Mk1 16v KR ZX9R bike carbs :)

I hate to admit it but the civic is pretty coo, got another mate who is about to put a b18 into a metro

Cheers dude, I think I'm just going to get them painted, but probably a couple of decent coats so it doesn't chip off as easily as the original paint did

You'll need more than a 2L block to mix it with that civic dude.

CaddyRage wrote:

You'll need more than a 2L block to mix it with that civic dude.

The civic will be quicker than the golf, but the driver won't be

jaques_g60 wrote:

CaddyRage wrote:

You'll need more than a 2L block to mix it with that civic dude.

The civic will be quicker than the golf, but the driver won't be

I like your way of thinking mate

"Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning."

^^^^^

Not alot of progress on the old golf this weekend :(

Although was suprised to see the gti international advert in PVW had a rather sick golf on it



Only thing i done was put both standard lights back on and started on my interior panels



I also got offered a car for silly money



Trying to polish a turd



It will be going on ebay later though :( i would love to keep it, but my 16v engine won't rebuild itself :(

It drives so nicely aswell, pulls ridiculously well! I was more than suprised by it would make a sick track day car!

Couldn't resist a change of wheel



Realistically a Renault 5 and me would never get on, my driving style would ruin it within days :(

Hoping to get alot more done over the next couple of long weekends

what a lovely red mk2 there in your pictures. must be a top bloke who owns that 'bitchin' ride haha. also you nick the vr6 battery you pikey.

haha i thought i had put too many back! cheers for the battery loan.

Sold any body parts to buy the r5 yet?

im stll considering it atm we shall see. got to be a bt careful tho as just after you left i got a telling off for all the cars about up the farm so another one in my name wouldnt be a great idea at the mo

It's on eBay now dude. Got 14 people watching it within the 1st hour and 1 person wants to come and view it.
Sounds like I need to get rid of it quickly. Don't want Chris on my case about it being there

The 5 is so so sick man!

Cheers dude, the pictures make it look better than it is. The sad thing is that it drives better than the mk1. Got 35 watchers on egay now. I will tell you how much I paid for it once it's sold

i want i want i want

Whilst it's off the road, i've stripped the interior out, going to replace the dash, and do a few other tidying up bits. gonna make a lightweight false floor, similar to the one i did in my old scirocco



Found 3 of the nuts that had held the heater in place were missing, so it was just hanging there, and the matrix was leaking, so i've ordered a new one of them.

Also started to strip down the engine bay, to remove the s*#t paintjob that someone had done in there. Probably got another 6 hours left in there before it gets a bit of primer.



Nitro-mors is savage by the way!

Also had an engine delivered from Reading. Nice rebuilt kr engine and gearbox with 500 miles on it. Probably saved me close to £1k worth of rebuilding of my other engine. Well happy!



I will probably be selling the inlet manifold as it won't be needed to run the carbs.

Ordered my ashley 4 branch manifold aswell, as my exisiting manifold had a crack in it, so updates should be coming pretty quickly to get the old girl back on the road

Have you got a metal water pipe spare thats the same as that on the engine above mate?

Im sure I've got 1 laying about somewhere up there, only trouble is I'm working 9 days straight now, so i won't get chance to look until then. If it's not urgent and I do have a spare one then it's yours mate

jaques_g60 wrote:

Im sure I've got 1 laying about somewhere up there, only trouble is I'm working 9 days straight now, so i won't get chance to look until then. If it's not urgent and I do have a spare one then it's yours mate

Cheers mate

Ideally like to get 1 for the weekend so i'll keep searching in the meantime

a couple of pretty decent updates

got the engine bay sprayed saturday, filler primed first, the grey primer, then satin black It's no show engine bay, but it's clean and tidy now.



I also stripped any unwanted parts off the new engine and gave it a bit of a clean up



And now the engine is in the bay. All the engine mounts now have the poly inserts. pretty happy with how it's going to look. the red rocker cover, won't be staying though



More to come next weekend

got my ashley manifold to fit, and will be ordering my carb manifold tomorrow

Good to see some progress dude

got a couple of updates from sunday. was at a show on saturday so didn't get anything done :(

wheels are painted



Look far better in the flesh :wub:

also got a few more bits done in the engine bay. connecting up wires and putting the fan in etc



also got cracking with the interior

boarded out the back. only used 6mm ply so it's fairly lightweight, unlike the arc i built in the back of my scirocco




Just gotta carpet the arches and make a rear panel to cover the lights and wiring

also made some door pods for front speakers, as trying to get hold of door pockets is an almost impossible mission :(



This weekend should consist of sorting out the facet fuel pump, fitting the exhaust and manifold, and anything else that i can cross off the list

Got a few more updates from the weekend

Got my manifold bolted up, new bottom arms on and driveshafts sorted



Got my king filter in place aswell



Wheels are ready to be bolted up now the beads have been popped back on



Also got the facet silver top fuel pump mounted. Need to order some fuel lines now to run to it



The went and picked up my carb setup (manifold, jetted carbs and filters) and checked for fitment



Checked for bonnet clearance. Should be fine



I then took the carbs off to make it easier to connect all the water pipes. Plus its made it easier to fit the manifold in place. Plus i tidied up the silicone hoses and changed the jubilee clips for new shiney ones



Also fitted my CL chin spoiler as the gti one catches on everything, and will only get worse now i've wound the coils down another inch all round



And trial fitted the fresh wheels on the back oh and the wonkey jetex is on, but not fully bolted into place



More updates next week if im not working the weekend

Looking good dude

Yup , liking this quite alot actually.

Really feeling the wheels too.

good work!!! the wheel colour is perfect!

Cheers for all your comments dudes, means alot

Got the car off axle stands yesterday





Got everything plumbed up and in place, making sure everything was done up nice and tight!

Me and the old man master and apprentice lol



Then today, my mate come up in his cabby. He's had it off the road for 3 years! that's given me the extra bit of incentive i needed to get mine back on the road





Got oil, water and petrol in the old girl. 1 of the water pipes had a pinhole leak in it, so had to change that over. not too much of a problem.



Turned her over a few times to get the fuel into the system, and as soon as it dropped fuel into the carbs it fired up Happy days

With that i put the front bumper and lights back on. Couldn't let it run for long as my dash is still out so have no guages to check on temperature etc. That's next weekends task



I will try and upload a video shortly