RE: SOTW: Citroen AX GT-5/TVR S2
Discussion
Drive Blind said:
SOTW said:
consider the facts: the little GT had essentially the same 1.4-litre 8-valve aluminium block as the GTI
sure I read somewhere that the GTI's engine was actually iron block and the GT's all alloy. That was where a lot of the GTI's extra weight came from.Or is my memory letting me down? or read an inaccurate magazine? Might have been Autocar....
Drive Blind said:
SOTW said:
consider the facts: the little GT had essentially the same 1.4-litre 8-valve aluminium block as the GTI
sure I read somewhere that the GTI's engine was actually iron block and the GT's all alloy. That was where a lot of the GTI's extra weight came from.Or is my memory letting me down? or read an inaccurate magazine? Might have been Autocar....
CampDavid said:
crofty1984 said:
At the risk of sounding suicidal:
"The same engine as the Pug 205 1.4..."
People often drop Mi16 engines in the 205...
Do you see where I'm going with this?
Could it be done? a 2 litre 16 valve eggbox?
It can but it won'd work with the gearbox, which makes it expencive."The same engine as the Pug 205 1.4..."
People often drop Mi16 engines in the 205...
Do you see where I'm going with this?
Could it be done? a 2 litre 16 valve eggbox?
There have been a few nutty AX over the years. I remember a white and black one with a superchargedSaxo VTS lump and 300bhp. There was another about 8 years back with silly power and huge brakes the APs of a TVR Cerbra.
There's one AX in particular that stands out called AXO, have a look on youtube for "Tam AX Knockhill". It was supercharged to around 240bhp at the wheels and was stupidly fast.
At the firm I worked for we had 3 of them. Mine did 85,000 miles in less than three years and was spot on reliability-wise.
I loved that car - you could thrash the nuts off it constantly and really keep some momentum on the twisties. Really the only hairy moments were under braking. If the road was damp you were liable to toboggan your way through junctions!
What's the modern equivalent?? I want one
I loved that car - you could thrash the nuts off it constantly and really keep some momentum on the twisties. Really the only hairy moments were under braking. If the road was damp you were liable to toboggan your way through junctions!
What's the modern equivalent?? I want one
Galaxy Bob said:
traffman said:
I owned a lovely white Ax Gt 3 door in the mid nineties.
Loved it , the clocks were tiny so i never bothered about how fast i was going.
Loved that car i paid 3495 for it!
Oh H68 csp where are you now.
Wow, you could be me. I bought a white F plate 3 door in around 1994 for £3.5k One previous owner and only 22k on the clock. I loved it. I lowered mine by 20mm, polished the alloys, put a K&N filter on and did some sort of tweaking of the carb. I don't know what it was as I just followed something someone else told me. Anyway it made it seem quicker I also had custom door cards made to replace the bottle holders with some nice 4in mid range speakers and put some tweeters in the blanking plates where the window winders would have been on a none GT model.Loved it , the clocks were tiny so i never bothered about how fast i was going.
Loved that car i paid 3495 for it!
Oh H68 csp where are you now.
About 18 months later I sold it for a 205 1.9 GTI to a dealer and one week later I saw it again, but it had after market alloys on it and was been driven by a nutter. I reckon old F401 KGB must be written off by now. Shame as it was immaculate when I sold it.
1st reg 1st June 1989, in white! So still around somewhere!!
Gareth350 said:
Galaxy Bob said:
traffman said:
I owned a lovely white Ax Gt 3 door in the mid nineties.
Loved it , the clocks were tiny so i never bothered about how fast i was going.
Loved that car i paid 3495 for it!
Oh H68 csp where are you now.
Wow, you could be me. I bought a white F plate 3 door in around 1994 for £3.5k One previous owner and only 22k on the clock. I loved it. I lowered mine by 20mm, polished the alloys, put a K&N filter on and did some sort of tweaking of the carb. I don't know what it was as I just followed something someone else told me. Anyway it made it seem quicker I also had custom door cards made to replace the bottle holders with some nice 4in mid range speakers and put some tweeters in the blanking plates where the window winders would have been on a none GT model.Loved it , the clocks were tiny so i never bothered about how fast i was going.
Loved that car i paid 3495 for it!
Oh H68 csp where are you now.
About 18 months later I sold it for a 205 1.9 GTI to a dealer and one week later I saw it again, but it had after market alloys on it and was been driven by a nutter. I reckon old F401 KGB must be written off by now. Shame as it was immaculate when I sold it.
1st reg 1st June 1989, in white! So still around somewhere!!
Only cars scrapped after a certain point come up as scrapped.
CampDavid said:
Gareth350 said:
Galaxy Bob said:
traffman said:
I owned a lovely white Ax Gt 3 door in the mid nineties.
Loved it , the clocks were tiny so i never bothered about how fast i was going.
Loved that car i paid 3495 for it!
Oh H68 csp where are you now.
Wow, you could be me. I bought a white F plate 3 door in around 1994 for £3.5k One previous owner and only 22k on the clock. I loved it. I lowered mine by 20mm, polished the alloys, put a K&N filter on and did some sort of tweaking of the carb. I don't know what it was as I just followed something someone else told me. Anyway it made it seem quicker I also had custom door cards made to replace the bottle holders with some nice 4in mid range speakers and put some tweeters in the blanking plates where the window winders would have been on a none GT model.Loved it , the clocks were tiny so i never bothered about how fast i was going.
Loved that car i paid 3495 for it!
Oh H68 csp where are you now.
About 18 months later I sold it for a 205 1.9 GTI to a dealer and one week later I saw it again, but it had after market alloys on it and was been driven by a nutter. I reckon old F401 KGB must be written off by now. Shame as it was immaculate when I sold it.
1st reg 1st June 1989, in white! So still around somewhere!!
Only cars scrapped after a certain point come up as scrapped.
- Before anyone has a hissy fit, I'm allowed to say this because I was born up there and lived there for the first 25 years of my life.
I had a lovely black AXGT as a company car for a while - brilliant fun to drive, got caught speeding in it the first week I had it. It was always going wrong but it didn't matter because I wasn't paying! Also very flimsy build, lots of rust and cheap plastic bits but fantastic spirited little car.
DrGP said:
I love the 'just 80,000' on the TVR. Just been to mars. Just old. Just a huge money pit. What a great word!
I agree with the last two, but I think the mileage is far from the biggest concern on a £1k TVR!There are plenty of very nice 100,000+ mile TVRs around - particularly (older) S variants. After all, the average age is about 20 years now, so that's only 5,000 miles a year.
That is a beautiful example of a mk1 Citroen AX GT5, very rare in 5 doors, Mo here welcoming you all from the AX Owners Club (http://www.axoc.co.uk) where you will find a lot more detailed information about these wonderful wee car's.
I Have a Citroen AX forte, (base mode with factory fitted GT kit), it has a 1.6 16V VTS engine transplant.
from this:
to:
Hardly chav'd up
, majority of the remaining one's are mostly maintained at a high standard on the AXOC, only a select few turn up here and eGay that are chav'd up, personally speaking, I think those day's are gone (you must have it mistaken for a Saxo! lol), now it's a genuine enthusiast’s / owners car.
Regards
Mo
I Have a Citroen AX forte, (base mode with factory fitted GT kit), it has a 1.6 16V VTS engine transplant.
from this:
to:
Hardly chav'd up
, majority of the remaining one's are mostly maintained at a high standard on the AXOC, only a select few turn up here and eGay that are chav'd up, personally speaking, I think those day's are gone (you must have it mistaken for a Saxo! lol), now it's a genuine enthusiast’s / owners car.Regards
Mo
Edited by R33f on Friday 5th February 16:00
We really should donate more to the ailing Citroen AX sale as wherever the car is, it looks like Beirut.
If I was brave enough to venture there with £700 in my pocket, I'd hope that little pocket rocket could get me out of there sharpish..
I'm well up for a bit of 80's hot hatch once again - so I'm off to have a chat with the seller...
If I was brave enough to venture there with £700 in my pocket, I'd hope that little pocket rocket could get me out of there sharpish..
I'm well up for a bit of 80's hot hatch once again - so I'm off to have a chat with the seller...
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