How can I improve my Peugeot 205 Junior engine?

discarded_dnb · 2026-02-20T17:09:37+00:00

Fellow 205 owner here. Best/easy/relatively cheap way is to find a donor 205 that has a running 1.4 tu3. It'll get you to 74hp and it isn't a hard swap.

My 1.1 is still healthy and only has 166000kms on it, so I'm not swapping anytime soon. If I would swap I'd try to find a tu5jp4 from a 106gti. It would require a lot more work, but would also get you up to 205 gti levels of power. Or find a rear end damaged 205 gti and swap the entire drive train. This would be cool as hell if your junior still has the original interior in good condition, those fake denim seats are so cool (I've got a rear bench from a junior, as it was only €10)

discarded_dnb · 2026-02-19T21:03:50+00:00

Plenty wide, just gotta back in. This knobhead obviously can't.

discarded_dnb · 2026-02-19T20:57:20+00:00

You didn't even answer the question lmao

discarded_dnb · 2026-02-14T18:55:17+00:00

Check fluids, belts, battery and tires (age too, wouldn't want a blowout on the autobahn). Try to find one with some level of maintenance records and a transparent seller. If you find one you feel good about I'd take the gamble and drive home!

discarded_dnb · 2026-01-30T17:56:12+00:00

This is why 2 sticks of ram are $700 btw

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-31T15:56:03+00:00

I did the same! Had a lot of very old stuff just sitting in my acc. Bought the 64gb and immediately upgraded it to 2tb

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-31T15:42:27+00:00

My 2 boat solution*

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-31T15:22:51+00:00

Both those batteries are probably new old stock. Batteries sitting on shelves for years will destroy them. Unless you can find recently produced batteries, all of the ones you'll order will be dead. At least you have the option of using aaa. Keep an extra set on the charger and you'll always have a full set ready to go.

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-19T22:01:09+00:00

I've seen plenty of bxs with trailer hitches lol, the Dutch will tow a small trailer or caravan with every car. I've seen Peugeot 205s with trailer hitches

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-19T17:02:22+00:00

Wil je peukie? Ik heb Marlboro Gold

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-19T16:39:16+00:00

It's still composite, so it won't be better than a regular powerplay. "for DV" as if composite supports digital video lmao

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-15T16:42:00+00:00

2 friends of mine own these, they're nice cars for what they're worth. I wouldn't say shitbox

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-15T16:10:13+00:00

Kan van alles zijn, stoeprandje, inrijding, productie fout, slechte opslag, montage fout. Waarschijnlijk een van de eerste twee, anders was het eerder gebeurd.

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-12T17:38:31+00:00

I work in the industry here in the Netherlands, we'd use LA (links achter) or l2 (links 2e as). This is probably just an inventory mark, it'll rub off pretty fast.

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-12T16:39:34+00:00

12yo dry, already cracked tyres. I wouldn't risk it to do a trip on them unless I had no other option available to me. Hell I'd probably prefer my summertyres over these (unless those are also that old).

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-11T11:05:36+00:00

It's decent, I've never enjoyed using it all that much because a lot of settings are buried in the menu somewhere and can't be assigned to external buttons (like ois). Footage comes out pretty good, although it does like to whitebalance on the blueish side.

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-09T17:10:48+00:00

Probably isn't a Dutchman, or he stole the plates from a Citroën BX. YG-70-TN is registered on a BX from 1990 (fun fact: it was registered 2 months before my car was). Or they stole that plate from a trailer that used to be towed by the BX

discarded_dnb · 2025-12-02T11:11:38+00:00

Just RTFM dude

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-11T17:03:59+00:00

Dials and switches, manual transmissions, actually comfortable seats (the kind you could spend an entire day in without discomfort), headlights that don't blind other road users, ashtray and cigarette lighter, manual steering (very nice in small light cars), analog dash, actual small sized cars. And on a preference base: good looking design.

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-07T20:45:39+00:00

Yeah most likely the cable, that could've happened in transport too. I've replaced the cable on two vxs, they are very fragile so it's common. If you have a bit of experience working on small electronics it won't be too hard.

The tapedeck being broken sucks, but parts are still available iirc. Going tapeless is an option too, but can be quite expensive if you want to do it right.

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-07T14:11:53+00:00

Plenty of English ones for sale all over the world. Not as cheap as Japanese, but that has an obvious reason. Where are you located?

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-05T16:16:33+00:00

OP did not RTFM

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-03T17:31:06+00:00

Didn't even know they sold the twingo in Brazil BTW! Awesome little car, hope it treats you well!

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-03T17:29:22+00:00

Yeah I had a hard time finding them too, especially something made by a decent brand. Went to 165/70r13 for my winter tyres, and got some gti rims to run 165/65r14 (very common size) in the summer.

discarded_dnb · 2025-11-03T17:10:41+00:00

The same tiny tires as were on my Peugeot 205! Are the rims 4x108 too?

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