Renaultsport Megane Cup S 275

Renaultsport Megane Cup S 275

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MikeGoodwin

3,323 posts

116 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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Pick the Meg up on Saturday. Excite!!

Anyone know of alternatives to the CAE shifter? Im after improving the gating on the gearbox, I know itll still be a slow chocolate gearbox.

nickfrog

20,872 posts

216 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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Blanchimont said:
foxsasha said:
Blanchimont said:
I know the feeling. I kerbed mine after owning it less than 24 hours! I was pissed!
Feel safe in the knowledge that you're not the only clumsy retard out there, we can celebrate our ineptness together beer
Woo!
Can I join the club ?

TBF, I normally never kerb wheels but the front axle is wider than the rear, hence the need for mental recalibration !

I managed to touch up my satin Tibor with Halfrauds... satin black spray at £5.99 which happens to be a perfect colour match and got the wheel back to 99% of it's original new condition the day before the "incident", ie the day I collected it...

foxsasha

1,416 posts

134 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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nickfrog said:
Blanchimont said:
foxsasha said:
Blanchimont said:
I know the feeling. I kerbed mine after owning it less than 24 hours! I was pissed!
Feel safe in the knowledge that you're not the only clumsy retard out there, we can celebrate our ineptness together beer
Woo!
Can I join the club ?

TBF, I normally never kerb wheels but the front axle is wider than the rear, hence the need for mental recalibration !

I managed to touch up my satin Tibor with Halfrauds... satin black spray at £5.99 which happens to be a perfect colour match and got the wheel back to 99% of it's original new condition the day before the "incident", ie the day I collected it...
Ahahaha, perfect, thankyou! The missus will be happy(ier) clap

Butter Face

30,192 posts

159 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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Glad you're both having fun in it mate, what a pain about the wheel!

foxsasha

1,416 posts

134 months

Thursday 28th July 2016
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Butter Face said:
Glad you're both having fun in it mate, what a pain about the wheel!
She hasn't managed to elbow me out from behind the wheel yet. I'm enjoying it though, great steering feel, tight chassis, keen brakes. Lots of potential. Just working through running in period.

Alex_6n2

328 posts

198 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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nickfrog said:
Can I join the club ?

TBF, I normally never kerb wheels but the front axle is wider than the rear, hence the need for mental recalibration !

I managed to touch up my satin Tibor with Halfrauds... satin black spray at £5.99 which happens to be a perfect colour match and got the wheel back to 99% of it's original new condition the day before the "incident", ie the day I collected it...
I corrected mine with some leftover "Renault Black" touch up paint I had from my Clio, seems pretty close also.

I managed to kerb the O/S front after 1200 miles though, so my car was positively old in comparison to you lot hahaha!

Glad I'm not the only one to suffer the pain of failure.

Butter Face

30,192 posts

159 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Well that's the last Cup-S all gone! Hope you all enjoy them!

MikeGoodwin

3,323 posts

116 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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End of an era!!!

24 hours and Ill be in mine..... Time has stood still this week.

nickfrog

20,872 posts

216 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Butter Face said:
Well that's the last Cup-S all gone! Hope you all enjoy them!
We will - in its first 3,000 miles mine will have already done 30 laps at Spa, 25 at the Ring and 50 at Bedford by Monday evening (if I don't run out of crumbling rear pads).




kpb

305 posts

174 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Picked up my diamond black from Bristol Street Notts today. So far so good, bar tyre pressure sensors going crackers on the way home. Easily sorted though (hopefully!). Great service from the team at the dealers though.

Bit of a difference from the jag xf I traded in....!

Alex_6n2

328 posts

198 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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Just make sure you drop the pressures down from the delivery spec.

Mine still had 2.6 bar (cold) at all 4 corners when I picked it up!

kpb

305 posts

174 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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Alex_6n2 said:
Just make sure you drop the pressures down from the delivery spec.

Mine still had 2.6 bar (cold) at all 4 corners when I picked it up!
Yep mine too. A little higher in fact.

jbaddeley

829 posts

204 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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So what's the conclusion on the brakes and tyres Nick? Sounds like you are having a great time.

MikeGoodwin

3,323 posts

116 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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Nice to see Nick is using it properly, I want to do some track tuition in mine at some point then do a few sessions (hopefully some quieter evening sessions)

What tyre pressures do you all run?

GrumpyTwig

3,354 posts

156 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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MikeGoodwin said:
Nice to see Nick is using it properly, I want to do some track tuition in mine at some point then do a few sessions (hopefully some quieter evening sessions)

What tyre pressures do you all run?
On road tyres whatever you use on the road if not more to support the side walls, use what it says on the door sticker do a few laps then check where you're at with hot/warm tyres if you must.

Though unless you're chasing seconds just stick them at what it says on the door sticker and leave it. Certainly don't go letting air out on road tyres.

nickfrog

20,872 posts

216 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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jbaddeley said:
So what's the conclusion on the brakes and tyres Nick? Sounds like you are having a great time.
Hi Jon. So far so good. No fade at Spa in sessions of 8 laps, most of them at 9/10ths or more. BUT, predictably, high wear - the front pads (PFC Z) will do Bedford Tuesday but maybe not much more track work. No deposits at the front though, which is great and confirm that the set up is fine for my use and the tyres.

Deposit at the rear though as the small pads on solid discs have proportionally got a lot of heat dissipation what with the grippy tyres and the stiff suspension.
In other words, the rear pads have overheated despite ESP off. They may survive Bedford.

Front tyres OK with only slight outer shoulder damage as predicted. They take too long to heat up but they are very stable when there. 1.9 bars cold stabilising at 2.6. I understand the 120 version of the NS2Rs heat up quicker and might actually be a better choice unless you do very long sessions, which I won't do because of (eventual) brakes limitations.

Not sure you've seen the other pics http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Are you there on Tuesday at Bedford ?

Edited by nickfrog on Saturday 30th July 12:35

foxsasha

1,416 posts

134 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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The manual states 2 bar front, 2.1 bar rear for track work with 234/40 18s. Just checking to see what pressures the car came with now.....

32psi all round, near as dammit. You need a higher class of dealer hehe

git-r

969 posts

198 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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nickfrog said:
Hi Jon. So far so good. No fade at Spa in sessions of 8 laps, most of them at 9/10ths or more. BUT, predictably, high wear - the front pads (PFC Z) will do Bedford Tuesday but maybe not much more track work. No deposits at the front though, which is great and confirm that the set up is fine for my use and the tyres.

Deposit at the rear though as the small pads on solid discs have proportionally got a lot of heat dissipation what with the grippy tyres and the stiff suspension.
In other words, the rear pads have overheated despite ESP off. They may survive Bedford.

Front tyres OK with only slight outer shoulder damage as predicted. They take too long to heat up but they are very stable when there. 1.9 bars cold stabilising at 2.6. I understand the 120 version of the NS2Rs heat up quicker and might actually be a better choice unless you do very long sessions, which I won't do because of (eventual) brakes limitations.

Not sure you've seen the other pics http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Are you there on Tuesday at Bedford ?

Edited by nickfrog on Saturday 30th July 12:35
Huge thanks for this Nick, your experience makes me think this is such an ideal track car. Particularly what you say about the brakes. 8 laps of spa is enough to make all but the most developed track cars melt, that you can in a factory standard car these days is real progress smile

Can anyone tell me if all versions of the 275 measure corner g, lap times, display temps?

Alex_6n2

328 posts

198 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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For that you need a car with both the R-Link Arkamys stereo option (7 inch touchscreen Sat Nav - £400), and the Renault Sport Monitor V2 option (£295)

All cars come as standard with Tyre pressure monitoring though

nickfrog

20,872 posts

216 months

Saturday 30th July 2016
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git-r said:
Huge thanks for this Nick, your experience makes me think this is such an ideal track car. Particularly what you say about the brakes. 8 laps of spa is enough to make all but the most developed track cars melt, that you can in a factory standard car these days is real progress smile

Can anyone tell me if all versions of the 275 measure corner g, lap times, display temps?
Hiya. For clarity, the brakes are not quite std : I use Motul RBF600 fluid, Performance Friction Z rated front pads on Nankang NS2R tyres. The zero flaps in front of the wheels have also been removed for a little bit more cooling. The OE pads and/or fluid wouldn't have survived 8 laps. But caliper, lines, discs are untouched. The std PS2 tyres wouldn't look too good either. The cost of upgrading was actually minimal, the tyres for instance were practically the same as what I sold the originals for.