205 GTI Project Thread

[ben_r1]

Few updates from this afternoon as i got off work early so seized the oppotunity as im working the weekend too

Committment for you, as this is what i had to work in today:


Today i mainly concentrated on a few odd jobs i had been putting to one side, mainly down in the arch.
Firstly as im changing the water pump, precautionary as its run by the cambelt so makes sense to whilst its stripped down, the gasket also made a mess of the sealing surface here too, so required a massive clean up.

Required alot of emery cloth, been through a trees worth since i started the project:


Came up clean and smooth eventually though, no pre work pictures sorry:




Should seal nicely now once i've made a fresh gasket for it. Protected it from the elements until shes ready to be put back together:


Also went about changing the crankshaft seal whilst i was in the arch.

Old seal removed, note the oil pump behind:




New seal fitted:




Unfortunately broke the lower cambelt pulley trying to lever it off



£12 off ebay and another one to replace on its way

Thats all for now, thanks.

 

[Foxspeed]

top work :thumbsup:

 

[Tyler]

looking good, keep us updated.

 

[ben_r1]

looking good, keep us updated.

Will do mate, however the projects being held up by the engine work atm. Obviously the car cannot go to the bodyshop for the rust repair and a respray until its mobile. And then hopefully i will sort some kind of complete interior for her, ebay FTW

 

[DanT]

Looking really good, always loved these cars. Will be good to keep watching future updates. Good luck!!!

 

[ben_r1]

Quick update, got the parts in the clio and down to the head specialist today for its rebuild.

Cant really progress any further until i've recieved the head back so just collecting parts for now and taking a short break from spending every spare minute of my life working on it lol. Hopefully should be ready for collection next weekend so car can be rebuilt weekend after

Parts all boxed up for transport:





Parts for the rebuild are being delivered on a daily basis so collecting up now, spent well over 1k on parts alone so far:



Until next time

Ben.

 

[Roger200]

Awesome looking project!
You need to see someone about your quality street addiction, you've always got a tin of em!!!

 

[pez1356]

Can't wait to see this all finished. Always interested in threads like this, I find it fascinating at how much people know about cars lol. Most of it's like another language to me, top work though mate :thumbup1:

 

[ben_r1]

Awesome looking project!
You need to see someone about your quality street addiction, you've always got a tin of em!!!

I always keep the empty tins from christmas, always handy for stripping tins lol.

Dont you worry about my power to weight ratio lol

 

[Roger200]

I always keep the empty tins from christmas, always handy for stripping tins lol.

Dont you worry about my power to weight ratio lol

, phew i was worried for minute then!

 

[ben_r1]

Pictures of the car found from its competition days, painful to look at really

















She will be restored to former car glory and presentable at FCS, but maybe 2012 lol.

 

[Roger200]

Thats not rallycross! thats just been thrashed around a muddy field by some farmers son from the age of 12 :lol:

 

[minimaxs1]

Ben
there was a stripped out supercharged 205 GTi at Oulton park when me and Mike Robers where there that thing was insainly fast might be something to think about

 

[ben_r1]

Ben
there was a stripped out supercharged 205 GTi at Oulton park when me and Mike Robers where there that thing was insainly fast might be something to think about

Im going for standard classic mate, OEM+ if i get carried away.

If i do get bored of it and decide to give it crazy setup it'll twin weber carbs

The car was, no jokes, seriously quick for a 24 year old 1.6 before i started the work so im more than happy with performance! It walked all over my brothers saxo VTR.

 

[Richy_Boy]

I had a 205 1.9 GTI in the very same colour, was awesome. I rebuilt an Mi16 engine for it, but couldn't keep or finish it as my son was born and I had to buy a more sensible car (Nissan 200sx lol)

Good luck, it's an awesome car.. and the value goes through the roof once it's A1.

Rich

 

[ben_r1]

Things have taken a tumble for the worse here. Basically i wanted the head back within a week, which the company rebuilding it promised. Yet here i find myself 4 weeks later with no updates and cannot get hold of them.

Further more i've produced photos of the exterior damage to a very trusted bodyshop and they've told me the only way to fix those rotten rear quatres is with a healty donor car to cut up and steal the panels off. That means paying for a donor car, paying for moving it to the bodyshop via trailer and then back to a scrappy afterwards.

All in all its becoming a little uneconomical to stick with this shell seeing as a nice, roadworthy 205 can be picked up for about £1000 and this particular car already owes me £2500 in parts and buying it etc. MOT is also due in two months

 

[Arran]

Oh dear, not good news. Can't they fabricate something to replace it? Sounds like it is getting very expensive. Rather you than me.

 

[ben_r1]

I'm having doubts mate, i've done a few projects in my time and some of them have offered up challenges trust me!

But morale is low with this one at the moment as i've poured alot of money into it and seen no real progress as of yet. The shell is just too far gone i suspect, heavy rust in the boot floor, the boot hatch, door sills both sides, rear quatres are completely gone and inner wings under the bonnet are nearly holed through too. Front bumper mounts are also snapping loose from corrosion.

 

[Roger200]

:bash::'(

 

[Foxspeed]

proper body place would be able to make a panel and weld it in

done it enough times in the past on rotten van floors and step boxes built from nothing