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Author My friends R5 engine bay
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
370 bhp with a custom turbo that spools at 2300 rpm and hits max torque at 3600 rpm (soooooooo fast)

12.2 sec 1/4 mile on road tyres
Meat-Pie-SRI
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big eck
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is it reliable??? most R5's have a tandancy to go bang after a short while
Marc
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
R5's are just pipe work though
big eck
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
More hoses than a garden centre
Ditch
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it still a 1.4 8v block?
looks like it under all those wires!!

370bhp... out of a 1400 8v.... must have one mahooosive laggy turbo on there
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
he's done 4000 miles or so with no probs so far, but when it was yellow and featured in max poo about a yr and a half ago, it used to go bang every other day.

so far soooooooo gooood
Ditch
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
but then it doesnt even look that big
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


it's not really, there's not a lot more that can be done to it for it to stay reliable. sounds like no other 5 as well, i have vids on my phone, it frightens me!!

He helps everyone else do their cars (including both of mine) just glad it is done!
Carr
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Doesn't the engine overheat well quickly being that crowded?
Jambo
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Me love the renault 5s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Carr
Doesn't the engine overheat well quickly being that crowded?


nope, it has water injection, mahoosive front mount etc
Carr
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Meat-Pie-SRI
quote:
Originally posted by Carr
Doesn't the engine overheat well quickly being that crowded?


nope, it has water injection, mahoosive front mount etc


Good job really
nice car but howcome the mirrors are white?
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mirrors haven't been painted yet, piccie of front mount about 3 months ago
Ditch
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im still interested as to what engine it runs... a 1.4 8v at those powers cant be safe... and cant flow enough air surely??
Stu
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Always amazes me how much power can be extracted from these Renault 5's!!!

FMIC isnt that big either?
Siberia
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23rd Mar 05 at 14:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wtf how many hoses are on that engine? were they drunk designing it?
Ditch
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Stu
Always amazes me how much power can be extracted from these Renault 5's!!!

FMIC isnt that big either?


you will struggle to get a reliable 200bhp though, thats why im interested as to what block this one uses...
Jambo
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks similar to my FMIC, forge one. bigger than you think.
TNM
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
id do a sex wee on that!
Stu
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Looks similar to my FMIC, forge one. bigger than you think.


Oh aye, it does look a good size...........just not as big as I thought would be used, to try and cool probably 2 bar plus of boost!
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hwe runs 22 psi most of the time but the turbo will handle 38 psi, not sure the bottom end will tho
Teddy
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Do you have a full engine spec at all - be really interested to see that.
Meat-Pie-SRI
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23rd Mar 05 at 15:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no, will try and get it when i go to the pub later
Pablo
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