running bike carbs on a 1.3
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running bike carbs on a 1.3
ive been told that bike carbs will fit onto a 1.3 (the carbs i have in mind are from a 600cc R6-yamaha) by word of mouth ive heard these fit.
my friends brother has just won some on ebay, and im looking to get some too, so if anyone knows about fitting them, how hard it is and whats involved - extra parts etc?
theres a polo 1.3 on pitstopperformance.com under show me your engine…so take a look, i think its a nice mod for the younger drivers, because realisticly being almost 18 now its going to take at least another 3 years to be able to insure a gti
i looked into the polo GT/g40 conversion but the engines are rare as.
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check this one out some good info, some originally from the suzuki swift forum of all places, they seem to be well ahead of the vw scene and got the conv. susssed.
http://www.clubpolo.co…rum/viewtopic.php?t=13820
also check out steve's thread on the 1.3
http://www.performance…/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33243
i'm going for gsxr 600's on a 1.3
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how this for cool (nicked from the polo forum)
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its a very easy conversion to do, hardest part is making up a manifold (i got mine made for me by 'bogg brothers' (01944738234)
the carbs attach to the manifold using rubber tube and big jubillee clips, i found the best stuff to use is fuel filler tube, as it is thick walled and very strong. i used www.rallydesign.co.uk for mine.
you may also need to uprate your fuel pump and also fit a regulator. another difficult part is to settin them up, i took mine over to bogg brothers as they specialise in this. think thats about it rly.
good luck.
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i'm trying to find a cheaper solution maybe using a scrap manifold and some local engineering help. after all, all you need for a manifold is an inlet gaskit, from this an alloy plate can be lazer cut, to that 4 alloy runners need to be welded to enable the bike ports to match the inlet ports on the head, the carbs should be kept at the same angle they where on the bike, to keep the float bowls level, which together with the inclination of the engine will enable you to calc. the angle at which the runners should be welded to the plate. just a matter of finding the time to do all that, easy!!
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its quite hard to make up a manifold as the pipes have to have bends in them.
its possible to split the carbs up tho and space them out so you can have a strate stubbed manifold.
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but the simple theory …to me anyway…carbs are carbs…and they aren't fussy about what they're on…
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thanks, and yes another one converted to the motorbike carb scene!
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cheap manifold? we would all like one of them! personally i'm going to use some local engineering help and improvise something.
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so ifi am going down your route and using a local engineering firm do ineed to take my manifold down to show them or what? im kinda new tothis scene after getting me golf on the road 2 wks ago, i want to make it abit nippier.
i mentiond this conversion to some lad that we hang about wiht (he's abit of a i no everything person)
basically he said he cant be done, then when i told him the ins and outs of it witht he custom manifold etc, he recons ill blow my engine up and it will put to much strain on my crank, cam, bearings etc. anybody got any technical terms that i can say to him to shut him up. and will i have to uprate anything else? or is it the case of custom manifold bolt your carbs on etc and away you go?
my 1300cc is suffering from the classic oil wearing out of the side of the block, so me and a mate are doing the head gasket and belt next wkend whilst ive got thehead of, anything worth while me doing?
many thanks and sorry if im being plain dumb you'll have to bear with me.
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