hi all

Post by **schakal** » 22 Mar 2006 12:05 pm

just joined the forum and wanted to say a quick hello
i am from s.wales/cardiff . i own a renault 9 1.7 gtx (the same engine found in volvo 340 GL s i believe )
cheers

Post by **schakal** » 22 Mar 2006 12:17 pm

and here is a picture of my renault 9 ,i saved her from the hands of a scrappy a few months ago and done some work on it to make it look a bit sportier in reason .the bodywork came out pretty clean after a 6 hour polishing session , its got renault 19 16v bucket seats , steering wheel ,a volvo 440 turbo spoiler which i believe looked pretty fine .
i hope you people like it too

Post by **ebdl** » 22 Mar 2006 01:44 pm

Greetings!

Post by **jtbo** » 22 Mar 2006 02:01 pm

Welcome!

Always nice to hear from saved older underrated cars. That car of yours looks very nice and I just can't believe that someone would scrap that

In here Finland I have not seen too many of those cars, I don't know why, but older Renaults just seem not to exists, maybe they did sell much less in here than Toyota Corolla that was sold more than other cars for many many years in 80's and early 90's, I really don't like Corolla

Is that Renault carb or fuel injection? Does it have electric windows or other silly things that true racer don't need ?

I have heard that Renaults may have loads of accessories, but I simply don't know anything from them

Post by **schakal** » 22 Mar 2006 03:12 pm

jtbo wrote:Welcome!

Always nice to hear from saved older underrated cars. That car of yours looks very nice and I just can't believe that someone would scrap that

In here Finland I have not seen too many of those cars, I don't know why, but older Renaults just seem not to exists, maybe they did sell much less in here than Toyota Corolla that was sold more than other cars for many many years in 80's and early 90's, I really don't like Corolla

Is that Renault carb or fuel injection? Does it have electric windows or other silly things that true racer don't need ?
I have heard that Renaults may have loads of accessories, but I simply don't know anything from them

kiitos mate,
i am a big fan of your country by the way,got too many friends over in espoo ,hki and hameenlinna

this r9 is a 1988 made 1.7 carburettor (solex 28 34 z10 used on volvo340 1.7s )

its got electric windows and central locking ,no power steering ,it weighs about 900-950 kgs and i am in process of lowering her these days .

i also own a renault 19 16v chamade ,now thats a beauty as well 137bhp standard

Post by **arnagath** » 23 Mar 2006 05:47 am

Hi and welcome here!!

Your car looks nice

Post by **jtbo** » 23 Mar 2006 02:59 pm

schakal wrote:
jtbo wrote:Welcome!

Always nice to hear from saved older underrated cars. That car of yours looks very nice and I just can't believe that someone would scrap that

In here Finland I have not seen too many of those cars, I don't know why, but older Renaults just seem not to exists, maybe they did sell much less in here than Toyota Corolla that was sold more than other cars for many many years in 80's and early 90's, I really don't like Corolla

Is that Renault carb or fuel injection? Does it have electric windows or other silly things that true racer don't need ?
I have heard that Renaults may have loads of accessories, but I simply don't know anything from them
kiitos mate,
i am a big fan of your country by the way,got too many friends over in espoo ,hki and hameenlinna

this r9 is a 1988 made 1.7 carburettor (solex 28 34 z10 used on volvo340 1.7s )

its got electric windows and central locking ,no power steering ,it weighs about 900-950 kgs and i am in process of lowering her these days .

i also own a renault 19 16v chamade ,now thats a beauty as well 137bhp standard

Oh very nice, you know finnish

Too bad that older Renaults are not rated high in here, those would be better than Corolla any time

Even I'm not big fan of FWD

137hp is that 1,7l engine too?

Post by **bennett** » 23 Mar 2006 04:23 pm

nice ride.

Post by **shimon340** » 23 Mar 2006 07:21 pm

welcome!

always good to chat to renault guys coz of part sharing!!

Post by **schakal** » 23 Mar 2006 08:32 pm

i lived in finland for 2 years ,also worked for finnair at the time mate.

137hp is that 1,7l engine too?

thats a 1.8 16v engine called an F7P
here is mine

Post by **schakal** » 23 Mar 2006 08:35 pm

shimon340 wrote:welcome!

always good to chat to renault guys coz of part sharing!!

ayee ,they are all renault engines however i love
the way volvo tuned them using great turbo systems .

my dream car would be a renault 19 with a reliable volvo turbo engine

Post by **340cbr** » 23 Mar 2006 09:34 pm

COngratulations for the 16v!

If I have one of those it will be the 19 16v 5doors, phase 1

Post by **schakal** » 24 Mar 2006 12:29 pm

340cbr wrote:COngratulations for the 16v!

If I have one of those it will be the 19 16v 5doors, phase 1

yeah , i think thats the one that looks the
meanest out of all ,
not a big fan of hatcbacks myself either