renault 5 thread
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Hi guys and gals
Excuse the name and the car I knw its not a ford, the name was supposed to say bigboost not bigboot lol any way Im a member on here because you ford lads gave me loads of inspartation towards my project and one day I will own a either a escort costworth or a sapphire cosworth any way don’t hate me to much for doin this cos iv bit the bullet just now lol n gone n done it, (hides for cover awaiting the abuse)
This is my project an original Renault 5 dimma, not the skeete kit or prima racing but an original dimma (just get sick of all the wide arched ones on ebay bin dimmas when there not) enjoy the build
This is how I got her. Couple of thing to sort mainly the dredfull French wiring lmao
then I stripped her out fitted cobra buckets and that’s how she was for a while, power wise?? I dnt knw ktec set it up for 18psi on a t25 but I don’t trust previous owners so I turned the boost down for now to bout 10 psi well within what a standard carb can cope with. Then I hit some boosting problems at 2k comeing on boost it would splutter n nearly cut out, I swapped the modded carb for a standard one of my raider and it sorted it but again turned boost down to bout 8 psi
some plonker had fitted a surfboard to the front of the bumper so I removed, and added a ctm open mouth grill which looks wired in a pinky gold flip, and decided to go fmic.
Should help the little ones cooling issues the got some hard boost pipes but still haven’t got round to getting my silicones yet. This is how she sits atm moment, well sort of anyway
After a hard night at work ive decide on my color scheme
Main body and centre of wheels will be ford panther black
All brackets and various other stuff and outer lip of wheels will be Chrysler sbe
Along come some Renault 21 txe discs 285
And the brackets to suit
Freshly painted in the color of choice
Only to find the calipers catch on the edge of of my rims, so that mod is on hold for now and standard go back on for now
Which brings me to this week if started to strip the under neath ready for painting
Tank off
Going to be rplaced by a jaz fuel cell
Rear beam stripped and is at the powder coaters
As well as a lot of other bits n bobs
Got my first parts painted in the blue
And started stripping down another block for a rebuild with forged rods n pistons
More updates to come. Hope it’s a good read and don’t slate me to much
tom
Excuse the name and the car I knw its not a ford, the name was supposed to say bigboost not bigboot lol any way Im a member on here because you ford lads gave me loads of inspartation towards my project and one day I will own a either a escort costworth or a sapphire cosworth any way don’t hate me to much for doin this cos iv bit the bullet just now lol n gone n done it, (hides for cover awaiting the abuse)
This is my project an original Renault 5 dimma, not the skeete kit or prima racing but an original dimma (just get sick of all the wide arched ones on ebay bin dimmas when there not) enjoy the build
This is how I got her. Couple of thing to sort mainly the dredfull French wiring lmao
then I stripped her out fitted cobra buckets and that’s how she was for a while, power wise?? I dnt knw ktec set it up for 18psi on a t25 but I don’t trust previous owners so I turned the boost down for now to bout 10 psi well within what a standard carb can cope with. Then I hit some boosting problems at 2k comeing on boost it would splutter n nearly cut out, I swapped the modded carb for a standard one of my raider and it sorted it but again turned boost down to bout 8 psi
some plonker had fitted a surfboard to the front of the bumper so I removed, and added a ctm open mouth grill which looks wired in a pinky gold flip, and decided to go fmic.
Should help the little ones cooling issues the got some hard boost pipes but still haven’t got round to getting my silicones yet. This is how she sits atm moment, well sort of anyway
After a hard night at work ive decide on my color scheme
Main body and centre of wheels will be ford panther black
All brackets and various other stuff and outer lip of wheels will be Chrysler sbe
Along come some Renault 21 txe discs 285
And the brackets to suit
Freshly painted in the color of choice
Only to find the calipers catch on the edge of of my rims, so that mod is on hold for now and standard go back on for now
Which brings me to this week if started to strip the under neath ready for painting
Tank off
Going to be rplaced by a jaz fuel cell
Rear beam stripped and is at the powder coaters
As well as a lot of other bits n bobs
Got my first parts painted in the blue
And started stripping down another block for a rebuild with forged rods n pistons
More updates to come. Hope it’s a good read and don’t slate me to much
tom
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cheers guys i knw i carnt ever rebuild a car to the quaility of some people on here because there are some extremely talented people on this site but i will try my hardest to make it a good project
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Excellent stuff 
Love the 5 turbo - used to have one years ago & seeing threads like these really makes we want to get another one myself to play with before the end of this year
Keep us updated with all your work
Love the 5 turbo - used to have one years ago & seeing threads like these really makes we want to get another one myself to play with before the end of this year Keep us updated with all your work
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This is my mate marks r5 turbo, its been featured in the mags and is quick as hell, runs 12 sec 1/4 miles and runs around 230 bhp,fully stripped out but him and our m8 olly ( who has a r5 turbo) plan to make theirs quicker.
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I had some good fun in my Renault 5 gt turbo, my brother owned a black D reg dimma gt turbo a fair few years back, the old dear called it the black beetle.
Keep the updates coming and good luck with the project
Keep the updates coming and good luck with the project
Lovely mate, looks especially cool from the rear not 100% keen on the front bumper although it looks better with your intercooler, heres a pic of mine from a few years ago
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got some updates,
went to the blasters all blasted just waiting in the axel and a few other little bits to be coated
got my top mounts back and lowering springs all powder coated black.
got the panther black and a really couse metalic silver piant for some other liitle bits.
but best of allll, as alot of you are stating to use zetec and turboing them insted of cvhs im going down another route like that, this will be a long side project because im not familier with this engine efi is a whole new ball game so hopefull have this in for next winter turbod and running stand alone :s
went to the blasters all blasted just waiting in the axel and a few other little bits to be coated
got my top mounts back and lowering springs all powder coated black.
got the panther black and a really couse metalic silver piant for some other liitle bits.
but best of allll, as alot of you are stating to use zetec and turboing them insted of cvhs im going down another route like that, this will be a long side project because im not familier with this engine efi is a whole new ball game so hopefull have this in for next winter turbod and running stand alone :s
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mar_k it could of bin the previous owner lived near london soory i dnt knw exactly where abouts tho lol
any way bit of an update nownt major. got the engine ready to come out just need to remove driveshafts and lift her out so hopefully next two days and thwe crack on with the wire wheel, oh the joys lol
and just took some pics of my top mounts freshly powder coated, springs i think are 40mm lowering and were red but that dosent come in with the color theme so the got blasted and redone in black
any way bit of an update nownt major. got the engine ready to come out just need to remove driveshafts and lift her out so hopefully next two days and thwe crack on with the wire wheel, oh the joys lol
and just took some pics of my top mounts freshly powder coated, springs i think are 40mm lowering and were red but that dosent come in with the color theme so the got blasted and redone in black
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Good work!
We bought this one couple of months back, low comp KTR 230 Turbo running 18psi
https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/246153-our-french-bean-can.html
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We bought this one couple of months back, low comp KTR 230 Turbo running 18psi
https://passionford.com/forum/pictures-video-and-photoshop-forum/246153-our-french-bean-can.html
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Didnt think that there were this many 5 owners on here! Got a shed full of parts that going to be skipped at the weekend, free to anyone who wants to collect from brum. Includes, bottom end, 2x Gearbox's, starter, alternator, manifolds, clocks etc etc etc
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Hi, here's a picture of my toys
I had to sell the GTT because the lack of parkings here in Paris... Still regret it a bit...
Fully gasflowed head, cam shaft, big valves springs, IHI turbo, home made FMIC, grA carb tuned with a lambda sensor, big diesel radiator with separate oil cooler, near 160hp @17psi.
Viarouge Bilstein style shocks, Eibach springs, and Carbone Lorraine pads.
A very sensational car, a reliable at the end I owned it !!
Went to Brungtinthorpe in 2006 for the RTOC nat day
I had to sell the GTT because the lack of parkings here in Paris... Still regret it a bit...
Fully gasflowed head, cam shaft, big valves springs, IHI turbo, home made FMIC, grA carb tuned with a lambda sensor, big diesel radiator with separate oil cooler, near 160hp @17psi.
Viarouge Bilstein style shocks, Eibach springs, and Carbone Lorraine pads.
A very sensational car, a reliable at the end I owned it !!
Went to Brungtinthorpe in 2006 for the RTOC nat day
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I've got a white one with the BBR Stage 3 engine & suspension conversion.
Purported to kick out 218hp, but I reckon some of those horses have gone walkabout since the conversion was done.
It looks a bit of a shed but is stripped out and will be used only for the strip and track.
Purported to kick out 218hp, but I reckon some of those horses have gone walkabout since the conversion was done.
It looks a bit of a shed but is stripped out and will be used only for the strip and track.
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parts from podwer coaters
best bit is got charged 60 quid cos im a regular customer finish is top darts.
pics dont do justice to the qaulity
dont knw if this hub is a standard one never seen 1 like it b4 if it is
brackets for the brake hose on rear axel
bottom pulley needs to be modded for a triggerwheel
rear brakes
timing chain cover
front hubs
rear axel is now mint
wel best of all, or maybe not, thy powder coated the full sump, i dnt knw if this will be a problem?? but i came up trumps noticeing baffle brackets, after a bit of research the only come on cup cars and early pahase ones and a real rare.
more updates tomorow
regards tom
pics dont do justice to the qaulity
dont knw if this hub is a standard one never seen 1 like it b4 if it is
brackets for the brake hose on rear axel
bottom pulley needs to be modded for a triggerwheel
rear brakes
timing chain cover
front hubs
rear axel is now mint
wel best of all, or maybe not, thy powder coated the full sump, i dnt knw if this will be a problem?? but i came up trumps noticeing baffle brackets, after a bit of research the only come on cup cars and early pahase ones and a real rare.
more updates tomorow
regards tom
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are you going to be making a custom exhaust manifold or just buy one from the likes of k-tec or bb tuning?
years ago as a young un i made a turbo manifold etc for my Clio 16v with the plan to go the whole hog and rebuild the engine etc but it didnt materialise... here's a few pics for you
also got a few pics of some n/a and some supercharged 1.8 16v and Williams engines fitted to Renault 5's if you want to see those too
