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RenaultSport Announce 2010 Trackdays
Renault has an award-winning, enviable reputation for building the best hot hatches with the new Mégane Renaultsport 250, Clio Renaultsport 200 and Twingo Renaultsport 133. Now owners can explore the limits of their track-bred pocket rockets in safety with Renaultsport’s exclusive 2010 trackday calendar.
The UK accounts for more sales of the French marque’s high-performance Renaultsport models than anywhere else in the world. As a result, the popular Renaultsport trackdays have been running since 2002 in the UK. This year’s trackday calendar, heavily subsidised by Renault, takes in two of the country’s best-known race circuits – Silverstone and Oulton Park, plus there’s the chance to join Renaultsport’s annual trackday foray to foreign shores with a trip to the world-famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium or, for the more time-pressed thrill-seeker, an evening track session at Bedford Autodrome.
Improving driver ability is a crucial element of Renaultsport track days and every circuit will have experienced and trained instructors on hand offering personalised tips to improve car control.
As part of the programme, drivers have the chance to take the wheel of the latest high performance Renaultsport exotica for a few grin-inducing laps with the Twingo Renaultsport 133 Cup, the Clio Renaultsport 200 Cup or the new Mégane Renaultsport 250 Cup. They will also enjoy a “hot” lap in the car from the passenger seat with a qualified instructor at the wheel.
Speaking about the popularity of the trackdays, Phil York, Renault’s Marketing Director said, “Renaultsport trackdays are the ideal way of letting our customers share our passion for Renaultsport, as well as giving them the opportunity to realise the full potential of their cars in a safe and laid-back atmosphere. The tuition provides invaluable experience to improving skill levels.”
Full details for each event, including track, date and pricing are listed below:
31st March – Silverstone
25th May – Spa Francorchamps
11th June – Bedford Autodrome
7th July – Oulton Park
4th August – Silverstone
YozzaSport Announces Scalable Brake Upgrades for RenaultSport Megane RS and Clio RS.
YozzaSport announces the release of a three stage brake upgrade package for the RenaultSport Megane RS and Clio RS range. The three stage upgrade consists of firstly, a YozzaSport brake bell with a two piece 312mm AP Racing Disc. The second stage uses the same YozzaSport brake bell but upgrades to a custom 330mm AP Racing Disc, using a YozzaSport caliper conversion bracket. The third stage removes the Brembo 4 pot caliper and replaces it with AP Racing 4 pot caliper ensuring that the 330mm disc’s braking potential is utilised completely.
Megane RS AP Racing 2 piece disc
Megane RS AP Racing 2 piece disc
Eccleshall, Staffordshire, 11th December, 2009
Scalable Brake Upgrades for RenaultSport Megane RS and Clio RS.
With owners of Megane RS , 225, 230, R26.R, Clio RS 197 and 200 experiencing braking issues such as warped and cracked brake discs, brake overheating, pad material deposited on the disc resulting in juddering, pad fade and other issues, YozzaSport have brought forward their new brake packages for two of the most highly acclaimed road and trackday cars of recent years.
For YozzaSport, it is important, that these upgrades are scalable, affordable and are backwards compatible with the 2003+ Megane RS as well as the Clio 197 and 197 Cup variants, and as such we have designed these brake upgrade packages to fit behind the 17” Clio Speedline wheel that many road users have as standard, and that trackday enthusiasts prefer over the 18” standard wheels on the Megane RS.
YozzaSport Stage 1
312mm YozzaSport Brake Bell/AP Racing Disc – £599
YozzaSport Stage 2
330mm AP Racing Disc & YozzaSport Caliper Adapter Bracket – + £669.99
YozzaSport Stage 3
4/6 Piston AP Racing Calipers & YozzaSport Caliper Adapter Bracket – + (from) £629.99
Stage 1 – 312mm YozzaSport Bell/AP Racing Disc – £519.84+VAT
Replacement Discs (Pair) – £399
Megane RS AP Racing 2 piece disc
This kit replaces the standard brake disc with a tangential cooling veined, 8 grooved, AP Racing 312mm disc and a custom YozzaSport brake bell.
The standard 312mm brake discs found on the Megane and Clio RS range are more than adequate for most road users, however, once the car is taken beyond the normal road limits onto the track or race circuit, the standard brake pads and brake discs are not as reliable due to the higher operating temperatures. Pad transfer issues, warped and distorted discs and caliper flex are some of the issues reported to us by customers.
The main purpose of the tangential vane design is to provide a cooling space between the disc braking faces, but if the vane design was a simple straight type or even a pillar design such as the standard OE brake disc, then the disc could become unstable at high temperatures. The tangential curved vane provide superior support to the brake faces over the straight vein and pillar disc design, and lessens the risk of brake disc warping / vibration induced by high brake temperatures.
The 8 grooves in the disc ensure that any brake gases and dust is expelled from the braking surface and also create a clean braking surface on the pad to offer maximum surface contact area with the disc/pad.
Stage 2 – 330mm AP Racing Disc & YozzaSport Caliper Adapter Bracket – £829.99
Replacement Discs (Pair) – £499
Upgrade from Stage 1 – £669.99
Outright Purchase of Stage 2 – £829.99
YozzaSport 330mm AP Racing Disc and Adaption Brackets
This kit upgrades the brake discs to a 330mm x 28mm disc, whilst retaining the YozzaSport Bell from the 312mm kit as well as the OEM Brembo 4 pot caliper. With an increased disc size, there is increased stopping power, as well as reduced operating temperatures due to the design of the curved cooling veins within the brake disc. The AP racing casting is machined to specification for YozzaSport, with the grooves being machined into the disc to offer extremely high quality and high performance discs with the benefit of being a simple upgrade to our 312mm stage 1 conversion.
It is designed to fit behind a 17″ Clio Cup Racer wheel and clears the wheel shoulder with around 7mm to spare – as you can see with the picture here with a wheel weight clearing the caliper.
With YozzaSport machined brake adaption brackets included in the package price, as well as all of the brake fittings that are required to fit both the brackets and discs to the vehicle, the upgrade offers both outstanding value and performance. The brake kit is intended to be the highest level of performance that can be achieved without making the investment in an uprated four or six piston brake caliper for the Clio and Megane RS.
Stage 3 – 4 or 6 Piston AP Racing Calipers & YozzaSport Caliper Adapter Bracket – starting from £629.99
Replacement Discs (Pair) – £499
Upgrade from Stage 1 – from £629.99
Outright Purchase of Stage 3 – from £1980
A P Racing Road and Race Calipers
For the ultimate on track braking performance for the Clio 197 and Megane RS the standard Brembo monoblock caliper, is not as stiff as a conventional 2-piece caliper. There are no bolts to connect the 2 halves of the caliper together; these help to reduce the distortion of a caliper under load. This means that the standard Clio RS and Megane RS caliper distorts more under braking and cornering producing the tapered wear patterns on the brake pad which some race and trackday users are experiencing with the standard brake components.
YozzaSport offer a full brake kit for the Clio 197/200 and the Megane RS 255/230 including the R26.R and F1 variants which utilise a variety of AP Racing road and race 4 and 6 piston calipers which are fully serviceable and offer the option to use a much broader selection of road and race pads over the standard RenaultSport/Brembo caliper.
Clio 172 and 182 AP Racing Brake Conversions
Clio 172 and 182 AP Racing Brake Upgrade
YozzaSport also offer 4 pot brake conversions for the RenaultSport Clio 172, 182 and Clio Williams 16v.
The new brake packages are viewable on the new Megane and Clio pages on the Yozzasport website. Should you require any further advice, we have a wealth of information on our ReadyForTheTrack blog.
YozzaSport is an independent RenaultSport Clio 197 tuning and Megane RS performance parts specialist. We develop and sell uprated parts and components for the RenaultSport range including the Clio 172, Clio 182 and Clio V6. We also maintain cars for customers and companies involved in trackdays and competitive motorsport.
Since founding YozzaSport we have strived to develop the best performance packages for RenaultSport Clio 172, 182 and 197 as well as the Megane RS range – both trackday and race cars. We work with the leading manufacturers from around Europe, prototyping, and developing our own products to meet the most demanding of environments. Build quality and testing is incredibly important to us: we insist on using the highest quality components at every step.
For Further Information Please Contact:
YozzaSport Ltd
www.yozzasport.co.uk
www.readyforthetrack.co.uk
e) team@yozzasport.co.uk
RenaultSport Megane RS 250 Driven By Pistonheads
Pistonheads have driven the new RenaultSport Megane 250 and give a really good write up on the website.
Always A Hooligan,
/y0z
For Sale: Renault Clio Williams 1 No. 226
:: For Sale :: Renault Clio Williams 1 No. 226 – £3100
Clio Williams 1 No. 226 Car View
[more pictures below]
- Renault Clio Williams 2.0 16v
- Full History and Provenance
- New Clutch, Cambelt and Accessory Belt
- 4 New Tyres, New Brembo Discs and DS2500 pads F&R
- 6 months MOT & Tax
- 104,000 miles
- 6 Former Owners
- Clifford CAT 1 Alarm and Immobiliser
- No tyre kickers please, no test drives without a valid insurance cover note, and if you bend it on a test drive, you buy it.
To arrange a viewing or to purchase the vehicle, please email me: team@yozzasport.co.uk or telephone: 07718 790098
Clio Williams No. 226 History and Information
- Clio Williams 1 No. 226 Plaque
Clio Williams No. 226 was originally the prize car won by Allister Lolye for the Gerard MotorSport team at the end of the 1993 RenaultSport Clio Cup Championship. The vehicle is No. 226 of a total of 400 UK Cars.
It has a leather folder full of all of the information about the history of the car and a full list of receipts and purchases for everything related to the car, including all old MOT certificates confirming the milage as genuine and demonstrating that the car has been owned by genuine enthusiasts throughout its life.
I purchased the car earlier this year to mechanically restore it, as it was in need of some TLC as the clutch had gone and the former owner had been made reduntant and didn’t plan to replace it. The car also needed a few items sourcing to bring it back to its former glory and to make it an original condition vehicle again.
22-02-09 Vehicle Purchase By Andrew Hughes on Trade Purchase Slip
MOT was carried out on – April 3rd 2009 – 103099 miles
The following points were highlighted as advisory items:
- Nearside front Macpherson strut has slight movement in the upper support bearing
- Offside front Macpherson strut has slight movement in the upper support bearing
- Engine Noise
The engine noise that was mentioned on the MOT advisory note was Cambelt slap and it was decided that the Cambelt and Accessory belts would be changed to provide the new owner with a mechanically sound vehicle. These have been changed, and the vehicle runs perfectly.
The vehicle has been dry stored over the Summer of 2009 and has had the following works undertaken in my free time:
- New Clutch (Valeo) Kit
- Renault Cambelt Kit
- Renault Accessory Belt
- Brembo HC Front Discs
- Ferodo DS2500 Front and Rear Brake Pads
- 4 x 185/55/15 Toyo Proxy T1-R
- Replacement O/S Driveshaft
- Valeo Radiator
- Replacement Oil and Renault Filter
- Replacement (Valeo) N/S Fog light
- Exhaust Centre Section Repacked
The following parts are supplied with the car as there are a few elements that are non original items or that are missing.
I am supplying these items with the car, rather than fitting them and trying to hide the fact that the car isn’t quite original. These items are as follows:
- Original Clio Williams parcel shelf and suit carrier as the one currently in the car is a Clio 1.8 16v item.
- Replacement gearbox tunnel plastic trim, as at some point a car phone kit has been fitted into the passenger foot well – it has been removed without damaging the item more and pop riveted to hide the holes, but a replacement item is supplied.
- Replacement dash cowling between the steering wheel and instrument panel, as initial immobiliser fob had been installed into this trim.
- Replacement plastic engine covers.
- Replacement Clio Williams rear ¼ trims. The rear quarter panel trims are not black as they should be – I ordered the replacement items from Renault, and they arrived in Silver, exactly as per the items on the car. I then discovered that all that needs to happen is that some Renault black tape needs applying to these trims to make them “Williams” items, rather than 1.8 16v items.
- Brand New Renault Water pump – I thought that there may be some movement in the one on there – there wasn’t it was sound, and didn’t require replacing.
- Replacement Williams Decals (non Renault) as the ones on there are a little faded.
Items that you may wish to amend / faults
- O/S rear arch is rusting slightly.
- N/S rear arch could also do with some attention; however the condition is not bad at all.
- Driver’s door has a small ding in the metal work above the mirror.
- A small patch of rust on the rear tailgate.
- Driver’s seat has had a small repair to the cloth at some point in its history. It is about 9mm long and is not very noticeable at all.
- The exhaust heat shield is missing – these are £60 from Renault – I can supply the part number if necessary.
Always a hooligan,
/y0z
Some Places that you will find Williams For Sale:
WilliamsClio.co.uk Cars For Sale
Clio Williams Buying Guide
YozzaSport & Personal Garage Clearout
Guys and Girls,
I am clearing out a bundle of stuff that I am either no longer going to carry, or used parts that are no longer needed (Surplus to Requirements).
Pictures are at the bottom of this thread of some of the stuff or on the links included.
If you want any of these parts – email me: team@yozzasport.co.uk
Delivery on small items will be £5
Delivery on medium sized items will be £10
Larger items – ideally picked up or charged at cost price through UPS.
All these prices include VAT unless otherwise stated
Renault and RenaultSport (and a few General) Items that I am open to sensible offers on:
- In-car bullet cam camera kit – £200 ono – As New – USED twice – records to SD card on a media recorder with full external bullet camera and all mountings and fixings – includes brand new power system. £200 ono Link with pictures: ClioSport (I am not including the memory cards now either).
- Pair Of Clio Cup Racer Rear Dampers – The dampers are the only part that is “used” everything else is/will be brand new. If you wish to buy just the dampers on their own I want to get £250 for the pair, if you would like them as a complete unit – let me know & I will get the latest price for the other parts that you will need.
- Carbon Fibre Headlight Replacements - £150 - Link with Pictures
- 1 x RenaultSport Clio 182 Block – 10k miles – £100 ono
- 1x Omex 600 ECU & Loom with full wiring loom for 172 Cup and includes startup map. £ Sensible Offers
- Complete RenaultSport Clio 172 Ph1 Plenum, Inlet Manifold, ECU, Loom and Cable Throttle Body & Pedal – £250 ono
- Set Of Blue Point (Snap On) Oil Filter Straps – YA341 /YA997 / GA3338 -£25 ono
- Custom Classic Editions Clio 172/182 Car Cover – £60 Link ClioSport
- B Hague Camera Mount – Link – This camera mount is intended to carry a camcorder. I have used it around loads of circuits without any problems. – £45 – I haven’t used it for 12 months, but it still worked fine when I tested it today. It there are any problems with it they are serviceable as far as I am aware. Pictures are below.
- Mocal 1 Litre Oil Catch Tank – Link – £50 - Left Hand inlets, it may need a new plastic screw lid, as this one whilst it isn’t threaded, it can be a little tricky to screw in. The number of times you take it off means that you will not notice it anyhow. Pictures Below.
Renault and RenaultSport Items that I want to sell at a specific price:
Blue Point (Snap On) Oil Filter Wrench – £15
P/N – GA3338
Suitable for Renault filters
RRP N/a
2 x RenaultSport Clio 172 / 182 Accessory Belt Idler Pulley – £45
Part Numbers: 8200065479 / 7700870937 / 7700867985 / 8200065479 / 7700870937
RRP £53.35+VAT
1 x RenaultSport Clio 172 MK2 Cambelt Idler Pulley -£20
Part Number 8200483288 / 7700108626
RRP £23.67+VAT
1 x Non – Genuine (Q&H) RenaultSport Clio 172 MK2 Cambelt Idler Pulley -£15
Part Number 8200483288 / 7700108626
RRP N/a
1 x RenaultSport Clio 172 MK1 Cambelt Idler Pulley -£45
Part Number: 7700107150 / 7701477014 / 7701471974
RRP £52.99+VAT
Pair of Genuine Renault Clio 197 Front Brake Lines – £25 for the pair
Part Numbers: 8200659955 / 8200659956
RRP £21.72+VAT each
RenaultSport Clio 172 TDC Sensor -£20
Part Number: 8200647554 / 8200300484 / 8200647554 / 7700101970 / 8200610944 / 8200610943 / 8200468645 / 8200359885 / 8200300487
RRP £24.82+VAT
RenaultSport Clio 172 / 182 / 16v / Williams ARP 9mm Rod Bolts – £60
Part Number: 216-6301
RRP £75+VAT
4 2 x RenaultSport Clio 172 / 182 SNR Front Wheel Bearing – £25
Part Number: PWK0350
RRP £29+VAT
4 x RenaultSport Clio 172 / 182 (1 SNR/1 SKF) Rear Wheel Bearing – £22.50
Part Number: VKBA 969
RRP £25+VAT
2 x RenaultSport Clio 172/182/Clio 1.8 16v/Williams Rear Discs – No Bearings/ ABS RING – £50
Part Numbers: 7701208054 / 7700827865 / 7701204901 / R6032 / 08.58.33.10
RRP £100+VAT
Renault Clio 1.8 16v Goodridge Brake Lines – not boxed – £40
RRP £65+VAT
4 3 x RenaultSport Clio 172/182 EBC GreenStuff Pads – £40
Part Number: DP21369
RRP £70+VAT
Metal Induction Pipe - 300mm x 75mm Diameter – £15
Part Number: N/a
RRP N/a
Renault Clio Williams Water Pump – £55
Part Number: 7701468491 / 6001545345 / 7701473365
RRP – £58.03+VAT
Renault Clio Williams Cambelt Tensioner -£30 ONO
Part Number: 7700863111 / 8200469376 / 8200051092
RRP – £231.67 ??? The whole cambelt kit is £85.23
Renault Clio Williams Camshafts -£50 ONO
Part Number: 6001040253 & 6001040261
RRP – ???
Pictures Of Stuff That I am Selling Above
I will update this with anything else that comes about over the coming weeks with the extra items that I am getting rid of & so on.
Always a hooligan,
/y0z
SOLD Bits
- Used Whiteline Rear Anti-Roll Bar – been on a car for 18 months – quite rusty – £15 ono *SOLD*
- 1x RenaultSport Clio 182 Complete Cylinder Head – 7701475731 (no cams) – RRP £1200+ I want £300 *SOLD*
- 1 x RenaultSport Clio 182 Exhaust Manifold – 10k miles – 8200338083 / 8200444565 – RRP – £496.77+VAT I want £200 ono *SOLD*
- ProAlloy lowered Alloy Radiator suitable for Clio 172/182 intended to be used with throttle bodies. It includes the cut out that stops the power steering line rubbing on the radiator and an electric fan. (Pictures below): £200 *SOLD*
- 4x Wössner 11.8:1 Forged Pistons – 10k miles £200 ono
- 1x Jenvey ETCC Cable Throttle Body 63mm – £120 ono *SOLD*
- 2x Wilwood Dynalite Calipers – Clio Williams / 1.8 16V Brake Kit – Wilwood part no. 1206806 – they have been used on a car for 3 days. they include brand new braided brake lines, the NAS bolts to hold the caliper to the bracket, and the 10.8 bolts to hold the bracket to the hub. The adaption brackets are also brand new. They are suited and designed for Clio 1.8 16v or Clio Williams, but I imagine will fit any clio that uses the same bolt spacing and the 259mm disc like the 1.2/1.4 Clio 1998-2005? £285 ono *SOLD*
- 2 x TRS 3 Point Harnesses in Blue – £50 ono (for the pair) *SOLD*
- Pink Funhouse Tour Tickets – 30th October – NIA Birmingham – Link *SOLD*
- OMP Integrale Formula Helmet and Helmet bag – £130 ono Link: TheBigSleep *SOLD*