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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #20 on: 26 May 2011, 14:00 »
I'll see if the 280 set up comes up cheap enough [does it bolt straight on?] and see if that sways me [at least for the duration of race day!]

Yes, a 4X100 280mm brake set up will bolt right up, provided you have the hubs and the flexible hoses.  You will need (as outlined) the mastercylinder off that car too.

One question I do have though is do I need to have the 32/34 carb re jetted to suit the gti head? If so, any reputable companies that people can recommend?

Good luck with that in your budget.  If it's jetted right at the moment then it will probably be OK with the GTI head.
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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #21 on: 26 May 2011, 14:52 »
I didn't mean messing around with venturis as such, more I was trying to find out what calibrations of air/fuel jets etc people are using as I can try and get the closest to ideal set up in one go rather than trial and error ordering every diameter under the sun!

If I were to go bigger at some point [I'm talking 2.0l bottom end] are we still saying if it's jetted to the gti head we're ok or is that the point I'm going to need to start looking at bigger jets? Thing is, we haven't even competed yet and Skinny is already talking about using the winning vehicle as the start of a fun track day tool that we can work with and learn on as we go. We've done a mk4 escort before, but him loosing his job meant that had to be sold for funds, but the thought of a 2.0l bottom end with a gti head may seem like a daft alternative to ripping it all out and starting over with something bigger, but to us represents good value for money [in terms of how much we can learn doing it, working with it and reliably using it both on road and trackdays]. Is there any free software out there where you can input spec and what you hope to achieve and BANG!! Robert's your mothers brother...we have the calibration of jets required!

Apologies for bringing something up that has probably been discussed over many a thread, but I'm more an injection kind of guy, and when I have gone bigger [2.0l 16v in my Vauxhall Chevette] I just followed advice on kit car builds as to injector spec.

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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #22 on: 26 May 2011, 15:59 »
sorry to hijack but mr hell, is it a 16v passat for the brakes and hubs only i ve found a cl with pretty large brakes at the scrappy.

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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #23 on: 26 May 2011, 16:18 »
Hey dude, have a look at these links (if it will let you) and have a look around the sites to see if you can find anything else

http://bombercountydubs.makeforum.co.uk/t279-useful-online-car-calculators


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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #24 on: 26 May 2011, 16:37 »
sorry to hijack but mr hell, is it a 16v passat for the brakes and hubs only i ve found a cl with pretty large brakes at the scrappy.

Can't remember precisely, but even the 'cooking' 2.0 8V Passats may well have 256mm brakes, which have the benefit of having a separate caliper carrier to the hub and will control heat dissipation much better.

One of the things about stopping a big, lardy Chuff-wagon is that it generates far more heat than a little Golf.  :grin:
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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #25 on: 27 May 2011, 00:08 »

If I were to go bigger at some point [I'm talking 2.0l bottom end] are we still saying if it's jetted to the gti head we're ok or is that the point I'm going to need to start looking at bigger jets?


It will be fine as is but if you switch to a 2.0 then yes getting it set up and rejetted would be better.

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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #26 on: 27 May 2011, 00:29 »
buy a MOT fail cordoba 16v   it has all the bits

280 brakes, and ABF most inportantly
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Re: mk2 1600 ryder. Uprated cam and exhaust questions
« Reply #27 on: 27 May 2011, 01:50 »
HELP! I've just spent a leisurely evening stripping, cleaning and rebuilding my weber. Now all back together but the choke bracket cam seems loose. I realise that the rotational movement will be controlled by the choke cable but it seems to have lateral movement. Is that right? I can't remember how secure it was before. The grub screw is done right up. Am also wondering, when the choke is fully disengaged does the choke cam touch the throttle linkage? Or is there a slight gap and it only comes into contact with the throttle linkage under part choke?  All help appreciated as like a Pratt I didn't photograph/mark anything up before taking it apart!