MikeR

Are these easy cars to work on or restore?

Mike

zippyobrien

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Easy as any other car.
Don't rot as bad as fords, but looms are Shit and drive train weak.

I'll be doing one after my escort

andybond

Piece of cake to work on - only corrosion on parts will slow you down

Rot in a few places ( like around the windscreen )

Looms will be at end of life , as will most parts , but alot are readily available.

Decent cars are few and far between now as well.

MikeR

Thats all positive to hear, always liked them when l was younger but could only justify one car at the time

Mike

stu21t

piece of cake to work on
nothing expensive on them compared to cossies, unless you cossie 1 lol

timrud

Who would be daft enough to do that

v man

my mate dean holligworth has the most powerful 1.4 r5 gtt

full steel bottom end
injection set up with custom inlet
custom exhaust manifold
massive front mount with charge cooler aswell
t34.63
massive head work etc
200bhp of nos added
big tooth straight cut box

good bit of kit

Brigsy

Doddle to work on, beware they love to rot under the bodykit! Most have had about 20 previous bodger owners so be prepared to bin/renew a lot of parts.

I currently have a semi concours condition standard tungsten grey gtt, theres a few pics on my profile.

andybond

Brigsy car is very very good.

He is 100% on the money with having to repair others bodges. I bought a solid shell with everything else hanging off for Ł500 and spent a few quid getting all back in one piece

Now its trying to kill me with fire.

MikeR

What kind of power does that engine put out?

I have always wanted a R5 GTT since i first started driving and now l am in the position to consider one as a toy to restore,

What engine swaps can be done? am l right in thinking people used to put a 1.7 Volvo engine in them

Mike

Phil_si2000

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my mates got one, his is pushing about 300 bhp out of the 1.4, he said there a piece of piss to work on and definately good fun

MikeR

Whats been done to get that kind of power from a 1.4? is it still on the carb?

Mike

Phil_si2000

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yeah his is still on carb, i dnt know exactly whats been done to it but i will ask him for you if you want, i know its cost him a lot tho, the turbo alone was close to 1k! lol

Miller 3

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I had one before the cossie and i friggin LOVED it, 190ish hp is quite easily achieved

MikeR

Would be really interested to know and see some pictures for sure, Doug have you got any pictures of yours?

Mike

gjh

Jesus christ!!! Any vids/pics? Bet it goes like stink!

v man

just do all the little tricks that can be done to keep them cool

ali rad
oil cooler kit
low temp fan switch
low temp thermo stat
take the water feed off the inlet manifold
heat rap the manifold
good uprated fan like a kenlow
decent cooler


also make sure the belt for the water pump is in good condition
and always carry a spair

v man

ive no pics but i will see if he wants to put pics up on here

he is a very well known guy on the rtoc

BRAMMER

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Had 2 when i was a young lad and ran both of them in to the ground - would love to pick up a tungsten grey gt turbo to use as a nice weekend car and if i had a second garage

v man

the day i bought my old one the water pump belt came off and it cooked its self

but it was a propper little gokart

easy as fuck to work on

mine was a pearl white one

ran around the 200 bhp mark and wheel span everywhere

Miller 3

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Unfortunately mate no i dont bit gutted really... spent all that money on it, but then it was just laid up round the back of the house for nearly a year after i got the cos, sold it for a mere Ł700 to a guy that had just passed his test went like stink.. would love to have another' id like to see pics of that modded one above with the injection manifold fitted. bet they have come along way with tuning since i had mine.

Id even like to cossie one up, but engine up front and maybe even 4x4

v man

4x4 cossie r5 tt has been done years ago

caught fire on a top speed run iifc

creator

What companies still tune these? About 5-6 years ago when i was 15 my mate had his tuned by bbperformancetuning and was around 260bhp and was awsome properly loved going out in it.but that company doesnt seem to be around any more?

MikeR

I know a guy up near Grimsby that modified an Uno Turbo injections manifold for a R5 GTT, really like the Tungsten Grey ones as well

Mike

MikeR

Has anybody ever seen a 5 with center lock rims on it? i reckon it would look so cool

Mike

v man

they still trade and work on 5's

k tec are still working on them

gt tuning wont touch one

MikeR

I was looking around today and saw people put Clio 172 engines in them, would they turbo that engine or leave it N/A ?

Mike

stu21t

both,
scoff has a 172 turbo that will be in the 9s at pod this year.
here is a 10.3 run from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmtglUTX3zE

i dont really know any1 that uses companies to tune 5s any more.
they are so simple and so much knowledge on rtoc.org most people do their own.

just get 1 and have a play, they are so cheap and simple youll struggle to go wrong.

brad

I was looking at these again last year for a cheap bit of pocket rocket fun, my old phase 1 was a scream , i spent a fortune at prima racing but it surprised so many people round goodwood on track days , it was money well spent .
I have been put off a little as I'm not sure if parts are going to be as easy to come by as some other makes, and having to pay SPECIALIST's price tags for what is now very old tech and not allways great quality kinda sticks in my throat a little.
There used to be a company called trans4mations down the road from me and they were a right bunch of robbing bastards, they claimed to have built the fastest road legal 5 in the country which i think they called the Turbonator , what an absolute piece of shit that was!!
Are prima racing still running ?

ASHCOSSIE

had this one never got it on the road though

MikeR

a 172 turbo'd sounds like it would be great fun, i bet it would not be cheap to build though properly.

Mike

Korda

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had a raider many years ago great motor,

Mids_s2

The name Ian nixon springs to mind when tuning renault 5's iv had 11 in total 3 of them raiders,europarts did a twin engined one that was quite quick 250bhp per engine.
All in all good fun little cars.

andybond

Ian Nixon is reportly very good at setting them up.

So are various northerners who as skilled with micro drill bits and AFR gauges.

Big power on a c1j is quite expensive , and hard to extract.

The 1.4 puts out 115bhp in phase one ( non water cooled turbo as standard ) format and 120 bhp in phase 2 / raider flavour.

Common mods are larger turbo , double capacity or proper front mount intercooler.

A non OEM rad is not needed.

coleman

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-RENAULT-5...item45f821c4d5

This one looks nice!
Rare in Electric blue aswell, looks like its a phase 1.5 with the AEI on the engine side of the firewall.
Lob a set of OZ superleggra wheels on it and thatsall i would do.
As said, stick with OEM Renault Rads and water pump, aslong as the are ok it will not overheat.

There was a few tuners years ago when i had mine

Europarts(Did the reddy orange twin engine one)
BB tuning
GT Tuning (They were caught out on RTOC selling the Ł35 GSF head gasket for Ł200+
Ktec racing

jameswrx

Love these little cars. I tried to get one for the mrs a few years ago but after looking at a few we gave up.

I'd love a mint pearl White one, I always wanted one when I was first driving but it never happened.

I must be one of very few that actually love the interior too, the dashboard and instrument cluster is classic! Proper 80's turbo feel about it, superb!

STAFFY OWNER

My mate had an F reg about 20 years ago. As far as i can remember it was totally standard but was still a quick, fun car, we used to have a great laugh in it.

Psycho Warren

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good straight line cars but i wasnt impressed with the handling compared to other rival cars.