Megane Tuning

"Tuning the car with the cute behind!"

The Megane was first release in 1995 and this mk1 was produced upto 2002. Unusually Renault provided a performance model from early on and the 2.0 Turbo was the tuners favourite.

This offers around 165 bhp in standard form. With the aid of some breathing mods, a progressive boost controller, a bit of modified timing you could make the car a very solid performer indeed.

There were a number of reliability issues on the early meganes but most enthusiastic owners will have uprated the weak spots and sorted these out.

In 2002 the Renault designer's had a field day and remodelled the entire layout of the Megane and even gave it a cute backside. The styling was not to every ones taste but the overall package was good and there were certainly plenty of options and nice touches causing it to win a car of the year award. It also got a NCAP rating of 5 stars making it one of the safest cars around. 

Renault also went a bit mad with a performance option and release the RS edition which also came in a 5 door option. Power was a little lower than similar cars from other manufacturers but with the addition of a limited slip diff it actually performs really well and you have the benefit of reasonable fuel economy.

Popular modifications for a Megane tuning project include alloy wheels - we would stick to 17inch rims though otherwise you will need to roll the arches and modify the suspension to cope with it.

The next modifications for the Megane include revised suspension although the RS suspension is actually nicely fettled for road use. On the larger engine sizes an induction kit, sports exhaust and sports car will lift power. Adding some fast road cams will also improve the mid and top end of the rev range.

Please join us in our forum to chat with our Megane owners and see what their latest projects are. We are a friendly club and all types of car and owner are welcome. It would also be worthwhile browsing our tuning articles to get an overview on the best modifications and the implications of fitting them to your car.