I like these, people rate the 182 as the best of the bunch and say the later 197 was a bit overweight - but by the sounds of it a full fat 182 can't be far behind?
The 197 is prettier, but if the 182 is better on track then you have a very capable car.
Good choice.
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Originally Posted by Cally180
the ZS does well to keep up with the 172, but both 172 and 182 blow it away on the corners.
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They are very capable, but a (static) solid beam rear suspension, so a ZS that has been setup properly should have the edge through the corners and be able to carry more corner speed. The ZS also has a (fairly) long wheelbase (around 1400) which can help also.
Sadly, very few people bother to set the ZS up properly, like the honda's (look at the civic cup (1.6) lap times and you'll see just how capable these are through the corners) its a dynamic rear suspension, lots of things happen under load, or adverse such as dynamic toe change, camber and even castor changes, this when setup properly can really work to your advantage, but to set this up it needs more than just corner weighting and 4 wheel alignment at the local tyre dealers.
Your clio on the other hand has no (or little) dynamic rear suspension, so it will be setup static and the clio cup series will run either static toe in or out to help heat the rear tyres, but the downside of this is, you are dragging the rear end which is wasting some of those some of those lovely horses you have under the bonnet.