new to the club

just thought i would say hi im sort of new to the club and im now the proud owner of an alpine gta v6 turbo i already know david g(art) from the renault turbo owners club having owned r5gtt for 6 years thought it was time for a change

Congratulations on your move upmarket!

And your bank balance downhill .....................

[stephendell]

Photos please...

will get some pics up,i dont think my bank balance can get any lower after owning a 5 gtt but then again the body panels are extremely expensive oe/aftermarket,just going to get wheels 18"/17" and coilovers then just concentrate on getting as much power as i can need to show the local japanese cars a thing or two

[Alpineandy]

i dont think my bank balance can get any lower after owning a 5 gtt

Hope your a good auto electrician, Or lucky. Or else your bank balance could well get even lower...

I hope youre not expecting anything on the GTA to be as cheap as R5 parts.......you may be in for a bit of a shock when you visit the Renault dealer!!!!!!!!!!

[Alpineandy]

I hope youre not expecting anything on the GTA to be as cheap as R5 parts.......you may be in for a bit of a shock when you visit the Renault dealer!!!!!!!!!!

But he shouldn't have to do the head gasket so often...

lol only ever had to do the headgasket once in 21/2years on my current 5 i know parts are expensive but a mate works in parts at renault so i can get discount any ideas how much an uprated clutch is and roughly how long it takes to do

After speaking to EBC today, all the GTA clutches have finished from being stock items. They are now exchange only, but exchange as you have to supply them yours first for it to be uprated/reconditioned, so it poses a bit of problem now...

The standard Valeo item is around £200 from Renault

Changing the clutch is an engine and gearbox out job. Get it on a ramp and drop the whole rear chassis down with the engine and box in situ.

Doing it in 8 hrs time!!!

[simontaylor]

Hoping you have a restfull evening tonight !?

The EBC and Valeo clutches are only standard rated but I didn't have any problems with 270 bhp. If you want something heavier duty fit an A610 clutch - considerably heavier duty cover I reckon should be ok up to 350 ish bhp.

thats what sort of power im after eventually

If youre after the 350bhp you will need a very big bank balance! To go much beyond 300 will involve a full engine rebuild with big valves, flowed heads and lightened and balanced bottom end. If you use the search facility you will ses that the BHP question has come up over and over and the result is that for 3 or 4k you can get 300bhp but beyond that is seriously expensive.