became a T5R owner

[hemihusky]

Yes so even though i had a amazing time with my red salloon. this came up and we did a deal between me and the guy so now i own this! a black, manual T5R estate, already had a blast driving back with this car, it has a few issues like when driving back i had no boost at all (boost guage hose connector had rotted n split so no boost at all) and the guy had put new pads n calipers on it, without taking any brake fluid out, so stamp the brakes it hydro locked n you had absolutely no brakes!. lil bit rough around the edges but it gives me something to do!

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[V70 Graham]

Looks a decent car, what are your plans for it ?

[hemihusky]

well after its all fixed to a tidy condition i would wanna get another engine, and have that re-conditioned n built up for a slight power increase, i dont wanna try re-mapping the current engine with 170,000 on the clock. but im not planning anything huge for the interior/exterior i like it as it is, wanna put the stock radio back in though as its crud, and at least have the right colored 7 seat conversion! XD

[merc85]

Why not map it? 170k is nowt for these lumps, Looks a cracking car, get the engine bay nice and clean and that will enhance all the bling . The Red lettering would deffo look better silver or black

Tidy car, well done :)

[jdavis]

Looks good that. Like the engine bay.

[stribo]

Looks a very well looked after car.

[Saaamon]

I agree with gav unless your rebuilding for rods etc I'd work with what you've got, it's parts around the engine that fail, not the block itself.

[Jamest5r]

Welcome to an exclusive club :)

[MoleT-5R]

Welcome to an exclusive club :)

Yep Welcome, as James said it's quite exclusive and a black one for a change, quite rare I'm let to believe

[evo230]

Nice - welcome!

[hemihusky]

Thanks for all the welcome lads =) and yeah i may remap it to be as fast as my old red car was then id be happy at that. i was more worried about rings and blowing the top end apart as apart from how to fix all the outside, i have no knowledge of the inside workings of these engines. but ill make a project thread of my small restoration of it, have a few scratches here n there to fix ect ect

[jonmsm]

Very jealous! I am looking to become a T5-R owner now I am 3 T5's in but I can't find the one I want anywhere! I am one of those weird people that wants a gul yellow one! =P Your new one looks pretty tidy mind you and they do look smart in black! :) It looks like it has a black interior but the boot is carpet with blue seats?! I saw this one advertised but didn't pick up on that in the listing pictures!

J :)

[claymore]

Thanks for all the welcome lads =) and yeah i may remap it to be as fast as my old red car was then id be happy at that. i was more worried about rings and blowing the top end apart as apart from how to fix all the outside, i have no knowledge of the inside workings of these engines. but ill make a project thread of my small restoration of it, have a few scratches here n there to fix ect ect
My car was on 220k miles before I even started to tune it :), admittedly that engine is now dead, but that was because of a crap tuner.

[hemihusky]

fair enough, and yea tell me about the color clash! XD i got a grey boot floor now though so those seats will be comming out and being sold, if anyone here wants a set of blue 7 seaters? and when i went to pick this one up the guy met me at the ferry in a yellow T5R estate! no joke though his is in a bit of a state

[jonmsm]

TBH, I am not so fussed about a bit of work (as long as its not a state!) as I have a workshop to do repairs (in fact i've just done a a full rear brake rebuild on a V70 T5 and fixed a top end tap and i'm currently doing the same rear end rebuild on my 850 T5, followed by a new turbo and many other things that are quite right about it!)... the fact of the matter is, I want a flying banana car!! I've had a BTCC replica (ish - a 2.4 manual stickered up) that I took to Le Mans this year (there are more 850 fans out there than I realised!) but now I want a T5-R! :-P Did you get your one from the guy through the forum? If so; what's his username, I might tap him up to see if he wants to sell the yellow one! ;)

[martybelfastt5]

looks good straight car not sure on the red badges tho :troutslap

[hemihusky]

Nah I got it from a guy up in dunoon Scotland. N I asked about the yellow he wouldn't sell me it sadly. And its ok red badges comming off after my holiday