DreXel - Mk2 8v on R1 Carbs

[DreXeL]

Latest pics of my Mk2 8v, now on R1 carbs:





Yes, it's a 'show' cage. I know I know, but I like the way it looks  :embarassed:

I then decided to play with bike carbs, but rather than bolt them up to my original engine I sourced a 2E to play with. Semi-stripped it down and cleaned it up:





Got hold of a crossflow head and a set of R1 carbs:





R1 Fuel pump, Newman 272 camshaft and a couple of other bits and pieces:



Did necessary mods to the head and installed it along with the camshaft:







Painted the 2E rocker cover up and fabricated a quick'n'dirty inlet manifold in work (not pretty, but will do for now):





Fitted rocker cover and test fitted the carbs:





Finally got round to removing the old engine:





Installed new engine:





As it is now:





After a few initial issues (see my thread in the Garage) the car is now running very nicely indeed. Still need to get it set up properly on a R/R, but it's running amazingly well considering all I've done to the carbs is fit 165 jets and slapped 'em on 

Next thing to do is to get a decent exhaust manifold then get it on the R/R and set up 

[gibby]

Nice work.

[lemski]

I love dubs on carbs. Nice bit of kit
Good work

[cняis]

wow, good stuff, although you make it sounds so easy 

[Diamond Hell]

If I put some scaffolding in the back of my car and fit illegal numberplates to it, will that topic get stickied too? 

[DreXeL]

Any need for that? :/

I have no idea why it was stickied, in fact I didn't even put it in this section in the first place. When I noticed it was sticky I assumed it was just appearing as sticky for me as the original author.

Anyway, I expected the cage and plates to be controversial. I like them though, anyone who knows me from other forums knows that my cars always have at least one or two 'dubious' features

Do I give a **** about negative comments? No. At the risk of using a done to death old cliche: I like the plates and cage, and that's what matters

BTW if a mod could un-sticky this thread I'd appreciate it

[jeremybarker]

I would imagine it was stickied because you took the time to detail how you put bike carbs onto the engine, the rest of the car looks very nice as well.

Out of interest what does the car perform like running the bike carbs? Did the engine go into the MK2 without any major surgery or is it still a fairly involved job compared to a VR6 conversion.

Keep up the good work.

[Phil1980]

Nice job on the engine, be good to see figure when you get it rolling roaded.  Good work!

[Diamond Hell]

At the risk of using a done to death old cliche: I like the plates and cage, and that's what matters

I'm sure you'll like the plates when you're sitting at the side of the road figuring out how to get home after getting a prohibition notice so you can't drive your car any further.

Likewise I'm sure you'll like the scaffolding in the car if you have a crash and smash your brains out on the metal tubing inside your car....

£10 says it was stickied by accident - there are far more interesting cars on here.  

[F17BAD]

Looks cool mate