newbie with ph1 172

[stevem42]

hi all just bought a ph1 172 in red 2001 (Y) with 55k ......this afternoon will be looking for some bits and pieces ,some advice etc

hope you're all a friendly bunch

thanks

 

[Daniel]

Greetings. My name is Steve.

 

[JON13S]

hi all just bought a ph1 172 in red 2001 (Y) with 55k ......this afternoon will be looking for some bits and pieces ,some advice etc

hope you're all a friendly bunch

thanks

famous last words. welcome to cs matey. will learn alot about whats hot and whats not in a very short space of time

 

[stevem42]

hi

sorry forgot to say

looking to do mostly trackdays in the car......so any helpful tips and parts

 

[Daniel]

hi

sorry forgot to say

looking to do mostly trackdays in the car......so any helpful tips and parts

Coilovers and brakes. Don't waste your money on the engine. It costs £000's to get more power out of them. Try and get it as light as possible too.

 

[JON13S]

hi

sorry forgot to say

looking to do mostly trackdays in the car......so any helpful tips and parts

Coilovers and brakes. Don't waste your money on the engine. It costs £000's to get more power out of them. Try and get it as light as possible too.

dan you'll have the poor guy on a crash diet if you carry on like that lol

 

[Merk]

Red ph1?

Good lad!

 

[siintheditch]

welcome to cs dude! can't give any advice.... no one gave me any when i joined this site lol, but good luck all the same, enjoy!

 

[kevin.s]

welcome aboard bud

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Phase one ahoy, love it!

 

[Marky_]

Welcome lado.

 

[Djw John]

Another ph1 Flamer! A few knocking about on here now!

 

[Middo]

hi

sorry forgot to say

looking to do mostly trackdays in the car......so any helpful tips and parts

Coilovers and brakes. Don't waste your money on the engine. It costs £000's to get more power out of them. Try and get it as light as possible too.

amen to that. I toyed with getting cams for mine but in all honesty its quick enough

 

[caister]

As said money is best spent on brakes and suspension.

Only sort of worthwhile engine mods are to get an rstuner (do a search), matched inlets, panel filter, stainless exhaust and on a PH1 a decat/sports cat. Will give you quite a bit more mid range torque etc but in all honestly getting more power out of these things is like getting blood out of a stone.

They are plenty quick enough. If you are doing track days maybe ditch the back bench and spare wheel to start with.

Welcome to CS anyway!!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Coilovers and brakes. Don't waste your money on the engine. It costs £000's to get more power out of them. Try and get it as light as possible too.

amen to that. I toyed with getting cams for mine but in all honesty its quick enough

Looked it myself but they were £475-00, for an upgrade of 10-12bhp:S