Hi, iv been a member for some time now and have never done an intro so here goes!
My name is Ollie, I'm 24 years old.
My first pug was a n reg phase 1 sigma blue s16 when I was 17, needless to say it was a big step up from my 1.4 astra and as I didn't have alot of experience with peugtots I got bit in the arse in the first hour of driving it, lift off over steer into a lamp post!
Not a good start!
I then went out and brought the best colour 306 which was/is a grey phase 1 s16!
This is the car I am carrying out the turbo conversion on!
After a year of owning it I had the following mods done:
.gti6 engine
.longmans head
.270h cams
.maniflow manifold and de-cat
And many other mods that are listed in my profile.

I will add more details with pics but my wireless is playing up today so I'm using the phone.

Over the 5 years iv owned the car it has been changed to a full on phase 3.
Phase 3 front end
Phase 3 rear
Phase 3 full looms
Phase 3 dash....

Many ppl will ask why but I never intended on going this far with it and it hasn't cost me a great deal doin so as I can get bits free or very cheap!

Will make this thread better when the comp is working!
Iv managed to add photos in the engine thread today but now the Internet is not playing ball!

Anyone want to come and sort my wireless!
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all sounds good, what power you aiming for, 350-400?.

look forward to some good pics

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230 hp 2.1 16v XU 205 rallye on jenveys Project thread here
309 3dr K20 Type R

With out going to 2.1-2.2 I'm aiming to get more torque than hp, aiming for 300hp 330 lbs ft with 1 bar boost but not to bothered if it doesn't work out that way!

All be taken into account and have talked to piper and the 270s are near on same spec as escort cosworth cams :-) only using them as iv already got them from my old engine

Will be a while yet, got all the above but I go to afghan for 4 months every year and just brought a house, wish I hadn't as it would have been finished by march :-( can't say no to the money tho

Could you explain to me the thinking behind using a 5 speed box, and why one from a HDI, rather than say an xsi? (I'm guessing better suited to handling torque)

Dave

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Team: Moonstone GTI-6™
Team: Working air-con™

Is the "lower revs at higher speeds" exclusive to a diesel box, or would an xsi still be doing lower revs than a '6 at speed?

So why aren'twe all swapping to these stronger hdi boxes with a higher top end? - Does acceleration suffer? (Sorry, i have no idea about this sort of thing!)

... and finally, wouldn't you want to keep revs higher, to stop you from falling out of boost, or am I way off the mark?

Dave

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Team: Moonstone GTI-6™
Team: Working air-con™

The diesel gearbox is not any stronger as far as I'm aware!
The boost from the turbo will make the engine rev up quicker which inturn will go threw the gears quicker so my thinking is by using the Hdi box gear changes will be less frequent?
Don't know too much about the gearing difference to tell the truth but will be looking into that once the engine is built.

By having wider ratios and a longer time in gear you use the wide band of mid range torque a turbo engine generally gives you to shove the car along.

Overtaking at 40mph in the volvo I leave it in 3rd and not long later i'm doing 100 in the same gear.

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Look at this, about halfway down:

Wiki

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The turbo has an AR 42 inlet and AR 48 outlet, the turbo was sent to turbo technics for a rebuild and checked over, the wastegate was also opened up to group a spec, they spun the turbo up to 170k rpm and printed a graph to showe results!

At the price I'm paying for things ATM it should work out cheaper than doin a high boost sc build and that's including a proper ecu!

step by step pics of what iv done to the car.
Some mods might not be to others tastes, the bodykit front bumper wasnt on for long