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hi i'm think'ing of buy'ing a Reno 5 gt turbo,i was 0 sure i want'ed to purchase one but after that i herd some bad things about them like they blow up catch on fire coz the turbo gets so hot witch i would sort because i would get a turbo timer to cut the engine out and let it worm up befour i drive it the main thing is what are they like to drive?i been told they dont handle verry well is this true?can anyone give me a review on what you think they’re like to drive?and if you liked it est
many thanks to people who can help.
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Any 5 GT Turbo is twenty years old, give or take a couple, and will have been ragged mercilessly for all that time but they’re a phenominal little vehicle when they're right. Heat has always been their enemy - it's cramped and hot under the bonnet but that doesn't mean they blow up and I'm not aware of them ever catching fire becaue of the turbo heat [that was actually the favourite trick of the earlier, rear engined 5 Turbo 2!].
In period [and today] a 5GT Turbo would hold on to most things up to about 100mph [only where the law permitted of course!] and it was only well into three figures that something like a 5-litre V8 Mercedes could start to pull away.
More than that, as well as running 5GT Turbos on the road I raced them in the Elf/Renault UK 5GT Turbo Cup one-make racing series. If you want a tribute to their handling, the series used very hard, long lasting Michelin slicks with essentially standard suspension geometry, albeit with bigger stiffer dampers. In any open test sessions, a 5 GT Turbo Cup vehicle could comfortably hold any full blown BTCC vehicle of the period round corners and often under braking too - though those 500bhp Sierra Cosworths did get down the straights faster.
Whoever told you they didn't handle, hasn't tried to wrestle round corners some of the horrors I've driven! The steering isn't power assisted so it's probably heavier than most new hatchbacks but the precision and feedback is excellent. The brakes were great for their time; still very adequate but there's no anti-lock - but that just means you have to concentrate a bit more. Grip levels on decent tyres are good even by today's standards. The clutch action was always heavy but if it was impossibly heavy, like treading on a brick, that usually meant cable problems from the heat.
If you purchase one and get a good one, I'm sure you'll care about it! I hope this helps.
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They’re fantastic, genuinely quick & very well handling & will totally embarass most other automobiles on most real roads. Generally reliable to be honest, but bodies tend to rot if neglected.
Check here;
http://www.renault5gtturbo.com/homepage….
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