1990's Max Power shite

[Scruffy Bodger]

5 hours ago, Talbot said:

For some reason the 405s were not as favoured by the Mi16-your-205 crew, and I don't really know why.  Maybe BX were cheaper, due to everyone being afraid of the suspension.  Or perhaps there was a subtle difference in the engines meaning the BX one was the one to have.  I dunno.

 

3 hours ago, scdan4 said:

Bx had an alloy block whereas 405 was an iron one iirc.

The early ones weren't iron block and had the same 7200rpm rev limit.  https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-features-heroes/ph-heroes-peugeot-405-mi16/26557 

https://www.ixocollections.com/en/blog/peugeot-205/the-peugeot-405-mi-16 Hence the huge attrition rate of early 405's. The BX theory definitely has merit, people were scared of them and they did have a habit of pissing fluid. I nearly bought a really tidy TD years back. It didn't make it off the driveway on the test drive, pipe was above the fuel tank, that was enough for the owner to frag it.

A mate built a full fat one years back, really good fun and you couldn't tell a difference front end wise to the standard 1.9

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, Scruffy Bodger said:

The BX theory definitely has merit, people were scared of them and they did have a habit of pissing fluid. I nearly bought a really tidy TD years back. It didn't make it off the driveway on the test drive, pipe was above the fuel tank, that was enough for the owner to frag it.

Shame really, as they're actually incredibly easy to work on, and the ability to depressurise the hydraulic legs makes many jobs on the suspension significantly easier.