Megane R26 Flywheel - SMF or DMF?

chazza114

ClioSport Club Member

  172 Ph1, Meg R26

• Monday at 2:48 PM

• #1

Hi folks,

The clutch in my R26 has decided to s**t the bed, so I'm in need of some advice. I've already ordered a new R26.R clutch, but I'm wondering if I should buy a new R26.R DMF or upgrade to a SMF?

As it stands the car is mostly a road car, but I have used it on track. I know people say that the factory DMF's can cause issues, so I'm wondering if it's worth spending £100 more and installing a TTV SMF instead. Currently the car is running standard power, and in the future it's unlikely to get anymore than 280hp.

Cheers all!

 

RSRowe

ClioSport Club Member

  Megane 250 Cup

• Monday at 3:03 PM

• #2

People usually fit SMF because they're cheaper
They're far from an upgrade imo. Fit the DMF (especially with it being a road car)

 

chazza114

ClioSport Club Member

  172 Ph1, Meg R26

• Monday at 3:06 PM

• #3

RSRowe said:

People usually fit SMF because they're cheaper
They're far from an upgrade imo. Fit the DMF (especially with it being a road car)

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Spot on, I figured it would make more sense to keep the DMF seeing as it's mostly a road car!

Thankfully I can get a LUK DMF for the R26.R off Autodoc for around £280, so I'll go ahead and buy that. 👌

 

Brigsy

ClioSport Club Member

  T.Turbo

• Monday at 8:51 PM

• #4

No real downsides to smf on mk2 / ndo box. Be fine with either.

 

Matt e

ClioSport Club Member

  Megane R26

• Monday at 9:54 PM

• #5

i have a R26R SMF on my with a DCI clutch, feels fine

 

Clart

ClioSport Club Member

• Monday at 9:56 PM

• #6

I’ve got a smf on my 250 and it’s slight noisier on idle but you probably wouldn’t notice if you didn’t know

 

chazza114

ClioSport Club Member

  172 Ph1, Meg R26

• Monday at 10:06 PM

• #7

I've gone with the R26.R DMF in the end, came to £282. Compared to the TTV SMF which was £380ish, I'm happy to save the £100 over a very minor loss in performance.

 

Mr Trailer Man

ClioSport Club Member

  OG Megane 265

• Monday at 10:56 PM

• #8

Clart said:

I’ve got a smf on my 250 and it’s slight noisier on idle but you probably wouldn’t notice if you didn’t know

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Mk3 box doesn't like SMF's.

Rattles the bearings to death.

 

Krarl

ClioSport Club Member

  535d & Monaco 172

• Monday at 11:37 PM

• #9

Mr Trailer Man said:

Mk3 box doesn't like SMF's.

Rattles the bearings to death.

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PK4 box will rattle itself to death regardless, and you know damn well that's the truth! 😂

 

Matt Cup

ClioSport Club Member

  Leon Cupra

• Yesterday at 7:00 AM

• #10

Don’t SMF like to throw up eml too?

 

Brigsy

ClioSport Club Member

  T.Turbo

• Yesterday at 8:55 AM

• #11

Matt Cup said:

Don’t SMF like to throw up eml too?

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Some used to do that. Easy fix for a tuner though.

 

Brigsy

ClioSport Club Member

  T.Turbo

• Yesterday at 10:43 AM

• #12

chazza114 said:

I've gone with the R26.R DMF in the end, came to £282. Compared to the TTV SMF which was £380ish, I'm happy to save the £100 over a very minor loss in performance.

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Both my mk2 megs are still on dmf no issues, you will be fine with that setup for 280hp.

I think my r26 has same 26r clutch in as pedal is slightly heavier than original, its perfect for road driving.

 

Ph1 Tom

ClioSport Club Member

  ITBd Ph1

• Yesterday at 10:54 PM

• #13

I had a TTV SMF on my MK2. Drove beautifully, no issues whatsoever.