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16th March 2009, 01:15
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Renault 5 GT Turbo
Hi people
Bit of a random post, but has anyone on here had a renault 5 gt turbo?
The reason I ask is am thinking about having a weekend fun car and like the idea of a retro 80's hothatch and the 5 is top of the list.
Just interested in people opinions or are 5's more hassle than they are worth?
Cheers
Salty
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16th March 2009, 01:16
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awaits lots of crap from people who have not owned one going on made up stories
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16th March 2009, 01:20
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Id love one  . I was thinking the same as ryan. It will be that they 'melt' their turbo's and that the eat head gaskets!!
Well cool cars, there is an old guy that comes into my work with and untouced one. Its grey with orange stickers. Its soo cool. But it has towbar.
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16th March 2009, 01:21
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan
awaits lots of crap from people who have not owned one going on made up stories
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ere, yeah right, i hit boost like with it and it was runnin 100 million brake horse and the wheels and everything...
renault 5's are awesome if the intential idea is for a fun car... abuse and still want to play around with it under the hood. and you can slam the fuck out of them 
that or a Nova with 2 ltr 8v in there... imo more fun 
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16th March 2009, 01:26
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The engines are meant to be very easy to work on and great for someone with any mechanical knowlege.
You tend to only get the big problems it seems when winding the boost up for no reason or chasing massive power and not doing it properly.
Alot have been abused badly and thats externally aswell as the engines.
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16th March 2009, 03:05
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I had one years ago, my first quick car. Loved it even though I bought a snotter. Get a good one and just look after it and it'll be fine.
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16th March 2009, 08:16
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you guys seen the one in performance french cars this month
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16th March 2009, 08:18
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Ali g bledd
Last edited by VTEC-Saxo; 16th March 2009 at 08:20.
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16th March 2009, 08:43
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my mate has a Raider totaly standard to.
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16th March 2009, 08:48
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This is where my 2nd 5 lived for 5 weeks of its life I only had it 6 
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16th March 2009, 09:06
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Ive had one, personally wouldnt have one as a full time car as they can be tempermental....... if its only gonna be a weekend car get one, you will love it...
Make sure you check the usual around the engine etc etc... and also when driving in second gear, dip the clutch and let it back out to see if it pops out of gear, a common problem but an easy enough fix
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16th March 2009, 10:23
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My mate is selling his if your interested. Fucking quick!
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16th March 2009, 10:58
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My Dream Car...
Really want one!
Get an uprated headgasket and some quality cooling system and the problems should go away shouldnt they?
I would use it as a weekend car too!
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16th March 2009, 11:09
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my mates has 2 5s and ones been rebuilt and put into a renault van whish looks awesome and his other one has 150k on with not one rebuild runs shy of 170bhp and spat out 3 gearbox's if you take care of it, should have no problems and his cars both get death!
And his 5
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16th March 2009, 11:13
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are they painted williams wheels on le van ja?
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16th March 2009, 11:18
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Yeah! he had the turbines on them but he wanted some different wheels for the van
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16th March 2009, 12:02
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i have always loved 5's. Iwant one of them or a fez rs turbo.
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16th March 2009, 12:10
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just sold my raider which i had for one year and built from standard
used mine as weeknd car.
there are weak points in the car like fuel pump relays head gaskets and stuff
the main thing is make sure it feuling for the boost
alot of people turn the boost up a wear stuff down like heads id buy one of an enthusiast thats set up properly
however the driveability and the likeability factors outweighs the cons
great cars to drive serious around twistys made me smile
they are really appreciated by young and old for their quirkyness
standard brakes are wank so make sure you get one with upgrades or you'll land yourself in trouble
if you need any info ive had engines in out and alll about so just feel free to pm me
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16th March 2009, 12:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan
awaits lots of crap from people who have not owned one going on made up stories
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I've never owned one but I have a lot of horror stories
No more than any saxo though tbf
Awesome little motors but what you really want is the 1.7, bored out and turbod. 300bhp sir?
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16th March 2009, 12:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan
The engines are meant to be very easy to work on and great for someone with any mechanical knowlege.
You tend to only get the big problems it seems when winding the boost up for no reason or chasing massive power and not doing it properly.
Alot have been abused badly and thats externally aswell as the engines.
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Spot on there
These can be rapid cars, alot of torque in a tin-can Seen one fly past last week actually, there quite rare
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