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Updates. Ive been invited to a 20 year anniversary Trophy meet at a great location tomorrow. Been pretty busy this week and prep has been left until last min. Pulled out of garage this morning early am before work, checked fluids, tyre pressures etc and quick clean. Battery on and it fired...

Handling wise, prob fuckall in it for slow day to day use on the top good brands michelin, conti etc. Wear rate is something else though. I ran goodyears on the kangoo and the wear rate was ridiculous for road tyre/road use. The cup2's i replaced them with are wearing loads better in comparison...

Normal. Id be tempted to use another mechanic if hes not versed in these engines.

Oil pump chain will be ok..they have no tensioner and are slack normally.

If hes going to measure the crank properly to check the new bearing clearances are correct when fitted, renew them as getting there. If its a slap in and send it with no measuring, id prob stick with originals

Cant go wrong with michelins imo.

Drl's and darker headlamps, done. Not a fan of the blue blade.

A few laps of the International layout in the morning.

Cheers mate. I love the sound of it for a modified stock exhaust. Just the right tone in the car not too invasive.

Looks like its coming together well. Did you check the Dephaser was locked when fitting?

No more than normal if using a decent brand airfilter.

Cheers mate. It does everything i need for a track car to be honest, fast enough, handles great. Poor mans R26R 😅

Updates Changed pollen filter in blue dci last week. I always forget to do this and god knows when i changed it last, so was pretty grim as expected. Insurance is up on both dci's. For some reason these have always been a bit dear to insure for what they are and always around mid to high £500...

Ill get the Extra sorted for the next one so can have the oldskool full send laps😁

CSF done! 600 mile round trip in total. 130miles of that on track and the car performed well with hardly any issues. New brakes felt mega, and current ar1 tyres lasted the day. Only casualty was bonnet pull failing at lunch time. My car ocd was going into overdrive worrying about fluid levels...

R5 was flying as usual mate, love it! Mega hot laps. Hopefully have a bit of footage of yours on my incar.

Mid range looks mega compared to the hybrid!

Ive had a pre wired ev1 injector plug in the trackday box for years, you would have been welcome to it mate. Need a CSF whatsapp group for stuff like this next time to shout out for parts if needed 👌

Great pics mate 👌

Mega day though great to catch up with old and new faces. Big thanks to everybody that makes it happen 👌 Had a great day in the r26.

Landed at the airbnb, full annex to myself. Wales is great its just getting here is the problem 6 hours of pain:LOL:. A56? absolute s**t storm as usual. Cut up twice by two knobbers not as if you cant see a bright yellow megane?! On plus side a/c in the meg is unreal in traffic absolute cool...

If your using the R8 coils, they should be fine. Map will need adjusting.

I was also tempted to get my new set of ar1 fitted and drive down on them but might aswell get max moneys worth out of this set.

Front ns will be about done on half day if your sending it. Prob get away with it if rotating them. Mine are 3mm/2mm and one is on wear bars so going down on roads. Get em finished off

R26 rammed full of gear. Should have used a van instead 🫣 Fingers crossed for a nice steady traffic free drive down.

Aliexpress or ebay, all come from china. Need full chip one around £120-140. Where are you based? Might be somebody local.

Its immobiliser that is the issue, never start with solid red. Key is being recognised but no comms between uch/engine ecu. I would start with checking the white plug for corrosion in fusebox and check the can wires for continuity. Could even be immob relay. Need clip on it ideally.

Cheers mate. Looking forward to it! Just me in the r26 this year as the mrs aint coming now as not mobile enough. Its a shame the Extra aint prepped or i could have done full day in it.

TurboRenault have organized a photographer for track pics. @DaveL485 will be able to give more info.

Updates Give the r26 a once over the other day in prep for Anglesey. All seems ok, no urgent jobs required. Washed it this morning for the first time in 2 months, it was looking quite shabby with tons of brake dust on the wheels. Bh snowfoam, bh auto wheel & quick coat of c2v3 and give the...