Hello from Dorset, Bought my first RS - 250 cup

Hi , Been reading loads of very interesting stuff on here for a while now , so thought I best introduce myself ... I am new to the Renault world , that said I purchased my 250cup last august,
its bought strictly of track purpose ,but road legal .. so far I have only managed one track day , as had some issues but hopefully will be sorted soon ...
when we all finally (hopefully) some time this year, get back to normal , I am looking forward to doing more track days and meeting some of you guys ...!

 

That's brilliant to know!! thanks, I will try and sent a picture of car when I work out how to lol

 

Hi and thanks ! yes its just had a turbo refresh, then just waiting for a remap , which could take a while

 

thanks ! it was running a hybrid turbo by previous owner, but had turbo issues, so it went back to a standard turbo, which is when I bought it , in the belief that it was all good , at the time i came from a bmw diesel back ground 335d , so new nothing about these cars, wasn't till I got on track that I realised it was down on power , with lots of blue smoke
the annoying thing is I paid strong money thinking to get at least a few track days in , but sadly wasn't the case, so hopefully when its remapped this time, i just want it set up nice for track on what ever power it makes , so i can use it ,
i find its all about the handling of these cars which is on a different level to my previous cars, that's what i like about them ! also think they look awesome, if i could choose again i would of gone for black same as all my last cars ...

 

Hi yes, i am about 50 minutes from both Castle Combe and Thruxton .. i have been reading your thread about the turbo upgrade , and very impressed with what you are building, looks awesome !!! can i ask who mapped your 225 ? or was it just bad luck ... i am so looking forward to getting back on track and have a few questions to ask about tyres and off sets

 

That's very interesting, as that is where mine was mapped long before i bought my car...
317hp down to 260 is a massive difference i am quite shocked to here this tbh as i have only heard good reports from RS tuning .... i live very close to ktec racing who i believe use RSt maps .... where are EFI based too ?

 

15 mins away ,thats brilliant !! i started Castle Combe in my daughters stage 2 mapped little bmw 118d lol as she lost her licence and wanted to keep her car running so i lowered it , ,new brake lines , fluid and pads and ended up doing 6 track days there last year ,and then bought my rs250 which i only done one day at Combe due to turbo problems

 

got me thinking now thanks for that !

 

mine has only done 53k i think , without looking , so yeah not many at all , i spoke to the guy that first owned my car which he said it was running a hybrid for about 2 years (all good) before it went wrong , then they replaced with a new hybrid turbo that died not long after , so this is when they decided to revert back to a standard turbo .. when i bought the car i only got half this story from the second owner ... i only found this out my meeting the first owner at Combe as they were mates and he new i was going there that day ...

 

totally agree ! your engine is the key part , i don't mind driving anywhere really , i drove to Morecombe bay for my first 335d i had ... then a 3 hour drive to get the hybrid turbos set up , but was well worth it as they new there stuff with diesel tuning !

 

yeah brilliant , that's really nice to know thx , the one time i did go on track , even know it was well under powered that day i only got up to 123mph upto avon rise which i was getting 116mph (on my app) in the little 118d , but the handling in the RS250 was epic to say the least , its on BC coil overs and corner weighted , running ad08r 235/40/18s just awesome !

 

How many miles has yours done, mine has done 114k now, iv'e done over 20k since August 2018, must have done 20 trackdays, 8 times to Spa, 4 to the Nurbgring and quite a few UK trackdays.

The turbo i took off is in perfect condition, its never been changed as i have all the service history from the 1 previous owner.

20 track days, that's crazy ... these must be strong engines to perform at that level , i guess you drop the oil after every Td

 

To be fair it wasn't that hot on the day i went , plus i was getting use to the car , i thought they held up fairly good (ado8r)
this was going to be my question which tyres do you recommend, also i just bought some TD pro race 1.3 on a 55et whats the widest tyres best for those rims ? interesting about the r888's

 

Ok that's being very honest ... great to know thx and interesting !

 

wish i did , i love black cars yeah there nice wheels , i actually have only 3 of the 1.3 e55s but the car came with TD 1.3 et45 running the 235s so i need one more of the et55 that way i can run the 255/35 your on about , looking forward to that , and might try the 595s with your advice .... i have only used ad08r and ns2r's which were on the bmw (not that good )

 

cant argue with that !
Nice to meet you sir , im off now, got to be up at 5;30 ... be back on tomorrow evening ..