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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:47 am |
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Joined: Sep 14, 2012 Posts: 169
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Location: Northern Ireland
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My 206 has 180k miles on the clocks but running smooth. What i want to know is would it be worth my time to do a few mods e.g; Lowering, Rims, gti kit etc. If the engine blows im thinking about either doing a turbo gti conversion and making it a proper sleeper considering its a 5 door and would be so unexpected or the other route is to put in a 1.6 hdi engine and map it with a front mount. Whats peoples opinions on this?
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:52 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 1112
Trade Rating: +7
Location: Isle Of Wight
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sleeper with a turbo conversion.. BOOSTTTT
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:03 am |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2010 Posts: 1912
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Location: Manchester
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if you drop a new engine in it don't go for the 1.6 hdi, i would only go for 1.4 or 2.0
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:16 am |
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Joined: Dec 04, 2012 Posts: 543
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 7045
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Location: In the garage
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Just buy the right car to start with and do that. You need thousands to make any 206 fast.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:27 am |
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Joined: Sep 14, 2012 Posts: 169
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Location: Northern Ireland
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The car is spot on only minor marks around the body that wont cost much to fix. I was thinking for the time being i could lower it around 70mil all round with 205 speedlines or some deep dish superlites
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:58 am |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 367
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If you lower it, don't just buy springs, buy new dampers as well.
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:20 am |
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Joined: Sep 14, 2012 Posts: 169
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Location: Northern Ireland
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Any recommendtions for a good setup and any links?
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:43 am |
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Joined: Nov 21, 2010 Posts: 515
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Location: Oxford
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I dunno if you are intending on doing the work yourself but even if you are you are looking £1000s. May as well buy a new car. In my own experience going down the engine conversion route is a ball ache
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