Six Max Power Features from the 90's Uploaded to Files Section

[Big Steve - Raider]

Thought it was time I uploaded some of my VAST old collection of Max Power Magazines from the 90's (when it was half decent :rolleyes:) featuring the 5 GT Turbo. Makes good reading all these years later & one of them feature someone still involved with these cars!!

I've uploaded six features & the details are below:

1) Sept 94 RTOC Group Thrash (http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine Articles/Renault 5/Max Power Sept 94 5 GT Turbo Group Thrash/)

Five members of the RTOC try to beat the Turbonator's claim of being the fastest 5 in the country. Not sure if any of the guys in this feature or pictured at the event are still members?? Make sure you point yourself or whoever out if so? :D

2) Nov 95 Turbo PACS Tuners Feature (http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine Articles/Renault 5/Turbo PACS Feature in Max Power Nov 95/)

'Tuning Specialists' Turbo PACS are featured in this edition and one to certainly set Mart :mart: off on a rant! :laugh: :wasntme: Make sure you all read about their "Turbo Response System" :rolleyes: :jerkoff:

3) Jan 98 David Kirk aka K-Tec's 5 (http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine Articles/Renault 5/Max Power Jan 98 David Kirk Pre K-Tec and His 5/)

David Kirk before he started K-Tec & the feature on his 5GT Turbo full to the brim with GT Tuning stuff.... :innocent:

4) June 98 GT Tuning Customer car with 245bhp (http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine Articles/Renault 5/Max Power June 98 245bhp GT Tuning Car/)

Red GTT with 245bhp again full of GT Tuning kit

5) Apr 97 GT Tuning vs Bavaria Motorsport Shootout (http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine Articles/Renault 5/Max Power Apr 97 GT Tuning vs Bavaria Motorsport/)

One of GT Tunings cars vs Bavaria Motorsport :confused: car back in the day

6) Sept 97 GT Tuning vs Five Alive Shootout (http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine Articles/Renault 5/Max Power Sept 97 GT Tuning vs Five Alive Thrash/)

Second feature comparing tuners own cars that should have been a good feature but only two of the five or so they invited bothered to turn up!! :rolleyes:



Hope you enjoy them & the whole retro look of Maxy P! Ahh the memories!! :D

The worrying thing though is that the oldest feature is now almost 15 years ago when some of the younger members of this club were still at primary school :eek:

[markey b]

awesome! until about 6 months ago i had every maxpower from may 1997 to about feb 2008.... went thru every one, and kept the ones with gtt features in, i've got about 20 left i'll try and add to the files section if i ever get chance

[Adey aka Ewok]

wtf with the gay pose and high 5s going on in the first ones lol

[Scoff]

wtf with the gay pose and high 5s going on in the first ones lol

bermuda shorts! wow.

300hp and a 15sec 1/4m. if you thought BS was rife today :laugh:

steve, top work mate :cool:

[wrightygtt]

In the 98 David Kirk issue, it has a stage 9 turbo?:cool:

[Tiny Tim]

Steve, FYI...


'Bavaria Motorsport' are/were a company based down here. They havnt touched engines for a while now and ventured off into I.C.E. as a speciality. Up until recently they were just down the road from me here, but the shop looks boarded up now.

- They were the company that installed all the audio in the Ali G 5 and have had ties with GT Tuning/K-Tec for a while now.

[tonesGTT]

Absolutely brilliant.

Ok, the Sept 94 feature. Three words are haunting me. 'Motor Make-Up' :crap:

[Os8472]

Had a look at the PACS turbo response system, surley thats just a recirculating dump valve

[Kris M]

Ha, some of that stuff makes you chuckle :D

Nice to see even GTT`s at afew years old still had towing eye covers missing ! :cool:

[Frix]

i was at school when the majority of those were featured, still have my max power magazines.

i remember wanting one so badly! :D:D

[Chris Hebden]

http://www.rtoc.org/files/Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%205%20GT%20Turbo%20Group%2 0Thrash/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%20Pg1-5.jpg

Bottom right hand side, a young Jesus perhaps ;) :p

[scratcher]

I just has a read of the group thrash against 'the fastest 5 in the world' haha.
You know its old-school like happy shopper, the yellow cas's lowered by 2 inches. they didn't use metric back then :laugh:
And everythings group A!!

[Frix]

http://www.rtoc.org/files/Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%205%20GT%20Turbo%20Group%2 0Thrash/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%20Pg1-5.jpg

Bottom right hand side, a young Jesus perhaps ;) :p


90's dress sense :laugh::laugh:, what are those poses all about, very gay!! :laugh::laugh:

[Markey Mark (BD)]

I'll have to add my Max Power feature to the list when i had my yellow 5(old AJ Tuning car which i redone), was in the beginning of 02 so not quite 90's but still old now.

[FORBES]

They are superb, well done for posting them Steve.

I might have to dig out my old mags, like autocar? from 1990 with a review of all the hot hatches in including the 5.

[Logg]

Seeing those old features got me thinking about all the old mags! so I've started to upload some of them!

[Big Steve - Raider]

It was the very page in the thumbnail at the bottom of this post that started my love affair with the Raider model 14+ years ago :ashamed::scared: :eek: I can remeber staring at that picture whilst at college loving the blue fleck on the seats and the Renault Sports Blue.

A couple of years later my Mum bought a brand new Clio 16v in that sports blue & as a car mad 18 year old I wanted one!!! I couldnt afford a Clio 16v but as for a Raider....... I reckon I could stretch to it...?? The rest as they say is history!!

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/BigSteveT/My%20First%20Raider/OldRaider1.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/BigSteveT/My%20First%20Raider/OldRaider3.jpg

Sold this Cavalier SRI 130 to get my First Raider :D

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/BigSteveT/My%20First%20Raider/OldRaider5.jpg

[Sparkie]

at long last.... a picture of the legendary turbonators engine bay.

i can confirm they use the turbo 2 exhaust manifold, inlet manifold and intercooler!!!

they are also still using K-jetronic. intake is behind the n/s headlamp, whether its off a different car is another question.... the black intake plenum isnt a turbo 2 one though.

just thought you might want to know.:agree:


http://www.rtoc.org/files/Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%205%20GT%20Turbo%20Group%2 0Thrash/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%20Pg4-5.jpg

[jesus in the seat of a 5]

http://www.rtoc.org/files/Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%205%20GT%20Turbo%20Group%2 0Thrash/Max%20Power%20Sept%2094%20Pg1-5.jpg

Bottom right hand side, a young Jesus perhaps ;) :p

Hes far more handsome...:laugh:, lovin the 80`s touch though....:smokin:

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Brill....:D

[markey b]

turbonator looks like its running an RST metering head?!? WTF?!?!?!

[Frix]

Steve rae's

[Frix]

final page

[Logg]

Steve rae's


Dude beat ya to it I up loaded both his features earlier in the day! ;)

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Steve%20Rae/

[Logg]

I'll have to add my Max Power feature to the list when i had my yellow 5(old AJ Tuning car which i redone), was in the beginning of 02 so not quite 90's but still old now.


i've put the one of you old A&J car here mate!

http://www.rtoc.org/files/index.php?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Markey%20Marks%20GTT/

[Adey aka Ewok]

wtf was going on back in the tuning days? i chucked together heaps in my back garden for less than 500 sheets inc the car and a pile of scrap spares and built quicker cars that the "tuners" daylight robbery for all the people who brought that ****e back then

[Sparkie]

turbonator looks like its running an RST metering head?!? WTF?!?!?!

the turbo 2 runs a 6 pot metering head with 2 ports blocked off. i cant remember what size the metering disc is, but maybe the RST one is bigger? it was running RST injectors too....

[c7borg]

Awesome Steve I love to read these old articles

how many of these cars are still around?...or in the club?

[Markey Mark (BD)]

i've put the one of you old A&J car here mate!

http://www.rtoc.org/files/index.php?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Markey%20Marks%20GTT/

Ah well done mate;)

I always loved that slogan they used in it, 'proof of the pussy is in the poking':laugh:

Got one from PGTI when it was first released again, back then it was abit more like how Andy (AJ) had it, the max power one i had changed a hell of alot.

And before anyone notice's yes i know 270bhp! I've learnt alot since then:D

[Ashy]

at long last.... a picture of the legendary turbonators engine bay.

i can confirm they use the turbo 2 exhaust manifold, inlet manifold and intercooler!!!

they are also still using K-jetronic. intake is behind the n/s headlamp, whether its off a different car is another question.... the black intake plenum isnt a turbo 2 one though.

just thought you might want to know.:agree:




Wow, never knew that had been done back then!! Certainly on the right track, wonder why it wasn't making much power? What happened to this car?

[Big Steve - Raider]

I've got the original Turbonators feature somewhere round my Mum & Dads? I'll try & dig it out sometime!! :D

[James5]

Wow, never knew that had been done back then!! Certainly on the right track, wonder why it wasn't making much power? What happened to this car?


Not to sure what happened to the car the engine was owned by an ex rtoc member in Brighton about 12 months ago it was in pieces and needed putting back together

Alex was the rtoc members name had a White gtt 5teveL knows the bloke aswell could prop give some more light on what happened to it

[Logg]

Put some more up!

Carisma blue and silver 5's

http://www.rtoc.org/files/index.php?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Carisma's%205's/

The GT Tuning 5

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/GT%20Tuning/

Max power at the pod

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Max%20power%20June1999/

DD autosports @ power +

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Redline%202003/

BB tuning rolling road day

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Revs%20Rollingroad%20day/

The mint A&J 5

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Fast%20car%20May%201999%20and%20Revs%20July%202001/

[Big Steve - Raider]

Excellent work Mr Logg :smokin:

Finally i get to see the DD day & Mart's mates power claims :D

Has Sparkie still got that silver phase1?? It's beautiful :uhhuh:

[vas]

Not to sure what happened to the car the engine was owned by an ex rtoc member in Brighton about 12 months ago it was in pieces and needed putting back together

Alex was the rtoc members name had a White gtt 5teveL knows the bloke aswell could prop give some more light on what happened to it

i was nearly going to buy it as it was going cheap and missed out:cry:... i'm sure it went to CGB in the end as it was on ebay......

[Sparkie]

:D

Has Sparkie still got that silver phase1?? It's beautiful :uhhuh:

yes, i still have it. was at national day too.

[Logg]

Euro parts rolling road day 2002

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Euro%20parts%20Rolling%20road%20day/

B14 GTT on of my favourite 5's

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Fast%20car%20January1999/

Pinky red 5 anther on of my favourites from back in the day!

http://www.rtoc.org/files/?path=Magazine%20Articles/Renault%205/Fast%20car%20April%202000/

[Sparkie]

:laugh: back in the day with the original black shed racing! europarts 2002....

[Alex]

The Turbonator car looks very impressive, I've never seen that before - didn't know anything like that had been done way back then. I'm not sure about the 300BHP though!

That "Turbo Response System" is frankly awesome! :D

[Mart]

That "Turbo Response System" is frankly a complete crock of janky sh1te!

Couldn't have put it better myself :D ;)

[Alex]

:D

[Big Steve - Raider]

Makes you wonder why so few of the cars featured in these magazines are still about??

I've never seen that pink one before in Fast Car & have to say I don't care much for the colour but can see that it was nicely done??

You would think after the guys who spent so much money on the cars would sell them on to someone else who cared for it as much???

More than likely though it was sold to some clueless little oik with a big fat loan who promptly ran it into the nearest dyke!! :rolleyes: :sad2:

[kid raider]

big steve raider..... i've just noticed that the reg of my raider and yours are the same bar the numbers... mine must of been registered just after yours. well impressed! :)

[Big Steve - Raider]

big steve raider..... i've just noticed that the reg of my raider and yours are the same bar the numbers... mine must of been registered just after yours. well impressed! :)

Wow! Yeah that's pretty cool! That was my first Raider which has the reg H494 AEA, loved that car.

My new one was H523 HEV before i put my private plate on & their is another car in the club with H*** HEV

It'd loved to have visited the dealers which sold the cars originally? I can imagine on August 1st 1990 their were a couple of brand spankin new Raiders parked up ready to be picked up by their first owners! :smokin::cool:

[bigdur]

Thought I'd bump this as I'm slowly going through all the threads on the forum, fantastic reading and brings back some memories from the 90s :wasntme:

[old skool turbo power]

a bit off topic i know but seems like the old nigel mansel had a little test old the renault 5 gt turbo :)front cover on "car"magazine as well :):cool:
pretty good info on the 5 though:agree:

http://www.289cobra.com/5gtturbopresse.html

[Turbox]

The links didn't work for me... any chance of resurrecting these?

[R5MJH]

there is a fault at the moment with uploading to the files section because I recently did a upgrade i still need to get somethings looked at, if you want email me the bits and ill directly upload to the server for you