Cti 1.6 Or 1.9 Confused!?!?

[natty 0]

just curious......my brother has just bought a pininfarina cti he says its a 1.9 but it has drum brakes on the back and i thought 1.9 had discs......shed some light any one?

[allye 530 3 Cars]

CTi's were set up a little softer than tin tops, so even the 1.9's had drum beams.

[natty 0]

cheers for that,are they easily changed over to discs?

[welshpug 1,646]

yes but i wouldn't bother.

[stufarri 98 3 Cars]

They all had XS suspension too and many CTI owners swap over the front subframe/TCAs from a GTI to improve the handling.

[natty 0]

not a fan welshpug?...............so apart from the engine it's not a GTI?....his also has pepper pot 14's,do they all?

[welshpug 1,646]

well the badge on the back says CTi so no its not a gti afaik they did all have the 1.6 wheels.

 

the drums are much more reliable, handbrake also works far better, if it aint broke don't fix it

 

a 1.6 gti beam would be ideal though, bigger torsion bars and arb.

[Anthony 1,002]

the drums are much more reliable

That statement is somewhat open to debate - drums have their own fair share of issues, just they're different to those suffered on the rear disk brake setup

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

The drums have a far better handbrake. The discs never need to be adjusted. Discs can be easily inspected even with the wheel on. Drums need dismantling for a look. Swings and roundabouts for me.

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

Another for Drum brakes.

The handbrake on my 1.9 gti would fail its MOT neary every year despite new cables, new discs and pads and reconditioned calipers.

The MOT tester at the time was fussy though so it was a case of just arguing with him to get it through.