Right then its about time i put the 106 up as a project as its starting to get fiddled with and not in the usual barry way
After buying the 14a my girlfriend decided that she also wanted a fun car to play with.
However unlike the 200 it had to be:
1. Cheap to run (It will do just over 20k miles a year)
2. Good handling and good speed out of the box
3. Daily usability
4. Galvanized or rust free (living in cornwall is not car friendly)
The 4cars that we managed to get down to were
Lexus IS200
106 GTi
Toyota Glanza
BMW 320d
after looking for a 106 for ages and not able to come across anything unmodified we gave up. however one night whilst we were out delivering chinese (evening job whilst at uni) we delivered to a house with this on the drive.
An s2 Phase 1 106 GTi, 100% standard with 80k on the clock!
now the best thing about this GTi was that it was on an R reg which means that it comes with cloth interior instead of the tacky french half leather, and it also has door bump strips both of which were only available on P and R reg GTi's
the only 2 faults with the car were that the passengers side had been keyedand the drivers door had a hole stabed in it where someone had tried to break in and failed.
after some welding and filling from channie the door was hole free. (just not very pretty).
after a few months of owning the car it started to leak oil real bad all over the place and this got real bad, and no more oil loss.
until a month later when all of a sudden the engine began to sound awful. We quickly pulled over to find the engine almost bone dry, the cause the o ring on the back on the oil cap had split and over the month all the oil had gradually painted the engine bay. what a mess to clean up and after refilling the oil a lucky escape
after the girlfriend got her finances on track after the headgasket incident a new set of wheels were purchased from the pegeout main dealer at a cost of £220
Rallye Steelies, they rally complement the blue and were real good price for a new set of wheels, and at £48 a wheel if one gets smashed or kerbed there not the end of the world to replace them
well in the last year of ownership a few more mishaps occured:
the main engine mount sheered in two and the engine almost dropped out, a new one resulted in £70
also the amarm packed up keeping the indicators constantly illuminated so its been termporarily removed until a toad can be fitted.
next of the adgenda was to find out just how much power she possesed. standard they are 120BHP but apparently most make a tad more. a trip to the south west RR day resulted in:
after giving her a service a K&N pannel filter was sourced, i think that it will propbably make more power than a traditional "induction Kit" as this will make use of the standard airbox which will keep the heat out and pick up cold air with the standard boxes design
Just see the difference in size of the standard filter and the K&N
well that is all we have done over the last year. a new exhuast is being ordered in the next week ready for the weekenders hill climb antics.
then on the list is:
uprated brakes all round
give it a cheap blowover repray just to cover up the drivers door and passenger side
uprated shocks all round
powerflex polybush kit
uprated radiator
and that should see it almost all ready for some weekend track days and a good hoot on country lanes
here are a few last pics of how is is now :
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w power and low grip with narrow wheels is an awesome combination for funtime. 
Originally Posted by Swiftmini
