106 Gti Engine Into A 205 Gti?

[MrMemzi 12]

For the people who have previously done this, would you say it was a worth while swap? And was any body work modifications needed?

[Sandy 189]

Doesn't pay you back for your efforts like an XU. But on it's own a good conversion.

[MrMemzi 12]

Oh really? What engine?

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Doesn't pay you back for your efforts like an XU.

 

Mi16/GTI6/S16 etc

[welshpug 1,627]

1,6/1.9 gti

[MrMemzi 12]

I brought a 1.9 lump but im worried itll be undriveable down motorways due to having a 1.6 box. So i was thinking S16 instead. Heard There more reliable and love a set of cams

[allye 530 3 Cars]

1,6/1.9 gti

 

I assumed this is what he already had!

[dandanger 12]

TU engine totally useless but thats just my opion

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

TU engine totally useless but thats just my opion

 

any reasoning to back that up? sounds like you're saying TU engines in general are useless, or do you just not like this particular engine?

[allye 530 3 Cars]

TU engine totally useless but thats just my opion

 

Best argument ever, strange how they were used for so long in so many cars

[welshpug 1,627]

still used to this day

 

Sandy builds a good one if you have the budget

[dandanger 12]

just they have always felt flat compared to an xu engine and xu just says thrash me a tu just feels like the ford cvh lump but thats just how i feel... The 16v from the 106/saxo prob the best out of all the tu's but not a shade on the xu10j4rs

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

sounds like a tu with single point injection down to the ground. a tu3s on the other hand is a completely different kettle of fish

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

TU engine totally useless but thats just my opion

 

Not driven a 106 GTI then?

[welshpug 1,627]

the rally Saxo I service for probably has the most rounded torque band I've seen for a while, short of a standard pug V6!

 

171 bhp peak and 140+ lbft peak, over 130lbft between 3 and 8k!!

[dandanger 12]

i have been in a 106 gti that had been turbod that was prob the best tu engined car iv been in.... but my argument it why bother doing a 106 gti conversion when a xu10 lump would be better for the same trouble actually prob easier to do (i have no fact base for this tho)

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

A great man once wrote-

 

To answer the first question of "Why?" my reply is "Why not?"

 

[dandanger 12]

A great man once wrote-

 

To answer the first question of "Why?" my reply is "Why not?"

 

 

very true but why bother unless u got given a 106 gti engine

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Because some people like doing something a bit different!

[S@m 156]

The TU engine range has far outlasted the XU - its still plugging away dragging brand new, heavy Citroen C3's around, i think its a good, often underrated, engine.

 

Plus, i might even be tempted to say that an XS is even more smiles per mile than a GTI...maybe thats just me.

 

Sam

[MrMemzi 12]

I had a 106 gti and had it cammed an Mapped as such. I felt it was more Unlocked as if it was mapped it shouldnt be idling funny. Anyway the cams gave the Tu engine ridiculous power for what i payed. So thats what i was hoping to do again. But reading on conversions i think im just going to stick to the original plan of a 1.9 engine on a 1.6 box as it is really a weekend car and ive just started tracking it. So now the 1.9 rebuild begins as unfortunately the 205 i pulled it out of had been sitting in a overgrown garden for 10 odd years. Luckily it still turned by hand. But looks like a defo head rebuild! Thank you all for you opinions and answers.

[allye 530 3 Cars]

The TU engine range has far outlasted the XU - its still plugging away dragging brand new, heavy Citroen C3's around, i think its a good, often underrated, engine.

 

Plus, i might even be tempted to say that an XS is even more smiles per mile than a GTI...maybe thats just me.

 

Sam

 

I drove around a ph1.5 XS for a few months, ratty on the outside, tight underneath though. One of the best cars I've ever had, so much fun! All standard, sounded great and went round corners amazingly good memories in that one.

[boldy205 74]

Another vote for the XS, an amazingly capable car. I owned a totaly standard PH2 XS, and learnt the joy of lift off oversteer.

 

As for the 106 engine, its light weight, and with a set of cams, surely a winner!

[welshpug 1,627]

As for the 106 engine, its light weight, and with a set of cams, surely a winner!

 

oh no its not

[boldy205 74]

oh ah, i forgot, its an iron block! DUH!