Drew | Clio 197 CUP | Glacier White

DrewHughes

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Hey,

I'm here because for some crazy reason I've bought a french pile-o-shite............and surprisingly I love it! It has replaced my E46 M3 that I had as the M3 just put to much unnecessary strain on finances.

But I'll start with a very brief car history

Mk5 Fiesta Zetec-S with 1.7 FRP Engine 150hp
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MK1 FRS 400hp
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MK6 Fiesta ST 162hp
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Mk5 Fiesta Zetec-S Cammed 155hp
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Another Mk5 Zetec-S 110hp (This thing was so simple and so much fun!)
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Evo 6 GSR 500hp
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Another MK1 FRS
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Westfield Widebody SEIW Xflow - 155/160hp
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E46 M3
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They have been a few more cars in between but these are the main ones, and that brings us up to pretty much now.

So after a short time away from cars, I felt the need to scratch the itch again but didn't want to break the bank just yet, and my main aim was to have another track car.....so the main contender was a Clio RS so after a short time of looking I found one, looked at it, bought it.

The car in question.......

Clio 197 CUP in Glacier White
53k

I've had it now about 3 weeks?

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Gave it the compulsory first wash by chucking some water over it...........

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lobbed a dry on it

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Scrubs up well!

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While I was at it, I decided to treat the 'rubbers' as I always do with all my cars I have

This stuff is brilliant

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007TNOQDI/?tag=clio197-21

So then I removed the 'ghey' stickers along the skirts and just drove it, and to be honest it's had big boots to fill and so far, its been a joy to drive

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And now currently whats happening is....

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on......

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And

Cup Racer Anti-Rollbar

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Will update with what ever is next.

Thanks for reading
 
Wow... impressive list of exes... hope the 197 can live up to your expectations. Looks really good already, and should look even better once the bilsteins are in. Looking forward to updates [emoji6]

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Welcome :french:

Best colour obviously, I may be biased though :tearsofjoy:

I'd recommend upgrading the engine mounts with powerflex ones, improves the car so much (if you can put up with the vibrations).
 
Welcome to the club Drew....

Few nice additions your adding already. 197 looks great with the Speedline wheels....

Enjoy your 'French pile-o-shite' :yum:
 
Welcome to the forum Drew! A good car history you've got there - I like the ZSs, having had a couple of standard ones myself in the past. I imagine you were on ZSOC?
 
Well hello! That's quite the intro! Love the first FRS. BMW a financial strain? :smiley: Never!

Looks like you're straight into putting good money into the Clio though. Very nice upgrades there. Look forward to seeing more.
 
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Hey,

Update time :hearteyes:

Car on the patch for setup

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Camber

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Braided brake lines fitted along the way

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120kg to lose for cup racer weight?

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Done

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Also these turned up

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No messing, like the setup. Be interested to know where these parts are being acquired though :laughing:

There is a company called Rensportsolutions on Instagram. I know they are a distributor of cup racer/R3 bits! Check their page out, it's a company called AP Motorsport that runs the page. I've just bought my cup racer wheels from him.
 
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Not done a lot recently as the car been away for quite some time having this done......

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Its a genuine cup racer cage from a Clio 4 RS, has exactly the same floor pan but the bars either side fouled the windscreen so the angle of that has been reduced.
 

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