One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Bonefish Blues]

You can fit a turbo off another car in the Peugeot/Renault lineup with all the electronic gubbins from the donor, I think the 406 came with the 1.9 turbo engine in one of its versions. One of the mechanics at Castles garage in Leicester (Main Pug dealer) put one on his 1.9 GTi but it then handled like a pig, torque steering was a nightmare til he fitted a Quaife 'limited slip' diff so gawd knows what the 'floppier' Cabriolet body would handle like.

The 405 Mi16's na engine used to be the transplant of choice, I know

 

[raleighnut]

The 405 Mi16's na engine used to be the transplant of choice, I know

16 valve head ?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Yes, 160 bhp

 

[Gunk]

Yes, 160 bhp

I had a Citroen ZX 16V back in 1993 with the same engine, but a very disappointing car, luckily I changed jobs and swapped it for a new Golf VR6

 

[raleighnut]

Yes, 160 bhp

Useful boost from the 126 bhp the standard 1.9 GTi (pre Cat) turned out

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I had a Citroen ZX 16V back in 1993 with the same engine, but a very disappointing car, luckily I changed jobs and swapped it for a new Golf VR6

Different engines from the series, the Pug was earlier and the 1.9 XU9-JA, by the time of the ZX it was the 2 litre XU10J4 with a slightly lower output but more torque available much lower down the rev range.

 

[Drago]

My mates dad had Lancia Beta's god knows why, they used to dissolve quicker than a sugar cube in a pot of Typhoo, his step mum did try to put the Coupe one out of it's misery, being an auto box she put it in drive, then tried to reverse off the drive, straight through the garage door, it survived that but still it dissolved into a heap of rust

On the first one one of the wheels rusted so badly the rim detached from the centre section while my Dad was driving it and it was written off. Lancia gave him a replacement and that was much better, but a while later Lancia offered to buy all the Betas back that had been sold upomto that point so he took the cash.

Shame, because it was a very decent car to drive.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The Gamma Coupe was a rare beauty.

 

[gbb]

My mates dad had Lancia Beta's god knows why, they used to dissolve quicker than a sugar cube in a pot of Typhoo, his step mum did try to put the Coupe one out of it's misery, being an auto box she put it in drive, then tried to reverse off the drive, straight through the garage door, it survived that but still it dissolved into a heap of rust

I had a banger of a Beta years ago ironically the bodywork was good, actually really quite good. What let it down were the siezed bleed nipples on the alloy calipers, it wasn't economical to replace the calipers to bleed the brakes ...so I sold it dirt cheap.

 

[presta]

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Vauxhall Viva Convertible 'G' registration (1968) - according to Wikipedia "very rare"

The first car I ever bought was a hard top four door one of these, same model, same colour. It was a 1970, and I paid £550 in 1977, the previous owner was a teacher at my old school.

 

[DRM]

Lancia can’t even sell their modern cars here, the Chrysler Ypsion is actually a Lancia, yet they think Chrysler has a better name for itself in Britain

 

[srj10]

 

[Bonefish Blues]

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Aerodynamics by the architect who did the houses behind it

 

[DRM]

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Max and Paddy, still on The Road To Nowhere

 

[Drago]

The 405 Mi16's na engine used to be the transplant of choice, I know

The Mi16 motor was much better off left in the far gripper, steadier steered and more neutral 405 chassis. I had the later 2.0 for a while post-divorce.