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L33 LEG
17-06-09, 01:42 PM
still half arsed trying to shift the E30. i emailed a guy with an R5 and he might be up for swapping, probably going to be a striaght swap.
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1091585.htm
http://images.pistonheads.com/aimg/1091/1091585-3.jpg
just after a bit of fun to be honest, if i dont like it il just sell it...
blue_peg_16v
17-06-09, 01:43 PM
booooommmmm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nuff said
L33 LEG
17-06-09, 01:46 PM
the kit would probably get put back to standard. and im aware they arnt the most reliable of things. i havnt been in one since i was 15 lol but remember back then it was fcukin quick and the door didnt open at the petrol station Lol. but its one of those cars iv always said id own one day.
i just browsed PH that day and that was the best i could find tbh. couldnt get a white one as theres a mint one around here. but if you all say its a state then il give it a miss ha
Renault 5's look naff at the best of times. That looks worse than naff.
Make it look like a lads I know and you're talking lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/clioboy16v/reno5gtt/P17-05-09_145701.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/clioboy16v/reno5gtt/P17-05-09_1512.jpg
Cool motors if looked after. There's a lad along the street from me with one also, immaculate standard ph2 running sensible boost.
stevie-p
17-06-09, 01:47 PM
as much as i hate them i'd still love one from when i was young but have to take a miss on that one because loos a mess
L33 LEG
17-06-09, 01:50 PM
that one above looks really nice. im sure it wont be too hard to make look decent. aslong as the paint is decent and it comes with a good amount of mods (like it does), then i reckon i could make a minter out of it.
but then iv got to think, which i would rather have. that or the E30. and thats probably why the E30 is still sat here with me lol
dj_wudgey
17-06-09, 01:55 PM
tbh always had a soft spot for them go fot it mate!!
hc coupe
17-06-09, 02:07 PM
Thats not a fair swap IMO and never would be. I would keep the e30 all day long.
Your e30 is a stunning example and the good weather is nearly on its way. I know what I would rather take out in the summer,
Tom
R5s are good fun, but are all ragged to wholly death and held together with fiberglass/filler.
That one looks a prime example - steer clear.
L33 LEG
17-06-09, 02:13 PM
Thats not a fair swap IMO and never would be. I would keep the e30 all day long.
Your e30 is a stunning example and the good weather is nearly on its way. I know what I would rather take out in the summer,
Tom
its a good example once the roof is down but iv split the rear screen. i suppose i should just fix it and the other little faults and then it would be a stunner.
craig green
17-06-09, 02:29 PM
Pretty cool & retro now. ;)
I used to hate the damn things.
rarer than Novas tbh.
i like them. mate of mine used to have one, white, sidepipes and uberlow.
thing was pretty fast to after some engine mods.
Dont like them myself, i know there quick but nah.
I'm with CG. They got much better with age and are a very rare thing these days. On the whole a bit too 'French' for my liking though coupled with shocking reliability lol.
If you think that the PH sh1tter is a £3k car L33 then you too sound like Carcraft fodder! lol
~~joycey~~
17-06-09, 02:57 PM
I owned a black one with a few pieces done to the engine, as above can be unreliable but when they do work there brilliant!
The only time they break is when you turn the boost up too much, run it at low boost and they go fine and dont break :)
And imo that PH one is'nt worth half of 3 grand lol
L33 LEG
17-06-09, 02:59 PM
i think il give it a miss lol i always look for what car to buy and never seem to find one that i will stick with
~~joycey~~
17-06-09, 03:00 PM
You should get one mate as i reckon you'll love it! Just dont get that one and not for 3 grand lol
Bobminda
17-06-09, 03:11 PM
I had one years ago and loved every minute of it, Quick as F**K but very very juicy !
Ive got respect for R5's.
They can look very cool and go like stink when treated to a bit of boost and a decent front mount, great fun to be in aswell the handling is awesome imo.
But on the other hand, crash and you fooked, oil pressure drops a bit and your engines fooked etc etc
had an r5gtt a few years back, was like a little hand grenade, if it ran right it was great but was painfully unreliable, even by my standards. my xe nova's much more fun to drive and has a much better spread of power although keeping the little 5 on boost all the time is half the fun i suppose.
novaguy08
17-06-09, 03:22 PM
If tweeked well the lil 1.3 can apparently handle 200 odd hp, but you will be needing to uprate the cooling like a 1000000% in order to handle it.
If you get one, make sure that you keep a very close eye on the mechanicicals and the temp gauge. kinda would suggest fitting a see-thru firewall and dash! been told that if they overheat they have a big risk of just going bang!
5's can be reliable if your not a n*b about it, keep and eye out for oil leaks, keep on top of your oil/water levels, make sure all your gauges are working/get better performance gauges, dont go crazy with the boost, decent cooler, hoses, rad and fan and your away.
They have a bad name because of morons with in car boost controllers that think they can wind the boost on to silly amounts and get away with it everyday. My mate used to have one of THE fastest 5's in the country and even he will tell you even with the power he was running, if your not an **** and keep on top of it the car will surprise you.
And its a 1.4 novaguy08
Tidy Max
17-06-09, 03:30 PM
r5s will always have a place in my heart lol
i love the things! thats a chunky orange roll cage int it!
Jamie the kn0b from Carisma built a nice one once.
Buy a 1700 lolvo powered one FTW.
Aye Max, chunky cage, looks like the 60mm dia. half cage I had in my SR :rolleyes lol
Brilliant cars are the 5.They can embarass alot of bigger cars.
I dont think you will find many 1.4's quicker
L33 LEG
17-06-09, 03:39 PM
cheers for the replies, seems if its a good example then you're a fan of them. when and if i sell my cab il look again at them and see if any take my fancy.
saying that tho i really should get my nova on the road and then i wont need a hot hatch lol
If you want a good 5 then dig deep. Sean was offered £4500 for the caged one and turned it down lol.
Bobminda
17-06-09, 03:41 PM
yeah that one was in the Ali G film
REEEEEESPECT iiiii
^ Jamies? I meant his first one, light blue, cream conolly leather.
The rival gangs in Ali G's shamed his mind! - Still ghey though.
I had one about 4 years ago and it's the car I regret selling most. Had 40k miles on it and never let me down.
Was running about 180bhp most of the time I had it with bigger turbo etc but got it totally standard. It had been on Jersey all it's life so low miles, no rust and unabused till I got it!
Rickardo
17-06-09, 05:40 PM
i had a Raider, it went like stink, overheated everywhere and then decided it would set on fire whilst i was driving it..
The Good old day's.. :thumb:
dj_wudgey
17-06-09, 05:42 PM
If tweeked well the lil 1.3 can apparently handle 200 odd hp, but you will be needing to uprate the cooling like a 1000000% in order to handle it.
If you get one, make sure that you keep a very close eye on the mechanicicals and the temp gauge. kinda would suggest fitting a see-thru firewall and dash! been told that if they overheat they have a big risk of just going bang!
5 turbo's are a 1.4 mate!
novaguy08
17-06-09, 06:32 PM
100cc, ya point being?????
dj_wudgey
17-06-09, 06:34 PM
well my point is its a 1.4 not a 1.3 does not take a scientist to figure does it!!
Theyre massively tunable but as with anything the more you squeeze out of them the less reliability you have, the block remained the same as the one used in the seventies in the old giordini mid engined ones which ran epic power something stupid like 400-600bhp iirc:eek:
FB_evolutions
17-06-09, 06:39 PM
my opinion warpppppppppppppppppppppppppp BANG
I know people that have owned them, had nothing but problems BUT - these people constantly played with them without knowing what they were doing. Turning the boost up is not the best way to better power lol
Both these mates have also rolled one each, out of the 2/3 they owned lol
They are cool looking (imo) fun little cars. Not slow either
Single point carb getting fed by a turbo at the back of the engine bay.
Thats two fails in one line...
shaneyboi35
17-06-09, 07:04 PM
to be honist ive got a bit of a soft spot for r5's aswell, as long as you loose the ghay kit then im sure it will be a good example, it looks clean from the photos , im sure it will be fun to drive!
i say go for it
novaguy08
17-06-09, 09:08 PM
Single point carb getting fed by a turbo at the back of the engine bay.
Thats two fails in one line...
lol your right there benn, its french aint it, so what ya expect!
Going to be one long turbo charged fail!
i had a Raider, it went like stink, overheated everywhere and then decided it would set on fire whilst i was driving it..
The Good old day's.. :thumb:
Anti-Perc fan ;)
Brettski
18-06-09, 01:54 AM
could be worse dude i owned a mg maestro turbo last year b4 i bought the sr big mistake broke down every time i drove it :mad:
and carb fed by a turbo means silly fuel bills lol
i do love 5s thow but wont be doing the childehood dream thing again and buy one
novasaloon1984
18-06-09, 12:46 PM
me and the lads have 3 5s now and i would say the engines are spot on its the owners.
the only thing to worry about is the rot like mad.
zags phase one is running silly power still on the carb and it looks the nuts i will put some picturs up when i get home
Lovely cars, i had an mega tuned one (well over 300bhp) when i was about 17/18 ish, went like a fecking rocket ship. None the less exploded like the after burners on one :(
Would defiently have another one mind now im a little more sensible.
novasaloon1984
18-06-09, 01:18 PM
Lovely cars, i had an mega tuned one (well over 300bhp) when i was about 17/18 ish, went like a fecking rocket ship. None the less exploded like the after burners on one :(
Would defiently have another one mind now im a little more sensible.
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LIKE I SAID NOT THE ENGINE ITS THE OWNERS HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA:thumb:
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LIKE I SAID NOT THE ENGINE ITS THE OWNERS HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA:thumb:
Thats true. Muchos boosty eqautes to muchos explosion. Piston through block & straight through carb, extreme french fireball :cry:
brainsnova
18-06-09, 01:24 PM
get a r5 and fit the c20-let :thumb:
get a r5 and fit the c20-let :thumb:
LOL muchly doubt it would even fit in the bay of the Renault!
Im sure if you really wanted it to it would, if you can put a 1.8 16v clio/R19 engine in then im sure it would fit with a squeeze (I have a valver engine and they're quite sizeable)
Im quite a fan of them.A lad local to me had a fairly big spec one years ago and took me out in it and still to this day i can remember the sheer acceleration of it!If i had a garage i would be quite tempted to get one.
Ive found there like Novas, once youve had one, youll always want another one.
R5 Raider is what you want thou, full leather, imperial blue paintwork & funkay "Raider" badges :D
craig green
18-06-09, 06:24 PM
They do make a lovely noise. Just a pity the build quality & typical odd French design.
Kart like steering, nice gear change, odd seating position & flimsy seats which by now will be ready to drop you through the bottom.
Old push rod engine design defies logic. How can something that crap handle so much boost?
Testimony to the durability however..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5Hwh6jRss
Yeah theres a raider one around here.First saw it when he had just finished building it and he shot off down the road giving it full beans with no bonnet on!Also a guy has just finished rebuilding a mk1? R5(c reg with different front end to normal R5's?).
I agree with mike though if i was going to get one it would have to be a Raider one.
Old push rod engine design defies logic. How can something that crap handle so much boost?
It cant, they melt for a hobbie...
novaguy08
18-06-09, 08:14 PM
They do make a lovely noise. Just a pity the build quality & typical odd French design.
Kart like steering, nice gear change, odd seating position & flimsy seats which by now will be ready to drop you through the bottom.
Old push rod engine design defies logic. How can something that crap handle so much boost?
Testimony to the durability however..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5Hwh6jRss
point being? he drove it off a ledge at low speeds and reversed it into a wall....... I could destroy one in seconds!!
Belive it or not they do have a Euro N-Cap 1 star lol lol lol
Nice little video of a mk indy chasing a renault 5:cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ0vg5QvlgM&feature=channel_page
blacknovagsi
18-06-09, 09:40 PM
i used to have a white 5 turbo which when it did work was mint and it went like hell but i got pissed off fixing it every weekend as they are immensly unreliable. if you do get one don't stick a nobby kit on them just leave the body standard, edgy 80's looks. by the way the mk indy got owned, although to be fair i really do like them too
Martingsi
18-06-09, 11:02 PM
my mate has had 2 turbos, the only thing that went wrong with any of them is a nackered fuel pump, only sold them as he was at uni..
his current 5 campus on merc hubcaps...
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs087.snc1/4617_96029690865_727955865_2462847_2887019_n.jpg
novasaloon1984
19-06-09, 02:16 PM
that looks the nuts
5's set the presedent for french vehicles nicely. Badly built and unreliable as feck.
But people still love them, much like people love french cars today when they really shouldn't lol
I wouldnt touch one with a barge pole im afraid lol
scott.parker
19-06-09, 02:38 PM
Humm swapping a good reliable German engineered car for a French flimsy shopping trolley??
Would you really?
Plus the guy's advert is shocking!
brand new Bilwood fast road brake pads lol lol
ashjones
20-06-09, 09:06 PM
my mate had 1 for three monthes we had enigine out of it twice fookkin quick tho just not very good
Twistie
20-06-09, 09:33 PM
i got so Meany bit to sell for a r5 if any body wants them pm me
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