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Gambit
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29th Mar 04 at 14:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the only reason they are unreliable is because people wind the boost up and expect the car to cope admirably without uprating anything else- which no turbo car will do!

[Edited on 29-03-2004 by Gambit]
emma18
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29th Mar 04 at 14:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you have to remember they are over 16 yrs old. they are only unreliable when you wind the boost up and dont worry about cooling. santa pod on saturday 1 got 12.6 down the 1/4 mile.
SetH
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29th Mar 04 at 15:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i keep forgetting about these, youve all just given me an idea for a project
emma18
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oh the specs on um are 0 - 60 = 7.3, 1/4 in 16.00, max speed = 125mph.

there arent many stardard 1's about any more, my b/f has got one!

http://www.rtoc.org/library/file.asp?id=10409
SetH
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29th Mar 04 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any decent R5 owners websites?
emma18
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www.rtoc.org
SetH
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thank joo
MrDeCat
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29th Mar 04 at 15:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They are not as unreliable as you would think... if you get a standard unmodified example and dont play with the boost they will last for many miles with regular oil changes etc.

Theres one 3 miles from me thats been garaged for 8 years has FSH and 29k... made me think about it but he wants £3600 for it on a H Plate :S

I'm not paying that!
wainey
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29th Mar 04 at 16:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
reason why headgasket goes is due to winding the boost up and not enough fuel, get the fuelling right and even a standard headgasket will last and standard they would rape a corsa, modified well 2.0 16v corsas would have to bow down im sorry! and emma 18 whats done to this r5? rolys 5 from gt tuning got a 12.6 i believe, and a guy on rtoc called nick got a 12.9 and they had quite alot done!
GT4Brody
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U sold ur 5 wainey??
emma18
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29th Mar 04 at 17:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bloke called mike broke the record at the weekend 12.61. gttuning was beat by dd autosport a few years ago

my b/f's as you can see not finished but the specs high

Port & polished head
new pistons and wire rung liners
piper 285 cam
lightend and balenced bottom end e.t.c

water injection forge frontmount i/c 22 psi

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