The Greatest Hot Hatches Never made

[gary87]

I went to test drive a silver EK9 one day, it was a really clean car and it went really well. I had a test drove a JDM DC2 the same day and I went for the DC2 based on the B18C under the bonnet. I always regret not buying the EK9 but the engine sealed the deal!

 

[cauld1]

That sounds like a cracking car you'd want to keep standard.

Coming from a man who heavily modified a 205

Well like I mean it's caged and has PTS suspension etc. Itll be getting a group a exhaust, weld in cage to group a design and decals to match the Peugeot dealer team France group A car! If only I could find PTS 13 inch wheels....

But no engine swaps. The period group a cars were squeezing 130 brake or so out of them which would be fun considering the road cars were 790kg!

 

[Lee]

I went to test drive a silver EK9 one day, it was a really clean car and it went really well. I had a test drove a JDM DC2 the same day and I went for the DC2 based on the B18C under the bonnet. I always regret not buying the EK9 but the engine sealed the deal!

The B16B is a great revving engine but so dead off vtec. Can see why you were swayed by the B18c.

 

[Gibbo]

Might get laughed off here but my first car was a Ford Ka, with the suspension modified etc was a cracking little handling thing, it was quite a good handling car in standard format, just had no power, I was going to drop a puma 1.7 engine into it but decided against it in the end up, wish I had of in retrospect, would have been great fun.

 

[Boabybooster]

Might get laughed off here but my first car was a Ford Ka, with the suspension modified etc was a cracking little handling thing, it was quite a good handling car in standard format, just had no power, I was going to drop a puma 1.7 engine into it but decided against it in the end up, wish I had of in retrospect, would have been great fun.

I had a Ka as a courtesy car when my rx8 was in at Mazda many moons ago, it really was like a little go kart. Rust has killed them now. I'm sure there was a cossie one back in the golden era of max power.

 

[Gibbo]

I had a Ka as a courtesy car when my rx8 was in at Mazda many moons ago, it really was like a little go kart. Rust has killed them now. I'm sure their was a cossie one back in the golden era of max power.

Was great fun, yea think there was a Cossie one, quite a few had 1.6 RS Turbo lumps put in them

 

[Boabybooster]

This looks class.
The Ka Cosworth - Speedhunters

 

[Gibbo]

This looks class.
The Ka Cosworth - Speedhunters

I rather like that!

 

[Boabybooster]

I rather like that!

On that note I'm sure there was a 350z engined micra as well. Yup.

Nissan Micra 350SR

 

[driven]

A few lads I know have a few swaps, c20xe in a mk2 golf, c20xe in a mk4 escort, c20let in a manta, Saab b203 in mk3 Astra etc, I had a 1.7 powered mk4 fiesta was an ace car to drive and filled the clocks with ease

 

[dufunk]

Corolla G6 only had a 4AFE 116bhp never understood why a blacktop 4AGE or 3SGE was never thrown into one of these very capable car.

 

[DJMCA]

Uncle has always talked about doing this through the Mk1s, 2s 3's and 4s he has restored but he is too much of a purist to go past the talking stage!
I know it's been done before but I've always had the notion of making a Proton Persona Evolution (Mitsubishi Evo engined) for whatever reason.

Ive been tempted to stick in the MK1 RS Focus engine but i think i would end up pulling the wee car apart!!

 

[coling2005]

3 that were on my bucket list from school days:
Clio Williams
CRX VTEC
205 GTI

Only one I'm missing is the 205. Never looked in direction of early Golf's for some reason.

If I had any know how about engines and mechanics I'd probably have several half finished projects of odd engine transplants

 

[Gaz]

Corolla G6 only had a 4AFE 116bhp never understood why a blacktop 4AGE or 3SGE was never thrown into one of these very capable car.

Same here. Guy who worked with me for many years had a lovely red G6, very smooth car to drive and a great chassis in them but severely underpowered, could never understand why they didn't throw in a high revving Vtec-style lump considering Honda were doing something similar around that time with the Civic. Maybe it's a Toyota trait, GT86 has had the same complaints levelled at it - great car to drive but why can't it have another 50bhp at least?

3 that were on my bucket list from school days:
Clio Williams
CRX VTEC
205 GTI

Only one I'm missing is the 205. Never looked in direction of early Golf's for some reason.

If I had any know how about engines and mechanics I'd probably have several half finished projects of odd engine transplants

A Civic with a B18 Integra R engine is still on my to-do/bucket list but the older I get the less likely it becomes!

 

[Rover Repair]

On my to do list. Mg zr 190 v6, give me that over a t16 anyway.

 

[j44nty]

Most of my motoring years has been spent in hot hatches the only one I failed to own for some reason was a 205gti and some say it's the best. My fiesta turbo for noise and general chav ness. Revy vtis were also asbo tastic but my favourite and based on current values I think the phase 2 172 clios are a great drive. 182 looks silly with the exhausts but the exhaust less look of the 172 and the fact a grand buys one makes it my fav. I'm personally just too old and unwell to live with one anymore.

 

[Richy]

Always wanted to build a H22A7 Mk3 Golf GTI.

V8 E36 was another swap I wanted to do.

Both cheap bases, with relatively cheap donor cars that I could've done more or less myself.

Did put an RB25 in an S13 which was fairly scary to drive!

 

[DJMCA]

On my to do list. Mg zr 190 v6, give me that over a t16 anyway.

Surely that would be really front heavy!!! A car that size with the big V6 up front

#understeercity

 

[Gaz]

Surely that would be really front heavy!!! A car that size with the big V6 up front

#understeercity

There were only a 2.5 or so weren't they? It may be a V6, but it's not a massive engine as such. The Golf Mk4 managed a 3.2 V6, as did the TT. And there was the Mazda MX3 V6 also.

It adds a little weight to the nose yeah, but I wouldn't imagine it's so bad it would result in extreme handling differences. Might help traction if anything.

 

[ciarandeery1]

205 GTI

 

[collyirwin11]

205 GTI

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Never made??

 

[collyirwin11]

Would have liked to have seen the Mk2 Fabia get a 2l engine, golf gti or something, and big flared arches to look like the Super 2000 rally cars. A hardtop version of the one below, or even the one below.

 

[ciarandeery1]

Never made??

There you go. Read twice write once...lol

 

[m00k]

I had a Ka as a courtesy car when my rx8 was in at Mazda many moons ago, it really was like a little go kart. Rust has killed them now. I'm sure there was a cossie one back in the golden era of max power.

Same with the puma, mrs had a 1400 back in the day rev'd well and nippy and complete Go kart a friend had the 1700 and it was capable, decent powered wud have been great, specially with the puma racing wide arch model

 

[Rover Repair]

Surely that would be really front heavy!!! A car that size with the big V6 up front

#understeercity

Only on a badly set up car. I can lift a kv6 minus gearbox by hand even if it's a awkward ****er, it's only 15kg heavier than k series minus gearbox.

The amount of subframe work needed usually equates to a lot more stiffening to point you don't need a top mount stiffening bars etc.

Tyres have always been key on zr. Also wit the pg1 box fitted you have a range of diffs that solve more of it.