Papps Black R26 Standard to Fast Road & Adventures along the way......

haha yeah I know what you mean and good work with yours, that will look sweet.

There's always another chance if/when I decide to extend the cage to redeem myself......

Yeah, I was really happy with how it worked out with Rab and the price - probably end up using him to get the rear arches resprayed at some point this year.

 

Update Time:

The car had an oil change, 2 new rear calipers and new DS2500 pads on the rear. The DS1.11's on the front still have half their life left - they seem to take the track abuse in their stride......

With the AD08R track tyres on it was time for the rescheduled trackday, it was snowed off a few weeks ago.

The car performed remarkably well - being able to use the brakes fully now I'm more familar with the bucket seat and harness set up.

Managed to take almost 1.5s off my previous best lap.

Had the front dampers set very soft 4/30 and the rear much harder, around 18/30 - much better mid bend throttle adjustability, and more adjustable rear end for the direction change on the chicane.

Anyway - here's a couple of pics and videos' (duplicate from another thread)



[video=youtube;K8LWcDuqer0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8LWcDuqer0[/video]

Best lap is after the Scoob lets me by....

[video=youtube;eBtQhNRcFvo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBtQhNRcFvo[/video]

and a video showing what the megane looks like from a spectators point of view: quite like this one.....

[video=youtube;m2qRam2U5oc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2qRam2U5oc[/video]

I have one more update in the pipeline...before I think the modifications will come to a close - I need to know when to stop - and I think it'll be a while before I am able (with tuition) to get the most of the car

So its a good time to summarise the full specification of the car at the moment:

Engine and Transmission:
RS Tuning Custom Remap - 255Bhp / 275 LbFt
Airtec Front Mounted 90mm Intercooler (Black stealth)
Pipercross Panel Air Filter
Milltek Cat Back 2.75" Stainless Steel Exhaust System
TTV Lightweight Single-Mass Flywheel & R26.R uprated Clutch
Vibratechnics Engine and Gearbox Mounts
K-tec Short Shifter Kit


Brakes
Hel Braided Brake Lines & Motful RBF600 Fluid
DS1.11 Front and DS2500 Rear Brake Pads
R26.R Grooved Brembo Discs


Suspension:
BC Racing 'BR' Series Coilovers with 7Kg/4Kg spring rates.
Powerflex black series and PMS Lower Arm Bushes
Vibra-technics Engine and Gearbox Mounts


Interior:
Fully Welded Custom Scott McMinn Motorsport Fabrication Rear Cage painted Anthricite with low angle harness bar.
Sabelt Steel Series 6 Point Drivers & 4 Point Passenger Harnesses 2020
Corbeau Sprint XL FIA Bucket Seats 2020, K-Tec Subframes, OMP Side Mounts.
Airbag Delete
Rear Interior Delete

Plenty more track vids an pics to come

Thanks for reading

 

Thanks guys - glad you enjoy them also!

 

Thanks mate!,

Sorry the strut was sold on - contact Steve1 on this if you'd like one made up....I got it from him.

I still have the net, but not selling as of yet - will let you know if I do decide to part ways with it though

 

Update Time:

It's been a little since I updated this....

I was a naughty boy in January time and put an order in for a set of AST5100 kit with the top mounts - they eventually turned up, albeit with the wrong rear springs (8kg) I had ordered 10kg rears....

Anyway here they are in all their glory - they are too good to be put on a car....





Has these fitted not at my usual go to of Rentec, but at SWR RenaultSport Specialists in Stirling - they ran a BTCC Accord race car and have more of a motorsport pedigree for suspension set up:

The new geometry is a slight tweak on the previous versions I had been running..


Its now -2.5 degrees camber up front (was -2.0)


Toe is now -0.5mm on each side (4 minutes on each side, so -8minutes in totaly), was previously 5 minutes on each side, so -10mins total - so not much real change here.


The printout:



AST didn't supply the rear axle bolt for the rear damper mounting, so I had Rentec in Edinburgh order a 10.9 Tensile set for me, and while the car was in to attend to the brakes...

The R26.R discs had seen 14 hours of tracktime, were fully worn and also had hairline fractures in them.......so they had to go.

So off with the expensive R26.R discs and on with the a lot cheaper and more robust HC plain Brembo Discs...



Pads were down to 35% or so, and they didn't look too great when they came off anyways, so it was like for like, and new DS1.11's went on the front as well. Call JJC Race and Rally and ask for a discount on them - never ask, never get and all that


Went for a slightly more uprated fluid, RBF660 instead of RBF600, price different with OPIE's discount is negligible, and with my better track braking technique, I had been able to make the pedal go really long with the RBF600 so thought it was worth going up a step in terms of its boiling points.




Now that the car was ready, it was time to test and get used to the new suspension set up - and I managed to squeeze in a very late notice 6pm-8pm tracknight at knockhil this week..

For a few reasons: fatigue, my own analysis of maybe slightly too aggressive driving in the last outing on my part & also sadly a nasty crash involving one of the clio guys up here last week meant I wasn't as 'on it' as I had been, often backing off in certain situations, and not trying to pass certain cars/drivers. I guess the new suspension also needs time to get fully used to.....as you see me miss my turn in's, or adjusting my line on the turn in as the new suspension will of course take a little of getting used to

This also wasn't my usual private tracknights that I attend at KH - it was one of their own ones, and I saw/heard a few things early on that made me take a little more care during the night....standards and ability varied lets say

Anyway, here's a couple of clean ish laps....

[video=youtube;NYJRqC1y50A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJRqC1y50A[/video]


and then what the last 10 minutes looks like after we've just been let out again following a short red flag - you'll see this doesn't end well.....

[video=youtube;QJ-nmZ0Z_Oo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ-nmZ0Z_Oo[/video]

Car needs a clean badly, apart from that, I'll be maybe fitting a sunstrip, but its going to be trackdays and detailing for the foreseeable future

Thanks for reading!

 

Thanks John! its always good to connnect with more people with similar cars, who enjoy them in similar ways

 

Update time:

Wanted to go back to a more agressive trackday tyre, so decided to take the plunge with R888-R in 225 40 18 92Y config, GG compound.

Local Mobile tyre fitting specialist at knockhill really done us proud with the price - not a lot more than PS2s would of been from blackcircles.

For the record - they came with 5.0-5.5mm



As the AD08Rs have loads of life, and I thought the PilotSuperSports would be easier of the tyres to sell if I decided to, I stuck the 888s on the OEM rims



Myself and a couple of other megs had a little 2 hour tracknight at knockhill this week, which was a hell of a lot of fun...

Managed to get a good stint chasing a Megane 265 CUP (B14s, decat, RC6, pax, road tyres std map) vs my R26 - the MG only splits us for 30 seconds, normal service is resumed after that - A lot of fun




We both carded low 1.03s laps the first lap after the warm up = great to see a mk3 megane being thrown around a track - though I'm scared for a pax ride in one, as I'm worried I'd want one too badly haha

A couple of pics from the night









Thanks for reading

 

Little Update:

I really wasn't getting on too well at all with the HC Plain Brembo discs (previously used the R26.R ones with DS1.11) - they were getting so hot after 5 or 6 mins that I was actually getting practically no retardation at 60mph on a 110-35mph stop - a bit worrying. Here's a little video comparison of the HC Brembo Discs (1.) and the R26.R Discs (2.)



So ended up opting for a cheap option of the new 312mm J Hook discs from Godspeed, as the DS1.11 pads had loads of life left and would of wanted new pads if I had shelled out £550+ for a 330mm kit.



Felt good when I bedded them in, felt even better when I managed to track them - I do like the grating feel that grooves give you under heavy breaking on track as well, in a way its kind of comforting.

Had a custom cruise control bracket made up, with buttons, and wired to keep the cruise control and horn when applying the renaultsport sabelt steering wheel..Very pleased with the finished result to say the least!

These wheels aren't great without gloves, but with gloves, they are outstanding and very grippy, but a much nicer feel.



Little clip from an evening 2 hour session last week - a little bit damp, but the R888-R's were great, as long as there's no standing surface water, they seem to perform very well!