R26 Good News/Bad News (the money pit)

I'm on 309/325 with

Forged piston/rods
250 turbo
630cc injectors
Forge intercooler
Milltek 2.75 exhaust
Induction set up
Remap

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Yeah intercooler and people say 300ibft is the limit of the standard rods. Best of speaking to andy when you pick it up and see what his opinon is

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I'm no expert, but from what I understand and have been told by experts, I'd expect 280bhp and something over 300lb/ft. Before I had the 250 turbo, R26r clutch, SMF and 630 injectors mine was running 270bhp comfortably, and 300lb/ft. I was told that with the bigger injectors I'd gain around 10bhp.
Great to hear you've got it sorted mate, enjoy!!!!


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Forgot to say, 270bhp was with an Airtec 95mm intercooler, 3" turbo back exhaust with sports cat and induction kit.

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Totally agree with that! Paul at RS Tuning told me that mine is on the limit now at 302bhp, 303lb/ft on standard internals. If I want more it's gotta be forged. Every time I take it out I pray nothing goes bang, but so far, so good!

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mine was 285/300, had the rods done and 250 turbo, 315/340, makes a nice difference, it was having the clutch sorted at the time , so a bit easier to sort at the same time.

 

You're starting again from an enviable position now tho mate! Happy days brother!

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Depends what you're going to use it for and your definition of 'need'. OEM will work, but a bigger one will sink and get rid of more heat. Bigger one might... might let give you a bit more power but mainly it's just going to let you maintain a lower intake temp.

If I were in your position, with all your hassle with it I'd stick with what you have for now because in the grand scheme of things changing a fmic is a doddle you can deal with later once it's working.

 

Agree with the above - you don't need a bigger intercooler to make that power, but to sustain it for any period of time on track you'll need it! First track day I did at Donington when the car was standard I saw intake temps rise to 50 degrees above ambient really quickly. With a 75mm Airtec cooler it's nothing like this bad - maybe 20 degrees over ambient at the worst.

 

70mm or 95mm????

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Airtec only do a 70mm or 95mm. For the extra £50 the 95mm makes more sense [emoji3]

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I went 70mm. Less lag, less weight and loads more cooling power than the stock cooler.

 

I'd still go 95mm! More cooling, and as for the lag.....is it really noticeable?!

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No idea mate, I didn't buy them both and test them back to back. Just paid my money and made my choice!

 

Fair one bro!

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Good call eddie!! Which cooler are you going for mate? Regarding turbos......initially I was going for a hybrid, but Paul from RS Tuning asked if I was looking at forging the engine. At the time, I wasn't, so he recommended the 250 turbo as it spools up faster than the hybrid. Now I'm definitely gonna go forged engine, so am looking at hybridised 250 turbo minimum, or balls out, and go for the big spec, big turbo, big empty bank account and my other half hating me!!! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

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Where are you based mate? I'm on the south east coast and had to decide between a 3 1/2hr drive to Ktec or a 5hr drive to Leeds to RS Tuning. I'd choose the longer drive up to Leeds every time having been to both. I had good service at Ktec, but far better at RS Tuning. Paul, the owner up there was far friendlier, obviously knew more about the cars and was more interested about doing a good job and the right thing for the customer than making a profit!!! Not only that, from what most people say, he's the best in the business at mapping a Megane! His workforce are obviously well clued up, friendly and more than happy to have you in the workshop to talk you through what they're doing. Can't recommend them enough!!!!

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^^^^ as he said, i drove up there from Plymouth, such a great guy.

 

mark fish doesn't remap cars and he's mega money!! i was happy with the service from engine dynamics. when i got my engine rebuilt by them i got a discount on the remap

 

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and me ..from north devon..map been on there 7 years..never missed a beat....270hp/285lb/ft

 

Ha Ha Ha NOT one bit, bag of tangtastics, bottle of squash and foot down, only stopping for a wee

 

Do what the lorry drivers do and use the bottle after finishing it.....saves stopping. Then sling it out of the window!!!!! Dirty buggers

 

I would rather have a long term safe tuned engine,from arguably the best renault tuner in the country.
Than take a chance on a more local tuner.
and the 7 years of hard driving has proved his reputation.

But sometimes you are not safe even with so called`big names`..bluefin..Ktec..dare i say.

So many horror storys around.
My mates Integra DC2.He spent a fortune on a forged 2.2 from a local engine builder..never ran right,and scored the bores.
He then put in a turbo`d 2.3,with a`safe` base map from a big name in the honda tuning world.

Seemed as if it was running ok,but when he took it a long way to get it set up on a rolling road,the base maps fueling was all over the place.

Another mate just built a mk2 golf gti with a turbo leon engine swap.
local tuner set it up,saying the fueling was spot on..even plastered it all over there web site how`smooth` it was running.

He then drove it up to a big name in the VW scene,who said it was horribly over fueling, and the intercooler was dangerously un-efficient!

so who do you trust with your expensive engine?..almost pay your money and take your chance..

 

I had mine mapped at Ktec, it was then running 270bhp and 300lb/ft. A while later I took it to RS Tuning for a 250 turbo, 630's, R26R clutch and SMF. As soon as it went on the rolling road Paul asked who had previously mapped it cos the map was total sh1t!!! ...........Ktec!!! RS all the way for any more work I have done!

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I think if you are worried about being a good tree hugger perhaps you need to buy a Twizzie or such like.
I have a question, how many times have you been on a plane ?????

 

Tuning the engine for more power so it will use more fuel and more pump out more pollutants, so tree hugging taking a back seat then