Yep, Another bike carb thread! What do I need?

Right, before putting my new engine in my car. Instead of wasting time sorting out the solex carb. I'm going to put some GSXR 600 carbs on it. The carbs and manifold I can source. The only thing I need to know is, what ignition do I use for them? Will my old dizzy and coil work with them? I know that I need a fuel pump and what not. It's just getting the ignition sorted that's confusing me. Any help would be appreciated

Not fully sure, but don't think your ignition will work think the mk2 polo ignition is what you need mate.

Cool cheers. Do I still keep my distributor and what not ?

Yeah mate. Like unsaid I'm not 100% but I'm 90% unread tht when looking at carbs for my mates small block.

Could I just not use one of these? Get rid of the points?

http://www.simonbbc.com/electronic-ignition-kits/volkswagen-golf-mk1-powerspark-electronic-ignition-kit-jfur4

Thanks

Can't see why not but it's a cheap alternative that in my eyes.

Tom-Starr said

Could I just not use one of these? Get rid of the points?

http://www.simonbbc.com/electronic-ignition-kits/volkswagen-golf-mk1-powerspark-electronic-ignition-kit-jfur4

Thanks

If you're fitting the bike carbs on your original mk1 engine then this is the best ignition setup to use I've had the same kit from Accu-spark fitted for years and I wouldn't use anything else!

Mk2 polo ignition can only be used with the later hydraulic tappet engines :wink:

Awesome cheers ! I messaged you the other week about bike carbs manifolds. You still making them? If so, fancy making me one?

Tom-Starr said

Awesome cheers ! I messaged you the other week about bike carbs manifolds. You still making them? If so, fancy making me one?

Hi, sorry for being rude, I'm a little bit busy at the minute but I will reply with more details when I get a chance


Thanks,

Arun

Phataz1, Did you go to BoggBrothers to get yours set up? If so, how much was it in total?

Thanks.

Making manifold or r/r set up? Mani with strip clean and rejet of carbs will set you back around 300 delivered back to you.

R/r tune is 80.

Nah, just the strip clean and rejet and rolling road. Half way through of making a manifold

Tom-Starr said

Nah, just the strip clean and rejet and rolling road. Half way through of making a manifold

Yes I took mine to Boggs to have it set up

Don't pay for a strip and clean, they pretty much do that as an integral part of the rolling road session

Ahh right cool. Would I be able to rejet them at home? (Is it a hard/complicated thing to do?) £80 for rolling road? That's well good. Only live like 25 minutes away from there too

Tom-Starr,      

What engine is fitted in your golf? originally and the new engine?

The reason I ask, is you should only need to fit a new ignition system i.e Polo mk2 is if the engine was previously running fuel injection and you wanted to loose the injection ecu and wiring from the engine bay to tidy it up.

Your standard coil and distributor WILL work perfectly providing you have the vacuum pipe outlet on the new inlet manifold.

For the electronic ignition kit, if you have a Bosch distributor then its no trouble what so ever, a real doddle to fit and a real benefit to the engine however, If your distributor is a Ducellier then fitting the electronic ignition kit may be a struggle as or at least it was when I bought mine last year, no-one makes a kit for it. I had to fit a Kit for a Austin Metro which screwed in lovely but rendered the vacuum advance inoperative, that was ok by me though as mine didn't work anyway…

hope that helped

If you want the workshop manual for the GSX-R 600, which has some basics on the carbs and fuelling then visit  here and DL the PDF.

Awesome cheers! Yeah that helped alot thanks.

I'm sure the engine is the same, it came from a 1.3 MK1 Golf, However, I swear on my old engine it has 4 points, and on the new one it only has two? Not sure, I'll have to check when I get my car back on Thursday.

Thanks, that's summed up a few things for me, will be even cheaper for me to install bike carbs Thanks.

P.S What's the difference between GSXR600 SRAD carbs and normally GSXR600 carbs?

Thanks.

Tom-Starr said

Ahh right cool. Would I be able to rejet them at home? (Is it a hard/complicated thing to do?) £80 for rolling road? That's well good. Only live like 25 minutes away from there too

They will drill the jets to the right size as part of the rolling road session too


Seriously all you need to do is buy carbs - make manifold - fit both - drive to Boggs.  They'll do the rest

Phataz1 said

Tom-Starr said

Ahh right cool. Would I be able to rejet them at home? (Is it a hard/complicated thing to do?) £80 for rolling road? That's well good. Only live like 25 minutes away from there too

They will drill the jets to the right size as part of the rolling road session too


Seriously all you need to do is buy carbs - make manifold - fit both - drive to Boggs.  They'll do the rest

Sweet! What about a new choke cable and throttle cable? Do I need new ones? Been told I have. Sorry for all the questions lol, Just want to make sure I know about it before I start doing it