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ellis

[car_upgrade] My 205 Cti Gti6 Project

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ellis

Hi guys, im new to the forum and thought id share my project with anyone that is interested. The story started 12 mths ago when i brought my first house, my pride and joy subaru impreza type r v-limited had to go up for sale to get a deposit together for a great house we found. This left me needing a cheap car to get around in. Haveing had many 205's i knew this is the car i wanted to keep me atleast half happy. Never did i think back then id become as attatched to the car as i have now. I was very lucky to come across a cheap cti, 1988 f reg with only 106,00 miles, 3 owners and a load of history, 12mths mot and 6 mths tax. After a chat with the old fella that owned it to my supprise he told me i could have it for £350 and he would fill up the tank with petrol for that aswell. Bargin. Me and my da travelled 5 hours to collect this car and then 5 hours back, by the time id got it home id fallen in love with my cheap little bargin. Anyway it didnt take me long to get my teeth into it, got some cheap wheels, did a spot of lowering and replaced a few bits and bobs that looked tired. After a few mths it looked tike this.

 

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After reading way to many projects i got jelous and decided it was time to get a bit naughty. Looking thro ebay i found a plug and play gti6 engine conversion that spikey was selling. Im sure he is well known on this site. Got a friend of mine to collect for me and ended up with it ready for me to play with :)

 

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I started to strip it down, do a bit of cleaning and painting ect while it was out of the car.

 

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ellis

Cheers, i did try put a few more pics up last night but it wouldnt let me so here is a little more.

 

After a good strip down and some paint ect the engine was as i wanted it.

 

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The bottom pulley was looking a little old so thought id sort that aswell before it went into the car

 

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Then came the fun part, getting the old donkey out, just get stuck in i find is the best way.

 

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After a clean up of the engine bay it was time to get the new engine on its mounts. I had cut and rewelded the exhaust mani to avoid haveing to tilt the engine.

 

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With the engine on its mounts i decided to get the tig welder out and make myself a downpipe

 

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CosKev

Good to see you on here at last Rich :)

 

Best place for 205 info/advice by far ;)

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ellis

Cheers kev, yes mate looks like between this forum and you i will never get stuck ;)

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ellis

After a weekends hard graft it was all in and running. Had a few teething problems but nothing too bad atall realy.

 

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Air filter was a bit squashed in the bay so again out came the tig welder and i made myself this

 

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Decided then to fix my leccy windows that hadnt worked since the day i got the car, ripped them out and replaced them with manual ones.

 

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After the engine had been in and running well for a few weeks i got board and started playing again, was time to make a header tank, as the original realy let the bay down

 

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Much better, worked a treat and looked great, i even made a few more and sold them on ebay, maybe a few off here have got them?

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ellis

Up my local car boot sale i found a nice strut brace , the chap said had come off a fto, it was alloy, very strog and light and only £5 so i took a risk on it and brought it. After an hour playing around with it, the end result was great, looks like its made for the pug :D

 

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And there ya have it, as you can see by now im a big fan of a bit of fabricateing, saveing myself a few ££ and makeing something a little differant :)

 

Also got my hands on this set of bonnet lifters off a friend who was breaking a vauxhall calibra. Fitted a treat.

 

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The engine and these mods have been in and on for some time now, the car is going great and im so pleased with it and im so attatched to the car that im going all out now on the bodywork, haveing every dent removed ( it had a few ) im also refurbing all the plastic trim, putting new red stripes on the car, ive brought some posh new alloys and just makeing it a little bit special. Will post some more pics up later :)

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cybernck

Nice CTI and it seems you're pretty handy with a welder :).

 

Does it have original front seats in as they look like 306 seats?

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ellis

cheers mate, been wleding 10 years now, does come in handy when i want to make something. The seats are out of a 309 goodwood, they were a bargin considering they are in very good nick, just had to do some more welding to get them to fit. It was in need of them tho, the originals were real worn and the chap had put black flame job seat covers over the top lol lets just say i didnt drive around with the roof down while they were on :D

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boldy205

Never mind the lovely engine, is that a GT LTS I spy?! :rolleyes:

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ellis

It is indeed mate, bit retro now, good old bike tho, am just putting my ali welding to use on that aswell lol bringing it upto date a bit by fitting nice big disk brakes too it :D will get a propper pic up tommrow for ya ;) was an expensive bike in its day.

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ellis

Time for an update guys. My plan is to build a good fuel system, not only to look posh ( im a tart :D ) but also to support good power as i plan to supercharge next year.

Fist off i brought a spare fuel rail off ebay and started to chop away.

 

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A little bit of finishing, welding, cleaning off ect, then welded on some fittings, a splash of paint and my new fuel rail was complete, im quite happy with how it turned out.

 

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Also i brought spare doors which ive had fully repaired, all dents ect taken out and now these are sat in my spare room waiting for when the car is painted.

 

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ellis

Here is how she looks at the moment, a little bit sad and tatty but it will all be worth it

 

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Also my new numberplates ready for after paint

 

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And also the bit thats going to finish the car off great, my new wheels

 

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More updates to come , i will take a few more pics, my spare room is like a garage at the moment with new parts ready to fit after the paint :D

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DaBull1981

She looks beautiful and I love the wheels

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ellis

cheers bud, i chose the wheels when i saw a cti on piston heads with them on and it looked great, so fingers crossed mine will pull them off aswell with fresh paint and all new trim ect.

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Eliganza

Got my header tank fitted yesterday, cheers bud, looks rather trick in there haha.

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ellis

Nice one mate, much better than the standard isnt it. Only thing i found let mine down was the grotty pressure cap so i brought a stant one off ebay. Totaly transformed the look again, well worth buying mate .

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ellis

Will do an update on this at the weekend, got a bit more done now :-)

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ellis

right guys time for that update, alot has been done to the car. here is a brief list

 

.new auto bonnet primed, flatted aero catch holes cut, and its all wrapped in bubble wrap no ready for paint.

.2x new doors again primed, flatted and all wrapped up ready for paint.

.2x new front wings primed, flatted and ready for paint.

.all plastics refurbed includeing new bumpers.

.brand new red pin stripes .

.both valances primed and flatted.

 

and here is a few pics of how shes sat at the moment.

 

rear quarters , boot and cills have had dents removed and its all be primed, no ready to be flatted like the rest of the parts.

 

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my new brakes came on friday so i had a play today

 

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ellis

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cheeky callipers peeking behind the rims :)

 

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new drive light needed :angry:

 

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and a new indicator as this one has bits chipped out of it

 

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then before i left it for the day i gave it a quick bath

 

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we are aiming for the start of december for the car to be all finished and complete , im a little excited, its going to look great :)

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Henry Yorke

I love the Lensos as I have looked at these before. It will be interesting to see if the lips stay shiny over time or if the lacquer will peel. But they are such a nice shiny silver and cheaper than BBS's

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ellis

My plan is to keep them clean, even washing them daily if i have to over the winter, hopefuly this will keep them nice. I got the wheels a bargin, they were only 3 weeks old so the tyres were as new so were the wheels, and i gave £300 for them. The same wheel packege would have cost £600 new.

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welshpug

thats a 306 fog lamp btw, not a 205 driving lamp.

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Josh_Quant

hi mate how hard is it to raise the bonnet at the back?

 

should look good in paint to :blush:

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welshpug

don't do it! looks wank, and doesn't air cooling.

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