Rock_Steady Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 what are those alfa 3.0 V6s like? is it a brera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Weren't all Raiders blue ? Yep, they were all a dark pearl blue with colour coded wheels. They also had "raider" written on the back screen and had blue flecks on the seats instead of the stock red ones. Appart from that, they were the same as "ordinary" gt turbos, same power etc. Basically renault knocked them out at the end of the 5 gt turbos lifecycle as a "special" to use up old stock. Same as what they did with the clio williams etc. I love the kit on that Renault turbo. Looks really smart. I love little turbo charged cars! if I had the money i'd love to have a Renault turbo 5 maxi, just like the old rally slag. it'd probably spend more time over jack than on the road though no doubt. Looks like that might be a dimma kit or something similar on that 5 Raider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bull Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 My SR20DET powered Nissan Micra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatooandy67 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 That GTV V6 is stunning, another car I lusted after but never managed to own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_smith126 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I miss all of these, but every car has it's time and a place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longsh07 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) My 97 Mk2 Rev4 MR2 Spent too much money on it and sold it for way too little. Loved this car. If I just held onto it for a little bit longer I could have used it as a track car instead of buying an awful 106 GTi which caught fire... At least my MX5 that replaced the 106 is on par with my MR2. Edited September 4, 2014 by longsh07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeybrain1234 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) what are those alfa 3.0 V6s like? is it a brera? Great cars, they honestly are, so long as maintained and looked after. They feel faster than the Z, (but they are not) however the handling is so-so. That is a GTV, the brera's are very nice too. That GTV V6 is stunning, another car I lusted after but never managed to own Get one some day. I hope to get an 8C one day!! Edited September 12, 2014 by monkeybrain1234 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Z Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Weren't all Raiders blue ? Yep, they were all a dark pearl blue with colour coded wheels. They also had "raider" written on the back screen and had blue flecks on the seats instead of the stock red ones. Appart from that, they were the same as "ordinary" gt turbos, same power etc. Basically renault knocked them out at the end of the 5 gt turbos lifecycle as a "special" to use up old stock. Same as what they did with the clio williams etc. I love the kit on that Renault turbo. Looks really smart. I love little turbo charged cars! if I had the money i'd love to have a Renault turbo 5 maxi, just like the old rally slag. it'd probably spend more time over jack than on the road though no doubt. Looks like that might be a dimma kit or something similar on that 5 Raider. The kit is a "Corsa" kit not a Dimma, the Corsa kit had the Ferrari style side vents, the Dimma didn't, the raider was introduced to answer the 205gti 1.9 with 130hp By raising the power from the standard gt turbos 120 to 127 along with the afor mentioned blue pearl paint, wheel inserts and blue fleck in the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Z Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Photo from the front- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballardpaul Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Mine has to be my 306 GTi6. Was supercharged and had 443bhp. Could get it to wheelspin in 5th gear. But then I love my blue one before too. That had 250bhp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 ^^ Well I've never seen that before ~ supercharged 306. Bet that surprised the life out of a few "quicker" cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Z Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) That is very cool Edited October 12, 2014 by Jonny Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bems Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 My Suzuki cappuccino. First rear wheel drive, light as a feather. Taught me a lot about throttle control. My fabia VRS Mk1 as it was a great all rounder & didn't shout about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leet8845 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I miss my RX8. It weren't that fast but it handled amazing and the engine is uniquely smooth in the way it drives. It just sounds better the more it's revved right until it makes it's beep sound when it's time to change gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I have fond memories of my second Alfa - GTV6 2.5, MY 1985. She was a pretty rwd coupe with a willing engine and lovely steering feel (as there was no power steering - classic). Funny old world but at the time (late 80's) I was torn between the Alfa and a Z (a newer 300ZX was like a spaceship back then - and hopelessly out of budget) but having previously owned an Alfasud, Alfa was DNA back then. Many mods were done - big springs and adjustable dampers on the rear suspension, slightly lowered (fronts were torsion bars ) and hot cams. Sadly she just rusted inside out - inner wings, roof, sills all crumbled to dust. I stored/abandoned her in my drive for years after, before virtually giving away to a restorer for parts For extra kudos points, a gunmetal GTV6 appeared in a Bond movie (Octopussy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 i miss loads of my old cars mr2 gt turbo Alfa gtv V8 Capri Golf Gti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy james Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 My first proper fast car. Push level 42 world machine cassette in,wind down the manual window and rest the elbow down! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 My first proper fast car. Push level 42 world machine cassette in,wind down the manual window and rest the elbow down! Bodie likes this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilMH Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Plenty of Alfas in this thread. Love the Capri - albeit I never drove one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I dont really miss any of them, apart from maybe my first car for sentimental value. The only other reason would be the value some of them have reached now, for example, 2 bay window campers i had, worth a relative fortune now and ironically probably the worst things i have ever owned!! Unless it was something like that, which i just couldnt justify spending, i would just buy another if i missed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Don't miss any of mine as luckily so far every one has been an upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Looks like that might be a dimma kit or something similar on that 5 Raider. The kit is a "Corsa" kit not a Dimma, the Corsa kit had the Ferrari style side vents, the Dimma didn't, the raider was introduced to answer the 205gti 1.9 with 130hp By raising the power from the standard gt turbos 120 to 127 along with the afor mentioned blue pearl paint, wheel inserts and blue fleck in the seats. You are right on the bodykit, the Dimma one only had 2 vents in the rear 1/4 kit and the very similar Corsa kit (made by Prima Racing) had 4 vents making it more like a testarossa style. Good spot. There was also a "Skeete" kit which was pretty much the same but had no vents, a mate of mine has a Skeete 5 GTT in his garage. Your wrong on the Raider though. It definitely only had the same power & engine as the normal 5 GT turbos. There were only 2 "phases" of the 5 GTT`s. The first ones were phase 1, and had only 115bhp. They could do 0-60 in 7.2 seconds as standard (Renault did a TV advert showing in real time one doing 0-60 in 7.5 on a really wet track) compared to the 8.1 seconds of the slower Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9. In 1988 Renault revised the 5, altered the bodykit, interior, suspension, wheels, changed the turbo for a water cooled one, changed the AEI pack to increase the red line by 500rpm and these ones produced 120bhp. The "raider" didnt come out until late 89/90 on G/H plates, 5 or 6 years after the 1.9 GTi came out. Ive had 3 GTT`s and ive still got one which ive had since 1995 which is currently my project car. I also had a 205 GTi 1.9 back in the 90`s at the same time as a 5 GTT. Driving them back to back, the GTi wasnt even close performance wise and certainly no threat. Whilst it was slower and didnt handle quite as good it was still a very fun car to drive. The engine was very revvy and I remember after I added a janspeed exhaust system it sounded pretty awesome. Whilst I preferred the handling/performance of the 5GTT and the turbo kick, the GTi definitely looked better. The styling both inside & out - It felt more "modern" and much less plasticy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Z Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) Looks like that might be a dimma kit or something similar on that 5 Raider. The kit is a "Corsa" kit not a Dimma, the Corsa kit had the Ferrari style side vents, the Dimma didn't, the raider was introduced to answer the 205gti 1.9 with 130hp By raising the power from the standard gt turbos 120 to 127 along with the afor mentioned blue pearl paint, wheel inserts and blue fleck in the seats. You are right on the bodykit, the Dimma one only had 2 vents in the rear 1/4 kit and the very similar Corsa kit (made by Prima Racing) had 4 vents making it more like a testarossa style. Good spot. There was also a "Skeete" kit which was pretty much the same but had no vents, a mate of mine has a Skeete 5 GTT in his garage. Your wrong on the Raider though. It definitely only had the same power & engine as the normal 5 GT turbos. There were only 2 "phases" of the 5 GTT`s. The first ones were phase 1, and had only 115bhp. They could do 0-60 in 7.2 seconds as standard (Renault did a TV advert showing in real time one doing 0-60 in 7.5 on a really wet track) compared to the 8.1 seconds of the slower Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9. In 1988 Renault revised the 5, altered the bodykit, interior, suspension, wheels, changed the turbo for a water cooled one, changed the AEI pack to increase the red line by 500rpm and these ones produced 120bhp. The "raider" didnt come out until late 89/90 on G/H plates, 5 or 6 years after the 1.9 GTi came out. Ive had 3 GTT`s and ive still got one which ive had since 1995 which is currently my project car. I also had a 205 GTi 1.9 back in the 90`s at the same time as a 5 GTT. Driving them back to back, the GTi wasnt even close performance wise and certainly no threat. Whilst it was slower and didnt handle quite as good it was still a very fun car to drive. The engine was very revvy and I remember after I added a janspeed exhaust system it sounded pretty awesome. Whilst I preferred the handling/performance of the 5GTT and the turbo kick, the GTi definitely looked better. The styling both inside & out - It felt more "modern" and much less plasticy. Any photos of your motors? I also had a phase 1 gt turbo in pearl White, a 205 1.9 gti in white, a R11 turbo in silver and an R18 turbo in silver, really enjoyed owning those cars back in the day, the performance data I quoted for the Raider was from the ownership brochure I got with the car. the raider ran 9psi not the standard 7psi (was running 30psi when I was finished with it lol) I even had it featured in a R5 turbo shootouts at brunters for "fast car mag" in May 1997 Happy days Will see if I can dig out the old mag article, no laughing at the photo though lol Edited October 19, 2014 by Jonny Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnUKVetteNut Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi Had my last Corvette(1994 LT1)for 11 1/2 years( and previous 1985 for 10 years)....only gave it up as old age prevented me from getting in and out without difficulty, but saying that my Roadster FairladyZ is a very acceptable replacement. I do miss the grunt of the V8 5.7 litre and the 0-60 of 5.4 with 170MPH!! Same MPG in both cars! JohnUKVetteNut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony350z Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I most miss my 260z, I had it when I was in my mid twenties (mid 50,s now) what a car it was at the time, wonder what it would feel like now to drive. Still my 350z is awesome and is very reminiscent of the 260z. Nissan done a great job of recapturing the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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