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Car: 2002 Clio 172 Cup Mileage: 61k Tax: 6 months MOT: 10 months Colour: Mondial Blue Mods: Brembo front discs Goodrich braided hoses Eibach Sportline progressivly wound springs Motorsport Vision bolt in half cage (rare as) Aluminium gear knob and custom made gear lever shaft Rear wiper removed...

not long til august and my 25h birthday! and some family money coming my way. want to know whats the best machine, the evo 6 tommi makinen edition or the ultra rare scooby impreza p1? i will only keep it for about a year because i still want to keep my trophy and wont be able to keep both...

Hello chaps, I had my camber and toe set up just before christmas, went for 1.5 neg camber and I was going for around the standard 12mins toe out, as per the common concensus. After speaking to the suspension expert at Northampton Motorsport, who were doing the setup I was advised to go for toe...

Well ive been daydreaming of owning a trophy since 2005 when they came out and ive finally got round to it! :D :D Hopefully its as good as i recon: 1 actual owner 24,000 miles Full service history very straight and clean good exaltos all round couple of honest stonechips but to be expected...

Hi all Hope you don't mind me asking a non 182 question but I am tentatively looking at a 2005 Black V6 for £12K. Thing is after having a 182 for 2 years now (and absolutley loving it) I am wondering if it really is a 'step' forward or more of the same with a bit more speed/beefy looks and a...

Hi there. Ive just had my Cam Belt, Aux belt and water filter changed. I test drove it after and got a funny sound in low revs when i floored it in 1st. Sounded like the air box had been left off, but only at low revs and when i floored it. Anyway, took it back to the mechanic and he tightened...

Full stainless exhaust, including 200 cell sports cat. Originally a mega expensive system hand built by by Orbisoud who make clio cup race exhausts. Not only does it improve the breathing of the engine, it sounds fantastic and and saves approximately 12kgs over the standard system. Would have...

Hi, Just bought a Trophy and I have my 1st question. I've noticed that I get a funny tinkling/whistling noise coming from what sounds like the passenger footwell or under the gear stick when I rev the car from about 300rpm all the way to the red line, this happens in any gear! I'm not sure if...

Sorry to keep bombarding with all the questions of late... :lol: I'm after some more advice and opinions again please. Following a recent trip to the Lake District my partner and I have noticed that the Trophy isn't quite as 'spritely' as usual so I carried out the usual checks (i.e. the...

Are synthetics better? The basic benefits are as follows: Extended oil drain periods Better wear protection and therefore extended engine life Most synthetics give better MPG They flow better when cold and are more thermally stable when hot Esters are surface-active meaning a thin layer...

Having driven a variety of very poweful and quick cars over the last few years this is a bit hard for me to tell. My CESM Mobile no. 224/500 has a bit of a jerky pull away when cold. I suspect this will get a lot worse when winter comes. Also i've noticed that the car has what can only be...

Guys Who has one fitted??? what are the noise implications??? any differences in power?? may be looking to get one fitted in the near future cheers

i see this months Evo features a trophy against a 197 cup around the new west circuit at the Bedford Autrodrome....guess who wins and details of the new megane R26-R (not sure about those wheels)

Hi guys, my best mate is buying a 172 cup and he keeps saying to me (only to annoy me) that it's faster than mine from 0-60. Is this right? As I thought the Trophy is the quickest from 0-60 out of all the Clio sports..... :roll:

Did anyone watch it??? At the end of the tunnels when she is sitting in the ultima, (I think), run she was talking to the camera and there was a Trophy parked behind her. Anyone on here want 2 own up? Think i might do it next year... It was from about 2 years ago like..

Got my exhaust fitted today at "Exhaust a fix" in Darlington. He had a problem fitting it to the Cat as the Yozza exhaust was straight (at the bit that joins the Cat) and the Cat is at an angle.. Therefore the exhaust, at that bit, is lower than it was!!! Also the tail pipes do not stick...

Anyone planning not selling their Trophy and keeping it mint for the long term. I had thought about selling mine and getting 8.5 plus but, On second thoughts a good Williams still makes 3k (1994) and my 1990 1.9 205GTI is worth 2k all day long. So 8500 today and keep it mint and it will...

Now I have my Trophy, which I chose because it would be a fast car on track without modification, I realise, that modifying cars is just too much fun to go without, so I will be modifying the Trophy :) Just for a bit of fun, and maybe to make the fun last, and perhaps to help others...

Why does my oil gauge go from half way (normal when hot) down to zero again and vice versa, does it intermittantly but got me worried. The oil light came on the other day and I topped it up a bit, dipstick shows that its half way between min and max. I take it the gauge is showing oil...

Ok this is quite interesting (i think anyway) So what is my dream next car? And what's yours? I'm not talking supercars, but in the real world what are you thinking of getting next.

Had a bit of spare time on my hands yesterday so took the Clio out for a blat last night. After a while turned the ESP off. Wow! Transforms the car! Acceleration has more bite as does the handling. The car is brilliant without the Esp on. Just shows how well sorted the chassis set up...

Just wondered if anyone has experienced a Performance box or Driftbox (from VBOX). They are a GPS device which tells you current speed, acceleration/braking times, laptimes etc. I fancy buying one but it's a bit pricey really. I imagine they would be good for measuring performance...

Just bought Trophy No 237 from Allvehicles. Pick it up on Tuesday. Traded in my Elise 111r and have to say i can't wait to get my mitts on the Trophy! Car was absolutely immaculate and Steve was really helpful and easy to get on with. No doubt i'll be on here a bit from now on! Karl.

Anyone thinking of doing a Maxogen group buy.............surely this must go side by side the Orbisoud group buy?

I know it's not a Trophy, but i thought i'd share these photo's of my Black Gold 182. Gave it a quick clean last night and took a couple of photo's...

Hi There As the new owner of "steves" old trophy i wanted to ask a few questions .. 1. Is it worth removing the acoustic valve ? 2. Does a Decat have a dramatic increase in noise and will the decat pipe that ktec sell work with the standard back box 3. Does everyone stay with the...

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Has anyone else read about the JDM Civic Type R and getting a bit tempted? Autocar clocked it doing 0 - 100 in 15.98 secs while the Megane R26 clocked 16.66. Not much in it but interesting all the same. EVO gave it a good review too, hailing it as the best Honda on sale at the moment. I...

what does this actually do, and how do you do it?

So, finally I have mounted the exhaust system Milltek, from UK, central and back system. The sound is very very nice, the look too! I feel an improve of the prestation, the car is better to drive, acceleration is better..also the money spent for this system has been money very well spent...