Renault 5 plastic carb manifold

[malcolm]

I'm having trouble fitting everything into my engine bay. The plastic air inlet manifold on the twin choke carb is getting in the way of the battery and expansion tank.

Does anyone know if there are other shapes of carb manifold fitted to other Renault 5s? Would ideally like one with the pipe coming off forwards rather than sideways.

 

[malcolm]

I've found one on a photo of a Dutch car from the gallery. Does anyone know which car that is from?

Also anyone got one spare?

 

[Lobster]

I think the one you want would be off a 1289cc R5 TS (77-81). If I remember rightly that faces forward....

 

[roodini]

Malcolm...I thought that with your welding skills you'ld be able to separate the top half from the bottom half, turn it to suit and then plastic weld it back together.
If not I believe Lobster's right and your best bet might well be 'yer maun at Renault'.

Rudi.

 

[malcolm]

Oh (swearword)! I think you're right there. I had one on a 1397 engine and I'd ruled that one out because of the different mountings, but it's the much same carb and I think I know how they fitted it. Passed mine on with the engine!

Do you remember if yours look a bit like this photo with 3 bolts sticking through the top or did it look more like the blue car above with the big jubilee clip?

 

[roodini]

Three bolts through the top as in the picture, though unfortunately it had been flatened when I saw it. I tried to run with a K&N but the induction noise was too much for my wife.
If you come across two?? forward facing carb tops let me know, as I could do with one for mine.

Rudi.

 

[malcolm]

I'll keep my eyes open. I'll try Renault, but I'd be amazed if they still have them. Failing that it's going to be second hand stuff. Thanks for the help on this one guys - I'd really been struggling.

 

[Lobster]

Definately the one with three bolts, had one on an R5 many moons ago with a Pipercross cone air filter. I'm guessing they will be rare now however, try Andrew at www.r5gordini.co.uk as he might be able to assist.

 

[mr-reno-139]

hi again (still in tenerife lovely here now seen first clan and strange purple f4
if you had a working tardis and went back 15yrs iwould suggest sevaral cars found in scrapyards ,most sportier renaults used 32dir/dar carb ie 12 ts , 5ts 16ts /tx 15/17 renault 20 tl and ts (all extinct now)
carb had jubilee clip type fitting 1975 til 1980/1
after then was changed to three bolt fitting on r18 fuego and r5 tx and auto
will check when i get home in case i have anything lying around next week
you can change top of carb over to 5tx then use that type better as it wont fall off like older type


paul

 

[Greeney in France]

I have a friend desperately after a renault 17 did you get number by any chance?

 

[malcolm]

Would much appreciate bits if you can find any Paul. If the very worst comes to the worst I've got a TIG welder, a sheet of aluminium and a hammer. But it would probably take me a whole weekend to make anything cool looking, and I'd probably get carried away and go artistic rather than good gas flow so the engine would die every time I stopped at traffic lights .

There are 3 screws in the top of the earlier carbs. I'm guessing they were replaced by studs in the later carbs. Though with a search of google images (not nearly enough people take photos of their engine bays) the different models have the intake pointing in all sorts of different directions. R17 one points 45 degrees backwards.

Talking of R17s, I re-read this thread and I don't think anyone knows of a survivor.

 

[malcolm]

Paul pointed me to a forward facing carb top on eBay (early TS) but it turns out it's too tall for my installation. There's just space for the gordini one if I use a short battery and sit the expansion bottle more upright.

Is the TS one of any use to you Rudi? (second photo) - it's the jubilee clip one rather than the 3 bolt type.

 

[roodini]

I'm putting the R4 in mothballs for a few months while I deal with some more pressing matters.
As for the plastic carb manifold, I think i'm going to stick with the current set up for the time being, thanks for the thought though Malcolm.

Rudi.