Hi
I've decided to buy a 172 Cup to strip out and play around with for track day use (I'm racing FF1600 this year at Castle Combe but want something I can involve my girlfriend in). I've done a fair bit of research on here for the bits I need to know about (seems to mainly be the dephaser issue that most people speak about when going for used Clio's), but i'd just like to gauge people's opinions about mileage for track cars.
I know that as long as modern(ish) engine are well maintained and serviced at the regular intervals then they will go on forever, but that's for normal road use. Is there a certain upper limit of mileage I should be avoiding as I'll be using the car pretty much purely for track use?
I can see that £2k (ish) can get you a fairly tidy 2002-2003 172 Cup with 70-80k (ish) on the clock, but then I also see that these prices rise (see autotrader - two 172 Cups for £3495 with 37k on the clock - both 2003). Is it worth the extra cash to go for the lower mileage?
I guess my main question really should be how reliable is the engine when used as a track day car once it's hit the 70-80k range?
Cheers
Steve
I've decided to buy a 172 Cup to strip out and play around with for track day use (I'm racing FF1600 this year at Castle Combe but want something I can involve my girlfriend in). I've done a fair bit of research on here for the bits I need to know about (seems to mainly be the dephaser issue that most people speak about when going for used Clio's), but i'd just like to gauge people's opinions about mileage for track cars.
I know that as long as modern(ish) engine are well maintained and serviced at the regular intervals then they will go on forever, but that's for normal road use. Is there a certain upper limit of mileage I should be avoiding as I'll be using the car pretty much purely for track use?
I can see that £2k (ish) can get you a fairly tidy 2002-2003 172 Cup with 70-80k (ish) on the clock, but then I also see that these prices rise (see autotrader - two 172 Cups for £3495 with 37k on the clock - both 2003). Is it worth the extra cash to go for the lower mileage?
I guess my main question really should be how reliable is the engine when used as a track day car once it's hit the 70-80k range?
Cheers
Steve