Clio cup 182 track car
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I've had a couple of Clio's as track cars just for fun, and honestly the best thing you can do is just buy the best tyres possible and leave the rest alone.
You will barely get any more power out of the car by fitting a sports exhaust or filter, plus most tracks have quite restrictive noise limits, so don't waste your time with loud pipes!
Just go through the car thoroughly and replace all bushes and shocks (if they need replacing) just to make sure everything is tight and working as it should.
Also do not bother with changing the suspension. You will find a lot of people have tried to improve handing by fitting coilovers or lowered suspension etc, and then they often end up going back to the standard set up as it is so good.
So to sum up: Leave it standard but fit the best tyres and brake discs/pads that you can as you can!
Have fun
You will barely get any more power out of the car by fitting a sports exhaust or filter, plus most tracks have quite restrictive noise limits, so don't waste your time with loud pipes!
Just go through the car thoroughly and replace all bushes and shocks (if they need replacing) just to make sure everything is tight and working as it should.
Also do not bother with changing the suspension. You will find a lot of people have tried to improve handing by fitting coilovers or lowered suspension etc, and then they often end up going back to the standard set up as it is so good.
So to sum up: Leave it standard but fit the best tyres and brake discs/pads that you can as you can!
Have fun
Why did you need to start a new thread with exactly the same first post, when you already posted the same thing a couple of weeks back and people replied 
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I have just bought a clio 182 (non cup) for my daily and the odd track day. I am debating how much work (if any) to do to the car to improve handling. As mentioned above, decent tyres and brakes and fresh bushes/shocks is what I will probably do.
I'm attending the PH Goodwood track day in a couple of weeks, that should give me a better understanding of what the car needs...
Upgrading everything for x secs per lap can become very costly and almost goes against what the clio represents. A decent cheap car out of the box.
I'm attending the PH Goodwood track day in a couple of weeks, that should give me a better understanding of what the car needs...
Upgrading everything for x secs per lap can become very costly and almost goes against what the clio represents. A decent cheap car out of the box.
Speedy300 said:
I have just bought a clio 182 (non cup) for my daily and the odd track day. I am debating how much work (if any) to do to the car to improve handling. As mentioned above, decent tyres and brakes and fresh bushes/shocks is what I will probably do.
I'm attending the PH Goodwood track day in a couple of weeks, that should give me a better understanding of what the car needs...
Upgrading everything for x secs per lap can become very costly and almost goes against what the clio represents. A decent cheap car out of the box.
I'd get a cup suspension for starters ... the non-cupped cars don't handle anywhere near as good!I'm attending the PH Goodwood track day in a couple of weeks, that should give me a better understanding of what the car needs...
Upgrading everything for x secs per lap can become very costly and almost goes against what the clio represents. A decent cheap car out of the box.
take a look at cliosport and also pure motorsport's website.
there's a lot you can do very easily for not much cash. even the clio cup race car suspension set-up is easy to achieve. ultimately it depends on the ratio of track:road use and how harsh a road ride you're prepared to accept.
there's a lot you can do very easily for not much cash. even the clio cup race car suspension set-up is easy to achieve. ultimately it depends on the ratio of track:road use and how harsh a road ride you're prepared to accept.
I hillclimb my 172 Cup, it has Koni adjustable dampers (originals needed replacing), eibach springs (cooksport seem to be the spring of choice now), whiteline rear ARB & 15" OZ F1's with Toyo R888's. On the road it runs std 16" Turinis with Toyo T1R's.
I have had conflicting advice on whether to polybush it, I have done the dogbone mount as it needed replacing anyway. Will probably polybush the rest when they need doing. The only other change is 2 deg of negative camber on the front.
Mine has a BTB SS exhaust as the originals are made of cheese, matched inlets & a Ph1 airbox with ITG filter which replaced the chavvy induction kit it came with. Sounds nice, not like Barry the boy racer.
Next step for me is to reduce weight, fit the Odyssey battery I have, change the seats & steering wheel, maybe remove the carpets but it is used as a daily so nothing too extreme!
They are great cars, get over to cliosport.net as suggested & enjoy it
I have had conflicting advice on whether to polybush it, I have done the dogbone mount as it needed replacing anyway. Will probably polybush the rest when they need doing. The only other change is 2 deg of negative camber on the front.
Mine has a BTB SS exhaust as the originals are made of cheese, matched inlets & a Ph1 airbox with ITG filter which replaced the chavvy induction kit it came with. Sounds nice, not like Barry the boy racer.
Next step for me is to reduce weight, fit the Odyssey battery I have, change the seats & steering wheel, maybe remove the carpets but it is used as a daily so nothing too extreme!
They are great cars, get over to cliosport.net as suggested & enjoy it
Edited by LordHaveMurci on Thursday 27th November 13:11
Strip the thing if its just a track car as this ups performance in all departments. Brembo HC discs (as cheap as £60 on eBay) some decent pads, good DOT 4 brake fluid, and as had been said replace worn items such as track rod ends, shocks etc. its good out of the box, but can be made more track friendly.
kayzee said:
Definitely look on ClioSport
Most people seem to upgrade to Cooksprings for a standard setup improvement... or I think it's Bilstein that's a good coilover setup, though you're looking around £700-800 there.
Too soft for a dedicated track car really. They are more a fast road setup.Most people seem to upgrade to Cooksprings for a standard setup improvement... or I think it's Bilstein that's a good coilover setup, though you're looking around £700-800 there.
TVaRt said:
Strip the thing if its just a track car as this ups performance in all departments. Brembo HC discs (as cheap as £60 on eBay) some decent pads, good DOT 4 brake fluid, and as had been said replace worn items such as track rod ends, shocks etc. its good out of the box, but can be made more track friendly.
£35 at KAM Racing http://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tuning/renault/rena...
Batfink said:
Another good modification is a whiteline rear ARB. My clio was rather tame handling without one.
Strange this, I fitted one to mine a couple of years ago after many people on cliosport said it was the best handling mod they'd made, I genuinely haven't noticed a major difference & as I said, it is hillclimbed so it does get used 'properly'.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff