How Many People Running Satchell Bodies?

[All Praise The GTI 3]

well after having my bodies sat brand new unused for way to long i have eventually got an emerald k3 and had a loom made up for it

so today with a sunday off work(very unusual for me!) decided to pull the 205 out the garage and fitt it all

after a few hours of fiddling with odd bits and pieces as i went got the inlet off and the old loom, refitted new loom and finallly all i had do was fit the new bodies plug in the ecu, upload a base map and hey presto.

untill i realised i couldnt fitt the bodies because the tps is on the left and my power steering pump is in the way!!!

no words can explain how angry i got so typical after its been so long waiting til i could fitt it all, its just been problem after problem.

anyone got round this? il be calling colin tommorrow and see what he says. as im not sure if he can put the tps on the other end or something.

typical as i needed the car on the road this week

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I know you cannot fit P/S with normal bodies and hense why I do this

[All Praise The GTI 3]

cant you?? never heard that before

is that a custom bracket miles?

there must be another way, so angry its untold

[dcc 855]

run a 12v pump and relocate the pipe work, like on a spaxo or 106 gti.

 

also gives you the extra power in a straight line, just like folding down the rear seats. (less strain on engine etc...)

[All Praise The GTI 3]

thats the only thing i can think of but i only just spent loads on my power steering setup etc so cant afford to get a 106 electric setup and then have to get bloody expensive pipes made up godknows where

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

No you cannot, Same issue with any P/S 8v 205 I'm afraid as the Pump get's in the way, Even on non P/S models you need to trim the alt mount slightly

 

Yes it is a custom mount, but must be used with an alloy sump

[wracing 19]

how bad does it foul?

 

James

[Anthony 1,003]

I know you cannot fit P/S with normal bodies and hense why I do this

There's definitely some combination that fits, as my old 306 GTi-6 on Jenvey's was still running PAS and AC on what, at a glance atleast, appeared to be a standard set regarding the PAS pump, alternator and aircon pump. Definitely running Jenvey's, what I believe were K&N filters meant for twin-carbs, and a normal Longman/Jenvey manifold from memory - Baz would probably be able to confirm, as I sold the whole TB and management setup to him when I broke the car.

 

A couple of poor photos I've got of the engine bay, and a close-up of the PAS pump and throttle body clearance (or lack thereof) - not quite sure why I took pictures showing a closeup of the PAS pump, but I can only assume it was for a similar topic as this one!

 

 

 

 

Not that this helps Nat with his Satchel bodies of course...

[Baz 421]

I wondered about that when i read it earlier! & yes was a Jenvey/Longman manifold.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Could be me, 8v's cannot but 16v's I've never had a problem with

[Baz 421]

Ahh yes, can see the confusion now! Nat has a '6 engine.

 

If moving the TPS to the other side (as they usually are gearbox side on Jenveys etc) gives enough room then it's worth a shot!

[welshpug 1,661]

S16 non-a/c brackets place the PAS similar to the Lynx relocation bracket, though the sump does have to be a steel one or have the lugs chopped off the front.

 

other thing you could do is 106/saxo Electric pas pump.

Edited June 14, 2010 by welshpug

[Alastairh 47]

I'm sure it could be made to work. I find the brackets off twin belted xu10 XMs good to start with for these type of conversions.

 

Al

[All Praise The GTI 3]

it fouls very bad. after a quick chat with colin this morning its not really possible to move the tps to the other side?

so unless i can move my powersteering pump and rad? onto anther mount then il need use an electric pump grrr

anyone got any mounts kicking about or electric pump setups?

[boldy205 75]

How about a totaly electric PAS from a Corsa? Its no straight swap, but it would do away with ALL hydrolycs (Spelling!)

I have this setup sat waiting to be converted onto my 205 soon! Have a search on here, a few people have done it.

[All Praise The GTI 3]

afaik theres been talk of it but no one has said how to do it and i dont have funds to spend messing about with it. so on look out for an electric saxo or 106 pump now