306 2.0 TURBO 8v exhaust manifold

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[I am doing the same conversion at the moment using a Citroen Xantia Activa 2.0 8v engine, I had a good chat with pug1off and they advised to cut the bulkhead box section as you have done, use the GTI-6 engine mounts, they also said that you can also extend the lower engine mount by a max of 17mil for clearance, any more and it will cause problems.

On mine i have re-routed the ABS sensor wire and brake line so that they run behind the servo plus re-routed the fuel and power steering pipe to allow for extra clearance.


Which exhaust down-pipe/cat have you used? As i am unsure if to use a Xantia one or a GTI-6 one.

I have attached some pics of what i have done so far

That all looks a hell of a lot more professionally done then mine but didn't realise the probs till getting the engine bolted in on g/box and chassis leg mount. I don't know the length I extended the rear mount. All about cost and parts I had so tried cutting half the 406 mount to get that to fit cam belt side but weren't having any of it unfortunately so its got a proper gti-6 mount. Yes the ABS cable is a pain as to is the brake pipe. Was unclipped and moved up a bit higher.
The gti-6 clutch cable was fitted after getting engine in so then had to remove the left over a/c pipes as was soooooo little room to work in to get it back through bulkhead!!
I screwed up on downpipe cat as scrapped whole petrol cat and never cut neck off before weighing in.
Believe it or not its running the full HDI system with 2 or 3 slits made in the cat pipe and rewelded to get right angle. And a lambda sensor thread welded in on the side. Was all it took!!
I have a neighbour here who has an activa which has sat for 4yrs on his drive. 80k all its done. I could have it off him for cheap but I'd like to resurrect it and experience that activa suspension that's sposed to blow u away with how hard you can drive them on corners and get away with it lol.
Was took off road for no reason but then he is the guy that had a 7 series that needed an air hose for suspension and that got scrapped. Big 4.0 V8. That would have made for a better engined E36 conversion then a M3 but no idea if it was feasible.
My 2.0 16V converted 309 used the 306 S16 loom instead of the Xantia one as loom wasn't easy to split down and very, very little diagrams for it either. Again me knowing that the 155BHP engine was in them on a 93/K only I got a whole car for £100 when S16 and Mi lumps where making £400+ 8 or 9yrs ago.
You might find the Peugeot 406 loom better to work on. I know xsara VTS looms don't make good conversions on 205s but a gti-6 loom runs perfectly even if its all wired up the same.
Have you got any diagrams to work with etc????

I binned all the AC off my engine as my 1.8 was non ac. when i have some more pennies i am going to get the gti6 non ac set up for it as it will fit.

I have auto data so i can compare ecu pin locations etc, but what i really need is a wiring diagram for the 1.8 that shows where the engine bay loom runs under the front cross-member up the wing and into the car, so that i can bastardize it to fit, then there is the coding issues as i have a late ecu that is not unlocked. But these things are sent to test