205 Shell, what to do?

205 Shell, what to do?

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Skyedriver

17,667 posts

281 months

Sunday 23rd June 2013
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Or you could just weigh it in and save yourself a load of hassle




I'll get my coat.....

205pat

238 posts

172 months

Sunday 23rd June 2013
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If you want to stick with peugeot bits, 306 gti6 engines take very well to supercharging and would make it a monster in the front or back! 250bhp on low boost, 450+ with the right goodies!

If going really mad i'd go either S2000 engine and running gear or cosworth...

clarkey540i

2,220 posts

173 months

Sunday 23rd June 2013
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I thought a mid mounted Subaru flat four of some description would be pretty cool. You can have as much or as little power as you want with those. It could be rear drive and would have great weight distribution and a really low centre of gravity so it should handle pretty well. If you were feeling particularly silly you could fit one of their flat 6 engines in there or maybe even think about a Porsche engine.

rohrl

8,712 posts

144 months

Sunday 23rd June 2013
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Mid-engined with as light a bodyshell and powertrain as you can manage. Hayabusa engine, a weld-in cage and as you're a proficient welder you could think about spaceframing the front end if it's worth it for the weight loss.

If you build it to the MSA Blue Book regs you could have a decent sprint and hillclimb car.

Luther Blisset

391 posts

131 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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You could run a PSA XU engine in RWD configuration, by mating it to a LDV bellhousing.

Believe they mate to Audi and Porsche gearboxes too, so a rear mounted transaxle mounted to the beam might be an idea, like the 944s and 924s used to have idea

Maybe this sounds more terrible sober though

Coldfuse

518 posts

193 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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S2000 engine.

dutchgray

668 posts

221 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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Coldfuse said:
S2000 engine.
I was thinking along the same lines at first but a civic or integra set up in the rear end would be interesting, better still leave it alone and sell the whole thing on to someone who isn't going to butcher an increasingly rare decent 205 shell, you don't see that many 205's now and those are mostly total heaps apart from the relatively few well looked after enthusiasts GTI's

OlberJ

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14,101 posts

232 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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As much as a GTi is worth a few bob, a TD shell with 175k on the clock is not.

I bought it for £350 and i'll make a chunk of that back selling off parts i'm not using.

Pretty convinced i can go down the Mr2 clip rear to give me a base to work off. There's not masses of space behind the seats so it's going to have to be transverse.

If i space frame the whole rear then i'd choose double wishbones for the rear and i could fit something longitudinaly mounted. By that stage i'd be as well jacking it in and buying a VX220 to fit the V8.

Off to find a Mk2 Mr2 i can cut the rear out of!

uncle tez

529 posts

150 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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What happened with the MR2 355 audi V8 beast thingy ? I think that would have been a great project to follow.

k-ink

9,070 posts

178 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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I used to love the idea of S2000 engines, until I drove one. They are a headache on wheels. I hated it.

A straight six NA engine as used in an M3 or similar would be a far more pleasant experience, imo.

OlberJ

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14,101 posts

232 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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It's up for sale in the Fezza Replica classifieds.

Got as far as making room for the engine and box and it's sat on the drive since. It's making way for this project now instead.

Coldfuse

518 posts

193 months

Monday 24th June 2013
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k-ink said:
I used to love the idea of S2000 engines, until I drove one. They are a headache on wheels. I hated it.

A straight six NA engine as used in an M3 or similar would be a far more pleasant experience, imo.
Whys that?

OlberJ

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14,101 posts

232 months

Sunday 22nd September 2013
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Did some measuring this afternoon.







So thats 1150mm rear panel to rear of the tape reel.

1100mm between wheel wells.

The rubber gromit is 660mm from the rear.

Why those dimensions? Well it just so happens thats the length of an Audi v8 plus ob1 gearbox I have sat in the garage. Driveshafts would just about line up but not running straight, which is good.

So my thoughts are now turning to put an a8 subframe, struts and towers in the rear. Engine and box would sit in them and just need grafted to the shell.

Sounds easy eh?


Edited by OlberJ on Sunday 22 September 17:37


Edited by OlberJ on Sunday 22 September 17:37

ShampooEfficient

4,266 posts

210 months

Sunday 22nd September 2013
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That's got me giggling already, hope it goes well. And that shell looks almost immaculate!

SRi Slim R

294 posts

137 months

Sunday 22nd September 2013
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Well if money is no issue, put in either a 5.0 V10 from either a RS6 or M5.

I'd personally choose the BMW's as it sound's much better.

t4andgreys

49 posts

151 months

Sunday 22nd September 2013
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Sierra floor pan ,yb engine and rwd = shed loads of giggles and a lot of fun smile

dfen5

2,397 posts

211 months

Sunday 22nd September 2013
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Hayabusa turbo bike engine, or just a big bike engine. Lighten it.

OlberJ

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14,101 posts

232 months

Sunday 22nd September 2013
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No chance of a v10, just not the room. Audi v8 is super short.

Bike engines have been done but this set up would be new.

Shells in good nick, rust free but has a few dings on the exterior. Wouldn't say mint.

Need sum measurements from an a8/s8, anyone have one and can help out?

OlberJ

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14,101 posts

232 months

Monday 7th October 2013
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Just bought a mk1 1.8 eunos with hard top for 300 smackers biggrin

Will break that, sell off the body parts and interior and then fit the Running gear to the 205 shell.

Wheelbase is a bit shorter but I'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Gilhooligan

2,211 posts

143 months

Monday 7th October 2013
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Evo engine and running gear.