they rot from the inside out according to alan d(he had one)
Teds Right!
Price an alternator and a water pipe set!
what im more amazed at is why no ones just suggested to build an EP85/95?!
Twice the car a pulsar is - and I have a soft spot for them lol!
as I posted before in other GTIR threads:
I stumbled across an old review of a GTIR yesterday and it highlighted a few things I forgot.
"if your planning on having a crash above 100mph - look elswhere! make a roll cage your first mod"
How true. I recall shutting the door of mine and grimacing as the whole handle area flexed towards me in my hand, then the clatter of the tin door as it reverberated around the cabin. if you tapped the roof it sounded like you were sat in an old transit, or tin can.
The safest area to jack mine was the diff. anywhere else and the whole chassis flexed.
I think the raw feeling came from being sat on a park bench, inside a tin coffin, doing unfeasible rates of knots knowing the drivetrain would make it round the bend, but as to whether the shell would still be attached, made it so thrilling! lol
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when asked about gt4 vs pulsar:
Ive had both, and have to say id only settle for both.
My 225 widebody got looks all day long, but swapped ends all day long too.
The pulsar smoked it, but broke my heart in every way imaginable! it rusted, rotted, drank more fuel than you could comprehend, but yet had my nuts on the table every time I drove it, ready to be cut off for another 4x4 fix.
God I want them both back.
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my old 4:
my old gtir
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just to note both can be as unreliable as each other.
Celicas suffer from crank walk in later life, head gasket issues, and have 21 concealed vacuum hoses which if one springs a leak, will cause mind numbing fault finding issues.
They have issues with sticking calipers, soft turbos, dog bones and figure of 8s need to be in good nick on a 205. Beware dodgy clutches as the engine and box will ened to come out together, due to a little flap of metal on the 3sgte which can be ground off once out allowing future changes with relative ease.
The pulsar. god. where do i start.
Soft gearboxes. DO NOT buy one on a stock box. It WILL break your heart.
Prone to overheating. If the water pipes at the back let go, prepare to remortgage. Poorly designed hubs perish in our climate. As does the shell.
The EAT plugs for lunch, and poor gap will lead to endless missfiring.
Heavy on fuel, poor build quality, gash seats, sound like a transit inside when you close the doors, god, even the doors flap at near 100 as the wind tries to force them open.
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Originally Posted by imavisitor View Post
GT4, all day long
WRC, anti lag all in place with a little workbang bang bang
Pulsar, wouldn't have one if it was given to me has to be one of the most unreliable japs on the market.
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only the pipes were in place, and only on the RC and Sainz models
28 wrc victorys though, but yet seemily overshadow for some god forsaken reason by the bloody escort cossbine.
if buying a 205 price up new dampers too, not the cheapest due to superstrut system
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Originally Posted by Sean_GT View Post
Ye but if you had some cash to blow then you could make the pulsar reliable and it would blow a Gt4 away
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a good £1k on dinitrol and waxoyl would make the shell a little more reliable
