my 1991 Renault 5 GT Turbo

[bluntyr5gtt]

Hi everyone below is my 1991 renault 5 gt turbo in tungsten grey iv owned the car since november 2009 and since then its gone from being ran down and unloved into being my pride and joy, it was also not even running standard power when i got it but now has 230+bhp











dyno plot the lower marks are on my old 178bhp set up

[mark87]

That looks stunning.

[bluntyr5gtt]

thank you mark appreciate you saying that, its taken quite a few man hours get it something like right, just need get this other bonnet and drivers door fitted and painted and it will be pretty much spot on. thinking of going back to oe with the lights as well

[Doug@g19engineering]

Now that takes me back. Great looking car you have there.

[bluntyr5gtt]

thanks doug, could never for the life of me understand why people ruined them with god awful bodykits suppose it was that max power era (an era i hated).

ill be honest and say i wasnt to sure if i would be too welcome on this forum as it seems rather largely ford based, but am glad the car has seemed get a decent reaction, it does get alot of respect when out on the road or when at petrol stations etc had so many conversations with random people

[Doug@g19engineering]

I had a stock black one, lowered on 15" wheels with 195/45 yokos. So much fun to drive. I thought it was so cool as it was the first car I had with remote central locking. Remote central locking and a mobile that was the size of a brick...

Would deffo be a clean tungsten grey one in my collection if I had that big lottery win.

[105Ian]

Nice looking and very clean , used to work on these when they first came out used to be great fun ,but been a few years since we had any of these come into work

[bluntyr5gtt]

I had a stock black one, lowered on 15" wheels with 195/45 yokos. So much fun to drive. I thought it was so cool as it was the first car I had with remote central locking. Remote central locking and a mobile that was the size of a brick...

Would deffo be a clean tungsten grey one in my collection if I had that big lottery win.

you would be surprised at how cheap you can pick these up for, although a good clean oe one will fetch over 4.5k.
haha loved the comment about central locking and mobile phone size how things have moved on eh

[bluntyr5gtt]

Nice looking and very clean , used to work on these when they first came out used to be great fun ,but been a few years since we had any of these come into work

thanks alot ian i do my best keep it upto a good standard (i think my mrs gets a bit jealous of the car sometimes) , they are becoming a bit of a rare sight now and im determined keep this one going for as long as possible

[bluntyr5gtt]

hi guys realised i hadnt listed the spec of the car so for anyone interested here goes

fully rebuilt bottom end 2k ago (only needed rings but i decided do the whole lot)
t28/t2.63 turbo (cosworth t3 comp housing/pulsar t28 comp wheel/pulsar t28 shaft and turbine machined into t2.63 housing)
23psi boost
cat cams 285 cam, piper vernier, piper uprated springs
tubular exhaust manifold
longlife 2.5" bore turbo back system with 3.25" tailpipe
big jim racing 2.5" turbo elbow/downpipe
fully rejetted carb (standard main,standard 1st stage,1.3 2nd stage,0.9 a/c, 2mm needle valve, standard venturi)
fully ported head with valve guides reduced and multi angle seats
ported inlet manifold
ram air induction kit located behind front grill
cosworth 2wd fmic
spax suspension
uniroyal rainsport 2 tyres
clio turbine alloys 15"
285mm big brake conversion
front and rear strut braces
cobra bucket seats
centre console mounted boost,oil pressure,oil temp and also aem wideband gauge.
oil and coolant is dropped every 1-2k and changed

car is certainly producing more than the last 230bhp output in october and will find out for sure in april/may

also upcoming plan is to get megajolt fitted and mapped up as the standard aei unit is pants on anything above standard boost especially between 2-4k, i know of a guy who has done this conversion and seen huge gains of torque in them ranges (75 lb/ft max)

[bluntyr5gtt]

vid of octobers dyno run

[mk2-mad-ad]

Nice 5 bud sure ive seen this about looks really smart

[Xr3i eoin]

Cracking car fella, always loved the 5's. Hopefully one day I might get my hands on one! Yours is stunning, fair play again!

[bluntyr5gtt]

hi mate its possible you might of seen it about, i live in the milton/norton area but frequently travel to crewe via the a500 etc

[bluntyr5gtt]

Cracking car fella, always loved the 5's. Hopefully one day I might get my hands on one! Yours is stunning, fair play again!

thanks alot matey iv actually fount out via dvla that there is only 909 r5gtt left on the road in the uk. Its taken a while get it to where it is and im still not finished . is that your car in your avatar?

[caprimentle]

looks fantastic, love the colour, wheels and stance, always wanted an r5 turbo, just one of those cars a man needs or atleast needs to drive one at some point.

[bluntyr5gtt]

many thanks for the kind words mate they are very addictive i never understood what people meant by the 5 bug ( i do now) haha

big updates to tell you about.

first of all my car is now officially sorn, as its now going to be getting a full restoration which is something iv wanted to do since having the car, bit gutted ill miss the shows etc this year but its certainly going to be worth it.
Iv already began to strip the car down, and have quite a few parts already these are as follows

brand new n/s o/s inner sills
brand new n/s o/s outter sills
rear bumper repair panels
new fuel pump bracket
new fuel filter bracket
full polybush set
good second hand bonnet

the above is just scratching the surface of what ill be getting for the car and ill keep this thread updated with what i get etc.

iv also decided that the car will be changing color to mg trophy blue as its a color i really like and will suit the r5gtt well, iv also been considering ford imperial blue

the front seats will be sold and hopefully replaced with a set of rs turbo recaros

[M11rf]

Yes, Yes, Yes!

Very nice mate... I like the colour it is already.

[cuttsy224]

NOOOOO, keep it this colour, love it.. what sort of 0-60 time does it have?

[boXXer]

I love it, same colour as my old one. Had Clio 16v wheels on mine. Did the usual home mods of drilling the carb, strapped cooler etc, it was rapid.

[Trev2971]

love that m8

havent had a 5 for years ... this is the only pic I have of our last one

[mk2-mad-ad]

Seen a 5 turbo today they just look ace always wanted one when i was younger there used to be loads about , my mates next door neigbour had one on his drive for years and refussed to sell it to us then one day he just scraped it was gutted lol how progress bud

[FBF]

I had the obligatory red r5t, last time i saw it was smoldering in my local pub car park... It just caught fire on its own. A sad day

[escosracer]

loved mine to bits.....had a cup version aswell, daft sellin it but cash was needed at the time.....