Clio 200 Range
Clio 200 Cup Vs Ford Focus RS 500
RenaultSport’s Clio 200 Cup put up against the powerhouse of Ford’s stable – the Focus RS 500.
Autocar have just published a cool review of the Clio 200 Cup Vs the Ford Focus RS500 – its more to do with the Focus RS being twice the price of the Clio than the performance – but it is worth a watch.
Enjoy,
/y0z
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
Megane RS and Megane R26 R Brake Discs
RenaultSport Megane RS and Megane R26 R – Two Piece AP Racing Brake Discs (also suitable for the Clio 197 and Clio 200)
Clio 197 / 200 / Megane RS Brake Disc
AP Racing 2 Piece Megane RS Disc and YozzaSport Bell
AP Racing Discs & YozzaSport Bells – £599 New Prices For Autumn 2009
Full Disc and Bell Kit – £599
Replacement Discs – £390
NB. Replacement Discs for the R26.R are £350 so by the time you have cracked a few sets, you would be well worth considering these as a replacement upgrade.
Cracked RenaultSport Megane RS R26R Brake Disc
These are suitable for the following cars:
Clio 197 & Cup
Megane RS & Cup
Megane RS F1 & Variants inc. R26.R
We have just announced our new prices for this kit, and are pleased to say that we can now offer them at the following reduced prices:
Prices:
RRP – £599
Shipping and Delivery:
£25 UK
£90 France (UPS)
£POA Other Countries (UPS)
Always a Hooligan,
/y0z
RenaultSport Clio 200 Cup at Rockingham Raceway
A RenaultSport Clio 200 Cup at Rockingham Raceway by Car Magazine.
Just some more insight into the new Clio Cup 200 – handling looks superb!
Interesting that the handling looks like it is very very light?
Always a Hooligan,
/y0z
Clio 172/182 Cup Racer Dampers ::For Sale::
Clio 172/182 Cup Racer Bilstein/RenaultSport Dampers For Sale – £750 a pair inc. Delivery
The dampers are the only used part of this kit – everything else is brand new and unused.
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- Complete Clio Cup Racer Rear Coilover Damper
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- Complete Clio Cup Racer Rear Coilover Damper Lower
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- Complete Clio Cup Racer Rear Coilover Damper Upper
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- Complete Clio Cup Racer Rear Coilover Dampers
Following on from my earlier bits for sale thread, I am listing these two pairs of Bilstein Clio Cup Racer Dampers separately.
One set is from the earlier Clio Cup 172′s (Silver) and the second set were used on the later 172 and 182 Cup Racers, however they are identical as far as I am aware apart from the colour. The silver dampers are slightly different lengths due to them being the earlier design – I can’t tell you why this is – but obviously this is not an issue, as the ride height is adjusted using the srping platforms. New the dampers alone are about £170 each, springs £60 each and the ancillarys such as the bearings, and everything else are about £250 per damper – So you are looking at about £1000 for a pair of the dampers new.
They fit the standard car and are fabulous for anything on track orientated – I actually ran them on the road for ages, but I am a little more hardcore than most – they were perfect with the vehicle that I was running, and were well rated and damped.
The Clio Cup Racers run with “Clio Cup” Eibach Springs – but you could quite easily update/uprate these with the Eibach. In this range the Clio Cup C-400 spring is the softest rate that Eibach do, but, this range goes up in increments of 50lbs at about £65 per spring.
I am not really negociable on the price, as everything in terms of parts is brand new. If you would like to pay on Paypal – fine – but you must pay the charges.
Always a Hooligan,
/y0z