205 HDi :)

[Uberderv]

Hi everyone, a few of you will have seen this before as it has taken me ages to get to this stage.
Some of this will be copied from other forums but if anyone would like pics or info please let me know. Target power is 205hp which will be a reet laugh in a car that weighs about 900kg.

 
 My 205 is a black GRDT with Gti trim, Gti suspension (base hubs) and a lovely beige interior with poverty spec dash. I like its complete lack of electrical gubbins. The original engine was an xud7t which is a non intercooled 1.8td engine. With only 70odd hp you would expect it to be a complete slug but it was suprisingly quick (in diesel terms).
 
 I ran the engine on WVO for 50,000 miles as it had the well known Bosch pump on it. By the time I rolled it into the bat cave the engine had 180k on it and was still going strong so a real thumbs up for the Xud7t.
 

 

 

 
 So its replacement engine is the DW10td common rail engine known as the 2.0l HDI. It is used in many different models/makes but the one I am using is out of a Citroen Xsara. I bought the engine off Ebay for the bargain price of £56, it came in 3 boxes as the previous owner had let his apprentice 'tinker' with it.
 
 I set about getting things nice and clean-
 
Sump removed exposing the chain driven oil pump-
 

 
Oil pump removed to gain access to the crank/pistons-
 

 
You can see from the following pics that the pistons have a very special shape as the tip of the injector sits in the middle of the bowl. Fuel is injected via 5 holes in the tip of the injector using immense pressure (1350Bar)