Modifing my Golf mk1 1.3
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Can you give me some guide for :
1. Bike carbs: what bike carbs are the best for 1.3 what shoud i change or what shoud i mod on the car ?
2. Power steering: what power pump/steering shoud i you what chages/mods shoud i do?
3. AC: can i add AC on Golf MK1 and how to?
4. Power windows: what power window mechanism shoud i use?
5. Can all this work together?
If there is a topic about this with full steps explained or a video feel free to shere with me either here or in privet topics.
I am going to use the car only for street drive not racing
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Local Hero
Get a modern with all those as standard as a daily driver and run the MK1 as intended as 2nd car?
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Power Steering is nice, and they make rather nice unobtrusive electric assisted ones nowadays that doesn't take HP from the engine… Not needed as you can build up and Keep your Arm Muscle tone with Plain Jane and well Plain Jane don't usually break.
Adding a/c to a 1.3 is like taking 1/2 the engine power and tossing it in the Loo.
Bike Carbs? When I was riding Bikes they were manual powered and didn't have Carbs and were 1 Man powered.
Motorcycle Carbs is another can of worms, and that is if you aren't used to them and keeping them in tune with a Unisyn gauge, then that too can be an exercise in Maintenance. A poor installation can be Deadly, and Cause a variety of iffy running scenarios.
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2. Not sure. Never really worried about it myself but I know there's electric kits nowadays, Corsa B????
3. Never really needed or explored it (cabby) but the best bet would be to try get all the bits from a US car which had AC. They only had big blocks in the US though……..never ever heard of it fitted to a 1.3. I'm going to guess they're R12, and probably best to convert to R134a at the same time. You'd need to know the fill spec for a garage to charge it, once fitted.
4. There's various aftermarket kits, some are terrible quality and some are okay. Try to find the ones which entirely replace the mechanism, not just drive the winder handle's spindle. I had one but took it out and reverted to standard.
No reason not to have all work together, obviously if you had some kind of hydraulic power steering and air con, then the pulleys and belt would need to match etc. Certainly, later Golfs had both.
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Early-1800 Golf is project car i have Citroen Xsara 1.9D 04'
Briano1234 i totaly forgot thah the A/C thaks power from the engine thank you and i am going to remov it from the list and the power window will stay optional
paul_c
2.power steering kit i have to make it or i can buy it all (like just bolt on) or i shoud take it from Corsa B
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GogoMK1 said
paul_c
2.power steering kit i have to make it or i can buy it all (like just bolt on) or i shoud take it from Corsa B
This has come up before - many times. I have no idea (unless I did a search and read others' posts), so I'll let the others give the relevant details or links to previous threads.
I have never had issues with heavy steering except at parking speeds, and for that its not worth it IMHO. Maybe your car has some other fault?
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My 1400 16v went in with bike carbs on to the tuners and had 68bhp on standard needles and timing. When he'd done with it, it had 148bhp.
2, As the other say it is possible, but if you get the tracking set up properly it should be fine as you don't have a half ton of pig iron under the bonnet like the big blocks
3, A/c we're not american so a complete nightmare
4, Power windows. I did this using a kit to change manual windows to electric.
In my experience I wouldn't do it again, nor could I recommend it in good conscious. I am considering trying cabby electric windows at some point as I'd imagine the front doors of a cabby and 3 door will be similar………
Can't beat a small block in my opinion
Ian
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borednow said
I'd imagine the front doors of a cabby and 3 door will be similar………
They're not.
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I would never put power steering on these cars, it's to light to need it and I don't believe the benefit is worth the work or cost…
Same with power windows and AC, I'd pass.
I would recommend a 5 speed gearbox, you'll need a mount, the rest is pretty much bolting it in.
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borednow said
3, A/c we're not american so a complete nightmare
Can't beat a small block in my opinion
Ian
Well here in "Merica" where it can get 150 on the asphalt, if you are stuck in rush hour traffic a/c comes in handy…. Driving topless in that is a sweltering thing. I can remember 2 times being stuck in a traffic jam on a hot day with no a/c…..
But I have had to have the top up on really sunny days on the interstate, and no a/c wouldn't of been fun…Takes me back to the days of my youth, when I ran MG's and had to do the 275 thing to stay cool 2 windows down and run 75 down the road to stay cool.
In a 4 door it is 475..
To be honest, where I live in the south I was helping global warming by driving topless with the a/c on.
Small Block to me is 215 cu inch V8, ala rovers…
But then again I have had 948CC Austin Frog-Eye, and 1048cc MG's…
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