Sportline Cab Modifications - some advice please!! PICS UPLOADED

[richard ellison]

she was pushing out 168 bhp/140 lb @ 6800rpm

  How much you spend to get that sort of power? Im bored of being slower than i want to be. Dont want to do an engine swap for ins purposes..

[sportline_velly]

it cost a few quid 

and loads more on fuel (20 mpg!!!)

and go faster mods will mess up your insureace clart.
but no-one expects a fast soft top 

[Bronze MK1 Cab]

it cost a few quid 

and loads more on fuel (20 mpg!!!)

and go faster mods will mess up your insureace clart.
but no-one expects a fast soft top 

I remember going to the Club GTI meets when Velly first had the carbs fitted.

He took someone out in his cab up the duel carriageway and you could still hear him a couple of miles away  It sounded like a low flying aircraft in the area   

[richard ellison]

lol.

how much then 1k? more?

[sportline_velly]

it depends on wot u want to do.

it then cost me about 500 quid to put the carbs on and all the extra bits like fuel pump etc and tuning.
 but i have a 16v lump in mine 

[richard ellison]

I just think the forum is really missing a thread on stages to tune your mk1 and the power increases you'll get.

Ive got no idea how much a 16v lump would cost, cost to install and then how much power i would expect :embarassed:

[sportline_velly]

1.8 KR 16v lump + gear box £250ish
you will need a 16v wiring conversion (from TSR) about £120
4 branch manifold £200 (TSR again)
(you may meed things like uprated mounts and a few other little things)
then all you need is for someone to fit it

power should be about 145 bhp-ish


If you wanted to spend a bit extra power the go for a 2.0 16v but u will pic up just the engine for about 300 quid

hope this helps

velly

[richard ellison]

and how obvious (for ins purposes) is the 16v lump 

could never get away with it?

[sportline_velly]

err...i think the pics can do the talking 

8v



16v




and if you added carbs to a 16v




For the record, i paid £430 full comp, protected n/c's and all mods inc 16v on carbs, LSD, 8" RM's etc

ok, so im 31 but still cheap IMO

[richard ellison]

Its very tempting. I could have it done while im away in America for two months in the summer 

Would the person fitting it encounter many problems getting it to run smoothly? Just need to find someone to theoretically to fit it all.. paid of course