My Peugeot 205gti (Dimma) Restoration

[ecain63]

NinjaPower said:

This is going to be magnificent.

I always loved the Dimma cars.

The Dimma Clio Williams was a personal favorite as well as the 205.

Edit: it almost brings a tear to my eye to see this http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=...

Edited by NinjaPower on Friday 2nd January 22:11

That's ripe for a RWD conversion if ever i saw it! Hmmmm! Got me thinking.

[Martin_M]

Keep up the good work sir...looking forward to seeing the finished article.

I fancied a Renault 5 Turbo...until I saw the price!!!

[dimma205]

that clio shell i believe is all ready for 4wd cosworth running gear.

[jord294]

the axle looks fantastic under there justin

will look even better against the grey you are having the car painted

[Caddyshack]

ecain63 said:

That's ripe for a RWD conversion if ever i saw it! Hmmmm! Got me thinking.

Not many rwd done, I wonder if too short a wheel base? Mine is 4wd but getting a box to handle 500bhp and not be too noisy like a race box is over £5k as I am just finding out.

[dimma205]

Thanks andy yeah will look even better with paint which isn't far away☺

[ecain63]

Caddyshack said:

ecain63 said:

That's ripe for a RWD conversion if ever i saw it! Hmmmm! Got me thinking.

Not many rwd done, I wonder if too short a wheel base? Mine is 4wd but getting a box to handle 500bhp and not be too noisy like a race box is over £5k as I am just finding out.

I had a 205 T16 replica back in 2003 that used to compete in forest rallies. That had a 2.0 Turbo Vaux engine, race box and a shortened prop to RWD. It can be done and it does work.

[Caddyshack]

ecain63 said:

I had a 205 T16 replica back in 2003 that used to compete in forest rallies. That had a 2.0 Turbo Vaux engine, race box and a shortened prop to RWD. It can be done and it does work.

Cool, post up some pics, it would be great to see another one

[Caddyshack]

ecain63 said:

I had a 205 T16 replica back in 2003 that used to compete in forest rallies. That had a 2.0 Turbo Vaux engine, race box and a shortened prop to RWD. It can be done and it does work.

Cool, post up some pics, it would be great to see another one

[dom9]

ecain63 said:

That's ripe for a RWD conversion if ever i saw it! Hmmmm! Got me thinking.

Prices start at £16k for them to build it though Eddie - gulp!

[ecain63]

dom9 said:

ecain63 said:

That's ripe for a RWD conversion if ever i saw it! Hmmmm! Got me thinking.

Prices start at £16k for them to build it though Eddie - gulp!

You only live once mate!

[ecain63]

No pics im afraid but my little pug was a purple, blue and white version of this: http://www.racedandrallied.com/rally-cars-for-sale...

[dimma205]

Things have slowed down again due to waiting for car to go to bodyshop end of the month so car is in the way just got few jobs to do on the shell like hanging the doors which I can get on with now as I have now got the hinges back from the blaster along with few other bits so these have been primed also had the slam panel powdercoated and have got engine on the stand and have started to strip it ready for cleaning and rebuilding.

[dimma205]

Big step today car made it from its garage to the bodyshop so happy boy now already made a start on stripping engine so it can go off and be vapour blasted.

[dimma205]

Now the car is out the garage I have been having a good sort out and tidy up and have also made a start on stripping engine, I have now got block stripped and will tske to work and steam clean the worse bits then it can go of to vapour blasters. I have got to measure crank so I can get correct bearings and shells then will order new liner,rings,piston etc.
Picking up 2 Be1 gearboxes at end of feb so will get these stripped and vapour blasted and rebuilt.



Parts for vapour blasting

[dom9]

Looking forward to seeing the engine parts come back, looking as-new!

Keep up the good work! Not a fan of the Dimma kit but huge GTi fan and fan of your work - great rebuild!

[Turkish91]

Fantastic attention to detail, keep it up!

[shalmaneser]

seems a shame you're just putting the standard engine back in...any plans for it? I would have thought this would be perfect for a 16V conversion.

I'd always toyed with the idea of a supercharged low compression 1.9 8V while I had my 205 gti 16V... Would be an interesting project! Maybe one day!

[dimma205]

standard engine is fine for me and thats how it left the factory.

[Caddyshack]

dimma205 said:

standard engine is fine for me and thats how it left the factory.

If it is going to be a fun road car I would swap out the final drive for a 1.6, it makes them much more revvy to drive and it becomes a close ratio box...essentially it is like fitting a 1.6 box. I am going to do it on my 16v (gti6) in my 1.9 as I only use it on back roads and do not need more than 115mph top end.

This way the 1.9 is easily powerful enough and it is fun to drive them hard and rev them out.

You can always put in a nice 16v lump later if it takes your fancy as it is pretty much a drop in conversion.