stef's 205 gti6 supercharged

[Stef205]

today i started to install the saxo/106 powersteering pump into the car. I had lots of ideas of where i thought of putting the pump from down behind the radiator to under the boot floor but after a few glasses of thinking juice (pepsi) i came up with an idea of mounting it behind the battery in an upright position. Firstly i was unsure if it would work upright so some bench testing came into play again. Bench test proved it would work upright and would happily self bleed. I welded 2x m8 joining nuts to the outer motor case very carefully then bolted to the inner strut body with a spacer from a dw10 exhaust manifold.



Next was to get the battery back in which fitted perfectly still and wire the pump in. I had already carefully removed the pump wiring from the donor vehicle carefully without cutting to much of it. I had decided to wire it as it would be in the 106 and have it come on with the engine running, doing this by having the relay switch via the 12v dash feed from the alternator. Then i wired in the main power feed with a fuse holder and screwed it to the strut body. I was unsure what size fuse to use so i did some various testing out on our 106 and at the worst i saw a draw of 43amps so ive settled for a 50amp fuse. At the same time i modified the reservoir bracket and bolted it to the top strut.

Im awaiting hoses for the pump to rack so ive left the fuse out for now and then i will fit the rebuilt xsara rack.

Quite happy with how it turned out almost as if it grew there.



Stef