dont get confused matey. Renault know how great chassis out of relativley common parts they excel at this, sometimes poor steering feel like the cliosport but such as good chassis that EVO mag rate cliotrophy 3rd best drivers car, the 182 best hothatch all down to the chassis
vauxhaul had to make a sporty car then had to send their astra to lotus. sure they could so what they wanted with the suspension but the chassis was already fixed and it isnt the power that has corrupted imo.
i.e you dont use power on tight corners, perhaps just keep a low.mid constant modulated throttle with steering adjustments trying to get the maximum corner exit speed and posistioning it has nothing to do with peak power as you cant put your foot to the floor around a corner no car can. An F1 car can do circuits with 30mph speed breaker corners, it only does 30mph around these as its the physical maximum speed to go around it a hatchback will also do about 25mph if not 30 on these. its the higher speed corners where grip again is more important than power.
power is really completley irelevent to having any driver involvement or fun and is usually a way to kill yourself or lose your licence faster. it can only be used to overtake another car to prove your dominance in which case a vxr may indeed creep past a 225rs as it has more power (but higher weight and not as good as getting its power down) on any corner it is grip and balance that counts at which the megane is from the two reviews ive read/seen topgear bbc2 ridiculous ammounts of grip as much but with smoke out of the rears as the unstickable Golf R32 4WD, also EVO mag comments about sensational grip levels for a car of its type being a new bench mark with the 225cup (were talking faster than either me and you could drive on UK roads safley or competently)
do you need more power, yes. only if its mapped so the engine is fine, smooth and keeps its characteristic its lack of Turbo LAG. you can only use the advantage on a long straight road to over take another car. so do it but dont worry about corrupting the "lap time" as it will be upto you if you wanna put your foot down all the way around a corner as it is now.
i know id love to get a smooth safe lag free increase with improved economy 280bhp/305lbft would be fine for me (just like the £450 vxr software remap stage 1) that just stage one no sports exhaust or any other mods first generation mod !! scooby eater with there were some better remaps for the megane rather than a "superchip" that just boosts psi
(btw the vxr has more torque)
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