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A while back I swapped my Ph1 rear seats for some cup ones but my lad is talll (he's 5.5 but as tall as some 8 years olds!) so the cup bench is no good now as he needs a rear headrest.
I like the cup bench as it's less hassle to take out for track days being one piece base and back. Did...
Makes the engine more responsive (throttle response), gear changes improved.
I had the gearbox out anyway for fitting a diff so it made sense to change it at the time. Otherwise its a lot of hassle just to change the flywheel which is relatively light compared to other cars anyway. If I had to...
There's no way you'll have overheated them...1200 degrees C brakes on a Clio?!
I'd say your discs will have warped before the pads go outside of the operating temperature.
They might clean up with some road use.
It'll be pad deposits I reckon. The only time I've managed to avoid it with Ferodo pads is when I've run grooved discs.
The CLs seem better but a few people have issues with them of the pad coming away from the backing plate. That's mainly on the RC6 rather than the 5+ though.
You could try...
10w60 was specced by Renault for the Clio Cup cars. A lot of the trackdayers run it.
I personally run 5w50 although I would be happy enough running 10w60.