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: