Renault 5 turbo engine

[loocas]

Hi, just wondering if any1 has or knows anybody who has a renault 5 turbo engine? as a friend of mine is wanting to do a conversion in his mark 1 phase 2 clio, cheers

 

[Budgie]

F4R.

 

[theduck]

FLOL@ Budgie.

To expand on his point, your friend would be much better off fitting an F4R engine (2.0 16v from a 172) as its simpler and more powerful and less old and fragile.

 

[sideways danny]

the C1J is a nasty old outdated pushrod tractor lump. In a mk1 you want to be using an F7R or an F4R

 

[loocas]

Those 2 engines are not turbo though, and i believe he really wants a turbo, also are they not a straight swap i.e no need for a change of wiring loom etc?

 

[T.Trophy]

Tell him to join RTOC as theres loads of info over there, and that outdated push rod engine is still setting some awesome 1/4 mile times etc... so theres still life in them yet, plus tuning them is a lot easier than both the f7r/f4r engines

 

[Andyman]

There was a feature a while back in French car mag of a mk1 Clio running a Gt turbo lump. Was getting silly low times up the quarter

 

[sideways danny]

There was a feature a while back in French car mag of a mk1 Clio running a Gt turbo lump. Was getting silly low times up the quarter

that had been scrapped before the magazine even went to print

 

[mat-nos]

if he wants turbo then i would go volvo 1.7 for reliability as the chances are it will be standard and never had the boost turned up ect (you an get a full 480 with good sh for a few hundred quid)
if you get a 1.4 push rod i would fully rebuild it before it went any where near going in a mk1...

 

[ashy_gtt]

Nowt wrong with the C1J, such a good engine!! Like Steeve says RTOC is your friend... In terms of BHP per £ it runs rings round the F4R

 

[Yellow Dave]

The C1J tuned correcly and looked after will upset much newer engines for far less money. as said RTOC is the way for your friend

 

[not normal dan]

simple engines an with a few simple mods an well looked after it can produce good figures

 

[dan172mak]

Does anyone know if the c1j engine conversion into a mk1 clio requires welding etc in regards to engine mounting etc. Any help appreciated.

 

[Tutuur]

mounts will be no problem as you can bolt it on the subframe. maybe need to drill holes in the sub but thats al...

electrics wise wouldn't be too much effort cause a c1j only really needs + and - to run

 

[dan172mak]

So id need no mounts on the top. Aint that a bit dodgy?

 

[dan172mak]

Also what driveshafts would i be looking to use. Im guessing clio ones wont fit into the 5 box. And the 5 ones wont go into clio hubs. Or am i wrong ? Lol

 

[Spooky]

I've done this conversion with Adey, we built the car in a weekend.

He managed to get it to pull high 12s at Shakespeare Raceway from memory, if done correctly...you will have a very quick and reliable car

 

[Dave Hester]

I second that, c1j engine is only as reliable as the person thats tuning it

Its all about the correct fueling to match the boost

A wideband afr meter was the best thing i ever bought for my 5gtt