205 Hdi

[dieselgeek]

A lot of engineering that is!  so this is practically a re bodied 306 now.

Not too far off now, all the major work is done but its all the little ballache jobs that are taking a long time now.

And I still don't know what to do about the rear arches. I just can't pull them out enough with the roller and I don't want to commit to pulling out the whole panel in case it looks shit.... Thinking I may have to settle for wheels with a different offset to bring them in towards the body, but hate the idea of doing all this work to widetrack the car and then making it narrower than its supposed to be...

Other option is big round universal arches but they really won't suit the square\slabby style of a 205...

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This is all a bit worrying.
I assume it will need a proper check to be back on the road as with most engine swaps from a different model of car!? Or I hope so.

Two ways of doing it really, register the engine conversion with the dvla so its a 2 litre then insure with suspension and other modifications declared.

Or SVA as a modified vehicle (on the points systems) and insure as a self build car from 2 donors, in which case it ends up being classed as a rebodied 306 and keeps the 306 registration.


Either way it will have someone double check everything, not that I'm worried as by trade I'm a mechanic and I originally qualified as a motorsport engineer! My brother is a coded welder and has watched over me as I learnt the mig.

For me the worrying bits have been finding the bits Peugeot didn't spend too long on.. like shit spot welds and thin metals in important places.. and poor design beam mounts that have a mild steel middle layer which rot in secret, heres a pic is of one of the original 205 beam mounts, the middle layer is rotten out and after taking the pic I twisted it hard and it pulled into two pieces... thats the sort of thing that worries me about standard cars with unknown histories. With a self build everything is checked and replaced.
Everything I'm doing is 'fs' spec want all my work to be the strong points on the car.