s1rststeve

series 1 any day , had an r5 for a while, and loved it, back roads and anything twisty it was great, but in my opinion, an rs turbo is justa better class of car, good luck making your mind up tho, alot of strong opinions on this topic!!!

kiddie

Rocco

that is stunning mate, what was the spec?

marky_g

depends what u want 2 different cars, rst more piratical and easy to get up to 200 bhp from

r5's look cool but i think u gotta spend money to get good power, that said a 200bhp r5 would be fast cos there so small

i'd but an RST easyer to get its for and cheap to tune, nearly everyone can tune them

marky_g

i remember this from years ago see it on the cover of fastcar lol

roro22

I've never really liked the look of r5's to be honest but they are growing on me
Can't argue that they are fast either but I love my s2

James5

Personally I love the R5 and as said above cheap to get parts and fairly cheap to run and with the corect fueling and decent charge temps alot of power can be had from the litte 1.4 pushrod engine.

24psi and a VNT turbo with plenty of other mods saw me to a nice 239bhp and 257lbft of torque which isn't bad for a 1.4.

Rax

iTrader: (1)

Loads of my mates had S1and S2 turbos and some were very quick.I had a MK2 Uno Turbo and my mate had a Mk1 Gordini Turbo.I fookin loved it,wish I could get one now.

Chopshop85

iTrader: (4)

Looking at both of these. Compared to the ERST's, the R5 engine bay looks like a proper mess! Its just hoses everywhere! lol

ROB7656

above looks very similar to my mates raider same wheels etc. 689 BAD