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improve handling
- Thread starter Arron2
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R26
Eibach sportline springs. Or coilovers if you want to spend A LOT more money 
R26
Just under 130 from KTEC, not sure if they will fit a non RS car.
No you dont need to uprate the dampers
No you dont need to uprate the dampers
You get them on euro performance for 1.2's etc.
A car
It all depends how you like a car to handle.
If you like understeer, then the modifications you would do would be totally different than if you like oversteer.
If you like understeer, then the modifications you would do would be totally different than if you like oversteer.
A car
To make suspension modifications the first question you have to ask is:
'How do i want the car to handle?'
From there you make the changes that will cause the result that you want. Bolting bits on and hoping for the best if like trying to have a piss in a bottle in a force 10 gale.
Generally if you do somthing to the front, but not the back (like fitting a strut brace) you will upset the balance of the car. If thats what you want because you want a sharper turn in and a loose back end then all well and good.
Renault dont spend a fair chunk of money setting these cars up for no reason. They will generally dial in a little more understeer than is necessary so idiots dont end up in hedges backwards. So you can improve the feel a little by getting rid of the excess understeer. Widening the front track with spacers would be one way to achieve this as would adding a small amount of negative camber. But if you go too far youll end up with too much oversteer and find yourself facing the same way you came into a corner one day.
'How do i want the car to handle?'
From there you make the changes that will cause the result that you want. Bolting bits on and hoping for the best if like trying to have a piss in a bottle in a force 10 gale.
Generally if you do somthing to the front, but not the back (like fitting a strut brace) you will upset the balance of the car. If thats what you want because you want a sharper turn in and a loose back end then all well and good.
Renault dont spend a fair chunk of money setting these cars up for no reason. They will generally dial in a little more understeer than is necessary so idiots dont end up in hedges backwards. So you can improve the feel a little by getting rid of the excess understeer. Widening the front track with spacers would be one way to achieve this as would adding a small amount of negative camber. But if you go too far youll end up with too much oversteer and find yourself facing the same way you came into a corner one day.
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Try these, they make a lot of difference for little outlay...
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=423734&highlight=spax
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=423734&highlight=spax
A car
Reduce body roll - stiff anti roll bar, rear anti roll bar. stiffer springs, stiffer dampers
Hold the road nicely - grippier softer tyres, a small amount of negative camber, limited slip differential
Prefere understeer - widen rear track, stiffen front anti roll bar, stiffen front springs / dampers
However, a lot of this is relative to the surface you are driving on. Bumpy B road require a much solfter set up that a smooth track to go quickly. Look at the difference between a rally car and a cup race car. The rally car will be higher, softer and stronger than the race car because it gets more abuse and the surface it travels on is less forgiving.
The best modification you would probably make is to bolt on a standard 172 / 182 suspension. You wont get much better than this for road use.
Do the track, the shocks and the springs. Use the anti roll bar and tthe RS bushes. The other thing that will help the handling is uprating the engine mounts.
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how much will i be lookin at spending for uprated engine mounts fitted?
A car
Well i would just make my own, but if you had someone make them or bought some it might costa fair few slave tokens.
Astra GSI, 172, Golf
mines had the same , handles like fvck with it bein a van ( semi stripped ) , lowered and stiff arb , with rear struti have fitted the full front running gear off a 172 so if you have any questions fire away
ohh and it handles better than a standard 172, and i have driven a few
