engine swap....what engine.

[Muzzy]

I no longer need to sell my pug to finance my next car purchase and seen as the car has been in the family from new (since 1999) it has a bit of sentimental value to it. So in short i am thinking of modding my 206 and keeping it!

Now what im after is a list of engines that generate more power than my current GTI (138bhp) that would be (in theory!) an easy swop. The only one i can think of so far is the GTI 6 Engine. (167bhp)

What about the 406 V6?? (Dont think this would be easy!)

Any peugeot/citreon N/A petrol ,turbo engines ??

In any engine swap is the loom from the donor car doctord to fit the existing loom, or is it just a case of ripping out the wiring loom and replacing it with the donors cars???

I dont fancy modding the current engine as i know that its a crap engine anyway and wouldnt want to make it less reliable.



So any idea's??

[kevo]

if your going for a engine that doesnt originate from a peugeot its not going to be a easy job and your gonna have to get really involved!!

the gti-6 is a very capable enginr and very tuneable, ecosse have put one into a 206 and its rapid!!!

if its good enough for them i think it could be a good choice!

[kevo]

by the way, i wouldnt call the gti engine crap

[Muzzy]

its not very powerfull though compared to todays standards and with the sudden engine stalls and lumpy idle probs people have, i wouldnt say it was a good engine at all.
God knows why peugeot didnt use the 306 gti-6 engine and box when they first brought the 206 out!

[KennyD90]

Gp for the 1.6 110BHP HDI - it's a damn laugh a minute with this engine. HDI's Kick a r s e.

[teddy]

Peugeot didnt use the GTi-6 engine in the 206 due to emissions.
The 206 GTi engine is also used in the 406 so it makes sense to use an engine which is already in production.

And 30bhp extra from the GTi-6 engine isn't going to make a massive difference to the 206 GTi. It will be quicker but the torque is very similar so overall you're not going to get massive gains from the big effort required to fit the engine!

As yet people don't seem to think the 206 GTi engine is any good. Just because it develops 138 bhp instead of 190bhp doesn't mean it's rubbish. After all it doesn't have VVT or anything fancy but it is a decent smooth, economical engine.
It's still a relatively new engine yet and has been tuned by some people to give decent results.
In future it will go into more different cars (even rumoured to be going into the next Mini Cooper) and as more people gain experience of it reputations of the EW engine will improve.
Remember the Ford CVH and Zetec engines?? At first tuners hated them but they are now giving very good results from tuning.