Renault 5 GT turbo race car

[sonny172cup]

Its going to be a little beast!!

 

[Mini182]

Very nice.
Bosch 044 fuel pump? Going for big power then?

 

[C l a r k e y]

Not at the moment James
Main thing is reliability, so making sure we got all the right bits to start with.

 

[Mini182]

Seems sensible to me.

Look forward to racing against you again this year, I reckon you might be a fair way up the road this time though!

 

[Tony Hunter]

Better not be:wink:

 

[C l a r k e y]

Extending exhaust and fitting injectors to manifold

 

[C l a r k e y]

More goodies...

 

[Tony Hunter]

Add all that lot up!

 

[sonny172cup]

Very nice mate. Got any test/track days booked before the season opener in April Dave?

 

[C l a r k e y]

Very nice mate. Got any test/track days booked before the season opener in April Dave?

Nothing planned mate, just concentrating on getting car done. Want to get it right and go from there.

 

[sonny172cup]

Fair one mate. See you in April

 

[C l a r k e y]

Wastegate plumbed into exhaust.

 

[Tony Hunter]

That's some vacuum cleaner Dave.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Little saxo's better watch out........

 

[C l a r k e y]

Some shiney bits..

 

[C l a r k e y]

Swirl pot and lines done.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Swirl pot and lines done.
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What size feed pipe are you using into the 044? It looks like -6 or -8? Either of those sizes are a bit on the small side and you risk the 044 pumping more than can be supplied. I speak from experience mate.

 

[C l a r k e y]

What size feed pipe are you using into the 044? It looks like -6 or -8? Either of those sizes are a bit on the small side and you risk the 044 pumping more than can be supplied. I speak from experience mate.

Thanks for the heads up, Its -6.
Tell me more about your experience please.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Thanks for the heads up, Its -6.
Tell me more about your experience please.

You want -10 or -12 mate. The 044's flow so much fuel -6 just isn't enough. For my setup I'd got a high flow pump acting as a lift pump and the 044 after the swirl pot. The pump became noisy and hot after time. The reason for this was that it was flowing more fuel than -6 supplied so it was being starved of fuel. Put it on a larger bore feed and no more noisy or hot pump. The 044 will quite happily die if you run it dry as well btw.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Thanks for the heads up @NorthloopCup ,

 

[NorthloopCup]

Thanks for the heads up @NorthloopCup ,

No problem mate.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Wastegate all finished.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Bodywork sorted and little tweak to the turbo.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Engine ready to go in.

 

[Matt_90]

Awesome car, looks like she is gonna be very nippy. I look forward to seeing the finished result.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Well she fits,

 

[Cub.]

Looking forward to seeing this out and about on circuit again! Good work

 

[barnesautos]

Is there a time table or anything to say when your Tricolore agenda is taking place ?
Also lovely looking motor , I had a lot of messing about on these back in the day -kinda seeing this brings back a few memories for me . [emoji2]
Awesome job on the paint and bay by the way . Engine looks very nice .
What power are you expecting ?
Are you having it dyno'd at any point ?

 

[C l a r k e y]

Thanks for the comments.
Here are the dates when we will be out.

11/12 April Rockingham
16/17 May Brands Hatch
14 June Mallory Park
18/19 July Cadwell Park
15/16 August Silverstone
5 September Castle Combe
3 October Oulton Park
1 November Snetterton 300 Autumn Trophy

No real power goals, we was running around 200bhp on the carburettor with some very crude fuelling.
Anything over that will be a bonus, and should get more torque low down. Want to keep it sensible for reliability.
Cars being dyno'd at EFI parts, hopefully end of the month.

 

[C l a r k e y]

Starting to fill up..

 

[C l a r k e y]

Wired up the ecu.
Taking shape.
Intercooler to go.....

 

[sonny172cup]

 

[C l a r k e y]

 

[Tony Hunter]

I can't wait to actually see this in the metal.

 

[sonny172cup]

Coming on nicely Dave

 

[C l a r k e y]

Cars up and running, just waiting on boost pipes and intercooler can go on.

 

[C l a r k e y]

 

[Tony Hunter]

Very good Dave

 

[sonny172cup]

Nice one, good trip up north mate?

 

[C l a r k e y]

Thanks Tony, were getting there.

Nice one, good trip up north mate?

4th April we are booked mate. Chris put a base map on just to get us running, so we can check everything ready for the onslaught at the rollers.
Sounds lovely :smile: getting excited now seeing it running after all the work we've put in.