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chriswoodward · 20th July 2009, 21:08

Believe me I hate pointless threads but I cannot find my answer for this one:

Does the 206 gti180 engine fit a mk2 saxo engine bay?

Obviously the normal 206's use TU engines anyway so is there all that much difference the only thing i can see is that the inlet mani and throttle body are at the front of the engine bay so a few bits might need moving.

raunchz · 20th July 2009, 21:13

would be a lot of work wiring wise - as each 'electircal box' in the 106 gti 180 needs to talk to each other or else it wouldn't work (even interior boxes) so would need to run it on standalone.

Would be a lot of work but doable - some 205's with them in are rapid !!

LeeM · 20th July 2009, 21:16

i imagine you could do some kind of fabrication with 206 mounts and stuff, is the 206 engine bay not a bit bigger?

chriswoodward · 20th July 2009, 21:19

so mechanicly speaking it would work?

I would run a stand alone anyway, what boxes do they use i just have a mate who is breaking one

Thecherry0121 · 20th July 2009, 21:22

think bic has put one in his ?

LeeM · 20th July 2009, 21:56

wasnt that an early 138bhp one that bic used? i think they may be different

chriswoodward · 20th July 2009, 22:08

ok right let me just make sure im correct, fitting it wont be a problem? I have done conversions on many cars before so im confident on that side, its just the electrics then i take it?

bullit · 20th July 2009, 22:14

try get h0ld 0f bic and see what he says

AlexB^p · 20th July 2009, 22:16

the mounts i think are different in them

so it might not be straight forward
and then its what gearbox its running and what shafts to run ect

conversions from other cars are never straight forward

Quick · 20th July 2009, 22:30

The 206 GTI 2ltr engines are not TU, they are EW engines (a decendant of the XU family as fitted to 1.6 & 1.9 205 gti). So not an easy fit.

chriswoodward · 20th July 2009, 22:37

No i knew they wernt TU but I was just wondering about size as the normal engines in the 206 are TU engines, is the EW engine in the 206GTI 180 much bigger than a TU engine?

Quick · 20th July 2009, 22:39

Yes, its bigger, different mounts & BE gearbox where a TU uses a MA gearbox.

chriswoodward · 20th July 2009, 22:46

Hmmm im buying another car soon so I want to something mad to mine but this just doesnt seem worth the hassle i think im going to put my b16 civic engine into it instead i know it will be costly but worth the extra money over the gti180 engine imo

qrty · 21st July 2009, 12:19

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Originally Posted by chriswoodward

Hmmm im buying another car soon so I want to something mad to mine but this just doesnt seem worth the hassle i think im going to put my b16 civic engine into it instead i know it will be costly but worth the extra money over the gti180 engine imo

Just put that engine in a EG Civic or a B18 in a EG