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Claude The Ultimate Trophy. BTM, Potato Works Development Beast.
Mk3 clio 1.5
would look good with a cage. you going with black and red theme?
Keith185
ClioSport Club Member
Awesome, can't wait to see the development 
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
The front Sachs dampers are fully adjustable from the factory, but Renault put a 'pin' in them to lock the damping position to a certain setting.
Remove pin.
Full adjustment
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
They did it to stop people messing about with the settings!!
Nothing more dangerous than a little knowledge, & a lot of adjustment - take note CS
Slow red one
^ send me one shiiii ting!
shiiii ting!
Update.
To give the suspension a good workout we booked to do Donington park on the 27th. So the first thing to do was to fit the yozza, it went on quick and painless and looked great.
We than fitted camber bolts and set the geometry to BTM approved angles to get the best out of Claudes suspension. One of the main things to address was to add more camber so we had a more even tyre wear and more grip.
So the trackday itself, arrived at 7.30 for signing on and got out for the parade laps at 9am. It was raining and very greasy so once the track was open I waited for about 30minutes so the track had time to dry off.
First couple of session felt good, I wasn’t pushing too hard but could still feel the tyre pressures weren’t right so came in and let everything cool for a good half an hour. Reset the cold tyres pressures to 24 front and 22 rear.
The car was now in its element, loads of turn in very stable on the curbs with a nicely playful rear end to kill any understeer. I can definitely say that the car was quicker with this suspension setup and its a worthwhile mod to do.
A few Pics
To give the suspension a good workout we booked to do Donington park on the 27th. So the first thing to do was to fit the yozza, it went on quick and painless and looked great.
We than fitted camber bolts and set the geometry to BTM approved angles to get the best out of Claudes suspension. One of the main things to address was to add more camber so we had a more even tyre wear and more grip.
So the trackday itself, arrived at 7.30 for signing on and got out for the parade laps at 9am. It was raining and very greasy so once the track was open I waited for about 30minutes so the track had time to dry off.
First couple of session felt good, I wasn’t pushing too hard but could still feel the tyre pressures weren’t right so came in and let everything cool for a good half an hour. Reset the cold tyres pressures to 24 front and 22 rear.
The car was now in its element, loads of turn in very stable on the curbs with a nicely playful rear end to kill any understeer. I can definitely say that the car was quicker with this suspension setup and its a worthwhile mod to do.
A few Pics
Yeah, the tyre is part off your suspension so changing tyre pressures can have quite profound effects. When I had a mini I ran the pressure slightly lower then recommend as it helped with the ride quality on the road but the road noise on the motorway was louder.
29 all round sounds alright but its all about how it feels. Try having a play just don't go silly low.
29 all round sounds alright but its all about how it feels. Try having a play just don't go silly low.
Evo 5 RS
good stuff Sam, yozza sounds the nuts.
Put me down for at least 2 potato sticky backs
Put me down for at least 2 potato sticky backs
Evo 5 RS
top of rear screen if I've got a say in it Or both wing mirrors. LOL
Or both wing mirrors. LOL
Evo 5 RS
LOL!! pics!
Update!!!!!
Right then guys, been a while I know but big things have happened!
During the summer, I came across some very reasonably priced Wilwood 4pot brakes (cheers Meek) I am running them with Brembo HC disks and Ferodo DS3000s pads. The brakes are brilliant, very cool to look at and slow the car very effectively. They got a great work out at Oulton Park were they never faded all day and just soaked up all the abuse I could give them. After a few laps with Alex he said he couldn’t believe how late I was braking and he was reached for the imaginary brake pedal
The cams went in on Tuesday along with a new standard Renault air filter and some new HT leads (they needed doing anyway). By 6pm Fred and I were on the road heading down to see Matt at TDF to get the car on the dyno and see what these new cams were all about.
Once Matt had it on the dyno the initial runs where quite promising with it making 185bhp pre map, we made a few phone calls and sent some emails to Paul at RS Tuning so he could have look and a bit of a fiddle. After a couple more runs, beers and McDonalds (If anyone want to make Matt happy just show him 20 chicken nuggets) it made 191.6bhp and 166ftlb of torque.
The extra power is definitely noticeable with a lovely chunk of torque at 3000rpm which makes day to day driving so effortless especially cruising along A roads and Motorways. As the revs raise the in gear acceleration is very satisfying, the 5000rpm ‘kick’ has gone but has been replaced with much smoother burst of acceleration with lasts for well into the top end of 6k. Matt and Paul have also improved the throttle response and it is very nice to drive. Its a little lumpy on cold start but it its negligible and disappears after 2minutes, the car also sounds much fruitier, with a harder edge to the exhaust note and has a much more ‘N.A Cammed’ tone to it.
I love them and would recommend them to anyone.
Future plans: 4 new tyres, De-cat, better breathing and Im looking into making the Sashs dampers height adjustable.
Doing Rockingham in March to really see what the cams are like.
Right then guys, been a while I know but big things have happened!
During the summer, I came across some very reasonably priced Wilwood 4pot brakes (cheers Meek
) I am running them with Brembo HC disks and Ferodo DS3000s pads. The brakes are brilliant, very cool to look at and slow the car very effectively. They got a great work out at Oulton Park were they never faded all day and just soaked up all the abuse I could give them. After a few laps with Alex he said he couldn’t believe how late I was braking and he was reached for the imaginary brake pedal The cams went in on Tuesday along with a new standard Renault air filter and some new HT leads (they needed doing anyway). By 6pm Fred and I were on the road heading down to see Matt at TDF to get the car on the dyno and see what these new cams were all about.
Once Matt had it on the dyno the initial runs where quite promising with it making 185bhp pre map, we made a few phone calls and sent some emails to Paul at RS Tuning so he could have look and a bit of a fiddle. After a couple more runs, beers and McDonalds (If anyone want to make Matt happy just show him 20 chicken nuggets) it made 191.6bhp and 166ftlb of torque.
The extra power is definitely noticeable with a lovely chunk of torque at 3000rpm which makes day to day driving so effortless especially cruising along A roads and Motorways. As the revs raise the in gear acceleration is very satisfying, the 5000rpm ‘kick’ has gone but has been replaced with much smoother burst of acceleration with lasts for well into the top end of 6k. Matt and Paul have also improved the throttle response and it is very nice to drive. Its a little lumpy on cold start but it its negligible and disappears after 2minutes, the car also sounds much fruitier, with a harder edge to the exhaust note and has a much more ‘N.A Cammed’ tone to it.
I love them and would recommend them to anyone.
Future plans: 4 new tyres, De-cat, better breathing and Im looking into making the Sashs dampers height adjustable.
Doing Rockingham in March to really see what the cams are like.
