New weekend hack = R5 Gt Turbo

[Ant1]

Sounds a good spec. 285 is a great all rounder.

Yeah AFRs are absolutely crucial with these cars. Get it right and you'll have a fast and reliable car, get it wrong and things quickly go pear shaped.

Ok sounds good just a heads up if you have never played around with the carb before they can be tricky to set up properly and require lots of trial and error.

As long as you take some jets with you and micro drill bits you should be fine. Low to mid 12s afr is good however the carb can be a bit crude at times.

Look forward to seeing how you get on

Cheers, tbh I'm going to use a guy who originally tuned the boost level. I would do it myself but to be honest, experience is key which I do not have on carb tuning.

 

[Jack-C]

Good thinking Ant. Once you learn how it's done from someone else then you can start to do things yourself. These are great cars for playing around with and learning how everything works because they are so simple.

The car is looking great tho and I really like the sound of your plans for it.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Ant1]

Finally have a mint set of front and rear seats. Also a mint red carpet and red decals will be with me tomorrow

just need some replacement door pillar trims, better dash, and some
door cards and than the interior will be ace!!!

Pics of the seats and red carpet.

i have also fitted amber indicators and for the time
being I'm going to leave the exterior as is.

 

[Ricardos]

Nice to see OE parts going back in, regards 22psi and 230bhp what pistons are fitted?

 

[Ant1]

Nice to see OE parts going back in, regards 22psi and 230bhp what pistons are fitted?

Engine was forged by K-Tec, so forged pistons.

tbh I'm going to stop at 20psi, than it will be safe, I don't need anymore than that otherwise I will lose drive ability.

Im going to focus more on suspension, geo,and getting the power down.

 

[Ricardos]

Assuming std comp forged pistons? To be honest I wouldn't go far further than 20psi, is 20 at the carb top or manifold?

 

[Ant1]

Assuming std comp forged pistons? To be honest I wouldn't go far further than 20psi, is 20 at the carb top or manifold?

That I don't know. The guy who will be finishing it off has been working on these his whole carer so I will let him make that call. It will be the last thing on my list to do now.

 

[_Tom]

I like the way this is going..:approve:

 

[Gally]

Insane little thing. One car i've never sat in is a 5. Reliability would be the best thing you could rather than power imo. It's a death trap even at 150bhp never mind 250!

 

[Advikaz]

This is awesome mate.

What a lovely R5 you have.

 

[Ant1]

Mint standards seat back in, nice red carpet fitted, refurbished black steering wheel fitted. Just need to pick up my goodies from
Mike tomorrow!

 

[Rich-D]

Better

I have a load of parts/spares still somewhere, would you be interested?

 

[Ant1]

Better

I have a load of parts/spares still somewhere, would you be interested?

Yes mate, what you got? ;-)

 

[C l a r k e y]

getting the power down.

Gripper diff, transforms the car.

 

[Rich-D]

Yes mate, what you got? ;-)

Will have a look mate, it's all in my garage, stuff like clocks, coolant & boost hoses, etc...

 

[Ant1]

Will have a look mate, it's all in my garage, stuff like clocks, coolant & boost hoses, etc...

Appreciated.

 

[Ant1]

Interior shots from today, got a
mint undamaged dash to fit, door cards to be flocked in next pay day, and now have red decals
to be fitted. interior is in very very good
nick, but not concourse, this car is to be used
not touched up!!

 

[mossyv6]

Coming along nicely mate

 

[Ben]

Looks ace!

 

[Ant1]

Not doing much with the exterior after the decals. Will keep any eye out for wheels, mainly down to cost for bumpers, but tbh I like them as is!

 

[NorthloopCup]

Not doing much with the exterior after the decals. Will keep any eye out for wheels, mainly down to cost for bumpers, but tbh I like them as is!

I agree on the bumpers. Don't look offensive at all imo! Love this little car and all the stuff your doing with it. Keep up the good work fella!

 

[Ant1]

Nice unmarked, not drilled, or cut dash with clips etc

 

[Scutch]

tbh I'm going to stop at 20psi, than it will be safe

LOL @ thinking 20psi is safe in a R5 GTT. The things have a mind of their own with 5psi, nevermind 20.

 

[Darren S]

Leave it exactly as it is. Great looking with slight subtle differences.

I don't think I'd change a think if that was mine

D.

 

[Jack-C]

LOL @ thinking 20psi is safe in a R5 GTT. The things have a mind of their own with 5psi, nevermind 20.

It will be absolutely fine as long as the fueling is set up correctly.

The problems only start when people begin playing with the boost and they don't know how to adjust the fueling.

 

[Ant1]

One side of red decals fitted...

 

[Advikaz]

Like this a lot

 

[Jack-C]

Nice!

 

[Ant1]

Some pics after decals fitted...

 

[yeecup]

Looks so much better! Now wheels silver and it will be spot on

 

[Ant1]

Looks so much better! Now wheels silver and it will be spot on

Not made up my mind yet about colour change, maybe silver or gunmetal perhaps.

 

[Richyy182]

I so want a 5 - I literally want one now

 

[Daz.]

Smoked chrome seems to be popular at the moment - hint of both colours then.

Wheels and wing mirrors back to white and I genuinely would not touch it - it looks fantastic!

 

[mossyv6]

Looking great but door mirrors need to be white

 

[Alex_X93]

Looking great but door mirrors need to be white

+1
liking the way this is going in general period red decals suit if mine would prob fit a grill mount intercooler or put double capacity next to rad then could fit standard non cut bumper imo would look even smoother. As for boost I used to run 11psi min 1.2 bar max on preset incar controller with just a few carefully selected bolt ons standard turbo 170-190 est depending on cooling, when it was blueprinted block with gtt he5lic up'd it to 23 max rapid either way8)

 

[_Tom]

I vote white door mirrors and wheels..

 

[cat171]

White door mirrors, silver wheels.

 

[Jekyll]

And white boot spoiler.

Looks great though, like what you've done.

 

[cat171]

I didn't clock the rear spoiler. Yeah that in white too.

 

[mossyv6]

Nice unmarked, not drilled, or cut dash with clips etc

Very rare find, did you get it off Mike?