Nurburgring Nordschleife Twingo RS 17-07-2011

5th lap BTG (8'56"13) of the Nordschleife track in my 133 cup Twingo RS. Only five laps covered during the day, only 3 really attacking.
1st lap was slow, following a friend and his Scenic, had a small encounter with a guy in a 350Z.
2nd lap ok, but no camera.
3rd lap, the camera fell from the roof ... again!
4th lap, no camera, it didn't want to restart after crashing into the car at the previous lap. Too bad because we had a huge near miss after Fuchsrohre. Coming at 160 kph on the blind left turn, behind an E92 M3, about to overtake him as he just had been overtaken by a Z4M, we arrived after the corner with 5 cars destroyed on the track! Hit the brakes really hard, see the bimmer's 4 exhausts pipes huge in front of me, we finished off on the grass at more than 100kph, still braking and trying to not lose the car. It was very close to being the end of the day!

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• rs
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[magux8]

Excellent driving.

[yotah1]

@magux8 Thank you :) But i'm much faster now, and hope to improve even more in 2012!

[yotah1]

Merci :) et en effet les Porsches n'avancaient pas, ils sont venu d'ailleurs me dire bonjour sur le parking après pour glâner quelques conseils niveau traj :)

[yotah1]

5th lap of the day, about my 35th ever onthe track. I run on R1R and for next time i'll be on R888. Car is completely stripped down with bucket seats (recaro pole position) and 4 -point seatbelts. Air con, heating and dashboard and steering wheel's airbags are still there, but not for long :). Exhaust after catalyzer is done by Inoxline Performance. No other engine mods at the time. I had it dynoed and ECU recalibrated since, getting from 124cv to 139cv and 178 Nm of torque. Waiting for new coi

[frediiii]

@yotah1: uh - are the R1R any good? which dimension? they don't come in usable 17"... I reckon you use 15" for agility and reduced unsprung masses? Get rid of the stock manifold and get the 4-2-1 for the twingo R2... no-aircon belt from the CUP and a 6speed box from the clio GT and that thing would fly :)

you got any pictures of your car? any figures on the weight saving? are you registered on twingo133(dot)net? it lacks people with actual racing experience ;)

[yotah1]

@frediiii R1R are good, but I think they can't match the R888 which seem to be just brilliant (however they produce a huge rolling noise on the road, so not that great for daily use...). I have 15" Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels with tires in 195/55/15 dimension. Neither R1R or R888 come in 17" with our sizes, or you go for 205 wide but the overall diameter would change too.

Stock manifold will stay in place as the R2's costs 1000€ which is too much for too less performance improvement.

[yotah1]

@yotah1 Airocn is still in for a few months at least, I must check first how much work it represents to remove it. No need for a 6 speed, or only for less fuel consumption on AUtobahn but on the track I reach the rev limiter of 5th only once. I'll register on Twingo133 this afternoon to post the car. Same on TwingoRS-Concept (french forum), too much tuning, too less racing...

[LuuZ1977]

Good Job Yotah, très propre, mdr le trio de Popo à la fin.....

[frediiii]

@yotah1 A friend of mine adapted a clio RS MK2 (4-1) manifold with K4M flanges. I mounted it, but it was too loud for my taste - even with 400cell sportscat. impressive low-range torque gain though. Supersprint does a 4-1 (for the old k4m - but doesn't matter) as well for less than 400€ I think... looking forward to seeing you on twingo133 boards :)

[frediiii]

5th lap? impressive! judging from the missing tweeter- and a-pillar cover I reckon it's totally stripped? standard conti tyres? squeals more like a toyo t1-r ;) any mods apart from induction?