scott8629

I have been offerd a 205 TD with the 405 1.9TD engine in it.
A few questions lads:
Whats this conversion like?
Are they quite quick?
Good on fuel as its a car for work?

Any other thoughts will be apprecieted

Scott

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

The 1.8 diesel turbo (80 ish bhp) was fairly nippy in a 205, the 1.9 should make it quite quick (92 bhp), never heard of it done before, just make sure its not some ropey bodge that involves bashing/cutting the chassis around, also it may be heavy and **** the handling and make it unpredicatable if the 1.9 unit is significantly heavier or if its at a different angle.

Would be interested to hear what its like.

Reffro

If you want a detailed reply, try asking this question on the andyspares forum. They are a french makes forum, someone there should be able to help.

http://www.andyspares.com/discussionforum/

dome

I don't _think_ it's a conversion as such, 205's were sold as a turbodiesel, i believe using the same engine as the 405. Should be quite a nippy wee car.

Ian2wdsaffcos

Dome,

They were a 1.8td in the 205 as standard mate as opposed to the 1.9 in the 306 & 405 BUT I believe that it's basically the same engine in both, just been bored/stroked for the 306 & 405.

scott8629

Went to see this car.
I was in good nick apart from the odd scratch.
One thing bugged me though, the rev guage did not work, I asked him why, and he replied its because it has a different fly wheel??
Anyone know how to fix this?

So we agreed on a price and he is going to get it MOTed.

Looking forward to getting it.

Scott

pugoetru

I have done this and the torque is a bit much for the car to handle although mines was tuned a tad

the engine is really just the same so no weight difference sits in same mounts etc

1.9 has an intercooler on top 205td has no intercooler

As anyone with a scoob knows you need lots of nice cold air into the cooler to get the best from it

i had a scoob scoop on top of my bonnet it worked great!!

people laughed at the scoop but i usually wiped the grin off pretty quick


done 40mpg driven hard not a lot off grip in the wet though

the rev counter works of a sensor on the back of the engine it sees a slot in the flywheel all the flywheels should have the slot so the sensor is missing or fooked

fooked is likely as they never work that well


[Edited by pugoetru - 12/4/2003 11:51:41 PM]