Peugeot 405 T16 - tunning?

Ooooh, have you got one ? They're NICE cars !

Where in the world are you ?

The Turbo is already a fancy variable-geometry unit - changing it for a bigger one is simply going to introduce more lag. As with any Turbo car, you can raise the power level by raising the boost level - but you need to do your research into what's safe.

Your best plan is to lower your intake temps - the cooler the intake, the denser the air, so the more air you can get into the engine. You want a huge front-mounted intercooler in the front bumper, etc.

I'm from Zagreb, Croatia

So, You think I should just mount a bigger intercooler and change brakes, and not to replace turbo?

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I'm surprised they sold T16s in Croatia. Bought in Croatia or imported from another country ?

Also I'm surprised you want to boost it up, 'cause up to 220HP under the right foot would be far enough for most drivers - 250KPH max speed, pretty well reached, IIRC !

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It has "special" discs, diameter : 283mm, thickness 22mm when std 405s (including Mi16) has (or had) 266mm thickness 20.4mm. Both provided by Bendix.

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Ah, it uses the standard GTi-6 discs already then (283mm x 22mm).

I had suspected as much, but I've read in the past about another T16 owner who had the standard discs on his - must have been a Friday Afternoon car :)

Read the rest of the thread - it turns out that you've already got the 306 GTi-6 brakes, so there's no need to upgrade them. I wouldn't bother replacing the blower - any gains you see, will be at the expense of lag. Go the front-mounted-intercooler route.

Long time no see, BTW !

Remember me from a few years back ? I've been away in Rover Turbo land, but I'm back with a 406 Coupe V6 :)

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True !

Eeeek ! A friend of mine has a 620Si (2.2 petrol), posh looking, but would not replace a good Pug !

That *is* a nice car. I guess I'd get one if I had more money (quite cheap, £6500 for a '99 2.2 petrol for example). What have you done with your Mk2

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Yes. They've got the same PN, indeed, hence the straight swap you mentionned.

Sure ! Damn, I still remember the white T16 I've seen once... The only one I saw, indeed... Was quite discreet (not that much difference with a standard Mi16, just 16" wheels), but the noise forced me to turn my head, and so I saw it was a T16. OK, OK, I don't have to force myself so much to turn head when there's a Pug I feel as being "special" in the street :-)

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to all:

I have a budget of around 12000EUR that I want to spend on engine tuning (turbocharger, inercooler, camshaft, pistons, valves etc....) Does anyone know where on the internet should I look? Where can I find those things at one place? Thanx

-- ======================= 'Cause I'm hella-cool, that's why!

I part-exchanged it for the Rover 620 TI (2.0 16v Turbo). And then in January this year, I part-exchanged the Rover for my 2001 Coupe V6 SE - pics up at

I think the rear spoiler's different too

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Mmmm, sure it's not a Rover unit, who supplied the engine ?

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Yeah, it was a Rover engine. The Rover 600 is actually a Honda Accord underneath, and all the petrol-engined models use Honda engines, except the Turbo which uses Rover's T16 Turbo engine.

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Indeed ? I thought they stopped doing engines themselves for ages ! And did it worth its 16v coupled to a turbocharger ? i.e, power ? Max speed ?

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It was great :)

The new Pug offers similar performance though - it does weigh a bit more (1400Kg+ whereas the Rover was about 1300Kg) but I've got 210bhp and 285Nm as standard now :)

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Mmmmm, that sounds good :-) A bit slower than a T16 (160MPH max), but not that bad !

Sure, and certainly a far better acceleration figure.

Sure. Errr, and what about avg MPG when trashed ? :-) Oh, OK that's not a car you buy for economy, sure it was something like 15-20L for 60 miles.

Yeah. But the V6 is given for 210HP as standard, should give 207 BHP, considering that a HP is 736W when a BHP is 746W. OK, just looking for the little thing here, I don't wanna piss you off with all these figures :-)

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