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GT Josh
31-03-2012, 19:39
So guys, finally bit the bullet and travelled down to Kent to see KeefaGT about his R5GTT Phase1. D695 VPL.

So on the car there is abit of work to be done I.E engine bay work. But simplistic stuff.

But the reason this motor has appealed to me so well, is that the shell is absolutely mint. Credit to Keith for keeping this 5 as a very good example. The interior needs some work and there are a few 'garage' dinks on the car. Which i will be getting a dent specialist to knock out all in one. I thought it might be too true to not find any rust, so we did find a small patch which will need some attention. On the passenger side rear window. (bottom left corner). I will be getting this sorted as my top priority!! :D

This is my very first thread and will be snapping some pics as me and my bro GTphil get this motor on the road in the next few week. Heres a couple of pics as i picked her up today. Funnily enough we were spotted on the way home!!

Its a small world :p

Penfold aka The Dealer
31-03-2012, 19:42
1 less 5 in kent... :(

Nice car tho, look after it :agree:

Tony Walker
31-03-2012, 19:47
:agree:

GT Josh
31-03-2012, 19:48
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5458

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5459

Tony Walker
31-03-2012, 19:49
looks fantastic, bet you were so excited following that home :agree:

GTphil
31-03-2012, 19:50
The person who spotted us took that picture of it on the truck, we were in the cab at the time along with the driver.

I have that full K-tec body kit here ready to go on and a respray in flip purple booked for next week:cooter:

modfather
31-03-2012, 19:52
I have that full K-tec body kit here ready to go on and a respray in flip purple booked for next week:cooter:


:agree:

Tony Walker
31-03-2012, 19:54
:agree:

GT Josh
31-03-2012, 19:55
You can shove your K tec body kit where the sun dont shine brotherrrr! :cooter:

The plan for the motor incase any body wants to know. Is not to make it a chav mobile! Keeping the Renault 5 GTT Phase 1 retro nostalgia. Run moderate boost through the T25 thats sat on there. I want it to be reliable and turn heads for the right reasons!!

Penfold aka The Dealer
31-03-2012, 20:03
You can shove your K tec body kit where the sun dont shine brotherrrr! :cooter:

The plan for the motor incase any body wants to know. Is not to make it a chav mobile! Keeping the Renault 5 GTT Phase 1 retro nostalgia. Run moderate boost through the T25 thats sat on there. I want it to be reliable and turn heads for the right reasons!!

If you ever need another t25, I will have a hardly used one for sale soon, as going to run a t2 hybrid on my ph1

TNT ANDY
31-03-2012, 20:10
You can shove your K tec body kit where the sun dont shine brotherrrr! :cooter:

The plan for the motor incase any body wants to know. Is not to make it a chav mobile! Keeping the Renault 5 GTT Phase 1 retro nostalgia. Run moderate boost through the T25 thats sat on there. I want it to be reliable and turn heads for the right reasons!!

Sounds like a gr8 plan Josh - Love the phase 1's - do it proud and get a roof rack on there, but hold the dangley shi* from the bumper - leave that for the VW brigade.

GTphil
31-03-2012, 20:19
I'm actually surprised at the shell, we haven't had the side skirts off yet but the inner sills are mint, as are the jacking points, screen surround, bumper mounts, inner arches, headlight panel, so hopefully the outer sills are the same.

A real shame about the scab just under the rear quarter window shouldn't be too much of an issue for a decent body shop to sort out along with a few other slight cosmetic issues, dents and the like. Then a general deep clean should see a very nice looking phase one.

Shame about the decals as I really think they set the silver phase one's off.:(

If anyone has any tips regards the phase one body kit and how to get it looking nice and dark again instead of sun bleached grey, I'm all ears.:agree:

Going to put all the bits back on the engine that we have already sourced tomorrow, but unfortunately the rad hasn't turned up today so we won't be able to get it running until it arrives or probably after as we are both very tight for time at the moment. :crap:

A full service and a few other little jobs then tax and MOT ready for a summer of retro boost!


P.S wish my shell was as good as this you little (big) wiener!!:cooter:

Matt Cole
31-03-2012, 23:44
Its surprising how many phase 1 shells are actually in good condition. Nice car.:agree:

KeefaGT
01-04-2012, 00:59
:cry:

GT Josh
01-04-2012, 08:38
It's alright Keith mate. No danger I will look after it!:D

newbstar*
01-04-2012, 11:22
I looked at this before you! Will make an ace car;)

GT Josh
01-04-2012, 21:48
Loads of work done today!! :p

Downpipe fitted, turned into a really sh*t job due to the flange on the exhaust not being suited to the downpipe we had. So we took the exhaust off and did abit of metal work, taking the exhaust off took some doing as it was tighter than a nuns tupence. In the end a good job done and onto the next one.

Fitted carb top, swirl pot and gave the car a full service. Fuel filter and all. So now just waiting on the radiator, boost gauge, oil breather pot and a little gauge pod :cooter:

So a few more hours required on her and we will be able to fire her up! Hopefully all is well and i can get an mot and some tax then sort out some cosmetics.

Unfortunately didnt take any in progress photos due to working my little batty off along with our kid. Sod knows what i would do without him. Nice one bro :D

gtmatt
03-04-2012, 13:10
Any updates r kid

GT Josh
09-04-2012, 20:32
Any updates r kid

Well today was the day she got fired up! Struggled with getting it started due to the thing sitting for a while.

Wired up the fan switch, and the fan. Put the alternator back on and tensioned the belt. Ran it for 10 minutes on the road to get the battery charged back up. Then it went away.

All that's left now is fitting an AFR gauge and sorting out the boost gauge. Should have it set up with tax and mot this Wednesday if all goes well. Engine sounds bang on... :cooter:

Tony Walker
09-04-2012, 21:26
:agree: Yay another one on the road then :D

GT Josh
09-04-2012, 21:27
:agree: Yay another one on the road then :D

Yes Tony! My pride and joy.

GTphil
09-04-2012, 22:23
Nice one! We will have the boost an afr gauge in no probs on Wednesday! Take it to my friendly mot man and bingo! Back on the black stuff.

He said to me, took it for a 10 min drive to "charge the battery" :rolleyes: "it's ****in rapid!!":laugh::wasntme:

GT Josh
10-04-2012, 11:32
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5504

Complete engine bay. :cooter:

GT Josh
10-04-2012, 12:16
Nice one! We will have the boost an afr gauge in no probs on Wednesday! Take it to my friendly mot man and bingo! Back on the black stuff.

He said to me, took it for a 10 min drive to "charge the battery" :rolleyes: "it's ****in rapid!!":laugh::wasntme:


Well my big, (little) brother. I do remeber when you first got yours. Amazed by the speed!

Jonny5
10-04-2012, 12:18
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5504

Complete engine bay. :cooter:

Very clean bay :cool:

GT Josh
12-04-2012, 23:34
So guys, the car now has M.O.T. Tax it tomorrow and woohoo we are away.

Slight problem with the brake lights which is still unsolved. Will try to get the car cleaned and a few pictures up in the next week or so.

GT Josh
18-04-2012, 12:12
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5580

GT Josh
18-04-2012, 12:14
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5581

GTphil
18-04-2012, 17:53
Looking good!:cool:

gtmatt
20-04-2012, 13:15
Phase 1 rims ftw

GT Josh
20-04-2012, 18:41
Phase 1 rims ftw

Lots of stuff to do, not much time!! Haha. Taking the car to haz's gaff tomorrow to sort them brake lights out and get the heater matrix in. Then onto some cosmetics. I want some willy wheels bad. Or some deep dish alloys.

GT Josh
21-04-2012, 19:57
Well the way of the reanult 5 is kicking my arse at the moment!!

Managed to sort the brake lights, big thanks to Haz for taking my dash out and giving it a very good tidy up. Thanks pal. :agree:

But! On the way home the car kicked out of 5th and wouldnt go back in! Then taking the cover off found some issue to yet be resolved! Shame cause when it is running it's amazingly good fun :cry:

GT Josh
22-04-2012, 17:56
So guys i have sorted my gearbox issue!! The syncro on 5th gear was worn quite alot and the nut on the end had come off. So i split a gearbox of my brothers (second gear failed) Then removed the 5th syncro off that. Which was in much better condition to the one that was on. Rebuilt the gearbox back up and put thr correct amount of oil into it. Tested all gears whilst standing and all was fine. Took her for a test run and 5th gear never seemed so smooth :cool:. Really pleased as i didnt know exactly what i was doing! Big thanks to Matt@CodeRedMotorsport for the advice. What a chap.

Now i have a 5 that works and has no gremlins. FOR NOW. Like my brother said bad things come in 3's and ive had my 3 now. Fingers crossed!!

GTphil
22-04-2012, 19:24
He hasn't even had time to clean it yet, what with fan belts thorwing, brake lights constantly on, haz taking the dash out and sorting a whole load of dodgey wiring and fitting a heater matrix:laugh:, fifth gear shatting it's self! All in less than a month:laugh::wasntme:

Not to mention all the parts he needed to sort and fit after he purchased it

Must admit that's a fair introduction to the gtt!:coffee:

Top darts tho for cracking on with it all;)

gtmatt
22-04-2012, 19:47
hands down to him , best way to learn i did not have a clue about cars until i bought my five.

Im going to valet it for him once im back in the country :)

so he can help me finish my wreck of a phase 2 lol

GTphil
22-04-2012, 20:08
Wreck of a phase 2:rolleyes::confused::laugh: lol that has to be the biggest FALSE statement I have heard this year!

You will need a stiff drink when you see the state of the carpet in this car;)

gtmatt
22-04-2012, 20:15
Wreck of a phase 2:rolleyes::confused::laugh: lol that has to be the biggest FALSE statement I have heard this year!

You will need a stiff drink when you see the state of the carpet in this car;)


better get the wet vac out

GT Josh
22-04-2012, 22:24
Can we just wind it in abit, I didn't muller my carpet. I aquired it like that. :cry:

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 11:31
Cleaned the girl yesterday whilst i had some sunshine :)http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5753

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 11:36
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5756

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 11:37
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5755

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 11:38
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=5754

Big Steve - Raider
29-04-2012, 12:57
TSW Blades! Retro 90's win! :niceone:

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 13:47
TSW Blades! Retro 90's win! :niceone:


Thanks pal :)

gtmatt
29-04-2012, 17:58
Phase 1 nice do the front fogs work ???

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 18:01
Yes mate both :) Yellow fogs ftw

jesus in the seat of a 5
29-04-2012, 22:55
love it josh, damn fine lookin 5, hats off too for pursuing the dream...err nightmare that is the gtt....:laugh::agree:

GT Josh
29-04-2012, 22:59
Haha all part of the fun! :agree: thanks for the compliments :D

GT Josh
11-05-2012, 09:27
Sorted the fuel leak I had last night and started upping the boost. Got to 22 psi with slight pinking. So we whipped it back down to 17-18 and it's like a dream. Main reason is because I put the lower octane fuel in like a pikey! So now running 18 as apose to 15!

GT Josh
07-06-2012, 19:05
Quick update, carb tuned to fuel at 18 psi. Previous owner had a 135 main jet furling it :eek:

So we stuck a 120 in then took the 2nd stage out a tad and sorted the air corrector. Thank to my brother for sorting me out... I have taken my back seats out. That's pretty much it. Car was running well rich. So bad my oil stinks of fuel. So an oil flush and change is in order!

GTphil
07-06-2012, 21:39
:)Impressed with the fueling.

Before hand with even the slightest of throttle and it would drop straight into the 10's afr off boost:disagree:

It was fueling 11.4 WOT,

it now has

120 Main jet
1Mm air corrector
1.3Mm second stage

Fuels so much better off boost, and a steady 12.2 at WOT

Seems to go a lot better also:smokin:

Gotta love the rtoc carb articles;)

GT Josh
16-06-2012, 14:54
So ive been off work due to my rubbish knee being broken. But im back this week.

My aim for pod day is...

Get a patch of rust sorted.

Sort some bucket seats for the front

Get a front mount intercooler for that extra coule psi :smokin:

Lower it a couple inches.

Whilst been off ive managed to take the back bech out. I was really impressed with how clean the boot was under the carpet!! :eek:

GT Josh
05-07-2012, 20:32
The time has come to pull my finger out and get the car sorted. She's going to Haz next week for some body work whilst I do some work on the engine side of things with some pointers... Picking some bucket seats up at the weekend. So should be minty fresh for pod. Pics to follow in the next few week!

GT Josh
09-07-2012, 20:44
Hi all, car has been dropped off with Haz at Nocturnal Developments ready for alot of work to be carried out in giving the Phase 1 a face lift.

The main reason was to have a look at a rust patch that i have been concerned about. Also to spray my kit and have a general tidy up!

After stripping window and seals on the NS rear QT this is the patch i was concerned about!

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6428

So with that job was to take part of kits of and search for rust. Happy to find we found none! YAYYY :D. So we plodded on stripping alot of the car down.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6435

Ending up with most bits off! All ready for prep work and spraying. Due to kit being sun bleached and tired.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6437

Stripped very badly damaged seats out ready for some nice Cobreau seats to go in.
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6433

Found a couple of cracks on the front bumper towing eye area which will be repaired before prep work and spraying.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6432

Prepared the tail for body work... We will continue tomorrow!

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6431

GT Josh
09-07-2012, 20:46
Also have cleaned under the outer seal on the window screen to make sure no rust was present or starting. It was filthy!

All spray work being carried out by Haz and im just helping with the donkey work! :agree:

Trevhib
09-07-2012, 20:57
Good to catch that rust early. Great that the rest is clear :agree:

Are the sills and bumper mounting areas all ok then? :)

GT Josh
09-07-2012, 21:03
Hi trev, yeah the underneath is solid. With a think underseal. Sills inner and out are mint, which is why I've jumped on it really quick so nothing else is affected. Really happy with the no rust situation cause it means I can splash out on other areas making it look nice and fresh. Bumper mount all amazingly good condition, don't think it's ever been off either no clips broken or anything. We took an arch off and there was some minty fresh phase 1 decal under there :wasntme:. So looks like I've got lucky all in all!

Trevhib
09-07-2012, 21:30
:)

GTphil
09-07-2012, 22:07
When we went to have a look at the car the only bit of rust I could find was the patch shown! :eek: even tho the bodywork wasn't the best I knew it was a good buy purely because of how solid the whole shell was;)

Now the kits off and there still isn't any rust that's made my day, I cannot stress how good a shell this car is. It has definatly spent a long time off the road at some point in it's life.

A good bit of work done today also guys, just wish I could be there to help out........

GT Josh
09-07-2012, 22:17
I'm just there to oversee really as I'm unsure how far I want Haz to go with it. Plus I've been giving the engine a good clean up and fitting some fancy new bits.

Flushed the coolant system using Ashys dishwater tablet method. Worked very well! Cheers bud. Fitted the new header tank and will be filled with nice coolant tomorrow after I've finished work.

GT Josh
10-07-2012, 22:35
Went in to see Haz after work and took some photos of what he has been upto today (some of it)

Couple shots of the rust being taken back, not gone to far gladly. Happy got on top before it became too serious

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6446

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6444

A shot of the bumper mounts just cleaned down ready for the bumper again.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6443

Couple of repairs to the front bumper

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6441

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6440

The boot lid after some filling for old spoiler holes... Looks like its had a gay tech on there at some point...

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6439

A shot of an arch repair too!

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6445


Theres plenty more too, big thanks to Haz for paying attention to detail and taking out all little niggles on the kit etc. Hes a top lad and does very good quality of work. The plan for the kit is to spray it satin black, in a special stiple effect paint. Haz was saying O.E is a very dark shade of grey as appose to black. Imo they look better black anyway.

Fitted a new header tank after flushing the coolant system. Thanks to Shackal for a fast product and car.crash aka marc for some hose bits what were needed :).

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6447

Should have this turned round quickly. Thanks chaps. :agree:

GT Josh
12-07-2012, 23:22
So flew down to the unit to have a chat with Haz and see what he had been upto.

Heres the grille before the refurb.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6454

This is the grille minus the badges (being refurbed and sprayed) afterwards.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6456

Then a close up so you can see the stiple effect is still visable.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6455

I think these look awesome. Top job done. :coffee::smokin:

Nad-5GTT
13-07-2012, 01:04
That stipple effect is top draw, very good work :cool: keep the pics flowing

GT Josh
17-07-2012, 21:10
Went to pick the car up from Haz. Im not the best with a camera but heres a few shots. Bad weather never helps.

Re cap. Haz did a rust patch refurb and has fully refurbed all outer plastics. Repaired then sprayed. Maintaining that o.e stipled effect.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6471

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6472

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6474

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6476

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6478


http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=6479

Massive thanks to Chris (Haz) for the work undertaken, at competetive prices. Would send my 5 to him again in a heartbeat. Cheers buddy :agree::agree::D

GTphil
17-07-2012, 21:21
:cool: lookin fresh! Just need a good dent man now!

This is one very tidy phase 1:)

Alan
17-07-2012, 21:41
tidy 5:agree:

Haz
18-07-2012, 23:10
some extra pics along the way for you josh, here:

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/nocturnaldevelopments/joshs%20ph1/?start=all

thanks

GT Josh
19-07-2012, 10:35
Nice one pal. What a bloke :coffee:

Trevhib
22-07-2012, 10:47
Sweet this. Crying out for some rims from the Renault stable. :agree:

GT Josh
02-01-2013, 22:16
So seen as though my car is in a million bits i thought i may aswell say why and what im doing. After Scoffs RR day (quality day by the way) I popped a HG on the way home. :wasntme:

Whilst taking my car apart i noticed that the person who had it before me really did not set it up fantastically. So while its in bits i thought i may aswell eliminate all contributing factors. The head was not torqued correctly and had lifted. All pistons seen coolant

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7200

With that i stripped the head and sent it away for a resurface and all the valve seats to be done. Full job, decided to not bother with valve stem seals because i rev the car to over 7 grand anyway so they would be mulered anyways. Because the head was pretty skinny, i asked the chap to take a little out of the combustion chamer just to keep the compression down.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7821

With that i decided to then fit a new adjustable fuel pressure regulator, cheers brigsy. Making sure tht fuel is good for high boost. Once that was done the head went on again and was torqued up to 75nm.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7837

Now the next step which im curently doing isto fit a nice big intercooler to keep hem charge temps down. :) Many thanks to DaveReed for that. Nice piece of kit. The cooler will be flipped round this is to show the size of it. Beeeeast :eek:

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7839

Plans for the car are to get a new turbo when i can afford it and to get back to scoffs to do some more of this :D
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7290

HendyR5
02-01-2013, 23:01
some extra pics along the way for you josh, here:

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f339/nocturnaldevelopments/joshs%20ph1/?start=all

thanks

haz did u use filler on that repair mate? av found the same on my 5 :sad:

Haz
03-01-2013, 02:20
Which repair? There was a few areas, some had fibreglass or fibreglass filler first, then filler.

Trevhib
03-01-2013, 10:32
I like this car a lot. Reminds me of my last one.

Love the back end with the stiple effect Ph2 rear spoiler. Always wanted to see how that would look on a Ph1. Mine was colour coded, which was ace too.

Matt Cole
03-01-2013, 10:39
Will the front bumper go on matey? How thick is the intercooler?

GTphil
03-01-2013, 13:22
still not 100% if the bumper will go on once the cooler is bolted into place, the crossmember has already gone :cry: I felt like I was committing a crime when I chopped it out:dearme:

chopped it out in one piece so if it ever does get returned to o,e it can be welded back into place quite easly I would have thought.

we won't be cutting the phase 1 bumper tho, got a phase 2 one to cut and get haz to paint the stipple effect to match the rest. That is of course if the original one won't go on, it looks to close to call.

GT Josh
03-01-2013, 14:20
Intercooler is 3'' thick, might not go on. So that bumper may be for sale in the future.

GT Josh
03-01-2013, 14:22
I like this car a lot. Reminds me of my last one.

Love the back end with the stiple effect Ph2 rear spoiler. Always wanted to see how that would look on a Ph1. Mine was colour coded, which was ace too.

:agree::D Spolier was Hazmans idea. Little Scouse genius. Hahaha:laugh:

Brigsy
03-01-2013, 15:13
Same cooler as mine josh by the looks of it. Rob@backyard pretty much hidden it behind his ph2 bumper on his ph1.

GT Josh
03-01-2013, 17:24
Yeah I think ill get it behind a bumper mate. Just plod on :D

Tony Walker
03-01-2013, 17:40
I like this car a lot. Reminds me of my last one.

Love the back end with the stiple effect Ph2 rear spoiler. Always wanted to see how that would look on a Ph1. Mine was colour coded, which was ace too.

Never noticed that, nice touch :agree:

HendyR5
03-01-2013, 19:40
Which repair? There was a few areas, some had fibreglass or fibreglass filler first, then filler.

rear quarter window. Mines is almost identical where the corrosion is just wondering if thats what u used ;)

Haz
04-01-2013, 23:49
with josh's there was only a small hole that had gone through, no point taking a welder to it just yet as it would only blow through the thin metal. properly cleaned up and fibreglass either side.
have seen the pics of yours though, i'd say a fair bit will fall in when you start cleanin it up so will want a few little peices putting in, also, where the rot is by the pedal is the top of the jacking plate panel so i'd have thought that would want looking at too.

josh, regards the bumper, if it catches it will be the same for both ph1 or 2 bumpers, keep it looking oe and i'll fettle the back ;)

gimme5
06-01-2013, 02:48
Good job mate!
love the number plate VPL -Visable Panty Line:)

GT Josh
06-01-2013, 16:31
Cheers :agree: Visible Panty Line is good, but only on certain females :laugh:

Haz
06-01-2013, 22:11
http://giraffopia.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/fat_ass.jpg ???

GT Josh
07-01-2013, 00:27
:laugh::rolleyes:

GT Josh
03-02-2013, 18:46
Been on with the car last few weekends and is now not far away at all!

Things been done...

Intercooler fitted
Remounted oil cooler and radiator
Messed about with plumbing up the car
New adjustable FPR
Not long now till I'm back at scoffs setting up, just waitin on a 90 dizzy, campus pulley and throttle return spring cause I lost mine (jerkoff)

Few pictures for you... Thanks to dave reed for the cooler. Brigsy for my fpr and Mike for endless bits.

chris
03-02-2013, 19:14
looks really good mate :agree:

Dave Reed
03-02-2013, 20:45
Looking awesome mate.. Glad ur happy with the cooler!

Nad-5GTT
03-02-2013, 20:55
Looking good bud, more pics please im going to shorten my i/c pipe run soon ;)

GT Josh
10-02-2013, 14:47
Some pictures from the whole build.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7087

This is a shot of the bay as it was before i broke it...

Popped a HG on cylinder no4. Due to leaning out and doing a 130 mph pull in 5th. On private roads of coarse. :p Dont need to be DR DET to figure that picture out haha.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7197

Slow process of taking the car to bits and really trying to improve the spec instead of just chucking some bolts and a gasket in then breaking it again in a few month... days ;)
http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7200

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7821

Asked the guy at the engineers shop to take some out of the combustion chamber as the head is getting skinny @ 72.4mm...:eek: re surface, valves re seated and all that carry on.

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=7820

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=8024

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=8065

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=8023

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.php?albumid=1567&pictureid=8022

SO we got the car running again this weekend, got her upto temp. Next weekend ill sort out the tappets and re torque the head bolts. Tax the car, knock the boost down and get it to scoffs for setting up fuel wise with the new fuel pressure regulator. Hopefully it will make some decent power... time will tell.

GTphil
10-02-2013, 15:35
Seriously, looking at all the headwork that's been done and with the new bits, and going off the previous times its been on the rollers and how it wants to carry on making power the more it's revved if you can get the boost upwards of 22lb it should easily make over 200hp, probably more towards 230:cool:

A very well sorted gtt indeed, zero rot the straightest gtt shell I have ever laid eyes on with a well sorted lump, just needs some coilovers, lowering a touch and some rims, either something Renault, of some sort of ats/starmag 13's :smokin:

tubbyG
10-02-2013, 17:36
Looking sweet with the new cooler.... :smokin:

chris
10-02-2013, 22:51
I really like this car looks in great condition

GT Josh
03-09-2013, 23:55
Update on my car, 6ish month ago I took my car to scoffs. Unfortunately my turbo let go on the rollers. So I've been saving for a new turbo. My cars now set up for 18psi but I want to push more to get a 12 sec run at Santa pod. I'm at scoffs on the 14th to check for det and make final fuel adjustments. Hopefully getting my power figures to translate to times on track. A few pics for your delegation :D

GT Josh
03-09-2013, 23:56
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Matt Cole
11-01-2014, 11:41
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Josh. Is this a pic with the big intercooler fitted? Looks like the bumper went on ok?

GT Josh
11-01-2014, 17:29
the bumper went on fine mate, chopped a little here and there.