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 quote - My renault 5 gordini 1400cc pushrod turbo has 195 bhp and 182 ibls feet on 15 psi of boost . It has GT turbo pistons and liners , standard cam and head , crank , rods etc , hybrid T3 turbo , straight through 1 box exhaust , GT turbo group A carb , alloy M.G. montego intercooler , GT turbo ignition module and a few other bits and bobs but nothing too radical or expensive . the wheels are the standard turbo ones that come on the cars originally . The cool low ride height is achieved by twisting the front and rear torsion bars as the car has no springs  super duper indeed, I think I'm going to try and get this chap to pay us a visit! J |
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Last Edit: Nov 21, 2006 0:19:45 GMT by Blown_Imp
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Oh my, renault turbo!DarrenW
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Gorgeous. Way back when I was into Minis and had only been driving for a couple of years, I had the chance of a super SUPER clean metallic green original-shape 5. Wish I'd bought it!
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yeah i almost bought a blue one that was part finished, just after i sold my GTti. It had crrrrrazy red seats and the engine was set to make about 220bhp! They really are fantasitc machines, especially as lowering is a case of moving some splines, renaults love the floor!
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bryn
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Hmm, had a couple of Renault Five turbos. Loved them to bits, just never felt that safe in them, was either waiting for detonation, or worried about structural strength at warp speed. They were Mk2s though, an early Gordini would light my fire now though...  |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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qwerty
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Oh my, renault turbo!qwerty
@qwerty
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Is that engine Longitudinal??
Are these RWD or FWD? Looks beautiful! I'll post a some pics of some up when I get home!
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Oh my, renault turbo!Robinxr4i
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They are fwd, renault forgot to turn the engine (see old passats they had the same kackhanded engine/transmission layout)
Anyway the car is fuggin cool love mk1 R5's, the gordini wheels just suit the car soooooo much it almost seems a crime to swap them for anything else.
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Yep love em  ;D and luckily Jane quite fancies another one  Which surprised me, so I will be on the lookout in the new year for a Blue Gordini turbo Be careful about Inviting Mk1 Gaz over He has some achingly gorgeous cars..... Renault 8 gordini anyone ;D But He`s like a resident Troll on Turbosport  Check out some of the Oldschool banter threads, or any mention of Zetec/Duratech/Pinto If its not a "Harris Pinto" its Sh!t in his opinion ;D |
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qwerty
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Oh my, renault turbo!qwerty
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They are fwd, renault forgot to turn the engine (see old passats they had the same kackhanded engine/transmission layout) Anyway the car is fuggin cool love mk1 R5's, the gordini wheels just suit the car soooooo much it almost seems a crime to swap them for anything else. YEah I was thinking it must be like old VW's and Audis. Is a Lovely looking car but needs some black to break up the red IMHO. Maybe black bumpers. |
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Last Edit: Nov 21, 2006 8:54:48 GMT by qwerty
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Yep love em ;D and luckily Jane quite fancies another one Which surprised me, so I will be on the lookout in the new year for a Blue Gordini turbo Be careful about Inviting Mk1 Gaz over He has some achingly gorgeous cars..... Renault 8 gordini anyone ;D But He`s like a resident Troll on Turbosport Check out some of the Oldschool banter threads, or any mention of Zetec/Duratech/Pinto If its not a "Harris Pinto" its Sh!t in his opinion ;D Why don't you just lower the compression ratio and do it properly?!?!?!?! et cetera...  *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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It's actually closer to the Traction/DS Citroens as the gearbox is in front of the engine!
Means the weight of the engine sits further back of course, which is never a bad thing.
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Oh my, renault turbo!BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Nov 21, 2006 11:03:33 GMT
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I *heart* early Renner 5's! This one is amazing! Love the stance, love the tweaks... sublime.
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Nov 21, 2006 12:48:51 GMT
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that is probably the best looking car i have ever seen, i'd give my right arm and a kidney to own one of those, but looks like the GT will have to do until someone wants any of my body parts!
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Nov 21, 2006 13:20:51 GMT
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Engine behind gearbox! Very strange setup, but good for balance.
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Nov 21, 2006 13:30:50 GMT
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sweet mate, love 5's lots especailly early ones
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Nov 22, 2006 10:15:29 GMT
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is that for real ?? i always thought they had torsion bars in the rears only fronts were mc pherson spring and shock set up |
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Nov 22, 2006 10:46:06 GMT
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It's actually closer to the Traction/DS Citroens as the gearbox is in front of the engine! Means the weight of the engine sits further back of course, which is never a bad thing. Saab 99 & 900 are the same layout  |
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Saab Freak (in order of favouite first) '88 900 Turbo8 '86 900i Old Stripy '72 99 CM4 '83 99 '06 9-5 Aero 260 '96 9000 Turbo CSE '93 900 LPT SE (absolute Shed of a car) www.uksaabs.co.uk |
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Nov 22, 2006 11:29:29 GMT
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is that for real ?? I always thought they had torsion bars in the rears only fronts were mc pherson spring and shock set up for sure ;D front and rear torsion bars just like a renault 4! |
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Nov 22, 2006 12:08:54 GMT
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Saw this beauty at Donnington a few months back, managed to blag tickets to the Renault World Series and there was a little compound full of historic Renault race and road cars.... saw this guy leaving and couldn't believe how shiny and looked after it was for a car that doesn't get trailered everywhere....  |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Nov 22, 2006 19:20:40 GMT
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oooooooh love these  They pop up on ebay from time to time and I think 'should I?' ;D but am always put off by engine reliability issues  The basic engine is very reliable. Bearing in mind that it's an early 60s engine (called the sierra engine!), it takes to turbocharging well BUT (it's an even bigger but than that) you must make sure the cooling system is equal to whatever your doing to the motor. Remember that although this engine was designed to run in the back of the Renault 8 (which means it would get very hot), it's wasn't even dreamed that a turbo would be attached to it. Most of the 5GTT blowups are cause by either mega boost and/or inadequate cooling. FYI a useless bit of info... The R8 Gordini (which is the same bottom end as a standard 8) is believed to be the only production car of the 60s (maybe more) that didn't have a red line on the rev counter and didn't have a 'max rpm' mentioned in the handbook. |
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Del from Renospeed had a fantastic black show-winning one sitting that low. It drove like curse word though with the torsion bars wound down like that. So we converted to coilovers all round - modifying wishbones, pick-up points, bracing the shell etc and fitting coilovers custom-made by Leda. Worked great, but loads of effort and money and wasn't really worth it in the end. Unbelievably Del decided to rob the bits out of it for one of his R4 projects and sold it as a bare shell Wish I'd had the dough to buy it now... |
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