Clio 182, which direction to take?!

[colesy]

I’m in a little predicament where I can’t decide what to do. Sandwich plate came loose on my 182 turbo last week on a track day, dumped all the oil and seized the engine. Now this isn’t an issue per se as I wanted to put my n/a setup back in it.
It may go back to turbocharged one day as it was bloody brilliant last week before it let go.

My predicament is what gearbox to use?
It’s a caged car with AST’s black series bushes ar1’s etc, these days it gets used on the road more than a race track (have the ep3 for that) but might do 1 or 2 days a year.
I have 3 gearbox options:
Gripper box with standard gears
Gripper box with Megane 5th gear
Just a standard open diff box.

Which one would you be fitting?

Pics of how I found my oil filter in the engine bay 🤣

 

[Klumpy Dumpy]

If you're not using it on track I'd go for a Quaife or a blackline LSD

Gripper would be horrible on the road

 

[colesy]

If you're not using it on track I'd go for a Quaife or a blackline LSD

Gripper would be horrible on the road

Good point, it hadn’t even crossed my mind that a quaife was an option! I’ve used my grippers on the road, they’re not too bad but definitely can’t push on like you could with a standard car, especially on the roads near me!

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

I'm really happy with the blackline diff in mine, I wouldn't want a gripper/plate type diff in a fwd road car