My own barn find - Peugeot 505
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Dr G said:
My next-door neighbours, small world.
I too am glad to see this thread back to life!
Thank you all. I too am glad to see this thread back to life!
Bird's comes up as my closest Quaife dealership, mere 4,500+ miles away. That's not true, of course - there must be loads of those in continental Europe. They are pleasant people to be in touch with, though. Anyway, it's quite an expensive thing at 700 quid for an old 'box. Hopefully the craftsmanship will judge the price.
I'm going to be on hold with the project at least until autumn, since my son and I have to be in Italy for a month or two, and that pretty much depletes my budget
I'll try and weld engine mount points and arrange the transmission during summer without spending any dough further. It will be all DIY jobs. Math shows that I would need at least 5K to get the drivetrain running at that, so I'm exactly 5K short now. Still, I shall finish this project until spring 2018, no matter what.A very interesting project... always had a soft spot for the old 505. By the way, you speak very good and characteristically idiomatic English - anyone would think you'd spent donkey's years rubbing shoulders with fellow petrolheads in England... have you? Or just picked it up through the internet?
RoverP6B said:
A very interesting project... always had a soft spot for the old 505. By the way, you speak very good and characteristically idiomatic English - anyone would think you'd spent donkey's years rubbing shoulders with fellow petrolheads in England... have you? Or just picked it up through the internet?
Yeah, mainly picked my spoken English here. Pistonheads - learning matters 
Offline though, I speak with thick generalized American accent 
Largely thanks to Hollywood, I should think. So I would sound funny. Never actually been in an English-speaking country. Came on Pistonheads because Flemke mentioned his thread on Evo pages around 10 years ago.vsonix said:
Earlier version M52B28 would be a better choice than the M50B25 I think if you like the torque. And no harder to fit either.
Yes, they are slightly better engines than M50's in the block design department. I don't mean any peripherals. However, they are aluminium, so can't hold boosted power. The M50 block can hold anything up to 1000bhp. However, I don't like straight sixes as much as V8's, so...Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff