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I've just put eibach Pro on my 200. I can't compare them to the standard cup springs as 2 were broken when I got the car recently and I'd only driven it for 5 mins but they feel fine to me now. Not crashy or overly stiff and with a reasonable drop they are fine for daily duties.
Did you have a look through the spacers thread? If it's not in there it's probably not a good combination.
https://cliosport.net/threads/spacers-guide-info.802113/
I'd bet your track acquaintance is talking bolloks, no way a clio engine is revving over 10000 rpm without a big bang shortly afterwards.
As for your mechanic magician's claims that his dyno figures are spot on, comparing that to nearly 20 years of clio experience covered on this forum I'd be...
If you're changing the rear discs don't forget the spacer that goes behind them. They look like this;
https://www.kamracing.co.uk/grams-oe-rear-disc-spacer-renault-clio-mk2-rs-172-rs-182.html
Clioturbo builds usually consisted of him robbing parts off other cars he was trusted to work on to make one that sort of worked by the time the owner was fed up enough to go get their car from his premises. In the early days he did some decent conversions and used good parts, but it all went...
When was that? Did you buy it from the winner or has it had a few more owners since? When I was looking at 200's the popular colours all seem to have had lots of owners.