Jake's Megane RS250

[182jwilliams]

Hi guys!

Few of you may remember my titanium 182.

Stripped, Bilstein coilovers, PMS strut brace and top mounts and a lot of other mods. Absolutely loved it and still have a soft spot for them, sold it on here after the alternator went and a fancied a change.

Picked up this 250 with both cup packs and full leathers from K-Tec back in January this year. The 98 mile drive back home was fantastic, fell in love with it straight away.

Didn't take long for the mods to start, only started with minor things like smaller number plates, smaller aerial, black badges etc.

Then I got a K-Tec induction kit fitted in February, sounds good but can tell it will get on my nerves after some time.

Month later got the well known midbox chop, still not much has changed in the sound but pops and bangs a lot more and a lot louder. Along with that I got some H&R springs fitted, only to get rid of that horrible ride height. Luckily didn't spoil the brilliant cup chassis and body roll has been reduced but I think the only way to improve the handling is with a good set of coilovers.

Can sort of hear the induction kit at the beginning of the video above



Only other stuff I've done is replace the discs and pads all round OEM with CL RC5+ front pads, I've got K-Tec braided lines and Montul RBF600 fluid to go on at the end of this month. Brakes are fantastic, the pig squealing is a little annoying but I'm hoping it'll go after a track day or two. Also had some federal RSR tyres fitted today, absolutely loved them on my clio so I thought I'd try them on the Meg.

Nothing major will be happening for a little while, I'll just be enjoying the car and getting in as many track days as possible. I have an evening booked at Snetterton for the 23rd June and hopefully going out to Bedford on the 19th August.

Plans next year if I'm still enjoying the car which I'm sure I will be.. are a set of KW V3/Clubsport coilovers, airtec intercooler and a stage 1 remap from RS Tuning.

Thanks for reading, Jake

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Very nice, I'd have gone for one of these if I didn't already have a Mk3 Megane (only a 1.5dci). Even that's fun to drive!

 

[182jwilliams]

Very nice, I'd have gone for one of these if I didn't already have a Mk3 Megane (only a 1.5dci). Even that's fun to drive!

Cheers mate, yeah they're brilliant fun!

 

[brisa4984]

YR60FWN
Ragged to an inch of its life.

 

[182jwilliams]

YR60FWN
Ragged to an inch of its life.

Bit of a pointless post? But whatever floats your boat.

 

[Cub.]

YR60FWN
Ragged to an inch of its life.

Was it yours bud?

Looks lovely Jake.

 

[Matt e]

Was it yours bud?

Looks lovely Jake.

think he means

 

[Cub.]

think he means

Lol! Didn't watch the video, just thought it may have been Brisa's as I thought he had a meg before his lotus!

Yeah, it clearly lives a proportion of it's life on the limiter.

 

[Stefan.]

Now me and the mad scientists have gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried.....

God damn street racers

 

[cliojoe182]

Lovely car, looking at one of these as a potential next car

 

[182jwilliams]

Lovely car, looking at one of these as a potential next car

Cheers mate, yeah it's lovely just make sure go for the full fat with both cup chassis and Recaro's.

 

[cliojoe182]

What extras does the ff have over the cup model?
@182jwilliams

 

[182jwilliams]

What extras does the ff have over the cup model?
@182jwilliams

A standard 250 withouth cup will have grey calipers.

250 FF is a 250 with cup chassis. It will still have red calipers, groved discs, LSD and because its a 250 it will have climate and leather. If it has recaros, these will be leather.

250 cup ever so slightly lighter (no real world difference). Will have "cup" on side pillar as the only exterior difference. It will also have red calipers, grooved discs. But, if it has recaros, these will be cloth. These came with A/c as standard.

So your most well spec car would be a 250FF (250+cup) with light/vis pack (xenons, folding mirrors) recaros, RS monitor, USb port, spare wheel,

Stolen off the RSMegane forum for you

 

[-Jamie-]

Badges on the pillars are only fitted by supplying dealer or the import centre. Mine doesnt have them but is 100% a Cup.


Only real options that are must haves are Cup and Recaro's. Anything else is a bonus TBH and majority can be retrofitted if you really wanted

 

[182jwilliams]

Just to update this;

From the last update I didn't really touch the car as I wasn't to sure if I wanted to keep it or not. Decided I am going to keep it and do a few track days till me and the missus get our house in a few years.

Can't remember everything I done from the last post, removed rear wiper, sprayed exhuast chrome black and replaced the two front tyres (RSR). Recently took the car down to K-Tec to get their decat and intercooler fitted. Decat is the best thing I've done to the car as of yet. Not really got a proper video of it yet but I'm sure people have heard them on youtube etc, sound a lot better in person though.

I also fitted a boost gauge just after Christmas mainly to make sure I have no leaks. Was a right pain to do and wish I had never started it! But finally got it all sorted

Back down to K-Tec on Thursday to get the following done;
Coilovers
Set up
Stud and nut kit
Braided lines
Brake fluid

I was set on a set of AST 5100's, Curtis' customer service was absolutely shocking so decided not to go with them and ordered a set of KW clubsports from France as it worked out around the same price I was getting the AST's for.

I have also booked the car in at RS Tuning for the end of next month for the following;
Belts
Service
Remap

Seriously looking forward to getting the car back once it's mapped, will be a different animal!

Looking forward to Bedford next week too, especially with what's being fitted Thursday.

Nothing else I want to do after the above plans besides getting the wheels refurbed and maybe a front end respray. Going to be a few expensive months but will be worth it and will be a very good car once it's all done.

Thanks for reading

 

[-D4N-]

Really liking the look of this, good to see the mods coming thick and fast.

I would be weary of the k-tec stud and nut kit a guy on the megane forum recently had some and the studs snap on track and he lost a wheel going through paddock hill bend at brands hatch.

I would be looking at the PMS kit.

 

[Gaz_]

Nice car

I'm looking at springs maybe, not sure if the H&R's are a little too low for factory dampers, i was thinking eibach possibly. (i'd probably get some B14's but i hardly use the car as it i) Also going to de chrome the exhaust trim, not a fan.

 

[182jwilliams]

Really liking the look of this, good to see the mods coming thick and fast.

I would be weary of the k-tec stud and nut kit a guy on the megane forum recently had some and the studs snap on track and he lost a wheel going through paddock hill bend at brands hatch.

I would be looking at the PMS kit.

Thank you mate.

I saw what happened to Matts megane it did put me off a little bit but still went ahead with it lol. Fingers Crossed

Didn't know pms do the kit for meg 3

Nice car

I'm looking at springs maybe, not sure if the H&R's are a little too low for factory dampers, i was thinking eibach possibly. (i'd probably get some B14's but i hardly use the car as it i) Also going to de chrome the exhaust trim, not a fan.

Thanks.

I've had H&R springs on for around a year now and it's been fine. I've heard if you lower the cars more than 30mm you need driveshaft spacers, I spoke to Floyd at ktec and his is on the lowest on kw v3's and he hasn't fitted any driveshaft spacers nor have they fitted any to the customers cars. The chrome exhaust surround looks awful imo

 

[-Jamie-]

If your lower it excessively you get heavy vibrations at high revs due to the angle the shafts sit at. Ive got a spacer on mine but the extra camber from the likes of the Clubsport kit will help

 

[182jwilliams]

If your lower it excessively you get heavy vibrations at high revs due to the angle the shafts sit at. Ive got a spacer on mine but the extra camber from the likes of the Clubsport kit will help

I only plan to go an extra 5mm lower than I currently am. That's good to know the extra camber will help, cheers

 

[182jwilliams]

Picked the car up from K-Tec this morning, cracking service once again. Seriously can't recommend them enough, I wish I had more money to keep going back there lol! Really enjoy the drive down to, lovely roads and especially on the way back this morning car felt stuck to the road!

Anyway pulled up to find my car the first one on the end, definitely looked a lot lower, running -2 degree camber up front wheel stud kit brakes feel a lot better with the lines and fluid. All that's left to do now is wait till Bedford next week, the stuff that's getting done at RST, get the wheels refurbed. I would like a new set of wheels to fill the arches (I've heard spacers ruin the handling) but I'll see how much money.

I've only got the one picture of how the car sits at the moment, I'll get some more in the week or at Bedford.

 

[182jwilliams]

 

[182jwilliams]

Was at Bedford yesterday and the car felt amazing! I was a little scared with the brakes at first and was braking far too early but as the day went on I got more confident and was flying round!

Coilovers were spot on really happy with how they were set up. I'm going to get another set of wheels to use on track soon. I plan to do an evening at donington at the beginning on May so hopefully get them on before then!

Unfortunately no video. My suction mount for my phone was new and I have never used it before and it was shaking far too much and for some reason my kit vision camera mount wasn't sticking! Will get a proper mount for the kit vision in time for donington.

Thanks for reading

 

[-Jamie-]

Looks good Josh!

I'm thinking of upgrading my Bilsteins for something a bit more focused later this year, Nitrons/clubsports or similar

 

[182jwilliams]

Looks good Josh!

I'm thinking of upgrading my Bilsteins for something a bit more focused later this year, Nitrons or similar

Jake* haha ;-)

I sort of wish I got nitrons tbh mate but as I use the car everyday the clubsports are ok on the road and a lot better than I thought on track. I'm very happy with them. Will be binning the RSR's once they've gone though lol.

Was suppose to message you actually, where have you mounted your harnesses to? I know where in the back but are you using eye bolts? I was all over the place and don't really want to go bucket seat route haha

 

[-Jamie-]

I'm pretty sure I typed Jake LOL!

Clubsports are good tbh, but knowing first hand what Nitrons are like I would rather them, especially now the euro isn't as weak and the £1400 clubsports are now not far off Nitrons haha.

Rear belts are on eyebolts to where the original mounting points for seats and belts are, same as where the Trophy has them mounted, Shall be getting a harness bar welded in soon though, inner lap belt and crotch straps are on eyelets that have been welded in with spreader plate etc and the outer is just on a bracket to where the seat belt mounts

 

[182jwilliams]

I'm pretty sure I typed Jake LOL!

Clubsports are good tbh, but knowing first hand what Nitrons are like I would rather them, especially now the euro isn't as weak and the £1400 clubsports are now not far off Nitrons haha.

Rear belts are on eyebolts to where the original mounting points for seats and belts are, same as where the Trophy has them mounted, Shall be getting a harness bar welded in soon though, inner lap belt and crotch straps are on eyelets that have been welded in with spreader plate etc and the outer is just on a bracket to where the seat belt mounts

That damn auto correct ha!

Yeah I got my clubsports from France but paid just over £1500 iirc, delivery weren't that bad, better than Curtis anyway haha.

Cheers for clearing up the harness points, I will look into that hopefully get some sorted before the next track day

 

[-Jamie-]

I cancelled my order of adjustable top mounts from him, 2 months on and still no sign. Spoke to AST direct and they have them in stock, and for less than he wanted lol, still not sure if I'll bother though if I'm upgrading eventually.

I ran a harness on my Recaros for trackdays as well, much better than the seat belt, saying that a cg lock works wonders

 

[182jwilliams]

I cancelled my order of adjustable top mounts from him, 2 months on and still no sign. Spoke to AST direct and they have them in stock, and for less than he wanted lol, still not sure if I'll bother though if I'm upgrading eventually.

I ran a harness on my Recaros for trackdays as well, much better than the seat belt, saying that a cg lock works wonders

I wouldn't bother mate if you're going nitrons, those coilovers are so good looking! Think I was waiting 6 weeks for my AST's (he said they'd be ready for delivery in 2 weeks) before I ordered my clubsports. Chuffed with the kw's and luckily I didn't give Curtis my money!

I was thinking a cg lock I'll see what sort of change I've got closer the time

 

[-Jamie-]

Jesus, its a shame they have so poor customer service here as the products are properly good. I'll see, I want more camber for our Ring trip but tbh there are more important things needed, like brakes and tyres haha

 

[182jwilliams]

Jesus, its a shame they have so poor customer service here as the products are properly good. I'll see, I want more camber for our Ring trip but tbh there are more important things needed, like brakes and tyres haha

I said this to another guy who also ordered a set for his meg 3, ordered his couple weeks before me and he got his set Thursday! Which pads you running/going to run?

 

[-Jamie-]

I run Carbotech pads, very aggressive and ruin wheels/paint and discs but I like them as they suit me well

 

[182jwilliams]

I run Carbotech pads, very aggressive and ruin wheels/paint and discs but I like them as they suit me well

I may stick to my rc5's and maybe run some yellow stuff on the rears or something, I need to be more confident in braking as soon as I hear 'brake fade' in briefing it puts me off haha

 

[-Jamie-]

Don't bother with yellows on the rear, not much better than oem pads really. First thing I done when I bought mine was RC5+s all round, Brilliant performance for fast Road and track days but they just don't cut it for me now haha

 

[182jwilliams]

Don't bother with yellows on the rest, not any better than oem pads really. First thing I done when I bought mine was RC5 all round, Brilliant performance for fast Road and track days but they just don't cut it for me now haha

Haha! When they need replacing I'll try rc5's all round, cheers mate

 

[-Jamie-]

Keeps it a lot more balanced under brakes as well, Especially if you go more aggressive on the front but Imo the RC5 is as strong a pad as you want to go on the rear

 

[182jwilliams]

Keeps it a lot more balanced under brakes as well, Especially if you go more aggressive on the front but Imo the RC5 is as strong a pad as you want to go on the rear

Makes sense really, what about rc6's up front? Will have some track wheels on so not to bothered if it ruins them lol

 

[-Jamie-]

I'm not a fan of the RC6s as I personally find them quite grabby, loads rate them very highly though so you certainly won't go wrong with them

 

[182jwilliams]

I'm not a fan of the RC6s as I personally find them quite grabby, loads rate them very highly though so you certainly won't go wrong with them

Ok mate, cheers! You still going full cage?

 

[-Jamie-]

Either full or half, not quite decided. Depends if I buy a daily or not tbh haha