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W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:48 pm
by PhilT
We call her Nicole aka projectNUTS (Nicole U track Slag)

It all started as man maths. We decided that we could buy and run a Clio for less than we spend on track with the M5 and GT-R. It was also an opportunity to have something a little slower in a straight line but potentially faster on a lap of some of the tracks, oh and a bundle of laughs too :rocker:

We bought Nicole in April 2016. She'd already been tracked and had her interior stripped; all that was left inside was the dashboard, stock seats and stock steering wheel.
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Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:21 pm
by will1981
She's a cracking little car, definetly went well at Snetterton.

The E36 which I own with Marc has spent it's time since then in and out of workshops having stuff done but she's ready for her next outing shortly. :thumbs:

Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 6:51 pm
by Ian_C
Please tell me those tyres don't way EVENT on the sidewalls haha!

Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:32 pm
by marc1
Arh Nicole u track slag. Love it. So what about all the mods since Phil? :bigblink: Are the man maths still working? They are not with the E36, lol

Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:21 am
by PhilT
Ian_C wrote:Please tell me those tyres don't way EVENT on the sidewalls haha!
The car came with 3 different tyre makes, the front were a pair. They got some abuse and coped pretty well. We've now upgraded and I'll get some pics up soon.

Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:24 am
by PhilT
will1981 wrote:She's a cracking little car, definetly went well at Snetterton.

The E36 which I own with Marc has spent it's time since then in and out of workshops having stuff done but she's ready for her next outing shortly. :thumbs:
Cheers Will. Looking forward to our next outing; Donington on the 22nd, right? http://circuit-days.co.uk/event_info.asp?id=598
marc1 wrote:Arh Nicole u track slag. Love it. So what about all the mods since Phil? :bigblink: Are the man maths still working? They are not with the E36, lol
Will post up the mods when I get time. The man maths aren't too bad, we've definitely had a load of laughs in her and that's priceless 8)

Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:34 am
by MikeFish
Looking forward to seeing the mods!

Re: W8PMC's & PhilT's Clio 172 Cup - projectNUTS

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:05 pm
by W8PMC
She's lovely. A little tinkering required with the Geo & she'll be as good as perfect.

Far more fun than chucking a big heavy road car round the track & significantly cheaper. As Phil says in the 1st post, the whole project including initial purchase price, all upgrades & first years running costs will come in less than the cost of 1 set of tyres, pads & fuel in either the M5 or GT-R for a years track day action, so we're already saving money. Also a giggle doing a whole track day on one tank of fuel (perhaps just over) which costs £40-50 whereas in either of our road cars we'd get through at least 2 sometimes 3 tanks of fuel at close to £100 per tank, per car, per track day.

Rarely does man maths work, but so far so good.