This is awesome information!
Does anyone know if you could for example fit 200 cup suspension to your 197 cup purely to gain the extra lb/in???
Interesting that the KWs are stiffer than all the standard setups as people say these are more comfortable than standard shocks and springs, guess it must be down to the damping?
Got this from Madeno (when I was looking at lowering springs): SPRING RATES
The OEM factory front springs of the Clio RS are progressive, the rear springs are linear!
our front and rear springs are both progressive and will give the car a better balance,
handling, more comfort at lower shock speeds and reduces the body roll !
Spring rate OEM Clio RS factory front springs: progressive 28 N/mm up to 40 N/mm
Spring rate OEM Clio RS F1-R27-Cup front springs : progressive 40 N/mm up to 60 N/mm
Spring rate Madeno Racing springs Clio RS : progressive 32 N/mm up to 50 N/mm
Spring rate OEM Clio RS factory rear springs : linear 48 N/mm
Spring rate OEM Clio RS F1-R27-Cup rear springs : linear 67 N/mm
Spring rate Madeno Racing rear springs : progressive 45 N/mm up to 62 N/mm
Together with our springs we also want to recommand another kind of bump stops
for the front axle, the original bump stops are too stiff, the car will hit the original front
bumps under (hard) braking.
The front suspension block too easy at the stiff OEM front bump stops and the rear of
the car becomes very twisty in the mean time.
Thanks dude i had seen that, but where exactly did the KW spring rate part come from and the spring rates for the 197/200. Is there some PDF on the net somewhere anyone knows of that lists the suspension spec for the 197/200 for example and the same the kw stuff i guess.....i trust the site and people on it, but where did they get it from?!
Noddie's missed out the part that says I sent away a standard set of 197 springs which I had lying around from my first 197 to be rated. The others are worked out from there going from RenaultSports press releases ie 15% stiffer etc.
So they may not be bang on accurate but the standard 197 rates certainly are.
The others H&R & KW are from phoning them and asking them what spring rate they use on their 197/200 coilover kit.
The AST Sportline II kit mentioned has spring rates that I requested, actually Eibach on the front and AST on the rear. Iirc their track kit is 80n/mm front and 110n/mm rear
200 Standard Springs
Front: 144.5 lb/in 25.3 n/mm
Rear: 215 lb/in 37.6 n/mm
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