Fordmad!

Anyone own or owened one?


Ones come up cheap near me. Going to have a look Friday.


Whats to look for on them?


I know rear beam, electrics are a problem on them. Also cam belts, but its had that done.


My mate had a black one about 7 years ago, only went in it once and remember it being a flyer. Stayed with his mates 195bhp erst.

L1AM_RS

Here's my old snotter. Owned it for around 2 years.



Great cars although a little out performed by alot of newer cars nowdays but they are rocking near 17+ years old now.

Only thing i'd say is the cambelt. Alot of "tappers" out there. Mine had 2 top end rebuilds as a valve dropped.

Good, fun cheap cars. Get one.

L1AM_RS

Mrs T

I had one years ago, my sensors started going on mine losing power when coming up to traffic lights etc

Fordmad!

That's a tidy one! The one im seeing is in white.


May get a set of rallye decals as I do like them. Only ever seen 2 though


Always liked the 306s. I was going to get a 106 but they look abit chavvy although they do go well. Was tempted by a 205 but prices are going ^^^Really want a 309 but finding a good one is getting hard!

stevos

I had a 97 gold one years ago. It had 60k on it but the second gear syncro was getting tired.
I loved mine when I had it. It had a full magnex cat back and it sounded great.

Fordmad!

Id imagine 200bhp is an easy figure to get from one. Seems a fun cheap way for good power.

bluntys1rsturbo

cracking motors get a set of fast road cat cams in there along with all the regular breathing mods/remap and you will be seeing round about 200bhp

LHD220Turbo

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i only just recently sold my black S reg one, mine had done 98k and had a powerflow exhaust & induction kit, it sounded nice.

they love to rev and should pull all the way to red line. Its a proper 90's hot hatch IMO, gearing is great on them. Mine had had a complete top end rebuild so was mechanically spot on, but listen for rattly top ends, make sure it had a recent cambelt & the 6 speed box should have no crunching or grinding

Fordmad!

The one im looking at has had a top end rebuild apparently.


It'll just be another toy that I cant afford haha!


Wonder if the prices will start to rise....

Csm

Go like fuck, proper old school feel tinny rattly and feel like its going to kill you pmsl, sadly mine was a twat and chucked the belt leaving me to get the top end rebuilt, typical French cack inside cheap and nasty but still lovable....... actually wish I had owned one when they were much newer.

massivewangers

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A friend had one a few years ago and it was a right pile. Had no-end of problems with it, including head gasket failure. Maybe his was just a bad one though.

I could never get on with the six speed box, but I've never really liked Peugeot gearboxes of any sort.

I thinking finding a nice one is probably going to be the challenge, bet there's a lot of tired, thrashed ones out there. Got to become a bit of a collectors item one day though.

As said, it's a car from another era. A "proper" hot hatch, not one of the ridiculous turbocharged missiles that we have now, where you can't use more than about 10% of its performance without losing your licence instantly!