My 205 GTI 6 project

[M3MTH]

8 valve coming out


breaking GTI 6 currently


GTI 6 engine thats going in



Thats all so far, car is running on coilovers, lowered rear beam with peugeot sport torsion bars and 4 pot brembo's.

Plans are to

- add disk brakes to the rear beam
- engine management with jenvey throttle bodies
- Paint in peugeot total racing colours like the current le mans car!

Edited by M3MTH on Monday 27th August 12:55

[K13 WJD]

yes yes yes.....


My old 6 was nearing 200 BHP !!!!

great engines....although get the angle grinder out for that slam panel !

[OlberJ]

Guess the price of GTi-6's is finally coming down to Mi16 money.

Nice project. Are you going for the 309 front wishbones and rear beam? Very worthwhile mod.

[Ricky_M]

Wow, very interested, will you be using the 6 speed box?

[M3MTH]

Ricky_M said:

Wow, very interested, will you be using the 6 speed box?

I'm using the 1.6 box, shorter ratios! thought about using the 6 speed box, but wont need the 6th gear on track! used a MI16 clutch to match it up.

[OlberJ]

I was running the 1.6 box with an Mi16 final drive on my 1.9 Mi16 engine.

Crazy acceleration up to 100, and i mean crazy. Topped out at 120 though.

[M3MTH]

That maybe an idea to run a higher final drive! thanks!

[M3MTH]

Well the engine was squeezed in last night, just needs wiring in! got a feeling thats going to be easy!

Will post more pictures tonight!

[RobCrezz]

Wow, thats really cool!

[WonderBrumby]

Well done, thats fantastic.

Little light car + big motor = HUGE fun.
I hope you have some sticky tyres!

[OlberJ]

When you put the loom in and wire it up, be carefull not to make the same mistake as me.

I put my replacement engine in, rewired it and the main loom part that crosses at the gearbox/engine join (near the brown multiplug) ended up rubbing on acceleration and splitting. Caused a small fire in my engine bay and killed the elctrics completely.

The part of the loom was replaced though and the car was last seen on a ferry to Dublin. Think it's still there.

Unbelievably good fun though mate, do enjoy.

[M3MTH]

Woah! that was lucky it did'nt completely go up in flames! thanks for the advice on that though!, wiring engines in is way beyond me! so gota guy that really knows his stuff about pugs that is going to do it. cant wait to get it running..!!

[TubbyRutter]

Chose a good engine for it, check my profile

A friend of mines done the smae but his is turbo'd putting out 300 brake!

[s16]

How easy is it to get the engine in? i've been thinking about the mi16 conversion for a while but would love to do a 6 engine instead. Is it quite similar?

[OlberJ]

6 engine is heavier, more solid and puts out 7 more bhp in standard form.

The 1.9 alloy job (2.0 mi16 is early 6 variant) is the one to go for to retain the 205GTi feel.

Both very similar swaps and fairly easy as you don't have to move mounts, just sort the downpipe angle, a bit of custom wiring an haway you go.

[sorrento205]

and the GTI6 shouldnt suffer the same oil surge problems common with the Mi16

[pimpin gimp]

My old Si is the only car i regret selling. i was thinking the other day how much i enjoyed her.
She was Ash Black, and gorgeous. totaly standard (including steel wheels and Si hub caps!) but gorgeous.

enjoy your car, you'll miss it when it goes.

[M3MTH]

Car is currently at www.xsportracing.com having the ecu and electrics sorted, will be back this weeks so will post some pics and vids of it running!

[flattotheboards]

nice! 205 GTIs are probably one of the coolest cars ever.

[WEREWOLF]

Recommend 309 front and rear beam upgrade , makes the handling even better.Sticks to the road like glue.