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Hi All, I'm working on putting a Honda K20 engine into my Ph1 172 chassis. The engine is in, but I'm working on the wiring loom. Currently I'm trying to convert the Honda RPM and speedo pulse to something I can use with the OEM Renault clocks. Does anyone happen to know the pulse rates for...

Hi All, Some of you may know that I'm in the middle of a high-comp forged engine rebuild project. I'm trying to make my mind up on the choice of cam. I've been searching and reading a load of threads but after some advice. As I will have aftermarket management and uprated valve springs, I've...

Hi All, Quick one before I remove the head on my F4R... is there any specific order I should remove the head bolts or is it OK to go in any order? Potentially stupid question, but thought I'd ask... a search didn't prove successful. Cheers Rhys

Hi All, Thought I'd let everyone know what I'm doing with the Clio track-day car. I've met a load of you at track-days over the past year or so, and shown my stripped + lightened Clio 172 Cup. I'm yet to get the car weighed properly but it's completely stripped and running full polycarbs...

Saw a load of Clio's yesterday at Llandow track day. Think I spoke to most of you. I was in the 172 Cup with the black bonnet. Great day and good to meet you guys. Rhys

OK, hands-up, I was very stupid and I blame nobody but myself. Long story short, I used to have a GAZ GHA setup with KTec solid top mounts; I sold my old GAZ coilovers and must have sent off the solid top mount spacer with the old shocks to the new owner. In my haste, I lined the new Spax RSX...

Hi All As per the topic, does anyone know whether coilover springs are typically interchangeable between manufacturers? I just bought a set of SPAX RSX but have a set of Gaz 550lb springs that I was going to fit on the track car. I can't do any measurements yet as they haven't arrived but was...

Hi All, Working on some engine upgrades for the new year, want to take the engine to the next level - to me, that means ITB's, cams and management. The car is pure track now, no tax discs, MOT's or insurance here! Most of the labour I'll do myself, so what I'd really appreciate is some insights...

Hi All, I've got a set of GAZ coilovers on my car, not the best but we've had a lot of fun on track. I've combined this with some solid top mounts (K-tec) and Eibach camber bolts but I've only been able to get around -2 degrees, no matter how much playing around or slackening off... perhaps I'm...

Hi All - fitted spacers all round today, I was quite conservative... went for 20mm hubcentric up-front with 15mm hub/stubaxel spacers at the rear. The car is a 172 Cup on ET43 2118's, the backs are perfect but up front it rubs a LOT! Perhaps I need to raise the car or add more camber or just...

Spotted either a 172 Cup or a 182 Arctic with black wheels, couldn't see it properly as it was the other side of the road, looked nice!

Hi All, I've searched the forum but couldn't get 100% clarification... will a 182 cylinder head fit directly onto my 172 cup block? I'm looking at purchasing one and having it ported, polished, new valves, new valve springs etc, but don't want to do all this work to find out that I'd need a 182...

Hi All, If I didn't care about the dash and wanted to go full custom, could I ditch the existing loom/ECU and replace it with one of the normally discussed ECUs (Gen90, Omex, EC1 etc) ? I'd want to have a very basic dash and maybe go something like a Stack dash, I suppose that getting rid of...

Hi All I am thinking about the next steps for my track car engine. Whilst I love turbo charged cars, I think I want to go ITB's and cams for the clio. I don't see many threads discussing race cams, as the car will spend its life on the track I was thinking about really hot cams instead of the...

I couldn't believe it at first, how can they honestly think that looks good?! I'll let the photo do the talking...

Hi All, My 172 Cup is primarily used for the track, although as it's still road legal, taxed, MOT'd and insured I occasionally use it for going to the gym etc. When on track it's fantastic, but when driving on a bumpy road it knocks quite a lot on the front suspension, now this is NOT just when...

Hi All I work in pre-sales for an open-source company, specialising in cloud computing. I find myself working with, developing for and recommending OpenStack for many different organisations cloud needs. Anyone used this? Familiar with it etc? Wondering whether there's anyone else on here using...

Hi All, I'm trying to figure out which size spacers I should opt for, taking into consideration that the car will spend most of its life on the track. The car is a 172 Cup, lowered on Gaz coilovers but was set-up for the track so certainly isn't scraping the ground! The front camber is...

Spotted earlier today at around 5pm. Lovely car. Not sure if it was a 197 or a 200... Blue with black wheels. Anyone off here?

Hi All I have searched plenty of times yet can't seem to find a concrete answer. There are lots of contradicting answers... What's the STANDARD rear camber on a ph2 172 cup? I have got rear shims in both -1 and -2, wondering which to fit for the track but occasional road driving. Also, I've...

Hi All, Having a bit of a nightmare with my battery at the moment. On the weekend I disconnected the battery to weld in my roll cage, I also had to re-route the rear loom and have tucked it away. It's all plugged back in and everything is working as expected, i.e. fuel pump, rear lights, wiper...

Hi All, Been putting this off for a while, but thought I must get down to it, get some feedback from people. I bought a 172 Cup about 8 months ago to slowly turn into a track/race car project, it's also been serving as my daily until it's no longer road legal (me and the Mrs are saving for a...

Noticed this earlier whilst I was out with the Mrs, was around 7pm parked on the 4th floor of car park B. Nice looking car!

Saw a RB 182 on 2118s just by Llanishen leisure center, tax office etc. Great looking car!

Hi All, I've got a 172 Cup that I've been slowly converting into a track car. At the moment I've still got the alarm sensors on the A-Pillars, mainly because I'm concerned about the alarm going off all the time if I remove them. As it's going to spend the rest of its life on the race track and...

Hi All Looking for someone to plug my car into the CLIP system and remove the Airbag/SERV lights. I'd be happy to pay for the time/effort etc; would just rather get this done properly than taking my clocks apart to cover the lights! I'm in Basingstoke but happy to travel if someone would help...

Spotted RB 182 with ClioSport stickers going over the Severn bridge about 15 mins ago. Nice car, shame about the fog lights when it's clear ;-)

Hi All Looking to get some 15" 2118's for my track 172 Cup (blue)... just really not sure which colour to go for. Any suggestions? I've tried doing a search but haven't been able to find some decent photos that edge me into a particular colour. Thanks for your help Rhys

Hi All Stupid question I'm sure... wanting to replace my HT leads with some magnacore ones as I'm having a very lumpy idle and some limp mode issues. I've replaced the spark plugs and cleaned the throttle body out completely so hopefully this will fix it. Problem is, if I pull up on the HT...