5 GT Turbo Tungy grey o.e gtt

[Brigsy]

About time i started a new thread for my tungy gtt. Owned it since 2008, put it back to o.e over a couple of years. Just been maintaining and using it occasionally over the years, couple of euro trips super reliable.

At goodwood last year for origin rs with @Big Steve - Raider and @Kris M

Usual position near its garage

 

[andybond]

Do you enjoy driving it as much as say the van ?

 

[Brigsy]

Some maintenance has been required as of recently - old car syndrome. The suspension was pretty shot, so fitted new oem renault shocks all round last year. The bushes were totally shot up front as was the subframe (no oil leaks so rotted through) only bit of major rust on the car. I sourced a good condition subframe, burnt out the bushes and got the lot powdercoated in preperation to swap it.

Fire is the answer

Shiny shiny after powdercoat

Had problems sourcing oem bushes so got some tca's from gsf which were the wrong length..went back and eventually sourced some off ebay. Wound them in with a vice
Gsf shite vs oem

bushes pressed in the coated arms after eventually finding a set

Fully built

 

[Brigsy]

Started the swap last weekend - had to change gearbox as diff bearings were noisy (big thanks to @Adeyspec for the gearbox) turned out easy as every bolt came out no problem. New engine mounts fitted and soft clutch conversion and new release bearing as it was shot.

The start

Mid point

chassis rails up front needed a lick of paint due to surface rust, give it a good clean up and applied lots of por 15, gave the hubs and rack a lick too

Old subframe totally fecked when hit with the hammer, suprising what underseal hides


Almost there, ran out of light yesterday ao finish it off next weekend.


No where to store the bonnet safely so had to put it in the front room lol..more to come next week.

 

[Brigsy]

Do you enjoy driving it as much as say the van ?

Its pretty boring compared to the van ill be honest..its nippy but hardly sets the world on fire..still it returns decent mpg and people always give it the nod compared to hacky looks off the vans loud side exit exhaust.

 

[Adey]

good work man, glad the gearbox was of use looking super tidy underneath

 

[Brigsy]

Seems nice and tight @Adeyspec had it runing on axle stands yesterday no bother. Im going to do the underside soon. A couple of bits need a little bit of tlc but nowt major thanks to heavy underseal from the previous owner.

 

[Adey]

will defo be worth some serious money in years to come

 

[Brigsy]

Hope so! I class maintenance like this as protecting my investment lol. I would like to pull the engine out and paint/replate all brackets, one day when i have a proper garage again.

 

[Brigsy]

All back together now. Had the tracking set - i guesstimated it to get it to the garage and passenger side was .5deg out and drivers side 1degree out drives absoultely awesome. Steering feels tight and positive - best its ever driven. No more road noise with new bushes up front, this has highlighted a slighty noisy wheelbearing on the passenger side rear. Annoyingly they have been replaced 15k ago but its a cheap and easy job so another to do before france.
On the lift today

The view from underneath. Next job is clean up the minor surface rust to some parts.



Bling scorpion backbox after post fire polish lol

 

[andybond]

Looks stunning mate.

 

[Brigsy]

200 miles done in the last couple of weeks, went to the supercar meet at malton and general running about with no problems. Ready for the france trip next month!?
A couple of pics took at teesside autodrome


A bit of a clean up and wheel sealant

The scorpion exhausts have multipied thanks to another ebay £36 bargain The fired scorpion is on the right hand side stamped 1999 with a small scorpion logo on the box, the new one on the left is stamped 1996 and has the big scorpion letters underneath (oldskool?!) Anyway the result is they both sound exactly the same lol. Nothing lost nothing gained. I wanted a little bit more noise but not happening unless i start pulling some baffles out

 

[andybond]

I was always told the ones with the big lettering were the ones you wanted ? My sidey with huge SCORPION lettering on sounds awesome

 

[Brigsy]

Exactly what i thought @andybond The one on the right is the one with massive scorpion on the silencer, fitted yesterday and exactly the same volume. All i can assume is the ones that are loud as feck have lost all the baffles. The ones with the 4" tailpipe always sound superb, this sounds pleasant yet quiet for a single box system. Its as if the car doesn't want to be loud

 

[andybond]

Strange.
The exhaust I have from RST has tonnes of wadding in it. I wonder if removing this ( is it even in the old ones ? ) increases the volume ?

 

[Brigsy]

Less wadding = more noise. Some of the old boxes have it some don't. A couple of trackdays usually removes most of it, the van has nothing left. The milltek on the megane isn't far off to lol the volume increased dramatically after the last trackday.

 

[andybond]

I will endeavour to keep all the wadding in place in the meg then ! It will be mental otherwise.

There you go then , open up one of your scorpion exhausts and see if any wadding / baffles are left ?

 

[Brigsy]

I would have opened it up ages ago if i had access to a welder, probs wait until the france trip is over now then choppy choppy

 

[DaveL485]

I would have opened it up ages ago if i had access to a welder, probs wait until the france trip is over now then choppy choppy

I read that as "Bring your welder up when the carb is fixed"

 

[Brigsy]

So the old girl made it to france and back for an awesome tour to la chatre for 30 years of the gtturbo, all good apart from totally fecked rear wheel bearing


Treated her to some new tyres as the old uniroyals were fecked. The original size is non existant now so went for 185/60/13 nankang ns-2r for the bargain price of £230 a set. They look awesome and perform just as good.