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1987 Renault 5 Turbo 'Superproduction'

1987 Renault 5 Turbo 'Superproduction'-Auction Lot

Lot Number: 431

1987 Renault 5 Turbo 'Superproduction'

A very special collectorsácar from the golden era of French Touring Cars.

  • NOT SOLD

LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Saturday 14th November, 2020 at 2.00pm GMT at Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh Rd, Coventry, CV8 2LG

SUMMARY

A very special collectorsácar from the golden era of French Touring Cars.

DESCRIPTION

  • Six new R5 Turbos (alloy roof and doors) cars were taken from stock and used by Renault as the bases for their assault on the 'Production' Class of the 1985 French Supertourisme Championship
  • Reasonable success was achieved in 1985 with Jean-Louis Bousquet and the following year he was 4th in the championship, with two victories
  • Renault were determined to win outright in 1987 so, late in 1986, three of the six cars were chosen and heavily re-prepared for the 1987 season to be driven by were Frenchmen Jean-Louis Bousquet, Jean Ragnotti and erik Comas
  • The bodyshells were sent to 'Matter' and Sonica lowered the cars even further, increasing the track front and rear and fettling the suspension so that the cars were close to the regulation limit
  • Renault F3 engine specialists, Sodemo Moteurs, produced a stroked 1419cc version of the R5T engine (nominally 1397cc)
  • Sodemo and SYTEL used their own ECU, ignition and fuel injection systems, designing a new custom inlet manifold for the purpose
  • With a new wild camshaft and a new Garret T4/T3 turbocharger with tri-lobe shaft and titanium internals, this particular engine produced 410bhp at 7000rpm using 3.2 bar of boost
  • Renault achieved their aim and erik Comas won the title in 1987. Renault has confirmed that this car, 'Ch 3-86', was the actual car used on the championship-clinching drive by Comas on 25/10/1987 at Pau-Arnos!
  • These three cars were the most extreme versions of the Renault 5 Turbo ever produced by the factory and the other two are carefully locked in the Renault museum at Paris Flins!

The Championnat de France de Supertourisme was a national saloon car championship organised by the Federation Française du Sport Automobile and run between 1976 and 2005 in various formats. It was contested on several circuits around France, with points awarded for driver classification.

A national title was awarded in 1974, but a proper touring car championship, as we know it today, only started in 1976. Initially, the cars were run to 'Group 2' specification, and the championship was called the Championnat Français de Voiture de Tourisme (French Touring Car Championship). From 1982, 'Group A' regulations were adopted to replace the outgoing Group 2, but in 1983 the FFSA modified them slightly but still loosely based on Group A, evolving into the 1987 and 1988 seasons, when cars built to a 'Group B' spec, called

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