![]() ![]() Otherwise, just a single click on each damper - to ‘4’ and ‘9’ - will provide you with what Hurgon considers to be the ideal ‘quick dry track’ setting, not to mention the one that saw him into the record books. Ground clearance may also be lowered by as much as 8mm at the front, although you’ll probably be needing to make full use of your top speed at somewhere like the Nürburgring to make it worth it. To fine-tune this further, you’ll need to jack the car up and whip the wheels off, then it’s just a matter of twisting the lower portion of the damper to adjust. ![]() Out of the box, the Mégane comes on what the manufacturer describes as its standard road set-up, which, with the dampers set to ‘5’ at the nose and ‘10’ at the back, provides the impressive compromise that we describe above. It’s all very well paying the premium for a car with mechanically adjustable dampers, but getting the best from them can be a fiddly and time-consuming process.įortunately, to help get the best out of the Öhlins’ built-in amplitude of 20 positional clicks at the front and 30 clicks to the rear (‘0’ being the firmest), Renault has supplied a guide based on the recommendations of Laurent Hurgon - the test driver responsible for the Mégane’s record-breaking time around the Nürburgring. The pack normally adds dampers, too, but for the R, these are swapped out for a set of adjustable Öhlins which feature hydraulic compression stops that Renault has dubbed Progressive Damping System. It also shares the Trophy’s upgraded Akrapovic titanium exhaust system and the Cup chassis pack, which adds stiffer springs, a larger-diameter anti-roll bar, a lower ride height and – most important – a GKN mechanical limited-slip differential. The extra power over the standard car is delivered by a revised ECU remap and is again tagged to the car’s Sport and Race modes. Like the 265 and the 275 Trophy, the R gets the same 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, in the same 271bhp guise, as the 275 Trophy. The quick Mégane is, by now, consequently a familiar machine. ![]()
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