VHT wrinkle paint, I find this stuff very hard wearing and will take knocks without paint flaking off
Great work but I hope you didn’t buy the washer bottle from Renault for about £50 when it’s the same as any 1.6 Megane has, I got mine for a fiver!
all credit to you for putting so much effort and money into a old megane.Inferno orange is still the best colour ever..looks great
cheers pal, I think I went past the point of no return awhile ago now ha so I need to at least finish this off and use it for a while
this is the thing...you see so many people invest so much into projects..then cant afford to keep the car,or are so pissed off with spending so much time on it,that they sell straight away!
Quick update, got some nice new LED bulbs for the interior, 4000k as I don’t like the 6000k as they are to blue, but these ones look great, difficult to get a decent picture but a lot better.
Also before the bulbs it went off to the garage to have the engine pulled and and checked over also to sort out the cambelt while it was out and any other seals that needed doing, fresh MOT, Tracking and air condition re-gas, the second to last picture of one of the mechanics losing the will to live trying to bleed the clutch
easiest way in my opinion If you want to do any work like cambelt, clutch and a must for a head off, then engine out. Can then work in comfort with it on the floor Still love the inferno colour
Agree! When you finish that inferno will be a great car. I like the way you take. Cheer up man! And like so much the hood stick by the way!!
Small mod today, replaced the dipstick with a newer model one as the olds ones tend to snap off inside there
I also fabricated 2 top protectors for the rear bumper, not everyone’s taste I’m sure but better protect it a little with a bigger exhaust now
That is the standard dipstick from the megane 3 right? Is it the same lenght as the crappy ones in the megane 2? Seems to be a bit shorter in comparison
Another addition, fitting one of these before the remap on the 17th as I hear these can be weak so upgrading to this one
Update, I had the rear boot sprayed and de-badged the Megane badge, now all the rear is matched in, as most of these rear boots are different colours to the plastic trim that’s on there
Some good figures there on a stock lump. What did the tuner think about the GPi cooler coping? I have the same cooler on mine,and have seen reports its no more efficiant than the standard cooler,even with the bigger core.I notice when the weather is warmer,the car is definatly less responsive with the chinese cooler.
funny you should mention it! Chris said the GPI coolers ain’t the best but they are better than standard ones, he said with an airtec cooler I would have seen 280+ as they are a lot better at keeping temps down, he said on track I may notice a slight drop in power but normal road driving will be fine, I may upgrade to an airtec tho
Nice one mate!! Good looking those graphs hehe. I'm wondering how will be the torque curve with a megane 3 rs standard turbo unit and larger intake hard pipes
i have seen tests where the temps are literally identical on the gpi unit , compared to the comedy tin can standard cooler,which was also fitted to the 175D. Its only when you hold it in you hands you realize what a wafer thin thing it is...so its some achievement for the much larger GPI unit to be just as average.And like i said...when it was really hot,in the summer,after caning the car i could noticeably feel the car losing power...even more so than the standard cooler..As you say,ther smaller airtech cooler seems to be a good choice for meganes with this kind of power..
Good number man! Torque lows a bit after 4500 revs. but you must to notice the difference. You have there a beautiful and fast machine. Take a look on your back by the way, with that AFR should be some flames!
So after what Chris said at EFI about if I take it on track a better cooler would be needed, I bought a Airtec cooler 70mm core
I have a few little bits to do still to her but then it’s complicated really, I’ll have to find a new project soon ha
lovely looking cooler..suprised you still have your full size washer bottle..when its full,it a heavy old thing..
