I used to do a lot of conversions on these back in the day. The "APC system" of a scrapped Saab 900 turbo could be retrofitted into just about any Turbo car as it was a standalone system. I used to fit Saab APC to R5 GTT's to give them electronic boost control. Worked really well and improved the turbo response massively. Plus the added knock control would protect the engine. Biggest issue on these like the R18 and Fuego turbos was petrol boiling in the carb after giving it a bootfull. Making hot starts a nightmare. Renault added a carb cooling fan on the Ph2 ones i seem to remember.

Loved throwing the ass out on these. Most drivable FWD I’ve had, so easy to control.

My wife's 1.0 szturbo Suzuki Swift has 110 bhp and 910kg. Reminds me of a slightly more refined GT turbo from back in the day. Great fun.

I'm 37 and lusted after all those 80s 90s cars even at like 7 years old, i could identify every car on the road by it's headlights in the dark, can't really do that these days, too many similar brand faces on multiple models🙄 Nice to see an unmolested 5turbo The faded plastics of the bodykit on the wheelarches reminds me of the arch plastics on my 2002 phase 1 kangoo trekka 4x4 😂

It’s my old car. I had those graphics made up, they’re as close to the originals as I could get. Never has Turbo written on them.

Very 80s but a lovely example

OMG, you made my day, love the 5 GT Turbo, takes me back. They were tuned in the days of sticking bleed valves on and colder plugs - Great times . Love to restore one, they were amazing 👍👍

My pal got really into these, he had phase 1, phase 2 raider, phase 2 dimma kitted, he even fully converted a extra van. He still has a load of parts in he's garage, drives a clio f1 these days...

A mate of mine had one of these when they first came out. He used to complain that is was not easy in heavy traffic? But I was just jealous of him having it and took no notice, lol

Charade Gtti was a wicked little car....do love good r5 T though prefer phase2 myself

My second car back in 96. Saved 4 months for one after a tour in the Falklands. Had one in black. I managed to kill the engine on the M5. New one put in and flogged it a bit later. My friend ran a phase 2 at the time so fond memories of the little races we had. I’d pull on him initially and he would reel me in.

No txt on the side graphics phase one

Had a couple of phase2 turbos awesome little cars, my only issue i had with both of mine was clutch cables snapping, i had 9 replaced in 18 months under warranty

I had the phase 2 5 gt turbo great fun

I had one and it was nothing but trouble but I loved it 😂

I had the Charade Gtti. Regularly beefing with the R5's. But back then there was no tuning with the Charade so most R5's I came across were boosted to death. But standard R5's we were always even. Good times.

My mate had one, he loved it, he had it for years with no problems, he only did 2 things, which you can still do today which you can gain an extra 3/7 bhp more, he changed the panel air filter to a K&N and put 2 bottles of Redex cleaner in a full tank of fuel every 6 months, we had 5.2 down to 4.7 seconds 0-60 on this little turbo car, it was rapid. Redex is a reddish solution cleaner and it burns away black carbon sitting around inside your engine, also cleans fuel pipes Redex has been used in NAS car racing touring car racing even the spitfires had it back in the 40s, you also gain mpg and bhp within a few days, a clever solution 0-60 will be better you can gain between 1-3seconds and good for your car is about to go for an mot, put 2 bottles in a full tank of fuel 2 weeks before your mot test guaranteed the emissions will be lower too, works every time👍🏻

Hi I worked in a Renault garage in the 80's they had creaks and rattles when they were new!

I want it 😁

After market intercoller. No dump valve on that you can see where it should be in the charge pipe and it’s blanked off. All you’re hearing is compressor stall through the induction filter

God damn :O

Great Cars. I did hear some owners wire up a second cooling fan due to overheating issues. The hot hatch I've always wanted (and nearly got years ago until Insurance stopped me) is the Mark 3 Escort XR3i in Red.

Shhh we're not in our 40s.... lol

Looked at a 5 brochure a few years ago. Does it have that fancy “infra red remote control central door locking” feature? I’m guessing not as I didn’t see the receiver. How about that for a nerdy question lol.

Great video I wish I had one but I went down the ford way ie xr3/xr2 then escort rs turbo

Nice . I've owned 6 21 turbos never a five tho 😊

I had a polo g40 back in the day 1275cc 8v injection with a supercharger bolted on, only made around 500 ish RHD

Cup mod, so no dump valve. just watergate chatter. The phase 1 didn’t have the turbo decal on the side.

I had a phase 2 tuned by GT Tuning to 248bhp it was ridiculously quick. How I'm still alive god knows

Not sure that one it running right , when I had mine it would light up the tires in first second and third when the boost came in 😀 The good old days

I’d say your temp gauge isn’t working too as it doesn’t move at any point 😂

Had the phaze 1 & 2 only my uno turbo was quicker than both.💯

Noooooooooooooo not a Dump Valve.🙃

It's a nice car but that one seems low on boost, it should fill the gauge as standard, looks very under powered even for a standard car, seats weere so comfy 😂

No dump valve there just lovely wastegate chatter

There is a lack of pressure in the turbo, the pressure gauge needle must go further!

Ragability. That is indeed a word. Hire cars have that!

They seemed a lot quicker in the day 🤔

Is it for sale ?