Hey Ted, another 16v XSI owner here. How you getting on with the car, any issues?

Welcome buddy. I think you bought wheels and other parts from me on eBay:-)

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1998 Supercharged White Rallye
1992 205 GTi6
205 Turbo 340bhp

Hi Liam, welcome mate.

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Bianca 306 Rallye.
Mondeo Titanium X.

Welcome mate. Just a word of caution, I had two engines s**t themselves on a 1.8 XS and it had a GTI 6 inlet fitted both times. The gains are also minimal, although it makes your engine bay a lot nicer to look at.

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'01 Astor Grey GTi6

'99 Cherry Rallye

Don't worry folks, read about cars not running right with the gti6 inlet. Suggestions for other intakes are welcome though, something that would free up some noise

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Liam

Welcome

I will probably do what I'm doing for now, plus possibly suspension, intake and exhaust in the future, it is only a daily after all. I like the fact the XSi is a 5 door, see what the future holds. Wouldn't mind picking up a GTi-6 in the future but I already have two cars.

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Liam

My first fast ish car was the 3door xsi 140 brake standard
Although mine was remapped went like a rat out of an aquaduct
Loved that car
Till it shat itself and kept blowing the exhaust apart after the cat
Good car yo start with
!welcome!
Stick with the standard manifold and mod fifferent things if you want more from it
Start with a deep service buy premium parts not third party bits
And youll see a difference stright of

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BLACK RALLYE - phoenix
WHITE RALLYE - valliant

http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com/

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

I had a 8v phase 1 before I had the phase 2.5 16v one. I swear you could walk faster than those old 8v ones lol

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Old pugs don't die they just get faster

Thanks for the clarification.






Probably all of these old ECUs are mappable, you just need to find someone who has already had experience with that particular ECU or can work out how to do it. We know for sure that there are specialists for the Magneti Marelli 1AP ECU which amongst others is used in the GTI6.

Regarding the oil, I always do an oil service soon after buying a car with incomplete history. You never exactly now which oil has been used and if the filter has been replaced. 5W40 is not 5W40 and the oil barely stains in a petrol engine through its lifetime. It can be clean but the molecules can be sheared which results in weak film strength. I always use an affordable but fully synthetic high spec 5W40 from Liqui Moly or Meguin (seems to be the producer but cheaper with that name on it).

Welcome along, good to see there's still a bit of life in the old forum yet. You'll lose hours to this place if you know where to look - there's lots of information buried.

My recommendation, from the point of view of owning both a GTi6 and a 16v 1.8 (XU7) and working in engine development, is not to mess with the engine. You'll find that the engines are both well designed and mapped out of the box - if you start changing things in the airpath the calibration on the ECU won't work very well, and it isn't best enabled to 'learn' any changes. It will likely either over- or under-fuel and could potentially run itself into det. None of which you want. They do suffer from sensor failures though - quite often the best plan is simply to make sure everything works as it should. A 306 is a light car and they clip along pretty well for a daily - even with power figures in the low 100s. You have to work the chassis and the 'box to make progress, but for me that's the fun...

If it were me, I'd concentrate your efforts on the chassis to yield improvements. start with the best tyres you can get, replace any knackered bushes, ball joints, drop links, etc. Then go for a decent well-matched spring and damper combination (the Bilstein B12 kit works very well).

As for parts, get the best you can afford. Don't discount genuine Peugeot consumables, which are sometimes not overly expensive. You may want to grab a fuel filter. Aside from that, thoroughly check all the suspension and brakes for condition and go from there.

And enjoy driving it!