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Mar 25, 2011 15:51:32 GMT
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Mar 25, 2011 16:46:01 GMT
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Good to hear the 4-valve 1.8s seem to be decent engines, then! They are, but its worth pointing out that they are actually fairly restricted from the factory to avoid competing with the 2.0 models. They are rated at 115bhp and if you compare that to the BX 16v engine that makes 160bhp from only 100cc more you get the idea. Parts such as the inlet and exhaust manifolds from the 306 GTI6 can be used to improve it for not much outlay but ultimately they are limited by small valves/ports (I forget which) so they seem to run out of steam at higher revs rather than pulling harder like most 16v engines.
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"Alice in Wonderland's Cheshire cat is perhaps the 1.9-litre 205's closest parallel, for like Carroll's fiendish cat, when the Peugeot is gone only the grin remains." -What Car? March 1987
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 9,553
Club RR Member Number: 33
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Mar 25, 2011 16:55:45 GMT
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'For instant lowness, pull this lever' It's a shame you can't drive them like that, it looks ace. ;D Too early to tell on anything, other than it's as much of a mile-eater as my old TD Xant was. 70mph all day with the throttle barely open means that in the 45 miles I've done in it last night and today the fuel gauge hasn't actually moved off halfway. Lacy reckoned it was doing 30mpg on his commute, which was across the centre of Birmingham....so I think 40mpg or thereabouts should be the norm provided I don't thrash it. EDIT: I just did this with PS. Hmmmmm.......
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