Mad 305.. I'm open to suggestions guys

Hi,

Not really fast, excepted the spicy Carrera GT (Turbo version of the 924, damn !), but I also find it nice. Mostly made with VW parts, which means it shouldn't that hard to find, and far cheaper than in France (here, VW parts are expensive, far more than Pug ones).

Sure, we use to say it lays like a bitch, but stays on the road. Rides like a bike into a curve, just it rolls the opposite way :-)

No clue, but must look unusual. Anyway, a 305 with a fuel pump buzzing *is* unusual (note I'm sure of that, even if I haven't seen nor heard it).

It's an option, another wiring job needed (Motronic ECU), for disc brakes, I can't remember any 305 having rear discs, so you may have to invent it.

You've already said that, I haven't got any confirmation of that. I guess I should mail the Museum. I haven't seen any 305 in the Museum when I visited it, on April, 2001, but I saw almost all "recent" racing Pugs (104ZS, 504 Coupé, "of course" 205T16, T16 Evo2, 405 T16 "Raid", 905 (bit of emotion here, I only saw it in the telly 10 years ago, what a race car, it has a particular place into my heart), 206WRC, 406 Touring car (DTM, I guess it was similar to BTCC version)).

LOL ! It may well be a big sacrifice, moreover with only one knee it wouldn't be easy for the clutch :-)

Perhaps, but you're more certainly one of these 305 fans, which are not common :-)

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

Hi Chris,

I forgot to mention, for the 305 V6, you might make a confusion with the 505 Dangel, whom 3 racing models were built for rally-raids, with the V6 took from the 505.

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

Hi G.T.,

I've got some photos of the 305 V6 on my website - one externally, and the other showing the engine bay:

Apparently it's stored somewhere in Sochaux, but not available for viewing in the museum.

Chris.

he's damn well insane, I had my 305 passing the MOT test with not so much as ANY comment... i'm isane to :-)

good to see Chris is keeping it

Glad to hear it Marc!

Well, the MOT passing, not the insanity ;)

Cheers. To be honest, I'm not sure what to do with my 305 at the moment as I need to find somewhere to store it as I begin the rebuild - hopefully I can find a garage somewhere, as currently I have it parked in my work's underground car park!

Chris.

Hello,

Yup ! But the airfilters appear a little small to me, as it seems I've got a bigger one on my 205 Diesel :-)

It possibly comes from the Museum, considering that, by the side of the 305 I can regonize, for sure, a racing 504 sedan, which won many african rallies, like the Safary Rally (Kenya), before being replaced by the 504 Coupé V6, and around the 305, a 404, a 403 and a 203.

Perhaps you could mail the Museum to ask them for pictures, I got two pics of the 205 Verve (205 break prototype made by Pininfarina, never released), at snipped-for-privacy@wanadoo.fr. At least that was their e-mail address on January, 2002. Perhaps they kept it.

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr

Thanks for that, I'll try to get in contact. I really would like to see the car and find out what sort of modifications were made to the chassis - certainly there is no room on my 305 to make it RWD! I imagine the whole centre of the floor must have been raised to make way for the propshaft, and the fuel tank must have been moved to make space for the differential/rear axle.

I think that's too much work for me, but if I'm gonna go crazy with power, I'd ideally want it driven out the rear wheels in a more 'balanced' car. Having 160+ bhp driven out through the front wheels with hardly any weight at the back seems like a bad idea in a 305. I'm thinking of maybe cooling down my ideas to turn it into a reliable daily driver, maybe get around

Chris.

Hi Chris,

I guess (whithout knowing the car, I just saw both photographs yesterday) they used another approach, but a classic one, which consists in a specific chassis (or a 604/505 derivated chassis) and just fit a 305-like bodykit above it - just the same way they built the 205 T16, nothing to see with a

Or add some sandbags in the boot. Remember this little tweaking with Renault Dauphines & R8 (especially Gordinis) ?

So you'd go for a 205 GTi lump I suppose.

Would be as fun as the overboosted 305 :-)

Regards, G.T snipped-for-privacy@worldonline.fr