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Hi everybody! The time has come to do a full restoration of my dads 5 GT Turbo in hopes that I complete it for his birthday in april. The story goes like this: My dad bought the car from Italy in the 90' and imported it in Slovenia - ex. Yugoslavia. I believe he was the or one of the first ones with a 5 GTT. The car was used as a daily, for street racing, prepared to do rally in group N (but not actually raced as he decided to race a Citroen AX Sport). This is a photo from circa 2005...

All the sale gubbins is done and now just the small matter of picking this up next weekend. It came up for sale last week and knowing what's been done to this and how well it's been put together it was hard to say no. I've been away from the Renaultsport scene for nearly 18 months for various reasons, and to be fair if this hadn't have come up for sale when it did I would have carried on with life without the need. So now I can slowly get back into the swing of meet ups, cars n coffee...

Bit cut and paste but here goes - 2008 to present Take one diesel extra van, Spur of the moment ebay purchase Dug out the old 1986 r11t lump out the garage that had been stored for many years. Rebuild?? i think not. if it ain't broke don't fix it. This is a pmt spec build. Add a bit of PMT 2 months later... Ready for Fcs 08

Hi, my names Adey and I have a bit of a problem with old rusty Renaults. You my remember me from such Retro Builds as The Renault 5 Campus..... Summer Boostings. A C1J turbo swapped base model r5 (sold to fund the next car) The 1978 Renault 12 Frog Dog, Definitely slow slight low (sold to help fund a wedding) And one of my Favourites, The 1957 "The Dope" Dauphine (sold due to ill health) So its been just over 2 years since I've had something retro to tinker with. I had a pretty...

I have been looking for a Tow Vehicle/ General purpose carrier for some time. I had a sort of Schedule of attributes that I needed to follow. 1. No tech allowed 2. The more basic the better 3. It's got to live out in all weathers 4. I will be doing any repairs it needs as I'm too tight to pay anybody else. I had been daydreaming about old yank pickups, but size was the problem here , most are ridiculously large and no Diesel options. I was idly Daydreaming over a real nice 1973...

As a few will remember I had the pleasure of owning this car back in 2005 and sold during the incarnation of the vag powered black 5...... .....11 years on Chris gave me the opportunity to buy back and talked myself into its just a bit of welding and lock of paint, bit of tlc and get using it How I left it :)

Fitting guide for diamond performance a pillar pod (Big thanks to @Paul B for supplying) Tools & parts needed - Small and medium flat head screwdrivers Small torx bits Zip ties and Snips Soldering iron or crimps for wiring Boost gauge - i used a mocal 2 bar gauge and fitting kit to suit 1mtr 4mm id silicone vacuum hose Disclaimer - i take no responsibility if this goes wrong ! fairly easy though set aside a couple of hours to fit it nicely. 1. Offer the pod up to the a pillar and...

Renault 5 Turbo book

A very useful introduction into what makes a car behave in a certain way on the limit, and how to remedy it by tweaking various suspension components. Good to aid understanding.

This guide is courtesy of @roy h Adding EFI to your 5 yourself When I decided to EFI my 5 my first plan was to see what the minimum cost would be to carry out the conversion. And to see how easy it is to do and is it possible to make your own inlet manifold. First thing I looked at is pros and cons Pro’s Better fuel economy No more carb freeze No carb Cold starts Warm starts Cons Cost (around £1200 installed yourself to £1600+ to have all the work done for you 2013 prices) A...

The 21 turbo buyers guide