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So I need to replace the right, aka european passenger, aka long shaft in my 1.4 TU 309. Found a guy willing to sell a pair, pics below. But how can I be sure it's the correct part? Any way to identify if it's for a 1.4 engine, is it interchangeable with other motors? If anyone knows, would be appreciated.

Quimk and simple, do the rear beams of a 205 fit on a 309? I know the 309's is wider, I don't know if the 205's is so narrow it won't work.

hi there, i have a peugeot 309 on my drive which i bought a couple of years ago for £100 as a running 1.3 look, i ran it for a few months until the clutch gave up, at which point it became my VTS conversion project. to begin with i had a good xsara VTS head from an engine which had suffered a broken conrod, a whole 1.8 VTR engine from which i intended to use the bottom end, and a set of dell'orto DHLA40Gs... after a bit of research i realised i was out of my league so i just bought a whole xsara VTS engine for £100. the current situation is a 309 1.3 shell with engine, gearbox, subframe, suspension etc removed, a xsara VTS engine and gearbox with 205 1.6 diff, 309 diesel subframe, driveshafts, hubs etc, 309 goodwood struts, xsara VTS brakes.... now i could slap these parts together within a few hours but i know nothing about cooling systems and electronics so this is where i need help from the experts, as well as some idea of which components i should be fitting to the 309 before i go crazy with the nuts and bolts, and which standard 309 components i need to remove first.

Hi all - thought I'd bite the bullet and start my own (re)build thread as I've now accumulated enough parts & equipment that I've run out of excuses for not touching the car The first part of this will be retrospective as catch up with the small amount of work & preparation that I have done over the last 4 years of ownership , finally catching up with what I got up to this weekend. The inspiration to start my own car was a mates (Oli) Nova (no groans please) that I helped to build in 2007 iirc: This was its completed state, after various iterations of tuning and development, resulting in a very impressive car. Ubiquitous 'Red Top' but this came with a Kent cam and tbs, producing just under 200bhp on a 150k+ mile engine. I've always liked 205s and currently have a little 106 as a daily so I thought I'd stay French and an MI'd 205 sounded like a good stable mate and sufficient competition to Oli's Nova I bought the car in March '08 as a £350 eBay special with no T&T, but as it was local I went to check the car over before bidding and it 'looked' ok to me. The auction was won and the car trailered back home where it got a quick clean up to get rid of the crud that had accumulated while it was off the road. Before: After: The paint work came up really well and there isn't any of the usual lacquer peel the 205 tends to suffer from. The car is pretty standard and genuine other than the TSW Stealth / Escort(?) alloys, but these wouldn't be staying as they look to be quite square and I don't really like them! There were a few bits that looked a little rough, mainly the arch trims and valances as they were held on with self-tappers in places, but nothing that couldn't be sorted easily. The interior has the usual seat collapsed / ripped bolster on both the passenger and driver side, but again - these wouldn't be staying so I wasn't really bothered. Next job was to sort somewhere suitable for the upcoming fun! I fortunately have a single garage, with the house so that was cleaned, painted, new strip lights and an old set of Ikea wardrobes found a new life as my work bench. Before: During: Finished: