Yiannis' Albi Blue R27 - Toning down...

[Yiannis197]

Looking good, I don't think it looks too low though, I'd leave it.

I really liked the ride height I had when on H&Rs to be honest mate and that was what I was aiming for

 

[Willis]

Good stuff, I suppose being slightly higher has its own advantages anyway.

 

[GrumpyTwig]

Good stuff, I suppose being slightly higher has its own advantages anyway.

Its nice to keep your sump intact

 

[simoxmino]

which spring rate have you chose yannis?

 

[Foxspeed]

are the bolts on the rear dampers/springs uprated ones?

dont fancy all that suspension load going through the original damper mounts on the rear axle :huh:

 

[Ash]

Where did you send your interior bits to get them painted? Was it expensive to get everything done? Also, were the H&R's really bad for the handling or were they just as good as the standard cup setup? I really want to lower mine but can't really afford a full coilover kit at the mo. I don't do track use or anything.

 

[Yiannis197]

which spring rate have you chose yannis?

80nm front and 110nm back matey.

are the bolts on the rear dampers/springs uprated ones?

I don't think I can answer that Foxspeed. Very good point though...

Where did you send your interior bits to get them painted? Was it expensive to get everything done? Also, were the H&R's really bad for the handling or were they just as good as the standard cup setup? I really want to lower mine but can't really afford a full coilover kit at the mo. I don't do track use or anything.

Sprayshack here did the job mate. He is a trader in here and I did most of the work on a group buy. Overall it was a bit pricey yes but I would do it again if you ask me. Regarding H&Rs there are several reviews on this forum, divided opinions, some people like them some not. It depends what you want from the car really

 

[Yiannis197]

Some bits and pieces done today. I went to Mark Fish to sort the little droop travel of the suspension, plus a knocking noise of the top mounts and investigating the pulling to the left ''phenomenon''.

We had some spacers ordered from AST.




So before fitting





After fitting






A little bit but significantly more droop travel





And here Mark doing the tracking. He literally spent hours on the car but we still didn't manage to understand why the car is pulling to the left. I guess this is another Renault mystery. I was really hoping to get it sorted thought because next week I'm going for a roadtrip to the Italian, Swiss and Austrian Alps. I guess I'm gonna have to live with it...






And again, loads of cars in Mark's garage. A renault Alpine (only 20 here in UK) which I hadn't ever seen in the flesh. It looked the business and it was also mint. According to Mark the owner uses it as it should be used, sprints, hill climbs etc.









Some other racers...






A 1979 Frorida import bettle with working AIR/CON!!! (really??)






Also there was a Ferrari 575 Maranello special edition there (the one with paddle shifts and ceramic brakes), an exige, several clio racers and.....a lawn mower lol


Thanks for looking people.

 

[Giles]

looking good!

 

[JoshBray]

Looks nice mate.. Is that a rev counter out of the 200 I'm interested in doing that how did you do it without messing the mileage up

 

[Yiannis197]

looking good!

Looks nice mate.. Is that a rev counter out of the 200 I'm interested in doing that how did you do it without messing the mileage up

Thanks guys. Yes it is, I got it from ebay very cheap but I had to pay someone to do the mileage correction for me. There are loads of people doing that, just google mile correction. Hope that helps

 

[JoshBray]

Thanks guys. Yes it is, I got it from ebay very cheap but I had to pay someone to do the mileage correction for me. There are loads of people doing that, just google mile correction. Hope that helps

Thanks for that I'll look into it

 

[Yiannis197]

Hello all! I just came back from my 12 days ''car abuse'' trip in Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Swiss, Belgium). Great fun, briliant stuff, some good stories written on various stunning passes (Stelvio included of course), twisty roads etc, the weather was phenomenal and most importantly the car made me proud (apart from a knackered exhaust last day).

The new set up has really tranformed the car. Smooth roads, dodgy B-roads, bumpy roads bring them all. Endless amounts of grip, extremely stable under braking, immense turn in. As a result.. I could easily keep up with the big boys on downhills or twisties where you can carry speed, definitely not the case on steep uphills/hairpins though, simply not enough power/torque and so much weight

Anyhow, the company consisted of a lotus elise S2 k-series, lotus elise S1 k-series, lotus exige supercharged and a porsche 993. Here is a TINY selection of the excess of 3,000 pics we took between us! Hope you like them.

Mont Blanc




At the hotel, Romano Canavese







Another hotel


At Verona








The t shirt HAS to match the colour of the car right?

 

[Yiannis197]

And some more















My favourite







Hope you like it people! Thanks for looking

 

[Chris197F1]

amazing pictures mate, looks like you had a blast!

 

[litchy]

Stunning views....

 

[Yiannis197]

Thanks a lot guys, a couple more..

 

[nutnutwelshman]

Stunning pics love the mountains and the Italian job shot

 

[N0ddie]

Your car is so blue lol. Awesome pics.

 

[smoggy mark]

Some road trip that matey!great shots