So last april i bought this 205 1.6 gti for very little money because it had HG failure and no tax or MOT with the intention of fitting a 306 gti 6 engine. it was only 50miles away but getting it back was a right pain. and it didnt help with nosey people phoning the police! :



next i found this gti 6 for £400 with a good engine but had high miles, i was over the moon. i was thinking about selling it and buying another engine which had low mile but i knew this one was running and ok so in the end i decided to break it which was a good idea. i made £600+ back and i scrapped the shell. so got a free engine and £200.

all that money went back into the car thought. getting the loom done, 309 running gear with PAS rack, new cambelt, water pump etc



to be quite fair i rushed it last summer fitting the engine as i wanted to get it on the road asap but as little things got in the way and annoyed me, motivation soon dried up and so did the money.

i didnt get many pictures as i was fitting the engine as i was rushing like mad but heres one with the engine in. not alot to show really.



and heres how she sat towards the end of the summer





with all the money gone i tried selling her but had no luck so decided i would store her away till i decided what i wanted to do. in october i started a new job earning stupid money so straight away i had fresh funds to spend on her. one of the reasons i gave up hope was because i found a huge rust patch on the sill and that was the last straw. so now i had fresh money, i had fresh motivation so i jacked her right up and decided i would tackle the whole of the rear. i dropped the axle and tank so i could do the welding and paint the underneath and fit new brake lines.

i also decided i would rebuild the axle and change to disc's. the main reason being i found out i had a base model axle on : heres the only pic i have before i fitted it to the car



also fitted BakerBM solid mounts as well and had loads of bits powder coated. thats quite addictive : ended up getting bits done that i shouldnt have.

i will take more pictures of the back when its all finished.

now that rear was coming together i turned my attention to the engine. i was already impressed with how quick it was but like all of us that power wasnt enough. i was considering going down the TB's and cams but then i came across Garrys supercharged 205 and the idea grew on me straight away. i saw the kit forsale on the 306 gti 6 forum and put a deposit down on it straight away. the chap i bought it off was a top bloke as i had problems with my bank so couldnt get the rest of the money to him as soon as i wanted to but he didnt mind waiting which i appreciated.

and this is what i got



reading from Garry's thread i already knew i would have problems with the inlet manifold being too long so as soon as it arrived i got onto rich w to get it made shorter. luckly rich had one already which he kindly straight swapped with me so less pennys to spend there which was brilliant

up to now i havent really done much apart from save save save but last monday i stripped the body work down i sent her in for spraying so she left me looking like this





shes only going in for a quick spray to look pretty for the summer as i plan to fit a non sunroof roof in the winter

and i also paid for my charger and ecu, so hopefully that wont be too long so now its just a waiting game till everything turns up

i havent decided about an intercooler yet but was more of thinking about going down the chargecooler route. whats peoples opinions on this?

anyways hopefully there will be lots more pictures to come with in the next few weeks

gonna be a beast! for seing it through.

Looks like it will be an absolute weapon when done mate

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Team Astor Grey Supercharged GTI 6