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Aug 27, 2007 20:21:21 GMT
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I sold my Mk2 Golf ( retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=1181562744&page=1) last week, with a view to breaking my habit of owning golfs. Wanted another VAG motor but went for something a bit different an more retro this time: It's a very early Mk2 Scirocco 1.5 CL, the base spec model of which they only built 3000. The single wiper is original, later cars had two, and the rub strips I'm told were a dealer fit extra! I have to say I'm having a blast owning it so far, don't understand why sciroccos are so overlooked!
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Last Edit: Sept 25, 2008 8:48:40 GMT by whitbytom
1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Reminds me of my old one! Would be interested to see how it's lowered, as I fancy picking up another Photoshop:
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Nov 28, 2007 10:21:04 GMT
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This is fantastic mate, good to see someone else giving an early Mk2 the treatment!
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Sept 25, 2007 11:44:07 GMT
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Give them a call, they definitely do them, in mini fitment and ford fitment IIRC
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Sept 18, 2007 20:14:35 GMT
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They're CBR 600 carbs, look very familiar! Much cleaner and spanglier than mine though! If you want a nice manifold making try www.boggbros.co.uk/. They're not cheap at about £170 but they're good quality, and the chaps are v helpful with any aspect of the conversion. I made my own manifold (wish I hadn't), and rung them 3 or 4 times for friendly advice
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Aug 17, 2007 16:48:33 GMT
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I don't wanna say as I've not actually bought it yet. The sale of the golf needs to happen to release the parking space and some of the funds!
All I can say is it's VW, it 10 years older than this one and it's not a Mk1. Goin for something a bit different
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Aug 17, 2007 10:24:37 GMT
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BY THE WAY.... This is to be seen in the Classifieds section if anyone is interested? Unfortunately it's making way for a new project
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Aug 17, 2007 10:23:26 GMT
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Cheers Guys!
Not sure really, it depends where you get the bits from. I'm tight really tight so try and pick up bits out of classifieds and off the bay. Depends how much you wanna do your self too. A cam and a 4 branch would prob set you back £2-300 if you're prepared to wait for the bits to come up. Clubpolo is a good site ot look at, they're good at getting max bhp out of 1.3!
Wheels are mini fitment with wobble bolts, picked them up off a lad on demonvw. You can get them new with budget tyres for about £450 from mini suppliers
Why -1 for the cross? It's the result of my first attempt at stencilling on a rainy afternoon? I don't think anyone gets upset about the war connotations do they?
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Aug 13, 2007 16:47:33 GMT
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we're in the process of fitting up bike carbs to a 1800 zetec, just struggling to size the jet atm. any ideas? Phone Bogg Bros, they are really helpful, they convert Zetecs in kit cars about once a week! Number is 01944 738234 Web www.boggbros.co.uk/index.htmlWith Carbs and a couple of other Mods you can achieve 100 Bhp, which at twenty odd less than a GTi is pretty respectable. The standard carb on the 1.3 is awful, and doesn't help matters, but the engines are really robust, so can handle a fair bit of tuning.
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2007 17:21:31 GMT by whitbytom
1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Aug 13, 2007 13:32:01 GMT
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Cosmetic update, tewaked the suspension down a bit more and fitted these! ;D ;D
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 24, 2007 18:23:44 GMT
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Looking and sounding good. Did you just butcher the original manifold to fit the carbs? No mate, the original manifold is all an alloy casting with water heating from the cooling system. I had a mate cut me a 6mm steel plate on the CNC machine at his works, and I welded 4 pieces of tube to it to allow the carbs to fit on. I also had to drill a tube to fit the vacuum for the brake servo and ignition timing.
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 20, 2007 10:49:01 GMT
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I know someone who pulled out 65bhp out of a stock 1100cc polo lump which has 50bhp with the standard carb.. Was this just on bike carbs and no other mods?
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 19, 2007 22:17:25 GMT
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Not sure to be honest, the engine is stock at the min apart from the carbs. It definitely feels more spritely, pulls better, would be interested to get it on the rollers to see what difference it's made.
To make the most of them you really want a 4 branch exhaust manifold, free flow exhaust and maybe a cam. I've seen guys on club polo get a claimed 100bhp out of a 1.3 8v.
Not sure what you'd get out of a 1.6, the problem with the conversion on those engines is the exhaust manifold is under the carbs generating loads of heat. I've seen it done somewhere on a 1.8 8v engine, but the heat from the exhaust was causing the fuel in the float bowls to vaporize. I think the guy made a heatshield for the exhaust to stop it.
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 14, 2007 17:48:35 GMT
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I spoke to Bogg bros about this as I was unsure about drilling the jets. I asked what size jets would suit my engine (1300 8v with no mods) and the chap I spoke to suggested 160s (which are 1.6mm bore) or alternatively get a set of engineers drill bits, and drill my existing ones out. I am tight so did the latter! The standard jets that are in there are stamped 135 which I guess means 1.35mm. It's a doddle to do, just take off the float bowls one by one, unscrew the large jet in the centre, drill it out and pop it back in.
The carbs I use are made by Keihin and are used on honda CBRs and some Kawasakis. They share the same main jets as weber DGAS/DGAV carbs, and if you want to do a proper job, are only a couple of quid each (although not sure who stocks them)
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 13, 2007 21:18:04 GMT
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Video of them fitted (not set up properly yet)
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 11, 2007 14:19:38 GMT
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Basically most modern 4 cyl sports bikes have big 4 barrel carbs. The most popular carbs for conversions are ones off Honda Fireblades, CBR 600s or Yamaha R1s. Mine are off a CBR 600, they have 38mm barrels, and I've re jetted them to suit the bigger engine.
There's a firm in Yorkshire calle Bogg Bros. which makes up the manifolds to a high standard in aluminium, whatever carbs you have to whatever engine, for £175.00.EDIT (mine is NOT one from bogg bros, I am tight, and made my own, and it is not high quality!) They'll also re jet your carbs for you and have a Dyno so you can set them up properly. The carbs are a cheap alternative to twin 40 webers, mainly because they are easier to find and much cheaper. (mine were £35 off ebay)
I've got a 'How to' out of Performance Vauxhall on a PDF if anyone wants it. It explains all the parts you need for the conversion.
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Last Edit: Jun 11, 2007 17:13:38 GMT by whitbytom
1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 11, 2007 11:52:24 GMT
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I bought this in the summer of last year, a lunch hour impulse Ebay purchase. 1300C Mk2 Golf with some history and a few months test for peanuts. Went to Preston to fetch it, and on the way back the exhaust fell off However once I'd given it a once over it looked to be a tidy motor: I was struggling for ideas as to what to do with it, I was keen on the 'Hoodride' style aircooled stuff, but figured this was too tidy to start stripping the paint off. Another idle lunch hour on ebay sourced these: So I hatched a plan to do a budget bike carb conversion. Some alloys were stuck on, 16v clusters, german plates and surrounds, and with my christmas money, some coilovers: Got fed up with the alloys, and stuck on some GTi steels in matt black: Added a GTi interior and Audi wheel: Meanwhile, I got a manifold sorted: And this weekend I fitted the carbs! It's not quite running right yet, but they sound awesome! Really impressed with how about £70 worth of bits I have collected has gone together and actually works! Will try and host some videos when I get em off the camera
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2007 13:33:41 GMT by whitbytom
1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jun 11, 2007 11:22:11 GMT
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Come to think of it I think it has been done too. IIRC I think it was one of them yellow 'fun' pickups, on seat ibiza wheels. TBH if I did one it would be stock on the outside, on 8" banded steels and a tartan rug on the back seat
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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May 31, 2007 22:45:58 GMT
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Do THIS to it! (photoshop) (my old one, used and abused it for 18 months, only ever had a back box, polished it up and sold it for £60 more than what I paid for it!) a sleeper 1.8T one of these needs to be done
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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Jul 29, 2007 20:57:31 GMT
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Good man! Looks familiar! Glad to see you've got them on!
What tubes did you use to attach the carbs to the inlet? Mine keep splitting?
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1967 Morris Traveller 1971 Series IIA Land Rover 1991 Golf GL 4+e 1992 Corrado G60 1986 E28 BMW 528i
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