The K20 R5

[HarryR5]

I will start from the beginning.. I got my 5 back in 2011 and had it on the road for just under a year its then sat in my garage until june 2014 when i started work on it. My plan was to clean it up and get it back on the road, i new it needed some welding and other small bits but until you remove the body work you don't know whats waiting for you...... I will uploads pics of all the work so far shortly!
Rolled out for the first time in 2years

Now for uncovering that rot!!!!!!





Making a flintstones car!!

So i found most the rust just need to take it a mates for us to start the welding..


Let the cutting start..

[Mr Raider]

Good work fella, be great when its all welded up and solid!

[Slammed 66]

Some nice repairs there.

Always jealous of people who can weld


May I ask what the 'K20' refers to in your thread title?


Ross

[LukeRobbo]

Great work doing the sills is a very time consuming job

Slammed 66 a k20 is a civic vtec engine with nearly 200bhp as standard.I have seen one other r5 with one YouTube

[Slammed 66]

That's what I was thinking but didn't see any mention of it in the first post. It'd sure be interesting to see

[rabbitstew]

Some nice repairs there.

Always jealous of people who can weld

Welding isnt that hard to be honest. I taught myself MIG by doing exactly the same repairs to my 5. Mine had gone in all the same places and pretty much looked the same as the OP`s car in the pictures. That and watching a couple of youtube videos soon got me up to speed. Hardest bit I found was getting the wire speed and power right for what I was welding. Even then, the manual told me what settings I needed for the thickness of metal I was welding, so it was more down to adjusting them to my welding speed etc.

When it came to ARC welding, I again just taught myself by welding up some massive security gates for my old house. I was using quite thick angle iron for the frame of the gates, so I found ARC welding was easier to get better penetration of the steel.

[R5MJH]

Great work doing the sills is a very time consuming job

Slammed 66 a k20 is a civic vtec engine with nearly 200bhp as standard.I have seen one other r5 with one YouTube

this is what goobie plans to do in his project but is turbo'ing the engine lol

here

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthrea...t=32904&page=9

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[HarryR5]

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The best way to practice welding is to buy a Renault 5!! i have been doing more today on it..

[HarryR5]

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LOTS MORE RUST!!!!!!!

[Chris Beer]

Good on you mate for tackling all those common, yet awkward placed bits of rust, I certain recognise some of those areas on my 5 back along!

I need somewhere I can take my 5 to get cracking again, single garages with no electric, away from home, really do SUCK

[HarryR5]

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I know the feeling.. I have a rubbish little garage with now power
Im very lucky that i have a mate who builds drag/custom cars so i spend most my weekends at his working on the 5, its a big help when you have all the tools and a ramp!

[HarryR5]

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new tank strap made out of a old leather belt.....

nice set of drag tyres on the back haha..

[Matt Cole]

Loving this matey. Keep it up

[Jeff Ninebar]

same here, good bit of welding going on, keep up the good work!

[Junglist]

Good work m8. I especially like the leather belt for the reserve tank strap 👍👍

[HarryR5]

so after a few weeks away with work im back and working on the 5.....

[Matt Cole]

Respect on that. I will have a rot box to do next year, be pretty similar.

[HarryR5]

Its been a killer but getting there.. I have booked friday off work so i can try and fit the type R lump in....

[HarryR5]

Roll on Friday as the heart donor has turned up!!!

[HarryR5]

[Benjibrady]

You work fast man!

What are you going to do about engine management?

[R5MJH]

this is weird you and goobie decide to do the same build at the same time, bit like 2 buses coming at the same time

maybe ya may need each others knowledge, anywayz good luck with the build matey and keep the pics coming

[HarryR5]

I took sometime off work to really push on and get some done on it..
As for engine management i have everything from the honda so fingers crossed that will all work out ok!!
yes i message goobie at the start but it seems we were both just starting out on this.. from what i understand he is putting a turbo on his!! I'm not going that far yet

[HarryR5]

So had a day off so got some more done on the 5..
Starting with a new gear box bracket!

[HarryR5]

Then moved on to making one big drivers side engine mount!!

[Junglist]

👍 very nice , would like to see this

[jamie_clioGTT]

Fantastic, great work. look forward to more updates.

[James5]

Harry looking great I may have to pop by for a peak

[Tutuur]

nice progress mate!

have you seen this one? http://www.vdbworks.nl/projecten.php?projectid=25

[rabbitstew]

Nice welding there!

[HarryR5]

Thanks guys i really want this on the road in the spring! james if i looked sooner i would of said pop down as i was working on it yesterday. The work shop is in Ashington so probs not far from you. Tutuur do you know ant info on the drive shafts they used?

[James5]

Thanks guys i really want this on the road in the spring! james if i looked sooner i would of said pop down as i was working on it yesterday. The work shop is in Ashington so probs not far from you. Tutuur do you know ant info on the drive shafts they used?

Ashington really that's about 10-15mins from mine

[Tutuur]

think they fabbed them themselves, it has audi rs6 cv's

[HarryR5]

yes next time i head over i will message you. Im not on fb anymore so will pm you on here, not sure when it will be as i have all my xmas shopping to do this weekend lol.. Ok thanks for the info Tutuur i will try and find out some more on the rs6 cvs..

[HarryR5]

so i have had a bit of time over the last two day for some more work on the car. its really starting to take shape now and not far from turning the key. pics to follow this afternoon!

[James5]

Harry, you can't post without pic's get them up

[Matt Cole]

Awesome project. I thought mine is challenging!

[HarryR5]

Just sorting out the pics now

[James5]

Just sorting out the pics now

[HarryR5]

[HarryR5]

[Tutuur]

Lol, drastic measures to fit the gearbox side mount

Find yourself a tsx shifter, that bolts to the bottom

[HarryR5]

yer its over kill but im going to use that space for the air filter. it will defo be kept cool in there lol

[Woznaldo]

Lovin your progress with this! Really moving along now.

[Scoobykilla]

Wow quick progress should be fun once its done

[Matt Cole]

Wow. Love the work on the chassis leg. I've had to cut mine out although not as drastic.

[HarryR5]

So i have had a few weeks off the car due to my mate taking a trip to Sin city motors....... As he was away i got on with some of the small jobs that take time.. Had to replace the timing chain and guides also gave it a lick of paint.

[Matt Cole]

Some obscure stuff there!

How far you off then harry? Looks like really quick progress. Much wrong with the engine?

[Woznaldo]

That is an eclectic mix of motors!

I'm really keen to hear this thing tearing up the streets!

[HarryR5]

sooo its not been worked on for almost 3months due to working away
but im home now for a bit so work is back under way i will upload some more pics soon to keep people up to date.