205 Stdt Restoration

[td_dan 7]

Here iv bought a 205 stdt it was advertised as non running as someone had drilled his fuel tank and he had sold a few bits and pices off it. He wanted £250 but after abit of the chatting and me fixing his laptop i got it for £100 lol. Once i got it home i thought id see if i could get it started so after abit of wiring and my mates battery it started straight away first turn of the key. What a smile i had.

 

so the work began i removed the tank and cleaned out the garage ready for it to be stored ready for some more work.

 

so far iv bought

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• new springs and shocks
  
• new tank
  
• new black dash
  
• new headlights and indicators
  
• new rear lights
  
• red carpet.
  
• complete set of new arches
  

 

im hoping to fit the 306 dt engine and get it looking alot fresher with the gti interior and gubbins. anyway a few pics

 

 

all comments welcome and the dodgy wiring isnt staying it was just to get it firing

[allye 530 3 Cars]

I don't know why but I really would like a TD 205! I understand with some very simple tuning and the addition of a front mouted intercooler they go rather well?

 

Good idea to replace that amazing interior! Looks a good car and a complete bargain Look forward to the updates

[Strictly_Derv 34]

Looks a tidy motor. Never seen an STDT in that colour!

 

As your doing the 1.9 conversion I'd suggest removing the twin fans cowling and get slimlines and make a lowered bracket for the rad so you can fit a FMIC.

 

These cars are pretty quick with a 1.9 and stage 1 tune, mine just keeps up with my mates 60 plate Polo GTI which has the 1.4 TSI 180 bhp engine.

 

(It's max tait off Pug306.net BTW)

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

any links to how to tune these up for a bit more power?

[Strictly_Derv 34]

any links to how to tune these up for a bit more power?

 

 

If your running the 1.8 then it will have a lucas pump and KKK K14 turbo. I had mine running 20psi, was good for a few seconds then just heat soaked as they have no intercooler

[td_dan 7]

cheers max. im megane_dan on pug306.net lol. and dont worry iv got my slimlines ready

[td_dan 7]

now the tanks off and out the way

 

 

i did some digging around the usual area's (headlights) and found a few bits of rust

 

 

also found a spot in the boot.

 

Unfortunatly due to working 3 jobs i get only 1 day a week on the car so updates wont be thick and fast. I hoping a mates mate is gonna come and quote me happy about sorting the rust and im gonna strip EVERYTHING out inside just incase there's more rust.

 

also ordered a tub off 2.5ltr of waxoyl so hoping that will be enough lol

 

one more thing. does anyone know the colour i can make out MO i think the other two letters are CN but not 100%

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

ARGH Beige interior!

 

Glad I got rid of mine now.

 

Bit of inspiration for you. This thing was bloody quick running 30PSI of boost

[td_dan 7]

^^^ cheers mate iv read that before was a very nice car. The colour is aztec gold for anyone interested

[Strictly_Derv 34]

Don't often see that colour. When you do the swap make sure you don't do what I did and put the 1.8 box on! It's really close ratio and With 175 50 13 tyres mine tops out in no time when flooring it and fuel ecomony is bad Put a HDI box on

Edited November 12, 2011 by Strictly_Derv

[td_dan 7]

Thts what im goin for. Im not in a rush so gonna make sure i have a good setup

[td_dan 7]

im thinking of going for a 306 hdi box with 306 driveshafts in gti-6 hubs with gti-6 brakes, 205 wishbones and 1.9 struts. will this work?

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

You'll need to swap the diff over from the 205 box or change the NS inner cv cup to the 306 version.

306 hubs will give you positive camber (you don't want this)

 

the rest of it is fine

[td_dan 7]

i have to change the inner cup even tho im using the hdi box with 306 driveshafts?

Edited November 12, 2011 by td_dan

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

306 driveshafts won't fit without modifications to them. 1.9gti shafts hold up fine.

Sorry forgot to add that to the previous post.

[td_dan 7]

cheers paul. will the 1.9 shafts fit the hdi box and the gti-6 hubs?

[td_dan 7]

right managed to get out of work earlier than usual so had about 3 hours daylight to find more rust lol. So i started in the boot and found this:

 

then i got a bit carried away and ended up with this:

 

had a problem with the passenger seat bolts so got to remove them another day

 

then when i had finished i put it al away and just cant get in there anymore lol

 

comments welcome as usual. next i got to remove the engine and bodywork can begin.

[Strictly_Derv 34]

Looks like a fun project, wish I had the space to keep mine and mate it mint and get a cheap runaround for week.

 

I think you should go for some Retro 13's like mine

[td_dan 7]

lol not sure about wheels havent thought that far ahead lol

[dirtdog 4]

Sorry if i'm bumping this...

 

How is this coming along? Nice to see another in mayfair / MOCN colour...or as my log book says..."beige". Looking at the wheels i'm glad I got rid of them!

[td_dan 7]

yes mate its still going iv removed the engine and subframe now so im getting ready to weld it up

[mmatthej1 1]

Hi - how have you got on with your project?

 

(we have an STDT and thinking about same engine switch!)