Will this fit a BX?

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:47 pm

Could be a laugh if it did!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Citroen-Peugeot-4 ... dZViewItem

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:13 pm

Think it would, depends how bigger hammer you use.

Barnsley BXer · Post by **Barnsley BXer** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:15 pm

tim leech wrote:Think it would, depends how bigger hammer you use.

If it's Billy,it will be a BIG one

Ian_Fearn · Post by **Ian_Fearn** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:16 pm

Wheres Doc or Vanny?

The actual answer will be NO BUT these 2 WILL have the skills to get it in!

Jezzie 16v · Post by **Jezzie 16v** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:17 pm

Pretty sure its been done in Europe, don't think you need a big hammer either.

Jez

rob-bx16v · Post by **rob-bx16v** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:28 pm

if you can get that into a pug 205 then you can get it in a bx lol

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:43 pm

Barnsley BXer wrote:
tim leech wrote:Think it would, depends how bigger hammer you use.
If it's Billy,it will be a BIG one

Is right mate and it'd be the only tool I used too!

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:58 pm

As far as I know it's the iron version of the XU engine block (used for the 1.6/1.9 petrols) so would fit in on the original mounts. Not sure whether the turbo would fit in the original location though...

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:03 pm

My girlfriend has a 1.4 Xsara. The engine bay in one of those is more air than engine.... first time I opened the bonnet, I thought something like: "V8 lol !!eleventyone!!1!lol"

BXs have big engine bays.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:21 pm

jonkw wrote:It is something that I have often found strange in that Citroen gave us a 160BHP 1905cc engine in the BX, then it became 1998cc XU10J4 for ZX 16v and early Xantia, with 155BHP, then they junked it after less than 2 years and gave us the XU10J4R 16v with just 135BHP.
And an old tech 8v Turbo 150BHP replaced them and indeed was used in Activa, how odd.

Well the XU9J4 wouldn't go through the new emissions or wear a cat without some detuning. That resulted in 148bhp and the raw edge of the power curve lost.
So the XU10J4 in the ZX 16v was 155bhp.....an improvement, and even with a cat, the lowest output was 150bhp. It also had more torque and a much stronger bottom end. Plus it had a variable intake manifold, like an old Toyota twin cam. It was still shite, sadly.
Then they launched the XU10J4RS.....167bhp. The best PSA twin cam to date. The detuned and refined the XU10J4 and set it up for ecomony, before refitting it to the Xantia and XM.

The Activa had the CT lump in the UK because the 16v ZX lump was reknowned for being crap at this time. Plus, an Activa weighs as much as a planet, and the twin cam N/A lump would have no where near enough guts to haul it at any decent rate. Hence the turbo comes along.....bit of a rush job really, but basically a 2.0 XU with 2.1TD turbo bits and transmission. A strong engine, but nothing special (unless you play with the boost

)

It'd fit in a BX, just about and with the boost wound out it'd probably go some too. We put one on the rollers which pushed out 207bhp and 247lb ft of torque. That very car wasn't as quick as a 16v overall on a sprint, but in gear it would destroy it.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:22 pm

Probably be a waste of time and effort then Jon if the BX 16V offers ten more BHP?

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:53 am

YHep, it'll bolt straight in, but they have a worse drink problem than me, and a D6C is in another league altogether.

Now a T16 BX...........

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:46 am

How about an AX? Sleep could make a , erm, sleeper with his!

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:59 pm

hhmm, not impossible, would would require some serious chopping about.
Unless you put the engine in the back!!