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Your cars / Re: Renault 5 campus from Malta

« on: 23:53, Fri 07 September 2012 »

thanks for the reply, i really do love the look of it   , is the front splitter from a gtx too ??

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General Chat / r5 campus from malta in your cars

« on: 09:59, Sun 02 September 2012 »

anybody know what sideskirts they are or what they are off ??

http://www.renault5gtturbo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11992&sid=6de9bb0a7b388e51f51f72f812c889f3

cheers

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Your cars / Re: Renault 5 campus from Malta

« on: 09:22, Sun 02 September 2012 »

i really like this   , thinking of doing a campus conversion myself, what are the sideskirts off if you dont mind me asking

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Renault 5 GT Turbo / thread size???

« on: 17:07, Wed 28 October 2009 »

does anybody know the thread size of the bolts that go to the oil cooler sandwich plate, i dont want to take mine off til i get my pipes made up as one is a real b*tch to get back in.

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Renault 5 GT Turbo / Re: car wont idle

« on: 12:53, Sun 25 October 2009 »

i'll let you put my carb on your car 1 day if it helps, at least it would rule the carb out and you can start looking elsewhere

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Spotted / Was It You? /

« on: 20:25, Sun 11 October 2009 »

http://www.renault5gtturbo.com/forum/vi ... php?t=6350

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Spotted / Was It You? / black r5 white wheels (derbys)

« on: 17:19, Tue 25 August 2009 »

black r5 with white wheels heading towards wiaingroves derbyshire?

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Your cars /

« on: 04:21, Mon 06 July 2009 »

a nice lump of turbo internals chewed up in the sump killing a conrod and the crank








finished off the last bits yesterday





finally  



shes back  :twisted:  took her for a quick spin after , having no tax or mot spoiled my fun quickly though  :cry:

its been a long 2 weeks putting it all back together with lots of headaches and even more F words but after having a quick drive in it yesterday it put a massive smile back on my face  

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Your cars /

« on: 03:03, Sat 31 January 2009 »

should have al 3 of them on the road in a month or so

you could have a comp to see whos breaks first  :lol:

only joking mate love the amount of work you have put in to get her back on the road, mine has been at a complete stand still for the last few months as my job is hanging by a thread so im sh*tting it at the mo  :cry:

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Media / check these out

« on: 03:00, Fri 30 January 2009 »

probably seen by most  but still p*ss funny if you havent

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0GZH5fJhY

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4UCZF_UnG ... re=related

gotta love the noise of the caravan  

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Renault 5 GT Turbo /

« on: 16:01, Tue 04 November 2008 »

id be interested in the cam and vernier  pulley mate if its the 285

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Your cars /

« on: 02:43, Mon 06 October 2008 »

me too matey funds are slowing things down at the mo but am making progress if a bit slow, got the head and crank back friday so there looking good again now also taking the block to be acid dipped today so thats nice and clean ready for painting

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Renault 5 GT Turbo /

« on: 14:34, Wed 01 October 2008 »

cheers matey, i will be ordering the full kam kit sometime soon, i think there maybe uprated valve springs already on as i read on here the originals were red and mine are not but a new set wont hurt anyway to be sure, ive also got a forge single port actuator on the standard turbo but im unsure of the min or max psi so i was thinking of replacing the spring with with a forge t2 14-18 psi spring or should i go for a lower 1, obviously i wont be tryin to run 18 psi til i gt my fmic and bigger turbo and carb jetted but im assuming this will be ok for minimum boost as you can run 14 psi max on a standard setup right?

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Renault 5 GT Turbo /

« on: 12:45, Wed 01 October 2008 »

thanks people, ive ruled out the head being over skimmed already as ive took the head to be skimmed  along with the crank to be reground and the guy said it didnt look like the head hadnt been skimmed at all but now that it will be could i benefit from the pistons being milled down as im also going to be replacing the fly wheel with the lightened and balanced 1 along with the piper 285 kam and also a bigger turbo at some point to up the power, also i noticed that some of the stem seals were missing when i stripped the head down, im thinking for the money i might as well replace them but on the other hand i dont fancy 1 lifting and breaking and damaging a newly built engine as i read in an earlier post somewhere on here that 1 had ended up damaging the kam, sorry for the long posts but im after as much info as i can get as im not as clued up on this engine rebuilding as probably most here but im learning

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Renault 5 GT Turbo / pistons??

« on: 08:14, Wed 01 October 2008 »

after stripping my engine down and finding 1 of the conrods pretty much fooked i ordered another from cgb with the piston stil attached only to notice the piston was different from the others of mine, after cleaning the top on 1 of my pistons it appears that the crowns on top have been milled down to a flat finish as you can see and feel a slight lip on the edge of where it should be, i was told it was probably done to lower the compression is this good or bad or are there any other reasons why this might have been done as i am about to start rebuilding the engine? i was told i could flatten the crown on the piston i just brought to match the others, is this a good idea or should start to consider replacing the other pistons? would be grateful of any info