Spyda's Mk1

[Spyda]

Here's the aftermath. The cylinder doesn't look damaged....i mean no chips or scratches and i cant see and scratches on the cylinder wall, the car starts and revs fine so i guess there is no serious damage. It was only a very thin washer made from soft-ish metal. The ***** thing is that its still leaking around the manifold, the crap i was given at autobahn just melted away back to liquid. I bought all of the gaskets off ebay so we will wait and see how we go with thous.
Good news is that all the gears go in nice and smooth but the bad news is that i am going to need a lot of dynamat and a 2nd muffler because it sounds like a race car.

Here is the spark plug, a normal washer and the one i pulled out.



Here are some other pics taken with my dads phone.


A pic of the old set up with the old carbie


Pics of the engine now, the bay needs a wash and a hand polish to get the over-spray off and the cables need to be cleaned up, ill also be getting some proper spark plug leads and try to hide them as best as i can......don't even mention the uglyness of the rain tray. Eventually it will look a fair bit better than what it does now.



Oh heres the volt meter and switches in and working

[Jarred]

looking good man. glad to hear it's still all running!

[GRN_VAGN]

man i hate that!!

I had just spent 2 weeks putting same sorta engine in my golf (1.8l, weber, extractors, cam ect)
Got it running finally and was so happy as it was first swap in golf, 15 mins later a hard washer from the bolt that holds weber filter base down feel into the second side of weber, soon as i hammered the throttle washer feel in and made a mess

Glad yours is ok though!!

[paulie71]

Great work Spyda, you're doing the old girl proud!

Are you still experiencing the manifold leak with the weber? If so here are a few options:
1. Check out if you can get the gasket from a weber distributor
2. Specialised Gaskets P/L in Clayton seem to sell gasket materials, this might be an option
3. the manifold and/or the carby might be warped and need to be machined slightly

The Motorcraft carby you had (I think) is a knock-off of a Holley Carby used by Ford. Had one and it gave me no end of grief. OnceI got the weber, it was a treat to drive. The car went like a scalded cat and when I was on the highway it used less fuel that the old Solex single throat.

Keep up the great work and I hope to see you on the road soon.

Cheers

Paul

[Water Boy]

The bad news is that i am going to need a lot of dynamat and a 2nd muffler because it sounds like a race car.

You are on drugs right? Its a mk1 its ment to be loud and sound phat...

[Spyda]

Great work Spyda, you're doing the old girl proud!

Are you still experiencing the manifold leak with the weber? If so here are a few options:
1. Check out if you can get the gasket from a weber distributor
2. Specialised Gaskets P/L in Clayton seem to sell gasket materials, this might be an option
3. the manifold and/or the carby might be warped and need to be machined slightly

The Motorcraft carby you had (I think) is a knock-off of a Holley Carby used by Ford. Had one and it gave me no end of grief. OnceI got the weber, it was a treat to drive. The car went like a scalded cat and when I was on the highway it used less fuel that the old Solex single throat.

Keep up the great work and I hope to see you on the road soon.

Cheers

Paul

Thanks for the advise mate, ill see how i go with the gaskets i got off ebay.
Im realy hoping its not warped.

The carbie that is on there now is a 32/36 but it is stamped as motocraft, looks like a webber and ive been told it the same thing.

As far as i can tell it over fueling, the spark plugs come out black and it sometimes continues running for a few seconds when you switch it off, im hoping its because of the leak. I was told it was recently re-jeted to suit a 1.8.

You are on drugs right? Its a mk1 its ment to be loud and sound phat...

I know dude, i know....but the sterio needs to be heard too. I really didn't expect it to be so loud inside.

[Jarred]

...sometimes continues running for a few seconds when you switch it off, ....

I know you've set the timing a bizzilion times, but I'm have a feeling this happens when the timing is wrong...?

anyone else confirm?

[Spyda]

I know you've set the timing a bizzilion times, but I'm have a feeling this happens when the timing is wrong...?

anyone else confirm?

your probly right man, ive only set it to the timing marks on the cam, crank and dizzy, i havnt used a timing gun or advanced it the 6 degrees or whatever it is.

[Jarred]

well you can always try rotating the dizzy a bit then, make sure you do it when it's warm though.

There's a spot where a golf can idle and run pretty well, but it's way advanced (IIRC) from the correct timing mark.

best bet would be to get a timing gun onto it.

[GoLfMan]

i had those problems when the timing was well advanced on my mk1... I guessed the timing and thats how it came out.

Get a gun onto it and see how it goes. If its over fuelling rev it and check for black smoke, easy tell tail sign

good luck, nearly there!

[Spyda]

i had those problems when the timing was well advanced on my mk1... I guessed the timing and thats how it came out.

Get a gun onto it and see how it goes. If its over fuelling rev it and check for black smoke, easy tell tail sign

good luck, nearly there!

No black smoke....anymore and it doesnt smell rich. With the old carbie the whole court would fog up.

[dom123]

neat engine bay dude freaking clean!!!

[paulie71]

Thanks for the advise mate, ill see how i go with the gaskets i got off ebay.
Im realy hoping its not warped.

The carbie that is on there now is a 32/36 but it is stamped as motocraft, looks like a webber and ive been told it the same thing.

As far as i can tell it over fueling, the spark plugs come out black and it sometimes continues running for a few seconds when you switch it off, im hoping its because of the leak. I was told it was recently re-jeted to suit a 1.8.



I know dude, i know....but the sterio needs to be heard too. I really didn't expect it to be so loud inside.

might be the jets are flogged or too big for the engine. One old Solex single throat I had years ago used so much fuel that it was cheaper to drive a V8.

Persistence mate.

[MeeM]

Absolutely love this project! Very neat and clean. That engine bay is amazing.
Great job with the voltmeter and switches too.

[Spyda]

might be the jets are flogged or too big for the engine. One old Solex single throat I had years ago used so much fuel that it was cheaper to drive a V8.

Persistence mate.

Its been recently rejetted to suit a 1.8. I remember the 1.6 it had in there before used to do less than 300k on 40L haha.

Absolutely love this project! Very neat and clean. That engine bay is amazing.
Great job with the voltmeter and switches too.

Cheers mate. Im actualy suprise at how many people like it, makes me feel special lol

A bit of news. New gaskets arrived the other day, i havnt had a chance to fit them and i dont think i will be doing much to the car till next week as im having an operation done on my foot. The gasket maker has set and it has worked a fair bit to seal off the leaks, it will idel at 1000rpm now, but not smoothly.
I have also, through a few favours, aquired 2 more pairs of splits and prity good ones at that and im toying with the idea of running 8 speakers in it after DOVW. I realy want to have a go at making stuff out of fiber glass. Dont worry it wont look like a autosalon car, I would like to keep it looking like its factory and not forced.