Spyda's Mk1

[Volksee77]

yeah if it's been sitting for ages it could be build up or paint giving off a little smoke as the heat doesn't exactly dissipate from that area easily

[GRN_VAGN]

try and set is at standard for now i reckon. (Hope you put the flywheel on the correct way up!¬)
Hopefully the vac advance will sort everything else out.

Pretty certain it only goes on one way as 2 bolts are closer together.
and i think stock timing is between 6 and 8BTDC.. i usually go 8 as i do more town driving and run premium fuel. so its snappy

[Spyda]

Thanks for the help guys, ill give the timing a shot on Monday. Car is at my mates shop getting the rust fixed.

[Spyda]

CALL THE VATICAN, WAKE THE POPE, ALERT TOM CRUISE.

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30yr old standard mk1 with NO RUST IN THE PILLARS!
Found very minimal rust when replacing the front windshield rubber.



Front end all together


Got the car back today, rust repaired on the arch. Fantastic job i reckon im happy with it.

[thestu]

Wicked job dude!!!!!!

[Spyda]

Nothing on TV and killing 12yr olds on COD got a bit old so i made this:




The reupholstering station......


Oh and here is the cut on my hand, mk1 - 1 Dado - 0. More inconvenient than anything else.



Sorry if the build thread is a bit crap, i get bored.

[Jarred]

nah it's good man, always good to see all the little things!

car's looking good as always

[Spyda]

Did the timing today, exactly by the book, didn't change a thing. If there is an air leak i cant find it.

Im guna have to find someone to look at it because I can't fix it.

[thestu]

Are the jets in the carbs matched to the cams and all that jazz?

[Valver.]

Have to say again, you're doing a cracking job for a young fella! Nice to see you taking time with stuff and not butchering the car

Looks to be a very tidy shell you have too. Next thing I would do is get the big dent in the front panel sorted when you have the money, as this'll really finish off the front end nicely.

Great work

[Spyda]

Are the jets in the carbs matched to the cams and all that jazz?

Yeah man, i think so. I bought the carbie off Marty (TwinEngineTwinTurbs) and he tested it and said it was working fine, he also said it was recently jetted for a 1.8 and asured me it would be fine for mine.

The car runs its just not perfect.

Have to say again, you're doing a cracking job for a young fella! Nice to see you taking time with stuff and not butchering the car

Looks to be a very tidy shell you have too. Next thing I would do is get the big dent in the front panel sorted when you have the money, as this'll really finish off the front end nicely.

Great work

Thanks mate, appriciate the compliment!

I was going to get the dent sorted when we sprayed the engine bay but it was in a tricky spot and most of the front end is made up of filler anyway, from the previous owner, so a new front pannel will be the go. We will be respraying it later in the year, it will include inside the arches and underneath the car aswell, making sure to remove as much rust as possible. Im also hopping to have a twin webber 16v in there by the end of University.

BTW ive kept (or bought if it wasn't on the car) most of the original parts (i.e. door cards with no holes, rear 1/4 cards, center console) just in case we ever want to return it to standard spec. I wish we could have kept the engine and gearbox

[Spyda]

Ok so bad news, car doesn't work. Won't run and wont start and it can get ****ed.

Got the res and tip put on at the exhaust shop and then spent 4hrs trying to get it to start, got a wheel alignment and sloooowly drove it home where it broke down 5min from home and i spent another 2hrs tryin to get it running again. Funny thing was it drove without issue to the exhaust place.

A few people suggested the dizzy is stuffed and its getting to much fuel with the ****ty fuel pump so today i bought a 5psi Carter rotary vane pump, almost the same as what Pete Jones runs on his race car but from what i understand his has a higher pressure. I mounted it the same way he did. The pump is a lot less noisy than the other one, just a slight hum rather then DAK DAK DAK DAK!

Pete was also kind enough to lend me a working dizzy that i will pick up tomorrow. Hopefully it does the trick and i can get this box to SEDF at least.

I hate being a shiz kent at this!!

This is how Pete mounted his:

[mikinoz]

Clean install. I rate it.

[Peter Jones]

Yeah, that pump has been doing the job very well. Mine is rated at 72 gph @ 18psi but runs at about 6PSI which is ideal.

Prior to that I had one of the Facet block pumps which just couldn't keep up.

It went in November 2008 and has fuelled twin 40mm Dellortos around many racetracks at 8000rpm and beyond.

These things are the right tool for the job!

Pete

[GRN_VAGN]

Looking at buying one of them soon, the 4070 model i think, rated at 5psi and 72gph.
Will this be suitable for a stock carby on a 1800 (single throat solex) for a couple of months till i go a weber setup.

Also did you guys put a filter between tank and pump, read if you don't it can kill pump quicker.