So leading from my new member post, introducing the £700 bargain 64k mile clio 200 cup pack, i immediately started looking for a donor megane as coming from a 300bhp clio 172 turbo i needed that boost back in my life. Pictures of said clio turbo:
Luckily after many days and hours of trolling facebook, gumtree and other sites i came across an Arctic Blue 225 Lux for £800 in my local area.
I thought awesome ill buy this, break what i dont use and have a free engine conversion as i sell megane cats for big money in scrap. So bought the megane, drove it home and was happy. Next morning i started the megane and it misfired badly. Having had meganes in the past and knowing how much the pistons are like chocolate, i took it to my unit and compression tested it. 30psi, 120psi, 100psi, 50psi. Cracked ringlands for sure, so ive been sold a dud, but never mind i dismantled the car, made money and still kept the running gear as this engine is a good base for forging at a later date. So the megane hunt continues.
In the mean time i bought an r26 ecu and engine loom, and removed my 200 engine loom and sent them to Beaniesport to be converted to a meglio loom. Whilst doing so, he asked me if i was interested in buying a LSD for a 225 box for £350, so i couldnt resist that, since my brothers a transmission specialist ill get him to fit the LSD and give the box a once over.
So while still hunting for a good donor megane, I found a set of recaro CS seats from a 197 for sale, with the inserts colour coded albi blue in very good condition, at a price of £800. Obviously these had to be purchased.
Fitted the seats straight away, i love them
put the 200 interior in my 197 and put 197 rear seats in my 200 to match these recaros.
Next i fancied a cup spoiler, as i think they make the car look much more sporty. After trolling the internet, i took the plunge and bought one from Renault direct. But they were the cheapest around at £190 for a primed spoiler. Once it turned up i took it to a bodyshop and had it painted albi blue for the price of £120. It come back a week later and lets say if i ever need paint done again i will 1000% take it to this guy i used! The spoiler came back perfectly!
This is when i come across a Black megane 225 for £700 about 90 miles from me, i thought ill take a chance on it as the car looked rough but had just had belts done, and id break the rest and get my money back. No pics of this megane but compression tested it and it was all good! So bonus for me, another free engine conversion after selling on the bits i didnt use.
I then put a deposit down on a R26R clutch and lightened flywheel off a guy breaking his megane, 6 weeks ago he still hasnt dismantled the car, so thinking about buying a brand new one, when a guy turns up to buy some megane parts off me and says hes selling a paddle clutch setup and lightened flywheel for a megane for £250. How convenient! So collecting that soon.
My loom has now returned from Beaniesport and looks factory. Im getting closer to having all the bits ready to convert my 200 now. I bought a 3" scorpion decat downpipe brand new from euro for £150 which i didnt think was bad. While having some money to burn still from breaking my liquid yellow, I came across a 20t hybrid turbo that had just been reconditioned by GP turbos for £400, so i purchased that
Now this prompted me to buy an intercooler and some bigger injectors, so 630cc injectors ordered brand new, and someone offered me an SC Autoworks intercooler and pipework, for £200. SO i bought that, when it come i was surprised how big the boost pipes were! theyre about 2.5" ID, absolutely massive!
I considered buying megane 265 brakes in red, but thought ill give the standard brakes a chance first, so ordered some brand new wheels instead new wheel day is always a good day!
Had to get these on the car, so took the tyres off my old wheels, and got them fitted! Safe to say the car needs lowering and i need to remove the 25mm spacers as standard wheels are like ET63 and these wheels are ET35. At the same time i fitted some facelift rear lights for a more modern look.
Ordered some H&R 30+40mm lowering springs to hopefully close the gap. Spacers are gonna be removed as the cars sat too wide.
Next purchase: Projector headlights, they come with a HID kit but these will be changed for nighteye LED bulbs.
So thats as far as ive got, just waiting on the clutch coming and the engine swap can commence! All of the old running gear is for sale if anyone needs any parts. Will keep you updated on the build. £5000 spent on this £700 car now and it hasnt moved from the day i got it, ive never even heard it start haha.
Luckily after many days and hours of trolling facebook, gumtree and other sites i came across an Arctic Blue 225 Lux for £800 in my local area.
I thought awesome ill buy this, break what i dont use and have a free engine conversion as i sell megane cats for big money in scrap. So bought the megane, drove it home and was happy. Next morning i started the megane and it misfired badly. Having had meganes in the past and knowing how much the pistons are like chocolate, i took it to my unit and compression tested it. 30psi, 120psi, 100psi, 50psi. Cracked ringlands for sure, so ive been sold a dud, but never mind i dismantled the car, made money and still kept the running gear as this engine is a good base for forging at a later date. So the megane hunt continues.
In the mean time i bought an r26 ecu and engine loom, and removed my 200 engine loom and sent them to Beaniesport to be converted to a meglio loom. Whilst doing so, he asked me if i was interested in buying a LSD for a 225 box for £350, so i couldnt resist that, since my brothers a transmission specialist ill get him to fit the LSD and give the box a once over.
So while still hunting for a good donor megane, I found a set of recaro CS seats from a 197 for sale, with the inserts colour coded albi blue in very good condition, at a price of £800. Obviously these had to be purchased.
Fitted the seats straight away, i love them
put the 200 interior in my 197 and put 197 rear seats in my 200 to match these recaros.Next i fancied a cup spoiler, as i think they make the car look much more sporty. After trolling the internet, i took the plunge and bought one from Renault direct. But they were the cheapest around at £190 for a primed spoiler. Once it turned up i took it to a bodyshop and had it painted albi blue for the price of £120. It come back a week later and lets say if i ever need paint done again i will 1000% take it to this guy i used! The spoiler came back perfectly!
This is when i come across a Black megane 225 for £700 about 90 miles from me, i thought ill take a chance on it as the car looked rough but had just had belts done, and id break the rest and get my money back. No pics of this megane but compression tested it and it was all good! So bonus for me, another free engine conversion after selling on the bits i didnt use.
I then put a deposit down on a R26R clutch and lightened flywheel off a guy breaking his megane, 6 weeks ago he still hasnt dismantled the car, so thinking about buying a brand new one, when a guy turns up to buy some megane parts off me and says hes selling a paddle clutch setup and lightened flywheel for a megane for £250. How convenient! So collecting that soon.
My loom has now returned from Beaniesport and looks factory. Im getting closer to having all the bits ready to convert my 200 now. I bought a 3" scorpion decat downpipe brand new from euro for £150 which i didnt think was bad. While having some money to burn still from breaking my liquid yellow, I came across a 20t hybrid turbo that had just been reconditioned by GP turbos for £400, so i purchased that
Now this prompted me to buy an intercooler and some bigger injectors, so 630cc injectors ordered brand new, and someone offered me an SC Autoworks intercooler and pipework, for £200. SO i bought that, when it come i was surprised how big the boost pipes were! theyre about 2.5" ID, absolutely massive!
I considered buying megane 265 brakes in red, but thought ill give the standard brakes a chance first, so ordered some brand new wheels instead
new wheel day is always a good day! Had to get these on the car, so took the tyres off my old wheels, and got them fitted! Safe to say the car needs lowering and i need to remove the 25mm spacers as standard wheels are like ET63 and these wheels are ET35. At the same time i fitted some facelift rear lights for a more modern look.
Ordered some H&R 30+40mm lowering springs to hopefully close the gap. Spacers are gonna be removed as the cars sat too wide.
Next purchase: Projector headlights, they come with a HID kit but these will be changed for nighteye LED bulbs.
So thats as far as ive got, just waiting on the clutch coming and the engine swap can commence! All of the old running gear is for sale if anyone needs any parts. Will keep you updated on the build. £5000 spent on this £700 car now and it hasnt moved from the day i got it, ive never even heard it start haha.
