Renault 5 sleeper - F4R on ITB’s

Ph1 Tom said:

Please bring it to CSF next year 😍

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Was going to this year but I’d booked a ring trip same week so will plan ahead better next year.

Lovely little car. I’ve been following a lad on YouTube with an R5 Campus with the 182 conversion. Insane little cars.

Straight of the back of Mallory, booked onto Donny for an evening sesh with afew mates. Been to donington loads but surprisingly never driven it even though its the track closest to me. Met up with @Dannyafro and had a steady drive down early afternoon.
@Dom4 was booked on aswell with his new mk1
Straight of the back of Mallory, booked onto Donny for an evening sesh with afew mates. Been to donington loads but surprisingly never driven it even though its the track closest to me. Met up with afrodan and had a steady drive down early afternoon.


Didn’t really prep the 5 as it was already track ready. Just check the vitals and away I went.
Drove like a champ, wasn’t as quick as the other lads on full slicks but still overtaking plenty of other cars on track. AR1’s were great as usual.
Definitely need Togo back to Donny as I know I can be a hell of a lot quicker round there. Was finding the limits of the ds2500 brake pads but I think that was down to the steelies not letting enough air through to the brake disc. Coming into the pits after 5laps you could barely touch the front wheels.

You can see my lines weren’t great but I’ll definitely know for next time what part of the track to use. Did plenty of laps though and took loads of folk out on track. Literally ran it till the tank was empty enough till I started getting fuel surge and then had enough just to get me home. Really enjoyed it and I think now is the right time to pull it off the road and get some work done on it as it’s been used and abused for +2 years. Planning on getting it back on the road for May ready for Retrorides weekender as I wasn’t to take it round Goodwood.

I'd swap out the DS2500 for some DS1.11. Even with a bit of cooling the DS2500 will still end up overheating

great little weapon, love it

Ph1 Tom said:

I'd swap out the DS2500 for some DS1.11. Even with a bit of cooling the DS2500 will still end up overheating

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Definitely think I’ll be changing them especially if they’re about worn down to the nub.

Adey. said:

great little weapon, love it

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Cheers mate 😎

Bacon, I ran ds1.11’s up front and ds2500’s in the rear on my mk2 cup and mk3 200. It was 100% the most powerful braking setup I have ever experienced on a car.

But I have also ran ds2500’s all round on the mk2 cup, and that was impressive too tbf. Never had any fade issues on track - no brake ducts either.

Ds1.11’s will probably make the 5 do stoppies 😂

NorthloopCup said:

Bacon, I ran ds1.11’s up front and ds2500’s in the rear on my mk2 cup and mk3 200. It was 100% the most powerful braking setup I have ever experienced on a car.

But I have also ran ds2500’s all round on the mk2 cup, and that was impressive too tbf. Never had any fade issues on track - no brake ducts either.

Ds1.11’s will probably make the 5 do stoppies 😂

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At Retrorides I was talking to brigsy about ds1.11’s. I’m really surprised how good his brakes were as we were on track on the same session at Mallory and his brakes are a lot smaller than mine but seem to have similar stopping power. Got no gripes about the ds2500’s though, ran them years and this is the first time I’ve actually ran out of brakes in the 5.

Ds1.11 will absolutely sort your brake issues mate even with limited cooling with the steelies.

Paint started bubbling on my steelies at Anglesey and no brake fade.

Brigsy said:

Ds1.11 will absolutely sort your brake issues mate even with limited cooling with the steelies.

Paint started bubbling on my steelies at Anglesey and no brake fade.

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Sounds like the ticket then mate 👍🏼 I wanna cut some weight off the 5 anyway so might treat it to some lighter wheels. Got todo something if I wanna keep up with you round track 😂

Genuinely take my hat off to you having the balls to drive it on track with those half front seats and no cage.

gez 172 said:

Genuinely take my hat off to you having the balls to drive it on track with those half front seats and no cage.

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Big balls and no brain 😂

Renny 5 said:

Sounds like the ticket then mate 👍🏼 I wanna cut some weight off the 5 anyway so might treat it to some lighter wheels. Got todo something if I wanna keep up with you round track 😂

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Keep the steels mate they look class. New engine will have a bit more power that will offset the need to put it on a diet