Megane Flying baguette

[Sir jake the brit]

Hi guys, new to the forum. Been a bit of a renault fanboy for a while now. My latest and greatest is a 2015 black megane 265 cup which i bought new and collected March 2015. I didn't bother with a trophy as I'm not fussed for the recaros on long journeys and the akra doesn't float my boat, not loud enough and only standard size. I always planned on going about further than just a map.
Got the cup pack and rs monitor.

Mods to date
Michelin cup2 tyres
H&R springs
Hubcentric 20mm spacers all round
Airtec intercooler
Ktec panel filter
200cell sports cat
CGR 3" system
RS tuning remap
365lb/ft 316bhp

Absolutely love the thing and the map tweak the other week has transformed the car.

I need to fathom putting a few pictures up.... But there's always my instagram Sirjakethebrit.


Also my girlfriends car is a 2006 rb 197 with a 225 meg engine
Quaife lsd
h&r springs
Intercooler
200cell and 67mm exhaust
20mm spacers
Ktec big bucket seats and harnesses
Striped
Federal rsr tyres

 

[andybond]

Hi guys, new to the forum. Been a bit of a renault fanboy for a while now. My latest and greatest is a 2015 megane 265 cup which i bought new and collected March 2015. I didn't bother with a trophy as I'm not fussed for the recaros on long journeys and the akra doesn't float my boat, not load enough and only standard size. I always planned on going about further than just a map.

Mods to date
Michelin cup2 tyres
H&R springs
Hubcentric 20mm spacers all round
Airtec intercooler
Ktec panel filter
200cell sports cat
CGR 3" system
RS tuning remap
365lb/ft 316bhp

Absolutely love the thing and the map tweak the other week has transformed the car.

I need to fathom putting a few pictures up.... But there's always my instagram Sirjakethebrit.


Also my girlfriends car is a 2006 rb 197 with a 225 meg engine
Quaife lsd
h&r springs
Intercooler
200cell and 67mm exhaust
20mm spacers
Ktec big bucket seats and harnesses
Striped
Federal rsr tyres

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[Sir jake the brit]

 

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[andybond]

I cannot believe how much the 250 onwards meg shape has grown on me ! Looks fantastic !

 

[Sir jake the brit]

I cannot believe how much the 250 onwards meg shape has grown on me ! Looks fantastic !

Yeah me too, preferred the r26 to this when it first came out but i love these now!

 

[DaveL485]

Spot the couple with no kids! (yet )

Welcome mate, looks great!

 

[Sir jake the brit]

Spot the couple with no kids! (yet )

Welcome mate, looks great!

Hahaha got three border collies and that's as close as we're gonna get!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Car looks great @Sir jake the brit!

Is the red stripe on the wheels paint or one of those alloy gaiter things? Looks good!

 

[Sir jake the brit]

Car looks great @Sir jake the brit!

Is the red stripe on the wheels paint or one of those alloy gaiter things? Looks good!

It came standard on the wheels. I had a whoopsie on track last year and scuffed two of them all while i was getting it re sprayed i had it removed so it's all black now.

Cheers though

 

[Kevin dunham]

Very nice had a 250 fantastic cars even just out the box but I loved my Recaros trips to the Ring and Spa very comfortable enjoy the forum

 

[Sir jake the brit]

Been out and about boosting round tonight harassing a choice selection of automobiles up to 60mph.

Them on the way home i had a steady Potter over about ten miles, annoyingly i love in a village in a marine hill and that took the guts out of my run, from 48 to what is in the photo!!

 

[Tony Smith]

How did the pod times compare, wouldn't want to get done by the missus - well not in that way :0

 

[Sir jake the brit]

small update from the last 4 years!!

The back end of 2017 I bought a set of Speedline turini 18's in gold from a guy with a scooby! I had to have the center of the wheel machined out to fit over the megane hub. I went for these as I was fed up with the price of the cup2's on 19" wheels. on the 18's I ran federal RSR's white are a cracking tyre for the money, last loads longer than the cup2's and, while not providing the feel and ultimate grip of the cup2, they were pretty good in the wet.

That was as far as 2017 went as in the December I had a cardiac arrest and woke up in hospital.... not bad for 32!

once out of hospital unfortunately I couldn't drive for 6months and we had to sell a car, me and Lucy decided to sell her clio as it made sense to keep the newer car, the money from the clio sale finalised the megane finance so that rid us of a good few quid a month outgoings.
Once I had my licence back and was working again, we sorted a caddy van out for Lucy to use and got it kitted out with cages for the dogs etc..... but I digress, back to the megane.

I had been speaking to RSTuning about their hybrid kit and mid 2018 I had that fitted.

the car made 365ftlb and 348bhp. I had a few issues with boost leaks (nothing to do with the kit) which lead to a track day Running about 300bhp

In all honesty I didn't think the kit is worth it, the hybrid doesn't give enough extra for the money, although I understand its a game of diminishing returns past a point, but one that having later spent more, got more. but more of that later. I think the hybrid is an ok solution to a bit more power, but the nature of the hybrid being flat out of puff by 360bhp it was never going to give me my ultimate (original) goal of 400bhp.

2019 brought a slight upgrade of performance frictions 348mm two piece floating disc setup and a wicked zero point one shifter. the shifter is by far the best single mod I've done to the car. the feel of occasion along with it making for such a mechanical feel to the shift is just wicked. makes me feel sorry for auto/dsg boys.

 

[Sir jake the brit]

I will get round to marrying some photo's up to this thread. but I'm on my laptop to do this writing instead of squinting at my phone!!

 

[Sir jake the brit]

How did the pod times compare, wouldn't want to get done by the missus - well not in that way :0

mega late reply to this, of which I apologise, if you still use the site!! from memory i ran a 14.0 at about 103-104 and lucy got a low 15 in the clio. we did end up with a quaife lsd and federal rsr tyres but never got back down with both cars.

we also didnt get many runs in on the day. I should've hit a high 13 with the spec but never mustered it!

 

[Sir jake the brit]

2020 Brought the need of my cambelt service and having been speaking to Paul at RST about a set of cat cams we discussed getting power from the hybrid. he said i would see about 375max from the cams. the idea of fitting the cams was that with the belts being done it was a negligible addition to labour costs to fit the cams. but he said that would be the t20 hybrid flat out giving all it had to give, and that i wouldn't get to 400bhp.

he said that his garrett kit with capped torque, would get me there, albeit at a cost! so that was the way was going to go.

Miraculously within a few weeks one popped up on Ebay!! full kit, being sold, unused!!
2850 later and a trip (pre first lockdown) to Bristol to collect and I had a wicked looking garrett turbo. the plan was to save for forging so i could go big on the power!
The hybrid wasn't happy about this though and started to play up. I struggled on another trackday with a boost leak, which in turn over stressed the turbo, and she ate herself!!

Post first lockdown i booked in at RST for the kit to be fitted.

355ftlb an 393bhp on a fully stock motor with a standard clutch and flywheel. and the car is immense! sounds like a touring car/jap import

I've done 2 track days and about 8k worth of miles and the car hasn't missed a beat. granted this is twice the cost of the hybrid setup, it is leagues ahead, the turbo made 350bhp on gate pressure! once funds allow it'll be getting cammed and forged with uprated fuel system and ringing the turbo for north of 500

 

[Adey]

fark, cardiac arrest at 32! hope all is well now?

thats mega power on a stock car too, are they known for this sort of power?

 

[Sir jake the brit]

Full spec of the car is

2015 265 cup
cup pack
fuly stock motor
rsmonitor
ZeroPointOne Carbon shifter
turbo smart boost guage
performance friction two piece 348mm floating front discs
carbon lorain cl5 pads
goodrich hoses
garrett g25-550 turbo on custom mani
airtec intercooler 875cc siemens deka injectors
turbotecknic external wastegate
3" CGR single box exhaust
rstuning mapping
355ftlb (3700-5500rpm) and 393bhp @6500rpm
235 40 18 r888r tyres
BCracing BR coilovers 10-7kg spring rate (going on this thursday)

one attempt on the rs monitor 13.0sec 1/4 mile 4.5 sec 0-60

 

[Sir jake the brit]

fark, cardiac arrest at 32! hope all is well now?

thats mega power on a stock car too, are they known for this sort of power?

fark, cardiac arrest at 32! hope all is well now?

thats mega power on a stock car too, are they known for this sort of power?

Yeah all is well, have a defibrillator sewn under my skin and a replacement mitral valve, also get to take blood thinners and beta blockers for the rest of my life lol. Modern tech, it's incredible what they can do.



As for the car. Alot have forged engines for 330-350bhp lol. Waste of money.

I'm running no more torque now than when the car was 317bhp, in actual fact I'm running less now! People get hung up on bhp destroying engines. Its torque (twist) that does it. If your engine can take 350ftlb at 2000rpm, it can take it at 6000.