My other little toy not on the road at the moment needs to get cambelt and mot on her.

 

Looks a minter ..

 

sweet, i had a 1.4 xs for my first car, followed by a 1.6 gti and then the 1.9....awesome cars! if i had the space id get another one just for fun!

 

Phwoar...

View my "Scooby"

 

oh yes thats one nice motor

 

that looks in pretty good nick, nice nippy little motors

wiley

 

1.6 or 1.9 model ?? when I first passed my test this was the car to have !! pure power .. apparently

 

looks like a 1.6 according to the black slats at the back

Ive heard varying opinions, but it seems that most prefer the 1.6.... as there isnt too much of a difference in performance. Is this true? My unlce once had the 1.6, and he loved it, really regretted it when he sold it

 

If my memory serves me right the 1.6 model weighed in at 875kg and the 1.9 model 905kg. So for the 15bhp extra in the 1.9 model you had a 30kg deficit, but more torque, a longer ratio gearbox for cruising, and rear disc brakes. These are the reasons I went for the 130bhp 1.9 model over the 115bhp 1.6 model.

Some statistics can be found on here... 205GTIDrivers.com


Gearbox comparison...

Five-speed, all indirect, with synchromesh.
upto 1990 BE1/5 Reverse next to 1st, 1990 on BE3/5 1990 onwards

1.6 Ratios (mph per 1000rpm): 1st 3.31 (4.9); 2nd 1.88 (8.6); 3rd 1.36 (11.9); 4th 1.07 (15.2); 5th 0.87 (18.7). Final-drive ratio 4:06:1

1.9 Ratios (mph per 1000rpm): 1st 2.92 (6.2); 2nd 1.85 (9.8); 3rd 1.36 (13.3); 4th 1.07 (16.9); 5th 0.86 (20.9). Final-drive ratio 3:69:1

Clutch is a diaphragm spring, single dry plate and cable operated with a 200mm diameter drive plate.

(All the above was courtesy of www.205gtidrivers.com)

 

The torque was the key with the 1.9 pulled like a train.

 

looks clean

 

me and my second car - YouTube - MVI_1791.AVI

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