[Peugeot-L] Re: Engine swap

Iv'e had 3 XN6's, and they all lived to at least 250k miles, never needing a re build or anything, and none used any oil between changes.
I'm always surprised to hear about an XN6 with a bad HG or worse, what do these people do to these cars?

I did have a N9T head crack, but that was only beacause my girl friend at the time took off with it on a cold winter day with the hand brake on with the motor stone cold. I could hear the turbo wailing even 3 blocks away.  

The head had to be welded, but that was 10 years ago, and it still runs great!

• In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "tilac1" <tilac1@...> wrote:
  >
  > I love Peugeot 505s. The chassis are great but the engines aren't.
  > Sorry guys. I've gone through too many XN6 heads (cracks, head
  > gaskets) and having worked at a Peugeot repair shop years ago, the
  > gas-turbo heads are even worse. Which got me thinking, what would
  be a
  > good, fairly modern, 4-cyl engine to swap into a 505 while
  retaining
  > the 4-spd auto box?. RWD toyota, nissan, porsche 924, bmw 3 series,
  > benz C class? I'm thinking 80's 90's vintage. Any ideas? Just
  dreaming....
  >