What Would You Do?

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Have an annoying dillema on my hands,

Havn't done any work on the gti for about 3 months now as i keep losing interest and there is so much rust to tackle it just keeps putting me off.

I keep having this new idea of wanting to out subaru running gear, engine and 4wd into a small car like a 205 or 106,

Keep thinking about just cutting the rotten floor pan out of my 205 gti and using that as the base for the 4wd project,

 

But then i think how much it would be better to carry on trying to restore it to factory spec, replacing all panels ect and getting rid of all the rust.

what do i do :?

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Repair the 205 and built an impreza/justy hybrid...

[JamesE 5]

You've already said that you keep losing interest in the current build...I'd think about being radical...

[welshpug 1,675]

If you cant finish it what hope have you in doing something even more involved!!

[gerry 5]

Rebuild once it starts all coming together you will love it and the more you do the better it will be!!

 

Win win situation!!

[Juttie205 123 2 Cars]

repair repair repair if you want a scooby then but one dont butcher a 205 to make a silly conversion car

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Do what YOU want to do - not what you think people will want you to do.

[NFS 32]

Im in the same boat as you, restoring my 205, however my shell is alot cleaner than yours, it still make me think i should torch the place, lol, but im starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it feels great.

 

would i do it again? nope, if i had another 205 i would do that same conversion your talking about. so to you i would say do the conversion, build something mad! it will prob inspire you more to get out there and finish it.

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

I dont want a subaru, i hate them with a passion, but they have good strong engines and running gear to match, i want a little toy but dont want to spend thousands turboing a small TU peuegot engine that is still front wheel drive.

i want the looks of the old peugeots with the speed of the jap car.

 

if i can find a bigger lock up i will strip the 205 right down to the bare car, and go from there but at the moment in the small garage i have i can only to small bits at a time and its hard work and puts me off.

 

to be ohnest im probly just dreaming with the hybrid build, i will probly get on a finish the 205, and maybe do it to the 106 instead

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

If you cant finish it what hope have you in doing something even more involved!!

 

i prefer desighning and fabricating new stuff than restoring, but i change my mind all the time.

[welshpug 1,675]

I wouldn't call the EJ20 a "good strong engine" an XU is far better I think. if you steer clear of the MI head

 

Don't get hung up about FWD thing, have a look at how capable Colin Satchell's 205 is

 

Many jap cars are all show but aren't really all that quick.

[JamesE 5]

...unless it's wet, in the case of the Scoob...

[welshpug 1,675]

...unless it's wet, in the case of the Scoob...

 

that would be the common perception, however see Colin's video from Mallory, where he beat the 400+ bhp Murray Audi 80 Quattro...

[JamesE 5]

Yeah sorry, to be fair I was referring to average drivers such as myself. When I had my Scoob I felt like a driving god, though sadly I am not!

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

yeah but you have to spend ALOT of money in a fwd car, ive been there and done it with a 315 bhp corsa b. all wheel spin and no go, i wasnt prepared to shell out for expensive diff tyres suspension ect

[welshpug 1,675]

ahh yes, classic corsa, not a s*it given about what's keeping you out of the hedges

[notamondayfan 44]

Why not just buy a sorted 4wd car and carry on restoring the 205? It's going to be one hell of a conversion to put the Subaru gear into a 205, and a whole lot longer than your current project, and probably much more expensive in the long run too.

 

Dean

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Thanks guys im going to carry on the restoration.

 

Im not one to just 'buy' a car, i like to fiddle about with cars and learn along the way,

[MiniGibbo 142]

From the few times I've done track days.. The only people you seem to see constantly spinning off is the base ball cap wearing, collar up lads in there rally car rep subarus...

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

From the few times I've done track days.. The only people you seem to see constantly spinning off is the base ball cap wearing, collar up lads in there rally car rep subarus...

 

haha, i am deffinately not a baseball cap wearing lad in a subaru,

like i said i dont like subarus i just like a project

[notamondayfan 44]

From the few times I've done track days.. The only people you seem to see constantly spinning off is the base ball cap wearing, collar up lads in there rally car rep subarus...

 

To be honest, at least their doing their hard driving on the track rather than through a village

[MiniGibbo 142]

but it says rallye on the back... does that not mean I can drive like it like a rally car..?