Hello, I have a question, did it seem to me or did you change the engine for a Clio Sport 172hp? If so, a very good idea, I congratulate you for recreating one of the most beautiful BTCC cars in history. Hugs from Buenos Aires Argentina...!!😍🤘👍👍🏁🏁🏁🏁
A mate of mine back then was race mechanic for Alain Menu, he told me at the time that the Laguna was a terrible race car and that to make it any good they had to move the engine right back and much much lower. He said that it was unrecognisable under the bonnet as a Laguna because of all the mods needed to make it handle. Of course this isn't uncommon in any race car, but his view was that they had chosen a car that was handicapped by bad design and that the work needed to make it effective was unfair to people looking at the race car as proof that buying a Laguna was a good move for the road. Nonetheless, it looked like the dogs doo dahs and your project is cool.
The project is nice and all but what stroke me the most was how mint that Laguna was considering is a 90's car and is the kind off car that people abuse the most for not being expensive nor having a "premium" status.
After watching the BTCC in my late teens my second car had to be a Renault Laguna. I managed to get a 1.8RT cheap, lowered it, and stuck on some touring car style 18" alloys. It was all I could afford to do. I can't wait to see how this turns out. Good luck on the project. 😊