Bumblebee 2 featuring LY R26

Updates.

Fitted a pair of carbon rear arch protectors from Mega Carbon. They kindly done a set as a one off for me as they aren't producing parts at the moment. Quality is mega and a very good fit.

Bonded on.

Also give it a wash with the rest as the birds had pebbledashed it and the front wheels were pitted with brake dust from regular use.

Ly pops when clean.

Interior had a once over too.

Wheel swap and should be good to go for Anglesey (Touch wood).

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Done 470mile road trip to Norwich in the r26 on Sunday to view another car.

Brimmed with momentum 99

Crap services on A1

Sneak preview of the new addition. Another meg 250 cup.

Was too good to turn down so the mrs bought it. Hers and his yellow megs.

R26 is really good on fuel for a meg when on a run. 37mpg with spirited driving on the way back.

Efi map ftw.


Completed the journey with no dramas. The drive is a bit congested with meganes and ive been out on site today, with the r26 at the front the mrs used the r26 for a run into the office.

She rings me up mid day, used it to pop out at dinner time and went to go in reverse and its lost reverse. When trying forward gears found out only 3/4th gear so had to limp it home whilst traffic was light as i was 2 hours away from home at this point in Sheffield.

I thought either shifter had fell to bits or the side to side cable had snapped. Popped by Rs Independant Spares on way home and picked up a complete good used shifter and cables just incase it needed changing as its on track at CSF next week!

Quick look when back home and the clip had fell off the selector arm on the box and it had all fell to bits on the side to side movement part!

Dug out an old box of e clips that i bought 15 years ago and used once. Kind of thing you buy for no reason and none fit anything, knew they would shine one day though.

Life saver.


Airfilter off, replaced missing washer that takes up the slack and refitted the plastic bush which had luckily dropped onto the top of the gearbox. Found a perfect sized e clip which fits tight in the groove on the end of the shaft so needed to be squeezed on with eagle beak pliers. Went on with a clunk and its solid, a good pull and the clip does not move at all so id say its fixed for good.

15 min fix before tea.

All working good again as confirmed with a quick blast down the local dual carriageway.

Will fit the Ar1's on this weekend and wash it in prep for Anglesey.

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Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one Brigsy.
I envy your collection!

I’d like to get a 280 or 300 for my lady. But she will have none of it because it isn’t a Mercedes or BMW

RSRowe said:

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one Brigsy.
I envy your collection!

I’d like to get a 280 or 300 for my lady. But she will have none of it because it isn’t a Mercedes or BMW

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Cheers mate. Cars all over!!

Mrs is currently cleaning the 250 interior, its absolutely unmarked with yellow dot recaros, rs monitor, dual climate etc. Previous owner said he had never used the boot and it looks like it too as the rear trim doesnt have a mark on it.

Its loads quicker than the old one, has decat, 3" ktec exhaust, forge intercooler and rstuning map with printout for 325hp/360ft/lb.

280/300 make a nice modern daily. Id be tempted to try and get her to go m2 if she likes bm. Perfect daily!

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Sunday update.

Had spare half hour so cleaned up the seatbelts..they were super grotty and retracting pretty slow.

Mixed up a bucket of vanish oxy action and got the drill brush out. Quick soak in the bucket and buzz over with the brush.

Before - drivers belt was even worse was blackView attachment 1686486

After - much betterView attachment 1686487

Unfortunately they still retract quite slow but was worth a shot.

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Try spraying some silicone spray onto a micro fibre cloth and give them a good wipe with it.

StereoMike said:

Try spraying some silicone spray onto a micro fibre cloth and give them a good wipe with it.

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They sorted themselves out after drying suprisingly. Work good now and retract properly.

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Technomagnesio alloys with fresh Ar1's are on.

Quick run out to check all good.
Driveway congestion.

Massive improvement in turn in. Also massive downgrade in comfort and noise as per usual for semi slicks.

Quick wash, fuel up and csf here we come.

Thanks for reading!!

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Quick clean up this morning and checked fluids before CSF. Fill up and good to go. Looking forward to trying out the Ar1, see what its like on fresh semi slicks.

What a collection. Hero driveway. Where did you get those arch protectors from? Do they do them for other cars? I've cut them myself before with rhino skin plastic but it always looks a bit pants

Danith said:

What a collection. Hero driveway. Where did you get those arch protectors from? Do they do them for other cars? I've cut them myself before with rhino skin plastic but it always looks a bit pants

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Cheers mate. Got the carbon arch protectors from Megacarbon. Im not sure if he does them for clio 4, fire them a message on facebook worth asking.

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CSF done and dusted.

R26 performed excellent and made decent pace, handling felt awesome and was very easy to drive after pedalling the Extra van in the am session.

Weather was great so absolutely made the right tyre choice running the Ar1's.

Ready for action.
Man and machine.

Hot lapping.




N/s front tyre took a beating. I would have needed to rotate if doing a full day.

Scrubbed in.


Returned home with no fuss and give it the post trackday look over.

574 miles done in total over the weekend.

It does need a couple of bits doing, noted a bit of play on the N/S front wheel bearing. Ive been monitoring this for a while and it did sound like it was getting a bit noisy on heavy load, not surpising as its the original by looks of it at 137k. The hub nut had also backed off a little on this side when checked with torque wrench so suggests that might have played a part in it. This was fine pre journey so its happened at some point recently.

Its no biggie though as i have a spare hub in stock. Also the n/s outer cv has been clicking for a while, so i will replace that whilst in the area.

With that done, refitted the compomotives for road use and washed tons of rubber pickup off the lower bodywork.

Clean again.


So a few jobs to sort. Ill box them off in the next couple of weeks and change the oil for fresh.

In other news ive booked a trackday at Spa in a couple of months so looking forward to taking it.

Thanks for reading!!

Updates.

R26 has not moved since CSF really, its been shuffled on the drive thats it. used it yesterday as the blue clio had no diesel in, and i couldnt be arsed filling it up

Shopping duties.

Needed to order a new debit card so changed pic to a track one from CSF.

Card matches the car.


N/S wheelbearing got a bit of a rumble and audible now road tyres back on. Its not naughty yet - ill do it in a couple of weeks as it wont be going far.

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Updates.

Had a spare half hour on sat so changed the oil for fresh valvoline synthpower 5/40 and purflux filter.

Assume position.

Used my new sealey funnel on it to fill up the oil. Absolute game changer on meg with the angled filler.

Well worth buying.


Need to change passenger side hub as slight bit of play in the wheel bearing after Anglesey. Just waiting for a new outer cv joint and new cv boot to arrive, will hopefully get it boxed off in next couple of weeks.

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Updates.

Cleaned the R26 last weekend and a quick coat of gtechniq c2v3.



Quick check of fluids. Never uses anything but takes 2 mins.



Whilst bonnet was up checked the torque on the pms top mounts as not checked them since fitting and im going over the suspension ready for Spa.

N/s top mount was fine but o/s had backed off a bit on the shock, i guess down to riding the kerbs a bit on track. This was obvious at a quick glance as could see the torque seal paint mark had moved. Its good stuff for a quick check by eye.

Dab of threadlock and refitted/torqued with new paint mark.

Ive started gathering bits for the suspension work on the n/s. Outer cv joint on n/s has been clicking for ages and loads of lash on both inner and outer c/v joints so well past its best. Decided to build a good shaft from spares in the garage to simply plug and play when changing hub so ordered a new outer cv.

I initially ordered a shaftec cv joint as used them on the megs in the past and they fit the hub ok, but got refunded as no stock. Cross referenced part numbers and ordered a borg and beck outer cv as it matched the part numbers. Arrived and looked identical to the shaftec cv and cheaper, quality looks fine so will roll with it.

The cv boot supplied with the cv kit is a crap short rubber boot and pretty much sits on the hub when fitted so was binned. Ive always reused oem outer thermoplastic cv boots on the meganes as they rarely fail however the spare shaft i was using didnt have one on. Oem cv boot is £70 and bit pricey for my liking so looked for more sensibly priced alternatives. I initially ordered an SNR boot but was rubber which didnt fit/was rubbing on the hub.

I took a chance on a autofren seinsa outer cv boot. I believe ive seen that brand on oem ren cv boots so took a punt and part number cross referenced oem. Turned up and looked ok, oem thermoplastic design. Its tight getting it on outer cv though, which is good i guess as it wont pop off.

New outer cv and boot fitted.


The cv joint to perfo hub clearance is tight on the meg and a normal cv boot clip wont do as it can catch. I always use the stainless band type clips which can be clamped very tight with the tool and end tapped flat.

Stainless band clip fitted.


Pic of shaft in the hub, note tight clearance.

I also prepared the good used hub for fitting on n/s with good wheel bearing. Quick wire brush, paint, and new swivel bearing kit including insert to remove any play.

Refurbed and ready to fit.


Will get it fitted at some point when we get a good bit of weather as currently raining so cant be arsed today.

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We seem to love doing the jobs other people hate. Awesome stuff 😍

Mr Underhill said:

We seem to love doing the jobs other people hate. Awesome stuff 😍

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Cheers mate. I almost bought a new driveshaft but couldnt get snr at the right price and the cheaper aftermarket megabe shafts are not the best with crap boots or cv joints that wont fit.

All turned out ok in the end though and shaft refurbed for around £60. Just need a good day to fit it all now.

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Spa prep started yesterday..

Started with replacing n/s driveshaft and hub. All went pretty smoothly and was done in a couple of hours. Gearbox filled with fresh elf nfj that i had in stock.

Usual tools all over.


N/s is now good again and no play in anything, and new oem renault hub nut should prevent driveshaft coming loose on track.

The insert on the o/s swivel hub needs replacing as a little bit of play as i reused the old one when rebuilding ages ago, its not bad but can be tighter. Anyway i have 2x swivel bearing kits here and the inserts are both machined incorrectly so need fettling on a lathe, so that halted progress. Will sort that out and revisit soon.

Whilst up in the air i whipped the bumper off to fit some oem renault R26r fog blanks i bought a while ago. Daft £20 off ebay new as the part number is shared with povo spec scenic and megane so if you sniff round they are available without the tax. Also removed and plugged the washer jets for the xenons with a generic blanking plug, as no pipes on them anyway.

R26r ish.





Took it for a test run and no more clicking/rumbling on right turns and feels more responsive on the steering.

Have noted both this and the blue 225 pull to the n/s a bit with the geo set correctly, so you need to hold the steering wheel straight. I thought it was a quirk of the perfo hub setup so have never really given it any thought. Its not that bad but gets tiring on long motorway drives.

Was thinking about it logically and ive never reset the steering angle sensors on either of them so stuck clip on to see where its at. With steering wheel straight it was saying it was 1deg to the o/s so followed the procedure and reset it to zero with steering wheel straight.

Angle sensor reprogram via can clip.


Not driven it yet, be interesting to see if that cures it as id imagine the power assisted column will add torque to straighten wheel up back to 0deg.

Thanks for reading!!