205/306 Gti Rack

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

Will a 306 gti steering rack fit on my 205 xs

[Anthony 1,002]

Fitting is the same as a Xsara VTS rack in terms of adaptation needed, but the GTi-6 rack is lock-limited due to the 6 speed (and slower than the VTS).

 

There's certainly no advantage in fitting it, if that's what you're thinking.

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

I need a new rack and have a gti6 rack spare and just wonderd

What is a good rack to fit if I want quicker steering

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

xsara vts will be least turns lock to lock or a 205 PAS one will be less than a non PAS 205 one

 

 

EDIT: before I accidentally give you the wrong information, the xsara VTS rack will not fit on the xs subframe, but will fit straight onto the GTi subframe, due to the different gearpost positions.

I assume there may be a similar issue with PAS 205 rack but I havent tried

 

Both of them would either need the PAS bit blocking off or a PAS pump etc retro fitting

Edited December 19, 2012 by johnnyboy666

[Anthony 1,002]

The other thing is that if you're using the MA gear posts then I don't think you can use a PAS rack, or certainly not the PAS part anyway.

 

Not done it myself, but I remember pictures from someone that tried on here and it fouls on the gear post.

 

Edit: here's the picture of a PAS rack fitted to a MA subframe:

 

 

Seems that a small part of the rack needs to be cut away to gain sufficient clearance to fit, and no chance of PAS pipes fitting.

Edited December 19, 2012 by Anthony

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

I have a gti subframe I am going to be putting on plan was to do rack at the same time as I'm having to move the gear linkage any way I could always try fitting something in or would it be much work to remove the pas part of the rack as I'm not having pas

[Anthony 1,002]

Doesn't matter whether it's a base model or GTi subframe - it's that you're using the MA gear post rather than the BE one (which is in a different position and clears the rack fine, hence PAS being available on XU and XUD models of 205)

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

Could i not use a BE gear post?