renault 5 gt turbo

[skyinsurance]

Old skool cool but give me an Uno Turbo any day!

 

[turbo-roj]

im sure i read somewhere the the life expectancy of a turbo on the 5's is one year?!

 

[lingl9z]

Alot of people have swapped the stock lumps out for the clio 16v engine and turbo'd them or whacked a Volvo 1.7T engine in, I almost bought one before the GT but simon swayed me towards a GT.

 

[GTEP82]

Alot of people have swapped the stock lumps out for the clio 16v engine and turbo'd them or whacked a Volvo 1.7T engine in, I almost bought one before the GT but simon swayed me towards a GT.

yeah theres a few round here wi the 1.7t volvo engine its the way to go if you want to keep it on the road, no a few people thats ad sum wi standard engines but there not around any more all gone BOOOOOM

 

[sx_turbo]

PMSL :haha: harsh but true!
Look cool but would never have one. Mate had one and spent a fortune blowing it up, fixing it, rebuilding it and it never ran right worth a shit!

sounds similar to my starlet

 

[ginor]

My mate had a Renault 5 GT with a GT25/28 Hybrid, that thing was crazy...ran 19psi because the boost gauge only went to 20 and wanted to make sure he knew if it was overboosting.

The only thing that I can think of is to watch out for the standard intercoolers, they have plastic tops and bottoms on them and if your changing the turbo and upping the boost they can blow off.

 

[Johnny_C]

i would never EVER buy a renault,in any shape,way,or form,they are a crock of shite.
in saying that,ill never buy a nissan now either,as renault have now spread their cancer to them,making them a crock of shit also.

 

[Lidders]

i would never EVER buy a renault,in any shape,way,or form,they are a crock of shite.
in saying that,ill never buy a nissan now either,as renault have now spread their cancer to them,making them a crock of shit also.

So if someone came up you and passed you the keys to a R34 GTR you would pass them back? or say a R35 GTR?

 

[Johnny_C]

So if someone came up you and passed you the keys to a R34 GTR you would pass them back? or say a R35 GTR?

renault didnt own nissan in the r34 era.
as for the r35,i couldnt afford to tax it in ireland,and im not keen on the triptonic,ive had a good look around 1 in the garage this week,sweet car,but give me a rex or supra anyday.

 

[starletsam]

a guy who lives near mes got a pretty mint looking R5GTT and he rarely drives it because it seems to blow a turbo all the time he put a new one on and it lasted all of about 2 days before the turbo blew again!some of them do look nice but yeh they are pretty damn unreliable!!

 

[Sparky]

Same you wont catch me anywhere near a renault!!

Especially a 5, I think they are horrid looking as standard and TERRIBLEY unreliable when fettled with.

Fairplay to the one in this thread though it looks a good example.

 

[Johnny_C]

Same you wont catch me anywhere near a renault!!

Especially a 5, I think they are horrid looking as standard and TERRIBLEY unreliable when fettled with.

Fairplay to the one in this thread though it looks a good example.

yeah that does look a little minter.

 

[steveatyork]

the good thing with the 5 is it runs a carb so theres no mapping involved,just a case of changing jets and haveing a wide band on hand,the only reason they are unreliable is because of neglect and headgaskets only go because its not set up right,they can be reliable if looked after and set up by someone that knows what they are doing

i have had r5 gt turbos since i was 18 and think they are great :drive:
they also do some very impressives times down the drag strip.the fastest doing 11.1@130mph and thats still using a carb

ok you can all :shoot: me now for sticking up for the 5 :slap::haha: