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Is anyone good at tuning?

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Is anyone good at tuning?

I've got a trackday coming  up next weekend  :D  ( and if anyone wants to come that would be great to see another Mk1  http://www.motorsportv…tails.asp?ProductID=4178# ) and would like to get it running properly.

It runs fine (sticky flaps excepted Paul!!) but I feel it isn't quite there.  When you put your foot down it goes, but there is that final 1/8 where full acceleration comes in.  I'd liken it to if you had too thick a carpet under the accelerator, but it isn't!

Does anyone know of a good tuning place, preferably cheapish (and I know they rarely come together) near to Milton Keynes, or is there anyone on the forum who is good and fancies making some extra cash?

Thanks all.

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ther best way to get more top end power is to replace the metering head with a 1.6 gti item but it does require alot of setting up best bet would to get down to a rolling road for a set up

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Cheers Ben,
I'm not really looking for a power tune, just have it set up properly.  I've rebuilt the bottom end (after someone drove it through floods and hydraulic'ed it) and also put a reconditioned head on it.  I've never had it set up properly and when on the MOT meter CO was 2.0 ish but he said at idle the hydrocarbons were very high.
I presume the only set up is the allen key thingy in the metering head and the idle adjustment screw but wondered it anyone knew any good ways of getting it all set up well.

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try Southern Carburetors in South Wimbledon, it might be a tad far for you but I went to them about a year and a half ago and they were really good and were tuning a series of other cars too.
They also have a rolling road

reverse is the way forward

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you dont need a 1.6 head untill you are quite highly tuned,

whip the plugs out and see how its running, it maybe a dodgy injector.

also has it ben serviced? new air filter/cleaned?

brethers to atmos or into the air box?


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