Anyone got one or two they want to sell?
Its off a Renault 5 GT turbo up till about 1990 ish.., and to my misfortune was a car that was neva exported to Australia, but i have seen a few on the web going around, even in NZ.
I rekon you can all tell what its for... but i'm not saying anything more till i get confirmation of a full ball rolling....
The poms are asking a hefty dollar for postage, but overall a VERY cheap carb. both with postage is still lookin like only half the cost of a pro-turbo prepped dual dellorto setup. (not including postage either on the dellortos!)
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New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Just get the thing finished and driving........ 🤪
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geez you got shocking timing chris 🤪
i had 2 plus a spare that i only sold a couple of months ago to humptys brother
they;re very hard to get hold of
the only other car in aus that had them that i know of is the whitelightening laser turbos
thats what my first one came off
F%&$^#@&%^#&(*^#$~!!!!!
haha, ah wells... gotta love life hey? lol.
Thanks for the new lead though Joel! I found a few more from some frenchies on egay... just getting shipping quotes. 😁
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
not much of a lead there was only 300 or so white lightenings made
the guy i got mine from went EFI
double bugger! Thanks anyways though Joel.
so far the only sources i have found are europe, and they are by far still an economical option. One was a wrecking and parting site for just the GT's, $79.99 pounds. I just send a pm to Humpty about his bro, seeing how lucky i might be whether he has used them or they are just sitting on a shelf...
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
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Thanks mate.
I joined a renault5GTT forum and the guys there have come out with open arms for the carbs i want. The poms seem like VERY nice people. got like 5 offers, from just rebuilt to needing a rebuilding kit (which is like $30AUD). Only killer is 44 pounds avg postage cost. But carbs ranging from 5 pounds (in parts but not broken and complete) to 40 pounds...(rebuild), soooooo much cheaper than dellorto's and webers... and all prepped for blow through.
Got another contact... renault5GT turbo wrecking mob. They sell nuffin but GT parts... 2 complete carbs, tested and trialed and passed (put on a GT, driven, gas analysed) , including postage to australia, $380 AUD. i think i'm set. I should be able to bolt these up, tune em' and go. They gave me some links into tuning them, soldering the jets and then redrilling... should be fun! 👍
But if a miracle pops up that there is one local, i'd still be up for it. Otherwise monday i'm sending them the cash.
Its just like... despite going to a different domain with a different interest wanting to leech their parts, they are pretty friendly helpful people about it. 👍
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
did u manage to find a source for rebuild kits?
i didnt look real hard but it wasnt proving to be easy
it was the same thing i was doing
twin 32dis on kdog manifolds fed with a blower
yuP found em! Looks like a tidy setup!
Poms seem to call em' service kits, ebay was the cheapest of course. bout $35 a carb i think it was.
Thats per carb. But all of it is from overseas....
www.ebay.co.uk
The forum had a list of suppliers too:
http://www.renault5gtturbo.com/parts.htm
or this online shop:
http://www.cgbmotorsport.net/carburettor-carb-servicerepair-kit-186-p.asp
(that shop is also where i'm getting the carbs)
Seems to be a decent fan base for em', just not in this continent though. I only found out that such a car existed a week ago lol
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
