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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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5th Jul 05 at 09:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Righto...... but of a pointless fun post...

Take 1 standard 205 GTi 1.9 and a budget of £1000

aim = track car

What would you buy/fit with the money?

and reasons why?
SteveW
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5th Jul 05 at 10:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
remove all interior
buy one lightweight seat
fit rollcage
fit cheap coilovers
get exhaust and induction done

dunno if you would have enough money to get plexiglass windows ??
Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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5th Jul 05 at 10:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
laughing gas... as much as you feel you can get away with!
TNM
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Location: Nottingham Drives: VW Tiguan
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5th Jul 05 at 10:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
stip it out including all seats and heater matrix etc etc - cost = Nothing.

roll cage - £300.
one bucket seat - £100
new shocks and springs - £250
oil, filter change - £20
then some new tyres.
3CorsaMeal
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5th Jul 05 at 10:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lowering springs - corners
exhaust system - sound like you mean it
fuel cut off switch - safety
lightweight windows
air filter - To please Joff

and strip of course = free
Skinz
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5th Jul 05 at 10:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
might be able to get mi16 engine fitted for that
3CorsaMeal
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5th Jul 05 at 10:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes, give it to lee Mitchell and hand him money equivalent to a semi-posh telly and he will build you a street racer that is "better" than type R's
AK
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5th Jul 05 at 10:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
two seats (cheapo's) 300
harnesses (3") 150
susp - 250
exhaust - 200
mintex pads - ?
MarkM
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5th Jul 05 at 10:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fit the Mi-16 engine
AK
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5th Jul 05 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
for the sake of 20bhp i'd rather a car that went round corners better...

1.9 engine isnt too bad..

oh.... r'bered what i'd spend th other 50 or so on..... shorter gearboc from 1.6 GTi

plus stripping it goes without saying
loo_goblin
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5th Jul 05 at 11:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont do exhaust, was reading a pug performance website and its said that the original exhaust was purpose made to get the best out of the enigine, aftermarket exhausts cause loss of power on them.

i suggest, strip - roll cage - suspennsion setup - brake upgrade - and like u said rebore and 1.6 gear box
AK
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5th Jul 05 at 11:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the backbox needs replaced as i pulled then endpipe off
loo_goblin
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5th Jul 05 at 11:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get one from pug then, trust me, i will find where i read it for ya
loo_goblin
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5th Jul 05 at 11:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
"Several years ago one of the comics did a group test on 8 or so performance systems for our old friend above, the Peugeot 205 Gti. Every system cost at least twice as much as the standard one and the BEST of them gave 1 bhp LESS than standard. "

http://www.pugheaven.co.uk/Page2.htm
Adam_B
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5th Jul 05 at 11:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my mr2 stands me at probably about 1K, maybe just less, did a few deals with companies tho its got koni adjustabls on spax springs, bigger discs and callipers off a later mr2, Cobra imola seat and proper 4 point harness, magnex exhaust and a k+n i think. (it was on the car when i got it)

oh and no interior
psycho sport
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5th Jul 05 at 11:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
2nd hands performance shocks n springs
2nd hand front strut brace maybe rear
2nd hand single bucket seat
Pads n discs?
AK
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5th Jul 05 at 11:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yup.... cage is nice, but a luxuary


susp, brakes are the points..... tyres too

i will start ripping it up when i get home.... when i find time
AK
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5th Jul 05 at 12:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hope its not got big rot patches when i take everything ooot
3CorsaMeal
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5th Jul 05 at 13:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


patch them up with cardboard
3CorsaMeal
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5th Jul 05 at 13:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'd like to turn my corsa into a track car, saves trying to sell it, just got no where to keep/store it
GIBBS
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5th Jul 05 at 13:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'd prob strip it totally
spend £500 or so on coilovers
good discs and pads and fluid £250
oil and filter change £30
if it needs it, dcat for £60
and a Cold air induction system with the rest

it'll handle alot better then all of these with exhausts etc.. and be able to outbreak them so will be more fun and quicker round the track
BYRON
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5th Jul 05 at 13:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
yup.... cage is nice, but a luxuary




And also a good idea if its a track car
3CorsaMeal
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5th Jul 05 at 14:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
only if you thinking of crashing
AK
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5th Jul 05 at 14:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


yeah... a cage woul be a good idea... but it isntas esential as a seat for example....

not going to turn this into another 15k track car
adelcorsa
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5th Jul 05 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cage
twin 45s,
strip interior out 2 buckets
lower it
oh and gti 6 brakes

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