My Renault 5 turbo restoration project

[Fordy]

Thought i'd share the reason i've been busy as of the last few weeks

So i took a gamble and brought the car off my cousin as a non runner, no mot or tax, water mixing with oil project

Spec is pretty much unknown but have found a few things:
Alloy header tank
ktec alloy carb top
mocal oil cooler
alloy degassing camber
ktec bored out turbo elbow
bigger alloy intercooler
samco silicone hoses everywhere
engine rebuilt back in 2006 new pistons+liners, bottom end rebuild
scorpion straight through exhaust system
clifford g5 alarm
Ecotek valve (removed as soon as i saw it)

This is how the car turned up on my door step after being towed,
Carb and turbo had both been removed and put in the footwell






then i started work on the engine to get the liner seals changed and inspect the rest for damage









Whilst waiting for parts to turn up from renault i decided to take the front bumper, front archs and side skirts.
Found a few medium size rusted through sections in the drivers outer sill and a small hole in the passenger side outer sill.

So far have cut out the rusted sections and put in new metal and welded it, seam sealed and painted with paint, got to do the rear of the drivers sill as the inner sill needs a bit of welding but need to drop the tank as its too close for my liking

Replaced both front wheel bearings and bottom ball joints as they were knackered

Then my bits from renault turned up

new heatshields as mine are missing
new headgasket kit
new rear window square trims as mine are falling apart
new sideskirt clips as most of mine have broke
Metre of brake servo hose as some knob has fitted a ecotek valve in mine
New coolant
Sump painted black by my brother
Also found out the whole car has dynamat everywhere







Rebuilt the carb
Dinner trays are good for carb rebuilds :mrgreen: found out some muppet had got the accel pump spring wrong way around so it was sitting on the diaphram and would of split it sooner or later


Then i got the engine all back together after cleaning the liner platforms (Drill wire brush attachment and flat screwdriver works wonders) new liner seals fitted, new headgasket

After much internet searching i found out where each samco hose should be
Engine bay now its fully functional but slightly smokey from turbo oil seal


Turned him around so i can start work on the back end so took pics of the front end all rust treated and painted black





Bolted the front bumper and pushed the broken grill back in place to look better for the moment


Now i got to fix up the back end
drop fuel tank
do small bit of welding on sills
fix the fuel pump and filter on properly
fix a fuel pipe leak
make a new reserve tank strap
raise back end as currently sitting far too low

Got to sort out the interior aswell as its a bit of a mess :roll:

Then hopefully get it to work for a mot and i just need to get the turbo rebuilt and the car onto the rolling road for a fueling check and boost increase :mrgreen:

[bobbitt]

nice.. will be watching!

[arry]

Finish it, finish it right now and get pics

[Bahnstormer]

Great little project Makes me want another one

[Tetra]

Sweet, one of the first hot hatches I lusted after, very cool

[Silane]

Nice!

I was considering putting mine up for sale on here but didn't think anyone on here would be interested.

[--lorien--]

I love these cars! I'll be keeping a watch on this one

[jay20]

have always like this even tho they are like a cereal box on wheels lol remember trying to get insured on one when i was 17 it was like 4k lol

[crazyshad1]

Great little cars and so easy to work on.

Bought one as a project a few years ago for the measly sum of a 100 quid.

[Stiffler]

nice...when finished it should be a nippy go kart, much fun they weigh sh1t all

[kingj]

Ha ha,these things are awesome up to a ton just have fun with it until it blows up and then fix it for peanuts whites the best colour too

[Turbo Gav]

I saw this on the drive and wondered what you were up too Getting so rare now....

[spice_weazle]

Cool project. I used to dream of having a Renault 5 turbo when I was driving around in my metro() when I was 17.

[Fordy]

did a bit of filler and prep work where i had to weld in a new bit of metal on the top of the sill the other day during the week



all primered ready for a rub down and lick of paint :nodyes:

And had a decent amount of progress today

Sill has been painted


Drivers and passenger rear sections of sill holes has been fixed and strengthened so much its a new jacking point


Then the front archs, sills, floor pan, boot floor pan basically everywhere under the car has been waxoyl'd super thick




My reserve tank strap had rusted away and snapped and i wasnt going to pay £30+ delivery for one :shock:
So i went all blue peter on it Mine cost £0

Cut away snapped strap from brackets



Cut out length of metal from brothers crash austin mini



Clean brackets ready for welding, Spot welded new metal strap to brackets, welding outside in the wind with a gas mig turned out half decent



Temporary fit on car, bend strap to right place and measure the second bracket and mark where it needs to be welded on to get a nice tight fitting strap



Spot weld second bracket onto metal strap and you should have something like this



Then it got painted in etch and chassis black paint, and a nice sticky foam strip was cut to length to stop it rubbing through when its all bolted up


Then after arseing about with the exhaust to get it a perfect fit, took off the rear bumper started poking some holes and found some rather nice rusty holes to weld up So glad i brought a new reel of mig wire and gas bottle today

Provisional mot date is beginning of october fingers crossed if i don't go rust hunting again

[seaside-racer]

Used to always want one of these, remember my first drive in one it was awesome fun (the joys of working in a renault garage), i think out of all the renault hothatches this would be my favourite. Ill be watching this thread to see how it comes along

[chall]

sweet buggy matey would love one., my bro has had heaps o them. will be good to see the progress

[Hallsy]

Great work so far, can't wait to see it finished.

In fact, this thread has given me a sudden urge to buy an r5 fry that I've not had since I was 17
In fact, if I can find a cheap std one needing tlc it could be a cheap replacement for when I (sadly) sell the eunos in the spring!

[mossyg]

God they are awesome.....Always wanted one and could never afford the insurance...Now i can afford the insurance, i cant afford the car!

[Fordy]

must admit i haven't touch the car for ages

last time i worked on it a flap disc sanded the tip of my finger off (note drink responsibly not one handed grinding welds with beer in other hand)

just need to finish welding the rear arch around the fuel filler neck then put the outside back together but lacking effort

will be attempting to rebuild the turbo on it myself which could go.... well or horribly wrong

if i was to buy a r5 again i'd defo be looking at ones above 3grand and dry stored

[Aj82]

Nice project mate, used to work on a few of these in my renault days. Great fun drive.
What headgasket did you use? Very prone to failing.


Cheers Aj