My rides past and present

Good going there dude

that is good going

well done

Just had these emailed to me by my brother thought I would add them.
They are of the polo when it came back from being color sanded and cleared.





the work was done by a good friend who also did the ceramic undercoat on the induction pipe.

Lovely car dude.

Hey guys,

Well its been a while since I have updated this page. So here is the lates on my derby. As some of you now I have been plagued by clearance issues with the carbs and brake master cylinder. You will be able to see in the pick below the actual problem. What I have done is taken a grinder to one of the ram tubes, as I still have not been able to obtain shorter ones. Anyway They are now fitted for good. THe only things left to do is change the accelerator cable as the factory one is too short, add fuel pump and regulater and shell be running fingers crossed. Anyway Ill let the pictures do the talking.



Water pipe spagetty that had to be cleared

Old carb and manifold off

First test fitting, here you can see the mechanical fuel pump wont clear the carbs so has to be removed and replced with an electric unit. Also you can see the card can seet properly due to the master cylinder


Manifold painted and fitted

This was a real pig, as I had to grind away large amounts of the casting in order for the nuts to clearance the intake runners[img]

Ram pipe trimed to clear the mastercylinder


Carbs fitted for the last time

Here you can see still how close the carbs sits to the master cylinder.




I will post more after the pump, regulater and accelerator cable are fitted.

Looking good dude, keep em coming.

Bazza wrote:

Looking good dude, keep em coming.

Cheers bro, will do. I just cant wait to get her setup and see what she's running. Some of my German friends reckon with a std cam it should be just on or just under 100BHP. So I will be very happy if thats the case.

Looking good pete! Is it all up and running?

Dubsy wrote:

Looking good pete! Is it all up and running?

I have a few parts on order dude, but she is almost there. Parts on order are, facet racing fuel pump with regulater, throttle cable and braided steel fuel line. Thats all she needs. I am still waiting for the shorter ram tubes, but I have given up waiting. Hence me cutting down one of the current units to fit. If they do come in well all the better, however I am not holding my breath on that one.

Proper oldskool tuning, good work.

Now can you say Baaaaaarp?!

that will sound lovely.

Stu

Knighty wrote:

Proper oldskool tuning, good work.

Now can you say Baaaaaarp?!

that will sound lovely.

Stu

Thanks dude, yeah with the exhaust and manifold thats on there it is going to scream. Oh I also forgot Ryan was good enough to make me a cover plate for the old mechanical fuel pump, so I just need to pick that up as well. So all in all its finally almost there.

looks great pete - good work - PROPER modification!! - makes me happy

do u have any idea yet on how ur gonna get any cold air to them?

hardcore pete love it

ill have to turn the music up even louder to hear it when im following you next lol

Cheers guys,

I have a few ideas Matt, but my main target is getting it running correct first. I am thinking about ducting cold air through the bulk head from the bonet vents. That will be a major job though. So maybe another time on that one LOL!

LOL! at sparkie, dude, if you thought it was loud before, you wont believe what its gona sound like! hehhe. I think I am going to buy some ear plugs! LOL!

ha ha, ill go in front (oohh errr) next time then

Here you go dudes this was sent to me by one of my German collegues. For those who dont understand German, this is a 1.3 motor like mine with a GT cam and pistons on twin 40 webers. He has also balanced the bottom end, that over 200kph so lets just call it 210, that equates to 130 mph!!!!!! yeah dude im gona be rocking

sparkie1984 wrote:

ha ha, ill go in front (oohh errr) next time then

LOL! yeah as long as you can do more than 130! hehehehe

i can but im too scared too oh and youll get battered by boost hoses

LOL! hehehe that would be a funny sight now wouldn't hehehe

no it wouldnt! ha ha

anyway cant wait to see the car done dude

Dont worry dude I think I would have run out of petrol by the time that happens, watch the clip carefuly and watch the fuel gauge!!!!!!!! Its suckkkkss that gas like a Biaaatch on........well you get the idea!

Well guys,........................................ITs almost there. I did a temporary wire job to get the fuel pump working just to test fire the car.................................. I am still gigling like a school girl. I am not posting pics until she is finished. All I am saying is its not going to be called the loon anymore. Its new name is Loki.....................hehehehe Its a little animal. All thats left to do is sort out a new accelerater cable, wire the pump in correctly and tune the carbs to get her idleling. Then its time for the reall fun to begin.

good progress matey, bet you cant wait to have her running again bring it over tring when your done

Yeah dude, as soon as I can get a cable joiner for the accelrater cable I should be in good shape, but do you think I can find one nooooooooo! DAMIT!!!!

hey dude I am not sure if the pm section is working properly but yeah I'm kean dude. Do you have my number?