Is There A Diffrence Between A 205 1.6 Beam And 1.9?

[omega 82]

i thought all 205 gti beams where the same [apart from disc/drums] and if you wanted a bit wider track you fitted a 309 beam.but while shopping saw a 205 feature in a car magazine and it said that the 1.6 beam was diffrent.is this true and if so whats diffrent?

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

Don't believe all you read in magazines !

[j_turnell 134 3 Cars]

The only difference between a 1.6 and a 1.9 beam is one has drums and one has disks and the slight difference in track width is as a result of that. The tube, torsion bars, arb and arms are the same. Very early 1.6 beams had different amount of splines on the torsion bars and arms iirc? but tbh these days thats not really an issue as there isnt many of those around!

[pug_ham 243 3 Cars]

Not forgetting the different front mounts between the 1.6 & 1.9 beams as well..

 

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[welshpug 1,646]

Drum stub axles are different, a bit shorter, other than the smaller splines James mentioned on very early 1.6 beams, and the mounts Graham mentions they'll be the same

 

Track widths were different due to the narrower and different offset wheels as well as drum/disk variation.

Edited May 6, 2012 by welshpug

[omega 82]

Don't believe all you read in magazines !

 

very true,

but i didnt say i believed it

,but am always looking to improve my knowledge so hense the question.

[omega 82]

 

Track widths were different due to the narrower and different offset wheels as well as drum/disk variation.

 

so maybe this is what they ment?

but do you have to be a driving god to tell this?

[Tesstuff 222]

very true,

but i didnt say i believed it

,but am always looking to improve my knowledge so hense the question.

 

I don't believe a word, our pm conversations prove that

[RossD 44]

From the factory they actually had different dampers too.

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

My 1.6 CTi beam has thinner torsion bar shafts and ARB than my 1.9 Gti had. The ARB end plates are thinner too.

In fact The whole of the suspension on my CTi is more like the 1.4 XS than a GTi.

[welshpug 1,646]

yup thats quite right, they are a base model bar running XU engines brakes and trim.

Edited May 10, 2012 by welshpug