By niacuk
on 12th Jan 2004
niacuk's Ratings| Performance | 9/10  |
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| Practicality | 8/10 |
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| Reliability | 9/10 |
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| Value for money | 10/10 |
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| Overall value | 9/10 |
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 niacuk's recommendation |
Good Points
handling is blinding. speed and acceleration is beyond most modern day machinery. It just doesnt rust. easily modified. and puts one big fat smile on my face everytime I put the foot down
Bad Points
brakes only adequate for standard cars. I think thats about it. oh and a poorly designed phase 1 dash :-)
General Comments
I bought my first Peugeot 205 Gti back in August 2002. It was a 85 c reg 1.6 dimma in dimma blue (though whoever did the paint job needed shooting). my aim from the start was to modify it, and modify it I did. so where did i start? it has changed colour from horrible violet to peugeot racing colours (white, blue and red). Has been fitted with 1.9 mi-16v (160bhp standard) lump. which was great until I discovered that the 306 gti-6 (167bhp standard) lump fits also. so that went in and is now producing 240bhp of smiles. It has been modified with piper cams giving an extra 20bhp, a pipercross viper race filter giving an extra 5-10 bhp, a superchip upgrade to 220bhp and a full 4 branch manifold slipping into a 4 inch straight through omp rally exhaust system. The injectors have been modified to competition spec. All this tallys to 256bhp at the flywheel and 238bhp at the wheels. torque sits nicely at approx 220lb/ft. That is all mounted upon group A engine mounts. it has been completely stripped out and my bum now sits in cobeau revolution touring car seats with omp 6 point aircraft harnesses to keep me nice and snugg (whilst also confusing the missus). a multipoint weld in cage keeps the handling and safety aspects up to scratch. As for suspension, I have spax rsx's all round, allowing me to adjust height and damper rate and an omp alloy strut brace keeps it all in line. wheels are 16x8 compomotives or speedline comp 2's depending upon my mood. tyres are toyo prox's t1-s's. the bodywork remains wide arched and is complemented by a morrete twin headlight conversion, a gutman mess grille, dtm mirrors and rover metro bonnet vents to help with cooling along side a massive alloy oil and water cooler. As I said in my review, the 205 gti had great brakes if you kept it reasonably sensible with the power, but for me it wasnt enough. I opted for the 306 gti-6 brakes as an added extra, they are 3 pot equivalents and will stop a truck if you want it to, the rear discs are from a 309 gti including the beam. all these modifications were completed in a standard garage with limited tools by myself. all except the chip tuning and painting. so it goes to show that these cars aint complicated. im only 22. there are photos floating somewhere around the web, but I have yet to create a site of my own. Im not particullarly keen on paying some company my hard earned cash just so that I can flaunt afew photos. any free sites around? feel free to send me an e-meither: niacuk@yahoo.co.uk
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