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Gordini RS Cup Front suspension questions.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ams" data-source="post: 181086" data-attributes="member: 5788"><p>You can buy the topmount kit (includes both bearing and rubber) from Euro car parts for £25 per side, its a Corteco item (AFAIK owned by SKF which is OEM standard) part number to enter into their website is 609745170. </p><p></p><p>As far as the damper choice, bear in mind the springs are rated as only being "10%" stiffer and 4mm lower, with such a minor increase in spring rate and miniscule difference in ride height I would seriously consider fitting the Cup springs with the standard "sport" dampers instead. Although I don't have direct experience driving with such a setup but I wouldn't fear carrying it out due to the minor differences over standard Sport springs. If I remember correctly the Sport shock comes in at around £55 each as opposed to £150 each for Cups, so for the price of two new front Cup dampers you could replace all four corners with the Sport suspension and fit the Cup springs on them. In my opinion having tested the Sport setup and owning Cup setup on a 30k car the Sport setup is superior in a wider range of road conditions so imo better for real world roads. Put simply the Cup dampers are good, but IMO no way are they are they worth £100+ more in terms of "performance gain" over the sport setup. </p><p></p><p>A final alternative, considering a full set of Cup dampers would cost £600+, for that money I would simply choose the superior Bilstein B14 coilover kit, £660 <a href="https://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tuning/renault/renault-twingo/suspension/renault-twingo-mk2-bilstein-b14-coilover-kit-1-6-16v-rs-133.html" target="_blank">https://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tuning/renault/renault-twingo/suspension/renault-twingo-mk2-bilstein-b14-coilover-kit-1-6-16v-rs-133.html</a> . Significantly better than the Cup setup in terms of bang for buck. Call Kam Racing for more info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ams, post: 181086, member: 5788"] You can buy the topmount kit (includes both bearing and rubber) from Euro car parts for £25 per side, its a Corteco item (AFAIK owned by SKF which is OEM standard) part number to enter into their website is 609745170. As far as the damper choice, bear in mind the springs are rated as only being "10%" stiffer and 4mm lower, with such a minor increase in spring rate and miniscule difference in ride height I would seriously consider fitting the Cup springs with the standard "sport" dampers instead. Although I don't have direct experience driving with such a setup but I wouldn't fear carrying it out due to the minor differences over standard Sport springs. If I remember correctly the Sport shock comes in at around £55 each as opposed to £150 each for Cups, so for the price of two new front Cup dampers you could replace all four corners with the Sport suspension and fit the Cup springs on them. In my opinion having tested the Sport setup and owning Cup setup on a 30k car the Sport setup is superior in a wider range of road conditions so imo better for real world roads. Put simply the Cup dampers are good, but IMO no way are they are they worth £100+ more in terms of "performance gain" over the sport setup. A final alternative, considering a full set of Cup dampers would cost £600+, for that money I would simply choose the superior Bilstein B14 coilover kit, £660 [url=https://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tuning/renault/renault-twingo/suspension/renault-twingo-mk2-bilstein-b14-coilover-kit-1-6-16v-rs-133.html]https://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tuning/renault/renault-twingo/suspension/renault-twingo-mk2-bilstein-b14-coilover-kit-1-6-16v-rs-133.html[/url] . Significantly better than the Cup setup in terms of bang for buck. Call Kam Racing for more info. [/QUOTE]
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