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Hello everyone from the south-east of France after more than 8 and a half years since my last message dates from March 2014! ^^
I admit that I had forgotten this forum and my account that I found thanks to a chance search last night on Google.
But I'm posting again because since March 2014 I have kept my CLIO 2 RS mk1 which has become a 100% trackcar CLIO 2 RS MINICUP.
I see that I posted my last message in March 2014, the following month in April 2014 I tasted for the first time with it at trackdays and I caught the virus and have not stopped since.
Since then I have driven and I drive almost every month with it on circuits in the south-east of France and northern Spain, the Clio has evolved and been modified especially for that.
The heavy optimizations and modifications started in June 2014 to really accelerate in 100% trackcar mode at the end of 2017 when I decided to buy a trailer to dedicate the Clio entirely to this pleasure.
And finally since 2020, I have made it a CLIO 2 RS MINICUP trackcar!
Apart from its engine which has remained original and better in its "own juice", more than 22 years, soon 178,000 km including tracks almost every month for more than 8 and a half years, indestructible and strong 4 cylinders 2.0L 16v F4R730, the rest has not nothing resembling the car of 2014 and has been modified and optimized 100% for the tracks.
I have extremely lightened it, extreme emptying of the interior, the engine, fiber body parts, doors, rear tailgate, etc. (it's still in progress...) to play as much as possible on "Light is Right" and agility without touching the engine.
Above all, its chassis has been modified and copied from that of the Renault Sport/Dieppe factory race tracks competition of the 2000s, "Clio 2 CUP x65".
It just lacks the SADEV sequential gearbox, but I equipped its JC5 with a short torque 14x63 and a powerful Torsen Mfactory (maximum transfer 80%).
Of course I pushed the copy to the geometry and the Yokohama Advan A005 slick tires of the Clio 2 Cup X65
In October 2022 my Clio has nothing to do with the one it was in my previous message here in March 2014!
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To continue here, you can see here a short video I made recently on its exterior visual evolution between 2010 and today in 2022.
A visual evolution which therefore does not show the most important track modifications and optimizations, the most important cannot be seen ^^ ->
Take care of youl and see you soon here or on my Youtube channel which has evolved since March 2014 ->
https://www.youtube.com/@clio2rsminicup
Or my recent Instagram account ->
https://www.instagram.com/clio2rsminicup/
Bruno