32/34 Weber help on setting up

[Chrishowes]

basicly its a 1.4SR with kent fast street cam, 1.6 head, burns through fuel dont think cam has been set up niether, when you come to a stop at some lights the revs die off to about 500 and u have to coax the engine back up to idle which is about 1400 atm and then it will sit there until you wanna pull off then the revs die off abit. oooh and the emissions smell rich any advice on what i can do or a garage that might be able to set it up, i live near cannock in west midlands, cheers x

[Chrishowes]

bump

[Royston]

1600 head, not sure if it works well on a 1.4, guessing that it might actually lower the compression ratio?

Is it timed up correctly? Advance and retard working correctly?

Has the carb been set up for a 1.6 or have you just cobbled a load of parts together and hoped it worked?

Is the engine worn or rebuilt?

Need a bit more info

[General Baxter]

fit ether a 1.2, 1.3 head, it will go faster lol

what fuel pump are you running, sounds like its not filling the float back up

[gareth1988]

i had the same set up as that. and my car was doing that. mine needed a inlet manifold. the 1.4 and 1.6 ports ent the same. so i would take it off and have a look.

[letvalva]

1.6 head lowers comprssion....... fit a turbo lol

[Chrishowes]

ye timing is ok, i dunno i bought it like it :s x

[vauxluva]

:d
1.6 head lowers comprssion....... fit a turbo lol
:thumb: lol

[vauxluva]

I would do as above and find a 1.2 or 1.3 item!

[Chrishowes]

would it be better to find a 1.3sr head then a 1.3 and then worst head is a 1.2? and would they have to be off a carb'd engine? or is SPI ok?

[vauxluva]

It has to be carb inlet ports are different on injection|?

[Chrishowes]

ok thnx ill see if i can find a head for it, any ideas on the best head to get???

[mowgli]

would it be better to find a 1.3sr head then a 1.3 and then worst head is a 1.2? and would they have to be off a carb'd engine? or is SPI ok?

the 13sr is a 1300 with a sticker job, the engines are identical, and the 1200 head is as close to identical to the 1300 as i've ever seen too....

what inlet manifold are you using?? cos it will never match a 1.6mpi head in a million years, and a 1.6 spi head has horrible square ports too....

steer clear of spi 1.2, 1.4 stuff, it won't be an improvement.

[Balley]

Yeah just get a carbed 1.2 head, fairly common still and cheap

[Chrishowes]

i think its a GTE head but i really couldnt tell you, it runs though but just rich, i have an SRI lump aswell and could put that in the car but its an SR not SRI so kinda wanted to keep it as it is. anyone know were i could pick a head up from?

[mk1nova_rich]

Take the manifold off and take a picture of the runner shape so we can identify which head you need :thumb:

[gareth1988]

is this a black mk2??