. The 1.9's however were hot and miss. It was rare to get one with the full 130bhp. Some were as low as 115.