Bike carbs

What kind of power can I get fitting bike carbs onto my gti, or are they purely for the noise.....

More hassle on an
8v more than anything. 

Check out my thread in the mk1 projects. I'd say go for it!

Easy to do and something different. Depending on engine spec, bike carbs will help to produce much more power than k-jet.
It's possible to get big power and big noise!

Brad. said

More hassle on an
8v more than anything. 

Obviously, I'd have to disagree with this as I've done it.

Apart from a couple of days waiting for the 8v manifold to be made, the rest I did in an afternoon! I bet you can't do that with a 20vt conversion!

It's the manifold that's the hassle, you didn't do that, you bolted stuff together, no hassle there to be had. 

How's the heat soak on the inlet with the carbs sat above the exhaust manifold? 

Lhasa2008 said

Check out my thread in the mk1 projects. I'd say go for it!

Easy to do and something different. Depending on engine spec, bike carbs will help to produce much more power than k-jet.
It's possible to get big power and big noise!

Which thread are you talking about,?? im pretty interested in fitting some to my clipper..
Any body used bogg brothers for the manifold ?

Last I heard Bogg stopped doing some manifolds. 

But I've got one on my 16v, beautiful bit of kit, really well made

Ah thats a shame , im waiting on a email from them.. Any idea who else make them ?

dano999 said

Which thread are you talking about,?? im pretty interested in fitting some to my clipper..
Any body used bogg brothers for the manifold ?

Thread link:
http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=your-mk1-golfs_2%2F1983-lhasa-green-mk1

I supplied Bogg's with an original 8v inlet manifold and they adapted it. That's a couple of years ago now.

From my experience they have a lot of knowledge and expertise, and have provided a great service. Unfortunately, you can find a number of people leaving negative posts on forums, because they are disappointed that their car didn't produce 2000bhp with a Bogg manifold etc. Duh!

Lhasa2008 said

dano999 said

Which thread are you talking about,?? im pretty interested in fitting some to my clipper..
Any body used bogg brothers for the manifold ?

Thread link:
http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=your-mk1-golfs_2%2F1983-lhasa-green-mk1

I supplied Bogg's with an original 8v inlet manifold and they adapted it. That's a couple of years ago now.

From my experience they have a lot of knowledge and expertise, and have provided a great service. Unfortunately, you can find a number of people leaving negative posts on forums, because they are disappointed that their car didn't produce 2000bhp with a Bogg manifold etc. Duh!

Ah shame i was looking for 3000bhp  
 Cheers il check it out  

alonze customs… jim is quite handy he's nocked up afew 16v inlets always worth a call.

Brad. said

How's the heat soak on the inlet with the carbs sat above the exhaust manifold? 

Never had any issues, as the exhaust is wrapped.  

Bike carbs on an 8v are a pain…NO one will agree to make a manifold for them!

Jack