l have bought a Renault Megane Coupe 1.6 Sport... I am looking for ways of making the car a little faster on acceleration as it just seems there isnt enough umpfff!!!! l dont want the thing to be mad, but just a few cheap ways of making it go that much quicker upto about 70-80mph....

Any suggestions would be great! Thanks
l have bought a Renault Megane Coupe 1.6 Sport... I am looking for ways of making the car a little faster on acceleration as it just seems there isnt enough umpfff!!!! l dont want the thing to be mad, but just a few cheap ways of making it go that much quicker upto about 70mph....

Any suggestions would be great! Thanks

Petrol cars r hard to tune cheaply.

1.) Buy an induction kit (air filters etc) & get a sports exhaust fitted. l found this improved acceleration just slightly.

2.) Sport chip.

We're only talking minimal BHP increases; 10BHP maximum.

Perhaps spend a bit more & get the computer remapped? I've heard a few crazy French people dropped either the 1.4 R5 Turbo or the 3L V6 engine in as well. Check out ur local breakers yard, u might be able to pull out a V6 engine from an old Laguna?

If this sounds to much hassle just bide ur time & buy a quicker car next time.

Best of luck.

Everything JY says is good, l would have said it if he (or she) didn't.

Seeing as u r not looking for a massive top end speed, fitting smaller wheels will improve ur acceleration. It wo not look all that pretty, but sacrifices need to be made sometimes.

The other thing is to reduce weight as much as possible. Weight kills acceleration. Do not go fitting massive sound systems, or keeping ur boot full of junk. Sacrifice the back seats (it is not like anyone can fit in the back anyway), & most importantly, do not give ur fat mate a lift.

Also, fancy body kits may look cool, but they destroy the aero, & cooling of ur car.

l think u have 8 valve engine which is poor as others have said big air filter about £ 30 will increase hp by about 10 . A cold air induction kit will help about £40 to £ 80 or some pipe & scoops & do it ur self so cold air from in front of car is directed into manifold through a big air filter this again will increase hp by about 4 - 8. a cheap chip which fools the engine in to thinking engine is cold all the time so more petrol is put into engine will add about 5 hp but use more petrol these chips r about £ 2.00 more dearer chips can cost up to £150 but have more programmes that u can alter. re mapping is going to cost £100 to £300 not worth doing for this engine. exhaust back box will add 8 hp & sound nice £25.00 with hassle trying to fix or £50.00 or more fits nice & easy. de cat will add another 5 hp about £ 40.00 but will not pass mot test.
what l done is big air filter rear exhaust box & de cat (the best acceleration gain )on my old 1.6 8 valves & l had 4 coupes & l cabriolet & they sound faster & did go quicker but l got fed up because only way forward was to buy a 2.0 megane cabriolet & boy is that quick & now very quick since done all mods to it hope that helps look on e bay & buy some bits u should get them for under £ 100 have a play & buy a 2.0 when u have some more money