A pointless mod imo.
They do improve the location of the shifter itself, but do nothing more than look pretty and increase your chances of missing gears.
That's right. Often referred to as the lower swivel.
I'd go for the cheaper one personally. I've ran them on track for many years with no issues.
I would advise replacing the upper whilst you're at it though. But that's your choice isn't it :smile:
Both the upper and or lower can be found here (they also do wishbones if you haven’t ordered yet)
https://www.kamracing.co.uk/ocap-hub-swivel-joint-renault-clio-mk3-rs197-rs200.html
Sounds like a timing issue to me, but equally could also be an issue with the dephaser or dephaser solenoid.
If you're at a loss, checking the timing would be cheapest to do, as you would only have to replace the cam caps on the right hand side of the head.
Interesting how it has worn. I guess it’s attributable to your road miles, and it being used twice as much throughout a normal trackday.
Fair play to him doing it on the floor!
Turborenault may be able to offer some advice too.
There’s a guy on there who put a Meg engine into his Twingo. You’d expect the Clio lump to be easier
Some are built different.
It's a known issue, and not something which people should think in to too much.
Me and my pals ordered 5 sets of Gaz's and fitted them all in the space of a few weeks. 3 cars needed additional clearance, 2 didn't.