Friday, 20 February 2009

Renault 5 GT Turbo conversion - February 2009

22nd February - The Clio sport 172 engine is in the Renault 5
With the aid of an old wheel barrow and some will power I managed to lump the engine onto the gearbox and jack it up ready for fixing. So the engine is in although still many jobs to do.
The top two jobs are:
1)Fabricate an engine stabiliser mount as this isn't a Clio there's nothing to bolt it up to so this will need to be made
2)Modify the exhaust manifold, not sure how I'm going to do this. First stop will be to find some 45mm tubing and work out where I want the exhaust to end up.
Here's some pictures
renaultsport enigne in front viewmanifold fouling mount
turret needing workclio engine mount 2

SOLD - Renault 5 gt turbo rear wheel drive with Clio 172 engine

The conversion I originally started the conversion in February 2005 and it was March 2006 when I first had it on the road and MOT'd. At ...