5 GT Turbo My Red 5GT F701/E2

[Ian M]

Well 2022 came and went in a flash, had a lot of things going on at home and work, so the 5 never saw daylight.
Into 2023 and another new battery later, pre mot checks revealed perished fuel lines, but they have been on there for 17 years. so some new braided lines fitted, it was booked in for mot . Turned out the only miles it had done since the last mot in 2020 was the 3 1/2 miles back and then the 3 1/2 back to the mot station again. No issues and flew through, mot tester just pointed out a tiny bit of corrosion on one bend on the original metal brake pipes.

 

[Ian M]

A few days later it’s first run out happened. did about 50 miles and loved it! Around the corner from home, the brake pedal felt different, you’ve guessed it, that pipe burst. No real issue, made some new rear sections up around the fuel tank, the rest of the metal pipes still amazingly have the green coating on they had from factory.

 

[Ian M]

A week later, another nice evening it was out again, about 35 minutes from home is this old garage which closed in the 1970’s, it’s a popular photo spot, so had a run over to there to get some pictures, something i’ve wanted to do for a long time!

 

[Duncan Grier]

Nice pics, car looks as great in the flesh

 

[Adey]

great shots

 

[Spooky]

Totally agree with Duncan, looked gorgeous in the flesh!

Goes pretty well too.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Made my day last Thursday to come up behind another GTT on the road whilst I was "scooting" along in the Raider!

 

[DaveL485]

Great looking car, as good in the metal as the pictures.

 

[Ian M]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! i know it’s not oe spec, but it was built to my choice and decided to keep it that way ( as there is no going back now )

 

[Ian M]

Made my day last Thursday to come up behind another GTT on the road whilst I was "scooting" along in the Raider!

Yeah loved it mate, it’s been many years since i saw a 5gt coming up in my mirror !! it was great to be in a little convoy again!

 

[Brigsy]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! i know it’s not oe spec, but it was built to my choice and decided to keep it that way ( as there is no going back now )

Looks great as is mate dont ever go back to oem.

 

[Ian M]

Was looking back through some old R5 stuff today looking for something and found the Bargain pages\Auto Pages from November 2002 with the advert of my car, also the purchase receipt. In hindsight maybe i should of just bought them all

 

[Ian M]

The cars next outing was to Moggys Fairwell, so glad i was able to get the car to this! This trip took this years mileage to 250 which is the most it’s done in the last 6 years !

 

[Ian M]

I thought it was about time i did a little maintenance, first up where the tappets, i’ve had a little feint rattle for quite a while now, ive always assumed it was the chain tensioner, only very feint, anyway rocker cover off, i found a bent pushrod, changed that, set the tappets, next up i drained the oil, i found some very very small metallic bits in the oil, i checked the inline filter in the turbo feed line and found one in that too. I knew the car was funny fairly well on the trip to Wrexham, but didn’t want to take any chances, so dropped the sump. The remaining oil in the sump looked ok. First off was big end caps, didn’t look too bad, considering it hasnt had the bottom end done since 2004, and it’s had some hammer in that time. Next off main caps, i found scoring on no 2/3 and in particular 1. Opened the oil pump and light scoring in that too. I’m not sure what’s gone on, i have a mechanical oil gauge so know it’s got good pressure still.

After a chat with Brigsy, i was trying to convince myself to stick some new bearings in and run it until the winter and re check, but Brigsy was telling me to just do it properly. I now agree as il probably just be wasting money.

After sleeping on it , and having another look at the crank, i’ve decided to do the right thing.

I had plans for the winter for an engine bay tidy up as i’ve never been happy with the paint in the engine bay, it’s never been upto the spec of the outside, so we may aswell get on with it now,

So it’s engine out, crank out, probably new/new to the car crank as i’m not keen on grinding a crank again that’s already on .25 bearings, new bearings, new tensioner, new oil pump, Engine bay repaint , i also want to ditch the early 2000’s style blue samcos on a red car and chrome bits, change all the hoses to black silicon, get all the brackets powder coated, possibly the subframe too and tidy the front suspension up.

So with a few hours spare this afternoon i got on with stripping of the engine bay, need to dig out the engine crane and stand tomorrow, it’s been a few years since ive had that out as i steer clear of that work these days.

Bit gutted tbh as i was enjoying using the car, but best to get things sorted while i know the turbo etc are unharmed, and there is always next year

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Aww bugger....

 

[sparkie]

If you need bits yellow zinc plating I can point you in the right direction. It's local too.

 

[Brigsy]

Do it right and do it once mate

 

[Ian M]

Things have progressed fairly quickly at the moment.

Out came the engine





Then stripped of Auxiliaries



Then timing cover off and crank out

 

[Ian M]

Next i picked up the engine for the donor crank, and had that stripped and out within half an hour of getting it back to the workshop. initial measurements look fine, but will get it properly measured this week and hopefully all it will need is a polish, then i can compile the list of parts i need to gather to put it all back together

 

[Ian M]

In the meantime, i’ve continued stripping the engine bay of hoses, clips and brackets, didn’t realise how riffy the bay is, will be glad to get it tidied up and painted properly, next i need to get the servo out