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Over the weekend I installed a VTS rack into my 205. They're 2.4 turns lock to lock. The rack I pulled out, was from a model we call an Si in Australia. ie 2 door XU5M, manual or auto, AC and PAS standard. That rack is 2.7 compared to 3.2 for the GTi rack, so quite a bit faster. I stripped the Si and GTi racks to investigate the differences. There is only one difference, the pinion. In the pic, the 7T GTi pinion is on the left and the 8T Si pinion on the right. The actual rack themselves are identical and the 8T pinion is a direct fit into the GTi rack. Thus is you can't find a VTS rack, upgrading your GTi rack might be an option. The part number is 4048 C7. Welshpug mentioned it many years ago in this post: You can just see the orange cowling in my pic. Maybe you can find a new one sitting on a shelf somewhere? I'm not sure what RHD 205 4048 C5 was fitted to. Also attached are pics of the lower columns. It's a fairly straight forward swap if you have that lower square drive column. I removed by file, two small "knobs" on the top of the square pinion. This allows the lower column to fit vertically (same as splined), which makes fitment to the car significantly easier.

Thought I would add a few of the most common ECU pinouts and wiring diagrams, as I've managed to get a PDF writer working as well as a copy of Autodata. Unfortunately due to the file limits it's one per post. So lets start with the 306 S16, Bosch Motronic MP3.2. 306 XU10J4 wiring diagram.pdf

hi there, i have a peugeot 309 on my drive which i bought a couple of years ago for £100 as a running 1.3 look, i ran it for a few months until the clutch gave up, at which point it became my VTS conversion project. to begin with i had a good xsara VTS head from an engine which had suffered a broken conrod, a whole 1.8 VTR engine from which i intended to use the bottom end, and a set of dell'orto DHLA40Gs... after a bit of research i realised i was out of my league so i just bought a whole xsara VTS engine for £100. the current situation is a 309 1.3 shell with engine, gearbox, subframe, suspension etc removed, a xsara VTS engine and gearbox with 205 1.6 diff, 309 diesel subframe, driveshafts, hubs etc, 309 goodwood struts, xsara VTS brakes.... now i could slap these parts together within a few hours but i know nothing about cooling systems and electronics so this is where i need help from the experts, as well as some idea of which components i should be fitting to the 309 before i go crazy with the nuts and bolts, and which standard 309 components i need to remove first.