Author Topic: r6 carbs on 1.3 driver?  (Read 1431 times)

Offline rustys_mk1

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r6 carbs on 1.3 driver?
« on: 08 April 2008, 23:50 »
right i'm new to this forum so hopefully you guys will have some new input......... i've got a 1300 driver 1983 its currently running the original solex carb but its lookin a bit tired. i've heard of people running bike carbs so thought this would be a cool route to go down as i don't want to do an engine conversion. will look and sound good if nothing else.

so this is what i know so far....... i'd need the carbs off a r6 (obviously) they would need re-jetting for my car, custom inlet, r6 fuel pump (not sure of the logistics of getting this to work) as standard pump wouldn't run a high enough pressure, and obviously i would need a choke and accelerator cable. i have seen this done to the small block polos on clubpolo but never seen it done on an engine this old. is this a feasable thing to do and have i missed anything i would need to do???

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Re: r6 carbs on 1.3 driver?
« Reply #1 on: 09 April 2008, 00:59 »
doesnt sound like it , probably a good rolling road session when its up and running , get the jets and mixture ajusted right

 there is a bloke on passionford running R6 carbs on a 1.6 Zetec SE engine , there is a big write up about the process he went through

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Re: r6 carbs on 1.3 driver?
« Reply #2 on: 09 April 2008, 01:13 »
got a ink dude?

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Re: r6 carbs on 1.3 driver?
« Reply #3 on: 10 April 2008, 02:47 »
where do you live mate?

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Re: r6 carbs on 1.3 driver?
« Reply #4 on: 11 April 2008, 09:19 »
Washington near sunderlnad. why?