Carbs or Injection?

[kraM]

Hi

I have been given a KR lump (yahoo)

with no inlet/exhaust/injection system (boo)

Is it worth the twin 40's route, or the find a big inlet manifold & injection system?

Is there a real power advantage to for a 4 branch manifold?  (I only ask this as I know that the standard cast iron 16v one works very well)

I know that a special bodge job is required with out one, but the cost difference is very tempting.

Thank you

kraM

[rubjonny]

I'm running a totally std kr lump on std managment in my MK1 and I'm loving it, plenty of power and reliable.  My downpipe was a modified item to mate up to the std 16v manifold and mk1 exhaust, works alright!

all comes down to you really, what sort of money/effort are you willign to put in, and how bothered are you about fuel economy!

[kraM]

Money = tight as ever
Fuel costs = my 1600 has always needed a fuel tanker in tow...

I know that the K-Jet system is about as good as a fuel injection system gets, with out all the morden day stuff [fit and forget stuff] (did the KR have a knock sensor?), are carbs that good, or do they go outa sync quickley? 
Cheers

kraM

[Wayne]

Money = tight as ever
Fuel costs = my 1600 has always needed a fuel tanker in tow...

I know that the K-Jet system is about as good as a fuel injection system gets, with out all the morden day stuff [fit and forget stuff] (did the KR have a knock sensor?), are carbs that good, or do they go outa sync quickley? 
Cheers

kraM

I would run k-jets, carbs need looking after and yes they can go out of sync quickly.

[rubjonny]

no knock sensor on the kr, about as simple as it can get managment wise!  problem is most of it is different so you'll need to source quite a lot of bits to get it going. some of the mk1 gear can be used but its not ideal. though if its a 1600 the metering head apparently supplies a lot of fuel, so might be good enough for the 16v, but you'll probably need the proper 16v air flap as its a different profile to the 1600 one. of course all the pipe work and fuel lines all different lengths too etc

[kraM]

If I can get my tow car back on the road, I may have found a complete front end write off MK2 valve, engine and running gear intact.  If so, anyone wanna baggsie anyparts I don't use?

I am keeping the rear disc/stub axel etc
The wiring loom/ecu/ignition thingy
Engine/'box
Injection system

Front brakes/suspension/body work etc will be up for grabs...

(If I get it, I'll stic it in the classifieds...)

kraM

[rubjonny]

what year is it? I know of someone who needs the chunky brake servo vac pipe

[kraM]

The golf is a 1989 F, registared 01/06/1989

I have trailerd it home, stuck it on the drive and sat in once!

The O/S/F has been mullerd by a tree,
The interior is mint
The wheels are dirty but not kerbed (bottle top alloys)
It runs and has all the gears
Same colour glass all-round
Bodywork mint apart from the tree

If you need anything else, let me know.

If it is the right age, I'll have a look and see about the servo hose.