Thought I'd share my bit of a project with you. I bought the 205 Gti virtually standard when I was in university:
But after "growing up" and getting a "proper" job I decided the best thing to do was to try and make it faster/ better handling for as little money as possible....so here goes:
Starting with the engine swap, i decided to put in a 2.0 Turbo charged engine from a citroen XM
And so it begins:
Old engine removed, new one is eagerly awaiting further developments :)
Wannabe artistic shot:
surprisingly little rust:
Spot the difference wrt the last picture":
Very profesional temp engine mount.......aka stack of beer cases:
Starting the blue 3D puzzle to get the piping to the intercooler
Oh crap, this is never gonna fit
Took some time but it did fit.......just:
Starting to look like a car again:
Chopped up the front bumper to make room for the front mounted intercooler, fitted the lights and indicators back and hey presto....it's a car:
Brake upgrade, before:
and after: -25kw
New brakelines all around and a scaffolding pipe exhaust :
Standard 15 inch rims are FULL with the new brakes, luckily i had some 16 inchs wheels picked out allready
Made a mount for the ECU (don't worry, it'll get another location as soon as i placed the battery in the boot)
New brake master cylinder
View under the hood:
Intercooler fits pretty neatly into the bumper:
New wheels, Before:
After:
New seats and seat belts:
Don't worry, i'm gonna refit the seat belts up higher so i won't damage my back in an accident
And here is a clip of me scaring myself in the first time i fully press the accelerator:
This is what it looks like today:
And here's a small video I've made:
-- Edited by Mr Aart on Thursday 18th of June 2015 09:01:03 AM
Bahu said
Jun 18, 2015
Sounds very nice, forgive my ignorance, but is that engine essentially the same block etc. just turbocharged and bigger displacement?
Thought I'd share my bit of a project with you. I bought the 205 Gti virtually standard when I was in university:
But after "growing up" and getting a "proper" job I decided the best thing to do was to try and make it faster/ better handling for as little money as possible....so here goes:
Starting with the engine swap, i decided to put in a 2.0 Turbo charged engine from a citroen XM
And so it begins:

Old engine removed, new one is eagerly awaiting further developments :)

Wannabe artistic shot:

surprisingly little rust:

Spot the difference wrt the last picture":

Very profesional temp engine mount.......aka stack of beer cases:

Starting the blue 3D puzzle to get the piping to the intercooler

Oh crap, this is never gonna fit

Took some time but it did fit.......just:

Starting to look like a car again:

Chopped up the front bumper to make room for the front mounted intercooler, fitted the lights and indicators back and hey presto....it's a car:

Brake upgrade, before:

and after:

-25kw
New brakelines all around and a scaffolding pipe exhaust :

Standard 15 inch rims are FULL with the new brakes, luckily i had some 16 inchs wheels picked out allready

Made a mount for the ECU (don't worry, it'll get another location as soon as i placed the battery in the boot)

New brake master cylinder

View under the hood:

Intercooler fits pretty neatly into the bumper:
New wheels,

Before:
After:

New seats and seat belts:

Don't worry, i'm gonna refit the seat belts up higher so i won't damage my back in an accident

And here is a clip of me scaring myself in the first time i fully press the accelerator:
This is what it looks like today:
And here's a small video I've made:
-- Edited by Mr Aart on Thursday 18th of June 2015 09:01:03 AM