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Aug 26

207 un-fails and doesn’t suck

Last week Big Bear’s Peugeot 207 GTI broke as soon as it rolled on the dyno.

After a few repairs, the 207 was ready to return, so on Saturday we headed down to Motorworx to see what the French motor had in store.

Since we posted the last video, Big Bear has copped a lot of flack from us. But now he might have the last laugh.

At first, Carl at Motorworx ran the car stock. The power figure hit 176bhp, a whole one horse over the book and badged figure quoted by Peugeot. We were all pretty impressed, and looked forward to seeing what would happen when the Pipercross induction kit was bolted on.

Our guesstimates were all quite sensible, BigBear said he would be happy with a 179bhp, and we agreed. However, after pulling out the standard airbox and fitting the new induction kit, the 207 produced a massive 8bhp more - bringing the total to 184bhp!

With just a single mod for under £100 the Pug has been completely transformed - not only did the power get hiked, but the car now chirps in chorus of turbo wastegate chatter.

We have been proved wrong by the 207 – it may be French, it may break, but it does like to be modified.