14th Feb 2003, 01:57

With regards to running your cup in.

When I bought my 172 I spoke to the head technician and he suggested ensuring the car was up to full temp and after that drive it however you wish. If you run it in at low engine rev's you get a slower car. That was his comment, how true it is I have no idea.

16th Feb 2003, 04:38

Fair enough keeping the revs low for the first few hundred miles. Nobody wants to screw the nuts of their new motor anyway! But there comes a time when you should start to open her up. The green shift light comes on about 200 - 300rpm before the rev limiter. About 6800 ish. However, I have noticed that the light comes on earlier in 4th, about 6650rpm and hits the limiter about 200rpm earlier. Anyone else noticed this? You have to bear in mind that until the oil temperature is up, your car will 'green light' early, around 6400rpm. Thus saving the engine components. I have experienced this even after 10miles, thinking the car was warm.

I feel that if you take the motor up to the green shift light, your engine revs 'sit pretty' for the next gear, just inside the 'cam changeover' point.

Hope this helps.

Mac.

17th Feb 2003, 07:27

To the guy that owns the VTS, I previously owned one before I bought the clio cup, the difference in performance is incredible, don't get me wrong the saxo is also quick and handles nicely, but the cup is a lot faster in all areas, it also feels more solid than the saxo, and to me handles a lot better. I do miss the ABS, but also don't mind not having it. The saxo feels good upto 100mph, but looses power where as the clio keeps going and going. The clio cup is around 5/6 seconds quicker to 100mph than the saxo. The saxo is a nice car and I had loads of fun in it, but the rush you get in a clio cup is something else. To all the cup and 172 owners, I read in one of the comments above that someone has not even taken it upto the full 6700rpm so you get the gear indicator light to come on. You should because in some cases the light has failed to work even if you do floor it, so try it. My car has done around 3800 miles now and feels very very fast. On some days I take the car to the limits all the time, I love that engine. Do you lot have problems with the seats jamming up all the time, when you want to tilt the back rest forward, both my seats are due to be fixed.

17th Feb 2003, 16:10

Hi All.

I've just picked up my Cup it was a demo car with 80 miles on the clock, I have no doubt that I was probably driven quite hard for these 80 miles, but as you would expect it drives like new.

The car cost £10250 and considering that I went to look at a one year old 172 for more money, I'm very very happy.

I have just found the "cliosport" website which has a few good articles and links, does anyone know any more??

Can anyone tell me exactly how much faster is the Honda Civic R.

Cheers.

18th Feb 2003, 07:03

Check out the comment on the 8th December with regards to a modified Civic Type R against my standard Clio Cup.

Has anyone been head to head with a normal 172? I know the Cup looks a bit quicker on paper, but would like to know what the really equates to on the road.

19th Feb 2003, 19:16

I am the proud owner of a BMW M3 1995 model with 290ish BHP, well earlier tonight I was lucky enough to race a 172 Cup, I am very impressed with the performance of this little number, if it wasn't for my traction control of the first roundabout I reckon it would have been a dead heat race, I only started to pull on the cup around 120mph, by the end of the straight which is about 3/4 of a mile long I was only 4 car lengths in front of the blue rocket. When I came home I looked up info on the Cup and came across this site, on some earlier comments there seemed to be a bit of ding dong with M3 owners and Cup owners, well take it from me, as soon as I see a cup for sale the Bemmer is gone, the cup would leave it standing on the twisties.

Good site keep the comments coming in, I will be visiting back.

Roger, Falkirk.

20th Feb 2003, 14:44

Hi Roger! That was me!

How ironic is that by the way?! Just checked the comments the now, (daily ritual!), good to see that you were impressed with ma wee motor. I thought I was toast!

Mac.

23rd Feb 2003, 06:54

Regarding brakes. If you have more powerful brakes, you will have a better 'bite' in the dry, but you will most certainly lock up even easier in the damp/wet conditions.

There is a lot of pros and cons to aftermarket brakes. Temperature ratings, size etc. Think about this. If you were to upgrade Renault brakes, you would speak to Renault Sport right? Then I would suggest that we stick with what they have given us.

The brakes that are on the Cup are very powerful beasties and you need to get used to using them progressively rather than just stamping on them, like you can get away with when running ABS.

Hope this helps.

24th Feb 2003, 08:24

Thanx for the brakes info... what about chipping?? Is it really worth the money and do I need to tell my insurance? thanx again.

28th Feb 2003, 15:11

It's Feb 28th 9.00pm and I'm sitting here fed up. What's the problem you might ask. Well there's a brand new 03 Cup sitting in my drive and it's not legal to drive for another 3 hours.

This a very good and informative site please keep the posts going.

I have one question though. The hand book is in German and this is a Uk car bought from a main dealer, as I can't read german can anyone tell me if the car requires a 500 mile service?

Happy days are here again!!!

Jamie H.