MK2 - Abit green

[leigh_harty]

Thats right, ive cracked it. Sold my vr6 at the start of december and picked up my little 1.6 'feel the power' carb'd mk2.

From this:


To this:


^^ Although thats after i picked up my new cups and 2 new front tyres, it was totally standard

Picked it up for £395 with 11month MOT and 6 month tax. Sills have been protected, underneath is rust free, solid and green? i presume its an old style underseal?

[leigh_harty]

Obviously it wasnt going to stay at that height so a drop was then added, along with 15mm rear spacers and longer bolts (came with the wheels)

[SoundillusioN]

Looking good, what made you change from a VR to a carb?

[leigh_harty]

Keeping the wheel clean through the winter, salt, and me being a tit on empty carparks....





... is very annoying and time consuming, the wheels arnt laquered so regular treatment is needed

[leigh_harty]

Looking good, what made you change from a VR to a carb?

I wanted a mk2, regardless of engine size. That simple 

This one came up close and cheap and very good condition.

[SoundillusioN]

Looking good, what made you change from a VR to a carb?

I wanted a mk2, regardless of engine size. That simple 

This one came up close and cheap and very good condition.

Fair play, was a good price and looks really good.  Any plans for it?

[leigh_harty]

It did have an idle problem and slight running problem.. typical pierburg! Took it off, cleaned it, re-plumbed all the vac lines and made the running slightly better but the revs would slowly increase too quite abit (no rev guage)... disconnected the pipe that controls the idle and set the idle at a constant speed

I presume theres some sort of diagphram inside the 3/4 point unit? Ah well that was only a temp fix and a nice and shiny new weber soon took its place with manual choke, runs like a dream and MPG has nearly doubled.

Next on the list is new exhaust, my current centre pipe is blowing slighly.

[leigh_harty]

Looking good, what made you change from a VR to a carb?

I wanted a mk2, regardless of engine size. That simple 

This one came up close and cheap and very good condition.

Fair play, was a good price and looks really good.  Any plans for it?

Well im a fan of the daft 

[Khare]

I remember my 1.6 carbed Mk2, was a great little engine so long it was air leak free  

I had a weber 32/34 DMTL carb and it ran great once the airleak was fixed (it was the flange between the carb and the inlet manifold that was causing it, common fault).

[leigh_harty]

Over the weekend Ive done some serious wiring and still not done.. and some funky covering.


I want to do the whole roof lining in such 'material'.....  

Wiring.. well ive hacked up the centre console and added a double din screen... 2 amps for the 6x9's and sub ( i know the problems with running them both, ill be enclosing the 6x9's) and added small speakers from a range rover into the dash