Back in another RS250, The Banana

Hi everyone,

After a very very short lived experience with an M135i: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=&t=1840485 I have ended up getting rid and back into a Megane RS250.

I had a few issues of my own with the M135i I had. The car wasn't standard, and was over 420bhp, and it was fantastic, in a straight line. The car is great at everything, its fast, comfy, enough space, good tech, looks alright, great engine and noise, but my main gripe was, my god is it boring. It just felt like any other BMW, not special in the slightest, no character. So like I said, it was short lived, but I got all my money back and a very special Megane in exchange.

I've had a couple of RenaultSport cars in the past, a Megane RS250, and a well specced R26 Track car. Now i'm back again with this! I couldn't stay away, these cars always feel special, are very rare in comparison to other 'Hot Hatches', and are always, always FUN! I've honestly had more fun in the last 48 hours than in the whole 4 months with the BMW.

Some pictures of the previous megs:







The old Golf I built:









After picking the car up, straight to the fuel station for some good stuff before a straight forward drive home from Manchester, averaging a absurd 46mpg!



So the spec, bare with me:

2011 Renault Megane RS250
CUP and LUX pack
LSD
Leather Recaro's
Sat Nav (rare apparently)
Climate Control
Keyless entry and go

Engine:
Fully Forged engine 5k miles ago
RS Tuning Hybrid Turbo
Tubular Manifold (sounds crazy)
630cc injectors
Airtec Intercooler
Ramair Filter
Ktec Non Res Exhaust
Updated lower engine mount
Mapped by RS Tuning. 365bhp 390lb-ft

Gearbox:
Factory LSD
RS Tuning Billet Flywheel (unnecessarily noisy tbh)
New OEM Clutch Kit
Gearbox Bolt Mod
Short Shift Kit (soon to be changed)

Chassis:
BC Racing Coilovers with Adjustable Top Mounts. (holes cut out to allow excess)
18x8 wheels (soon to be changed)
Michelin PS4's
Godspeed 2 piece C Hook Front discs
Standard Brembo 4 pot calipers
Braided Brake Lines
Ferrodo DS3000 pads

Some exterior modifications.
Some more pictures:











On my drive home i'd planned to pop in to see someone local with a set of 17x9j Enkei RP01's so I purchased them and popped them in the boot.



I then dropped them to the powdercoaters to go satin black and ordered a set of Michelin ps4's in 235/45/17, hopefully they'll be on by the end of the week.

Here's how they should look:









The plan has always been to buy the ever popular CAE shifter for the car (i have always wanted one in every car ive had!) and was going to get one over the next couple of months. However, as it always is with these things, one popped up on ebay second hand with 1k miles on it, such a rare item to come up for sale, i had to have it. That's being posted to me this week and should look like this when it's all in:




That's it for now, only had the car 2 days! I will get some pictures next week with it all set up.

Looking forward to getting it over to the Nurburgring and a couple of UK tracks in 2020.


Thanks all,
Christian

 

When you can’t afford a GT3... get stickers.

 

The same set up as Toomer has on his enkei's mate, looks pretty fat enough, will see man. Got a good deal on some PS4's that arrived today.

 

Was shocked when someone sent me the eBay link for it, had to pull the trigger.

 

CAE arrived yesterday, what a beautiful thing. Fitting it tonight, wish me luck!!

 

Well the shifter is in, was an absolute nightmare. Managed to get a few pictures in the dark, will post them later.

The feeling of the shift now is like no other. Only problem I'm having is that if i'm in the same gear for a while, I actually forget what gear i'm in, and if you look at the shifter... it looks like its in neutral no matter what gear you're in

So, CAE fitting commences:




I was joined by some more Yellow friends.








Out comes the old shifter.






And in goes the CAE.




And then to put the trim back in, absolute ball ache!! We had do some trimming to it to get it to fit back in, but it's in.




We decided to cut away some of the centre console so you can properly see the shifter properly, I am very aware this is a rush job look haha, but I have got some rubber trim edging to put in the tidy it up.

 

Yes you do, but only a tiny bit.

 

Wheels have been collected from the powdercoaters, went for Satin Black in the end, chuffed with the end product.

Ready for the tyres to go on now, mounting them on the car tomorrow along with some suspension tweaks.

Can't wait to get this thing on track this year. February I'm hoping. Anyone got any track days booked yet?

 

No spacers on my car when the calibra’s just came off. Just a spigot ring.