Liam-Wilko
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Originally posted by SetH
ROFLMFAO @ 172/182's "sitting at 150mph" 
you would be suprised i didnt think they would but it ddid but he did have few mods and knows his way around a french car seems as he works for renault like
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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Originally posted by liam-corsa-1400
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Originally posted by SetH
ROFLMFAO @ 172/182's "sitting at 150mph"
you would be suprised i didnt think they would but it ddid but he did have few mods and knows his way around a french car seems as he works for renault like
Just outta interest, what mods?
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GteRedtop
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No clio sport will not do 150mph lol! I had mine sat at 130mph and was absaloutly ringing its fuckin neck lol, and before some little nob on here says ewww you shudnt be going that fast im going to say it was on private land! ha! If you do purchase a clio please ensure the central locking works! mine didnt, could never open the boot and also always had to open and get in it from the passenge side as there is only a key hole on the passenger side????? it was some sort of mudule under the dashboard that was down and wouldnt let me unlock the doors off the fob, A second hand module and then to be programmed by renault only was just shy of £700. Also i think the dealers only charge £900ish for a cambelt change as they like to take the engine out of the bay to do it, where as if you find a good mechanic who has been in the trade for a while then im sure he will have the pottential to do the cambelt whilst the engine was still in the car.
[Edited on 27-10-2011 by GteRedtop]
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Jambo
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I did it 120 in mine and it was like a Corsa B felt like it wasn't happy beiing there.
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Ojc
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That's the major difference between the 172/182 and the 197/200 they are far more stable at speed
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Jambo
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And far more refined.
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gez bay
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i was scared anything over 130 in my 172. any slight wind would move the car
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gez bay
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ive never got also, why the ph1 has 170mph on the clock
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by liam-corsa-1400
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Originally posted by SetH
ROFLMFAO @ 172/182's "sitting at 150mph"
you would be suprised i didnt think they would but it ddid but he did have few mods and knows his way around a french car seems as he works for renault like
It could say it on the clock but it would be majorly over estimating itself unless it had a fair few mods
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N3CRO
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Originally posted by gez bay
ive never got also, why the ph1 has 170mph on the clock
My Corsa 12v had 120 (or 130, I forget) on the clocks yet couldn't even go 100mph. Go figure...
[Edited on 27-10-2011 by TheNobleOne]
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
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quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
ive never got also, why the ph1 has 170mph on the clock
iirc the 1.4 sports had that too.
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gavin18787
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Fad was in front of me in his 182 when my garmin recorded 144 in my civic 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Fad
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Still had 200 rpm left too (on the Autobarn obviously)
Mine was stable not too sure why people reckon they are unstable. My Xe Corsa was what you would call unstable.
[Edited on 27-10-2011 by Fad]
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gavin18787
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Didnt look unstable, probably like the civic. Ie light and quick on the steering but not wobbly
I beat our record in germany with the new civic as its got another 800rpm's and more poke 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Fad was in front of me in his 182 when my garmin recorded 144 in my civic
i didn't realise fad's balls were that big tbh.
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Archie
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Gotta laugh at all these comments about the timing belt.
Served my time at a Renault/Nissan dealer and never once seen an engine out to do a belt.
It's not doing the timing belt thats hard, it's the tensioner for the auxiliry belt on aircon models that is the most awkward bit.
Most common way round it seems to be cutting a small section out of the upper crossmember behind the drivers headlight so you can just stick a decent sized extension into the tensioner.
I done the belts on my Phase 2 without cutting it as i didnt want to be 'rough' on my own car, then a week after doing the belts the PAS pump went and i just cut the fucker as i couldnt be arsed pissing around.
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Chris x
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Originally posted by Christopher
My mrs had a standard clio and i noticed the clutch position was really high and a small biting point on them but i suppose id get used to it! 
Just a few ive been looking at on the bay! Wont be getting them as dont have the money yet but am i looking at the right sort of things, are they priced about right? Thanks for your help
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330627923241&category=9861&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619
High mileage but i love the colour and look of this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-CLIO-RENAULTSPORT-182-SPORT-2005-NEW-MILTEC-EXHAUST-/280760300601?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3773083707432325693
Is high mileage common? Does it matter?
[Edited on 27-10-2011 by Christopher]
The one in the bottom link sold on ebay for £1850 last week on an auction.
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Jambo
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A mechanic with half a brain could do the belts. Stupid Internet has a lot to answer for
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Fad was in front of me in his 182 when my garmin recorded 144 in my civic
i didn't realise fad's balls were that big tbh.
Come back to me when you are ALLOWED a VX220 
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gavin18787
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BANG!
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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22B
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
Gotta laugh at all these comments about the timing belt.
Served my time at a Renault/Nissan dealer and never once seen an engine out to do a belt.
It's not doing the timing belt thats hard, it's the tensioner for the auxiliry belt on aircon models that is the most awkward bit.
Most common way round it seems to be cutting a small section out of the upper crossmember behind the drivers headlight so you can just stick a decent sized extension into the tensioner.
I done the belts on my Phase 2 without cutting it as i didnt want to be 'rough' on my own car, then a week after doing the belts the PAS pump went and i just cut the fucker as i couldnt be arsed pissing around.
agreed with that, although we never used to cut any holes, just removed the wheel arch liner and managed fine from there. It is tight compared to some other cars but most hot hatches with big engine and small bay all suffer from having little room to do anything, my GTi 180 was the same when doing the cambelt although I used the correct locking tools on my own car.
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
I did it 120 in mine and it was like a Corsa B felt like it wasn't happy beiing there.
Can echo this, roughly the same speed and just didnt feel like it wanted to be going that fast.
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Jay
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
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Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by gavin18787
Fad was in front of me in his 182 when my garmin recorded 144 in my civic
i didn't realise fad's balls were that big tbh.
Come back to me when you are ALLOWED a VX220
says the man driving a diesel rep mobile 
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John
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Originally posted by Jay
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Originally posted by Jambo
I did it 120 in mine and it was like a Corsa B felt like it wasn't happy beiing there.
Can echo this, roughly the same speed and just didnt feel like it wanted to be going that fast.
I thought mine was terrible over 100, not geared for doing it for any prolonged length of time.
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