clio cup racers

[Ed...]

I want 1 lol. u know how my car is a track animal . . . . . . i am actually thinking of stripping it back to standard as far as I can and putting it all into 1 of these

http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/roadcars/cliocup/overview/chassis/Default.aspx

 

[CraigAPD]

I can sell you a Cup race shell for about 2k, you can transfer all your gear from road car to it

 

[Ed...]

i want sadev sequential and total emptiness thats the only reason mate.

 

[CraigAPD]

I can sell you a Sadev for about 6k

Tbh, if you were planning something like that I'd only suggest it as a second car/toy, and keep something sensible for day to day use.

 

[Adamm]

Do it.

Would be easier to strip your own surely as getting one of them new then making it road legal wouldn't be easy surely.

 

[pez1356]

It's worth it just for the gearbox!! :drool:

 

[CraigAPD]

Making it road legal isn't too hard, just put your road car numbers on it and MOT done, making it road suitable is another matter.....cup suspension would need to be switched for something more forgiving, so there's 3k for something "upto" the spec of the rest of the car.
Day to day wouldn't be great after the novelty has worn off, trust me.
I done it with a mk1 cup racer plus a 250bhp itb engine, you get sick of every ****er trying to race you, and the noise gets tiresome very quickly.
Hence I've got the 2008 cup racer as a competition car and a Nissan Navara as a daily hack

Horses for courses, and all that...

 

[Ed...]

Yeah its just coming out to play for meets and track days once its done so no problems there.

 

[Maz]

If only I wasn't trying to save for a house !!

 

[CraigAPD]

House Shmouse

 

[Arran]

So what would you do Woody, stop the work on your 197 and continue it on the racer? Or remove everything from your 197 and put it in the racer? Sounds expensive.

 

[Ed...]

Hmmm ive just been on the phone to my mate n he said he could put everything i have in the cup racer or i could do an engine swap and sell the 197 with the cup racer engine..... What u reckon? The sadev box is worth the swap in its self

 

[Roy]

would you drive it on road or just track???

 

[Sean]

If you get a Sadev i'm going to cry

 

[Ed...]

It would be road legal so i could drive it to meets n tracks? Easy

 

[Roy]

It would be road legal so i could drive it to meets n tracks? Easy

how much we talkin???

 

[CraigAPD]

What's the use of this car going to be...realistically

 

[CraigAPD]

Sorry delay in posting!

So are you thinking of buying a whole cup racer, or building one up using cup shell etc?

In either case you'll need to ID it. Personally I'd build one using a shell, as you'll scrap stuff off a race car which makes it uneconomical to buy a complete racer.

 

[Adrian]

Renault UK couldnt get a Clio Cup Racer through the SVA test so I doubt it is really viable

 

[CraigAPD]

Why would you need to SVA it?

Buy the numbers and V5 from a Cat C/D transfer them and change colour and cc with dvla.