Late MK1 Cabriolet 1.8 8v Twin 40's

Can someone please help me?????

I have found a full carb kit on ebay and was wondering if the inlet manifold would fit my 1991 MK1 Golf Cabriolet 1.8 8v engine or not?????
Also am wondering if the carbs will fit in the engine bay????

Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140017084321

Thanks, Matt

because its not a 16valve engine u have the carbs will be sitting at the back of the engine bay towards the bulkhead right above the exhaust. sucking in more or less hot air and not getting fresh air,  the 16valve engines have the inlet manifold on the front so it will be getting fresh cool air,

have u done any other mods? why not go for a fast road cam, 4-2-1 manifold with a matching exhaust system u would see great improvements with this and a weber replacment carb would also be a good option to get rid of the unreliable pierburg system u would have.

simon

Thank you for the reply.

Do you fink that if i wraped the exhaust manifold in heat wrap it would help?

I was also going to be puttin a fast road cam and 4 branch in there.

Do you fink that ?2000 would be enough cash 4 all these mods including setting it all up?

Cheers, Matt

cam kit including cam, pully hydraulic tappets are about 500ish give or take depending where u go, 4-2-1 manifold about 200-300 ish dependign what make and where u get it from and the carbs will be anywhere in the reging of 150ish up to 800ish for the pair, brand new they are about 400ish each!! also u will need a manifold i think these are about hundred quid, and if u take it to your local carburetter center they will charge u roughly about 2hours labour to set up, mite b worth to book it in somewhere with a rolling road to get it spot on.
heat wrap will helpu out a lil bit but its EXPENSIVE!!!!!!! overpriced if u ask me.  u will aslo benfit from having some cold air ducting going to them too.

i would personaly go for weber 45's or dellortos 45's as you can always choke these down to 40's if its to much, but u cant choke 40's up to 45's if you know what i mean. and you will alsi need the linkage kit to make both carbs open at the same time and a electric fuel pump and a fuel pressure regulator with a return feed back to the tank. (filter king or malpossi do these)

hope that helps
simon

im going for the carb route i had carbs on my old engine and i loved them, nice throaty noise and are more tunable and simple compared to injection in my opinon,  at the minute im doing a 2litre block with compertition head and cam gti gearbox and wil be running on carbs 45's i will have the same problem as you where they will be getting heat from the exhaust, because im using it for track im tempting on having a bonnet made up with vents in it out of carbon fibre with lots of cold air ducting.
any questions just give me a shout and ill try and point u in the right direction matey after all two heads are better then one!

simon

arnt g60 heads cross flow????

cant you use one of them so that your carbs are pointing forwards??

i havent got a clue matey, i thought i rear up somewhere on here that the oil feeds for the head are difrent :dontknow: not 100%sure though, can anyone confirm this?

Thanks for all the help, was exactly what i needed to know.

Cheers, Matt  

bigclipper said

arnt g60 heads cross flow????

cant you use one of them so that your carbs are pointing forwards??

No, but the newer beatle engines are, theres a bit about it in the haynes book by tim stiles. My copy is at a mates just now but I'll get it back and put up the details.