Never been one for progress threads but here goes:
Well after having several Vauxhalls such as;
- 69bhp Corsa C at 17
- 150bhp Corsa C Sri 1.8 at 18
- 300bhp GSi at 19
- 420bhp Astra Bertone at 20
Miss this car. Even if I did end up breaking it for parts!
I decided I fancied a change and had always liked the R26's, so for a couple months I had been looking at them all over the place.
I found a lovely example of one off of the forum which I bought back in June ish time...
Very clean car with just a map on it making somewhere around the 260bhp mark however no printouts to prove this!
However it wasn't long before I got the moddinhg bug again as I said I wasn't going to do anything to it. But I love the sound of the exhaust on these so I had the middlebox taken out at Powerspeed down in Ashford. Followed by some subtle Wind Deflectors.
This then sounded great so had plans to do more however, someone managed to crash infront of me and I didn't really have anywhere to go and kindly parked on a metal bollard avoiding the other car. Wasn't a great impact etc but due to damages underneath from bollard, the wrote it off.
The car has now been bought by someone and looks like it someone is attempting to mis-sell it on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151156506976?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
The car had quite bad floor pan damage under the passenger seat hence why it mentions the passenger seat being 'slightly twisted'. Also the engine had been pushed back and their is panel gaps on the passenger side of the bonnet where it meets the wing. So i'd avoid that car if someone was looking for a cheap project or an easy restoration project.
I then was back on the search for a new Megane. I really wanted a White one... So after shopping around, I found the perfect one.
58 Plate
57k Miles
FSH
4x Brand new Pilot Sports
11 Months Tax
10 Months MOT
1 Owner from new, retired man who used it for a bit of fun here and there...
Here she is, very clean car however the wheels could do with a refurb (after winter job) and theres 2 scratches on drivers side. (will be gone once weather picks up again for a nice machine polish)
But other then that I was very happy with the new Megane... V2.0
I drove it home on the Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning I booked into Maidstone Exhausts and had the middle box which I removed from the Blue Megane put back on to give it some noise.
Half hour later, jobs a good'un
Somehow ended up @ a last minute TX Autosport in Harlow and rolled a healthy 247bhp... Which didn't make much sense to me as the car is completely standard. (as far as i'm aware)
Graph to follow...
After being very happy with this, seeing as everyone else seemed to be rolling majorly under their predicted figures, I went off to a friends Birthday and had to keep telling myself that I wasn't going to buy any more parts for it.
Well things escalated quickly and after talking to a very good friend who used to have the jobs of playing with my Vauxhall toys, he soon managed to get me a bargain for a Nortec 3'' Decat. But opted out of fitting it... Someone must of had spoiled the surprise of how much a fun job they are to fit!
Anyway that arrived the following week and the morning after we collected it, off I went to ar friends house to fit the Decat. Hours, Dominos pizza and several suicide attempts later we had a Megane back in one piece with a fully functional decat!
Love the sound of it! Wouldn't want it any louder as I think it would be a bit too loud in the car for my own liking. Then I ended up ordering a Forge Recirc and Actuator which I'm still waiting for...
Hope to have it all done by about April/May 2014 but in no great rush, still enjoying the car how it is.
So I dropped my car off yesterday to have a Forge Actuator and a Forge Recirc valve fitted.
They sent the wrong rod with the Actuator so after a couple e-mails and phone calls, they agreed to send out another rod to arrive for the next day. It then arrived this morning so my friend could carry on with the car whilst I was at work.
After he had fitted both pieces, he must of got bored as he sent me a picture of some dodo juice and a microfibre. This was me assuming he was joking but when I picked the car up he had been kind/bored enough to of cleaned and polished the inside and outside for me.
Little update!
Car is still at Airtec, they're still waiting for the boost hoses to be made up and sent back to them so they can fit them to the car.
How the car looks atm:
Hopefully have it back before Xmas. Was hopefully going to go to RSTuning for my Stage 3 map with injectors supplied and fitted but Airtec don't think it'll be done by the 19th which is the only date RSTuning were available, so looks like I'm going to have to get it done in the new year which isn't what I wanted.
This is a promo intercooler, not the actual one, but they've also fitted the Air ram scoop which I think looks pretty cool.
Anyway, was browsing the forum and found a good deal on some Front brakes and pads. So tonight I went to collect them:
Solid discs with Mintex 1144 pads, both boxed and new.
And that's about it for now, looking forward to getting her back for a good clean and fit a few bits and bobs such as LED interior kit, Panel filter and a boost gauge.
The car seems to be making friends while it's away after Airtec sent me this!:
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Copied from Meganesport.net but will add to it as and when new things happen.
Hope you enjoyed the read!
All comments welcome...
Well after having several Vauxhalls such as;
- 69bhp Corsa C at 17
- 150bhp Corsa C Sri 1.8 at 18
- 300bhp GSi at 19
- 420bhp Astra Bertone at 20
Miss this car. Even if I did end up breaking it for parts!
I decided I fancied a change and had always liked the R26's, so for a couple months I had been looking at them all over the place.
I found a lovely example of one off of the forum which I bought back in June ish time...
Very clean car with just a map on it making somewhere around the 260bhp mark however no printouts to prove this!
However it wasn't long before I got the moddinhg bug again as I said I wasn't going to do anything to it. But I love the sound of the exhaust on these so I had the middlebox taken out at Powerspeed down in Ashford. Followed by some subtle Wind Deflectors.
This then sounded great so had plans to do more however, someone managed to crash infront of me and I didn't really have anywhere to go and kindly parked on a metal bollard avoiding the other car. Wasn't a great impact etc but due to damages underneath from bollard, the wrote it off.
The car has now been bought by someone and looks like it someone is attempting to mis-sell it on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151156506976?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
The car had quite bad floor pan damage under the passenger seat hence why it mentions the passenger seat being 'slightly twisted'. Also the engine had been pushed back and their is panel gaps on the passenger side of the bonnet where it meets the wing. So i'd avoid that car if someone was looking for a cheap project or an easy restoration project.
I then was back on the search for a new Megane. I really wanted a White one... So after shopping around, I found the perfect one.
58 Plate
57k Miles
FSH
4x Brand new Pilot Sports
11 Months Tax
10 Months MOT
1 Owner from new, retired man who used it for a bit of fun here and there...
Here she is, very clean car however the wheels could do with a refurb (after winter job) and theres 2 scratches on drivers side. (will be gone once weather picks up again for a nice machine polish)
But other then that I was very happy with the new Megane... V2.0
I drove it home on the Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning I booked into Maidstone Exhausts and had the middle box which I removed from the Blue Megane put back on to give it some noise.
Half hour later, jobs a good'un
Somehow ended up @ a last minute TX Autosport in Harlow and rolled a healthy 247bhp... Which didn't make much sense to me as the car is completely standard. (as far as i'm aware)
Graph to follow...
After being very happy with this, seeing as everyone else seemed to be rolling majorly under their predicted figures, I went off to a friends Birthday and had to keep telling myself that I wasn't going to buy any more parts for it.
Well things escalated quickly and after talking to a very good friend who used to have the jobs of playing with my Vauxhall toys, he soon managed to get me a bargain for a Nortec 3'' Decat. But opted out of fitting it... Someone must of had spoiled the surprise of how much a fun job they are to fit!
Anyway that arrived the following week and the morning after we collected it, off I went to ar friends house to fit the Decat. Hours, Dominos pizza and several suicide attempts later we had a Megane back in one piece with a fully functional decat!
Love the sound of it! Wouldn't want it any louder as I think it would be a bit too loud in the car for my own liking. Then I ended up ordering a Forge Recirc and Actuator which I'm still waiting for...
Hope to have it all done by about April/May 2014 but in no great rush, still enjoying the car how it is.
So I dropped my car off yesterday to have a Forge Actuator and a Forge Recirc valve fitted.
They sent the wrong rod with the Actuator so after a couple e-mails and phone calls, they agreed to send out another rod to arrive for the next day. It then arrived this morning so my friend could carry on with the car whilst I was at work.
After he had fitted both pieces, he must of got bored as he sent me a picture of some dodo juice and a microfibre. This was me assuming he was joking but when I picked the car up he had been kind/bored enough to of cleaned and polished the inside and outside for me.
Little update!
Car is still at Airtec, they're still waiting for the boost hoses to be made up and sent back to them so they can fit them to the car.
How the car looks atm:
Hopefully have it back before Xmas. Was hopefully going to go to RSTuning for my Stage 3 map with injectors supplied and fitted but Airtec don't think it'll be done by the 19th which is the only date RSTuning were available, so looks like I'm going to have to get it done in the new year which isn't what I wanted.
This is a promo intercooler, not the actual one, but they've also fitted the Air ram scoop which I think looks pretty cool.
Anyway, was browsing the forum and found a good deal on some Front brakes and pads. So tonight I went to collect them:
Solid discs with Mintex 1144 pads, both boxed and new.
And that's about it for now, looking forward to getting her back for a good clean and fit a few bits and bobs such as LED interior kit, Panel filter and a boost gauge.
The car seems to be making friends while it's away after Airtec sent me this!
:----
Copied from Meganesport.net but will add to it as and when new things happen.
Hope you enjoyed the read!
All comments welcome...
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