Under £700, racey 4 door hatchback?

Malachy · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:26

didnt say it was easy

but there is enough room to do it and its been done many times as seen by 205 mi16;s etc, and you dont need to have a huge angle the main problem is the exhaust mainifold fouling the bulkhead , you can get an angled spacer to fix this and mount the engine more upright

-Mike- · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:31

I've seen a video of an ax VTS, he didnt quite manage to get the power down though

iain.turner · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:42

Escort RS 2000

Malachy · 27 Mar 2006 at 11:43

-Mike- said:
I've seen a video of an ax VTS, he didnt quite manage to get the power down though

thats a easyish conversion tbh tu engine will use same mounts

[huzeeee] · 27 Mar 2006 at 23:24

agw_01 said:
How about a VVC powered Metro?

Or even better... T16 Turbo power

Im have that project in my sights, well a 1.8 standard head k series with piper cams and a racing head, with a remapaple ECU. The 16V metros are quick, as in really quick, and also beleive it or not mg maestros. the 2 litre o series one is quick used to beat the golf gtis in the champion shipe we used to build one for.
Both will have your testicles for insurance i guess.

rcrossco_1 · 28 Mar 2006 at 00:38

Rover 420Gsi Turbo.

Sanchez · 28 Mar 2006 at 01:13

Didn't they do a GTi version of the AX?

ajgoodfellow · 28 Mar 2006 at 01:23

rcrossco_1 said:
Rover 420Gsi Turbo.

Insurance! :eek:

-westy- · 28 Mar 2006 at 01:31

Sanchez said:
Didn't they do a GTi version of the AX?

yep. The AX GT was 1360 8v carbed, the GTi was 1360 injection IIRC.

agw_01 · 28 Mar 2006 at 09:02

ajgoodfellow said:
Insurance!

Group 17 car... *gulp* :eek:

Although I would love one myself. 420 Turbo's are sex!

gam3r · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:54

Errr guys..what car is an AX? Me = car noob

cymatty · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:55

gam3r said:
Errr guys..what car is an AX? Me = car noob

Citroen AX car before the saxo.

saitrix · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:58

This is the beast that goes by the name of the Citroen AX

-Mike- · 28 Mar 2006 at 20:01

You could have found a pic of the GT for him, not the normal jobby

gam3r · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:26

how much do they sell for around? they look ok

Enfield · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:28

gam3r said:
how much do they sell for around? they look ok

www.autotrader.co.uk

Average I would say is £500?

Dr Who · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:47

Enfield said:
They're at different shape too...but they still use the exact same engine.

I didn't know they were that much lighter than the 205 either...

Yup same motor, rest different...

AX Much lighter...

Was a great lightweight car, the grasstrakers and rallyx boys loved em

Sanchez · 28 Mar 2006 at 23:07

-westy- said:
yep. The AX GT was 1360 8v carbed, the GTi was 1360 injection IIRC.

I remember my uncle owning a GTi and It was really fast (I was only 15 at the time). Looked on Autotrader and couldn't find any. Pretty rare I assume (or perhaps all been written off)?

-Mike- · 28 Mar 2006 at 23:08

If you can put up with 3 doors and questionable looks ..... swift gti. 1.3, 101bhp and they shift on some

ajgoodfellow · 28 Mar 2006 at 23:12

Sanchez said:
I remember my uncle owning a GTi and It was really fast (I was only 15 at the time). Looked on Autotrader and couldn't find any. Pretty rare I assume (or perhaps all been written off)?

Looks like it - only 2 GTs on there and I thought these were common in comparison to the GTis!