Xantia Activa engine into a 205

Xantia Activa engine into a 205

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YamR1V64motion

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5,725 posts

231 months

Thursday 17th May 2007
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how hard is this to do?, is there alot of modding involved?, the reason i ask is my activa suspension has given up the ghost and its out of MOT so i have been thinking about getting a non runner 205 and swapping the engines.

bales

1,905 posts

225 months

Thursday 17th May 2007
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Yep I have done it.

You need a different upper engine mount either 306xsi mount or a mi16 mount. You need a mi16 clutch and flywheel.

The lower engine mount needs to be extended about 20-30mm to swing the engine back a bit to clear the servo/master cylinder. The gear rods will need bending slightly and the exhaust manifold will fit to a standard gti downpipe (cheap type without the splitter ideally) but the D/P needs the flange chopping off and welding on at an angle to match up.

The wiring is not particulary difficult it is just that there is a lot of it that isn't used so you need a wiring diagram and some patience. The tacho wont work either unless you modify the feed to it as it works off a different signal. However I think clocks out of a different model will work.

You will need to make some custom piping up for an intercooler (i have used a 2wd cossie) and the radiator will probably need to be dropped.

Think thats most things, oh and it makes for a bloody quick torquey car.

Go on 205gtidrivers forum, there is loads and loads of info on this conversion.

Alex

bales

1,905 posts

225 months

Thursday 17th May 2007
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Here's a little video of mine running unsilenced, just got it on the road and so is not anywhere near finished yet.

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h13

Mikey G

4,784 posts

247 months

Thursday 17th May 2007
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I'm currently helping a friend do exactly the same conversion. When he gets round to putting his build diary up i'll put a link to it.

Its a good job i have an Activa as it makes a good reference for finding out where parts have gone missing during the build

Its not as straight forward as an Mi16 conversion and a lot of work is needed for it to look right.

YamR1V64motion

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5,725 posts

231 months

Thursday 24th May 2007
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bales said:
Here's a little video of mine running unsilenced, just got it on the road and so is not anywhere near finished yet.

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/bale2/?acti...
that sounds fantastic!!, ive been thinking about doing the conversion but now ive got another car i need to get ri of the Activa as i dont think i will have time frown