Jordan C
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Registered: 3rd Dec 07
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What do we think to them? Been thinkin about selling the corsa and going for one but dont know enough really! Are they any quicker than a valver corsa!?
Also whats the diffrence between a sport and a cup? please and thank you!
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Rob B
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quicker than a valver corsa, alot quicker round the corners.
172 cup has no abs, no traction control etc.
172 FF ( Full Fat) Has abs , tcs , leather seats etc
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Wrighty
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its a 2.0 hot hatch that handles, get one over a corsa anyday
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davey_jack
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Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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I've got a clio 182, I have heard of people on cliosport.net losing to XE'd corsas/novas.
But I think it depends on which clio sport and the driver. Also the corsas/novas that win tend to be stripped out and only beat the clios in straight line.
I'm more than glad I changed from my corsa to the 182!
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AK
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its designed to have a 2.0 - 170bhp etc....so it is much better than 95% of Corsa conversion
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davey_jack
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Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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oh and pretty much as rob said,
172 cup has thinner glass, lighter wheels, different suspension (which cant be transferred onto a non cup model), no leather/suede, no aircon/climate control, less sound deadening, no xenons, no electronic stability program and it has different spoilers.
However on the 182 they introduced the 'cup' packs where as an optional extras you could have the lightweight wheels, suspension and spoilers.
Mine has the cup packs and I can honestly say its definitely worth finding a car with them fitted already as it would cost so much more to fit them aftermarket.
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Jordan C
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Only think i really want the cup for is the wheels! and there a tad lighter! what would every one else go for tho
Cant really affort a 182 tbh!
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davey_jack
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I put trophy wheels on mine, which are 172 cup speedlines in anthracite instead of silver.
I would get a 172FF if you are on a budget, good all round car, and hardly any slower than the cup.
This one is cheap, low mileage, good condition and has the cup wheels!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/660972.htm
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Jordan C
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Aye had a look at that! think its stunning! not got 3k at the mo need to sell my corsa first! how much do u normal pay for the trophy wheels? and how common are they to come up for sale? thanks for the help btw!
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B3KAN
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A renault 
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
A renault
You live a sheltered life it seem's 
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davey_jack
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quote:
Originally posted by corsaloonjc
Aye had a look at that! think its stunning! not got 3k at the mo need to sell my corsa first! how much do u normal pay for the trophy wheels? and how common are they to come up for sale? thanks for the help btw!
Trophy wheels are hard to come by, and second hand sets people usually ask for around £400 without tyres. I bought mine directly from renault, if u can, sweet talk the parts guy and tell him you bought the car from their dealership and ask if you can have them at trade price. Worked for me, but I did actually buy the car from their dealership.
You can usually pick up 172 cup wheels on ebay for about £250-300, although they will usually need a refurb.
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davey_jack
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
A renault
Yeah, everyone slates them! Wheres vauxhalls formula 1 team?
Drive a clio sport and I guarantee you will feel differently about them!
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Rob B
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I got my immaculate trophy wheels with PE2s for 340 woop
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NanaFied
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i had a shot of a clio and i wasnt that impressed being honest... Just another hyped up little hot hatch, They aint something you spooge over at night
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B3KAN
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quote:
Originally posted by davey_jack
quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
A renault
Yeah, everyone slates them! Wheres vauxhalls formula 1 team?
Drive a clio sport and I guarantee you will feel differently about them!
I wanst slating them  My comment was for the fact corsaloonjc
is wanting a renault 
Not for any1 else 
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davey_jack
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
I got my immaculate trophy wheels with PE2s for 340 woop
Nice! wish mine were that cheap! what colour is your 182?
I love the way everyone under rates them, I annihilated a E36 328 last week and E46 330 tonight!
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IvIarkgraham
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cups are about 0.5 seconds quicker to 60
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Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by davey_jack
quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
I got my immaculate trophy wheels with PE2s for 340 woop
Nice! wish mine were that cheap! what colour is your 182?
I love the way everyone under rates them, I annihilated a E36 328 last week and E46 330 tonight!
Power-to-weight ratio helped u theyre.
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John
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Don't like them, worst car i've owned.
Doesn't feel like its going as fast as it is, had much more fun in my fabia.
Need to rev the nuts of it to get it to go anywhere, totally gutless under 4k.
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Corsa_Sport21
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A good running XE nova will tear up a 182 so dont know how an XE corsa will fare up against a 172.TBH i dont think theyr would be much in it.
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Rob B
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There's a statement
I've played with 3, lost to none.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Ive played with a 182 in my old Astra GSI XE and lost big time.Then when i dropped the V6 in,the tables were turned.
The V6 used to keep with XE novas up the higher end of the gears,but low-down it had no chance.
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John
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172 keeps up with a mk4 gsi no problems.
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davey_jack
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I think the problem is that in modern times redtops can vary so much in power output. A freshly built XE will obviously give a clio sport a run for its money, however most have done well over 100k by now and burn a lot of oil.
My mates nova XE would only just beat a saxo vts.
Most of the XE's that would stand a chance against a clio sport are stripped out, and the clios they have raced have been overloaded with goodies such as 4 airbags!
Put it this way, a redtop when it rolled off the production line made 150 (ish) bhp, that was a good few years ago. Clio sports are still relatively new (compared with XE engines), and made atleast 170bhp when they left the factory.
[Edited on 14-08-2008 by davey_jack]
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