1.6 T40 finished (pics) !

[Nick]

Got it back today, just driven it home (that's all it's gettin)

Well, it's rather quick - sounds amazing too....

It's raining heavily so it just wheelspins 1st,2nd and then into 3rd so i hav't had a chance to feel how quick it goes 0-60..

apart from that, stuck to all speedlimits e.t.c and it's a really nice driveable engine - powerband is 2k-6k but cruises along very nicely ; yet it's constantly on power ! suprised a Golf V6 4motion going from a 30-60 zone - i don't think he was too impressed really

here are some really really bad pictures, just taken outside now ! nice looking 1.2 !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/j829nick/IMG_0938.jpg
before

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/j829nick/IMG_0969.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/j829nick/IMG_0970.jpg

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Carbs are jetted up for a 1.3SR (skoobs old engine) so it's running way way rich, (i think he's compensated for the smaller jets by runing a richer mixture) and bogs down alot - so hopefully there could be another 10bhp + there to be unleashed on the RR. idles well, but a bit lumpy - but as said the RRshould sort this out !

apart from that, it's spot on smiles per miles :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Jack]

Razorjack says:
it'll be the fastest brown thing I've seen since the aftermath of a triple vindaloo and 12 pints I had a few weeks back
Nick says:
brings a whole new meaning to saying "it goes like shit"

:lol:

looking good 8)

[Adam]

Nice one Nick.
Glad its all together and running :)

:+:

[Nick]

yer it's allright, scabby battery tray but that's being done properly (dash removed job i think) just needs tidying up and maybe a couple of nice extras like a Alloy catch tank and header tank !

It's nothing compared to how Jim's or keiths looks but it's a very solid little car and eventually i'l find the time to strip it to a bare shell and spray it (the same colour - or maybe burgo turd brown) like it deserves !

[Adam Moran]

Nice one Nick, cant beat the sound of a pair of carbs ;)

Get u performance manifold on there too, will help alot :)

[nathan.]

Looking good Nick.
When's it going on the Rolling Road?

[Nick]

Probably wont get on an RR till christmas (i'm going to uni tommorow which is about 350 miles away)

Yep adam, it's a standard nova system on at the moment, with the 4-2-1 gsi pig iron manifold !

I plan on getting probably a Ashley 4 branch and system , maybe needs a fuel Pressure regulator (but the carbs seem to be pretty self regulatory) and that's really about it

oooh plus some Air filters, there was a bit of water going in the carbs on the way home (yes they have got trumpets, just really really short ones)

[Riggy]

looking good nick :lol:

[Ste L]

looks sweet that fella

[Mike.]

looks spot on nick, i'm glad its finally in there mate :wink:

[benji]

lol. i was expecting this to take ages to be done. well done mate, you going to pod in it in on the 23rd?

[STE Novavanman]

you gotta bring it down south side nick when you gonna be in pompey thats gonna be sweet when running right, what size are the jeys in at mo
by a load of different sizes and have a muck around

[Matt2107]

Well done mate.

We'll have to meet up sometime. I'm only in Oxford.

[womble sri]

lookin good mate takin mine off the road for winter and putting the sri head new inlet manifold exhaust manifold 270 cam and a decent rr session ready for pv next year hopefully gonna get bill blydenstein to do some headwork as he lives 5 mins up the road depending on the funds though

[ANDYRACER]

I thought it was ur 1.2 at 1st with carbs on :oops: how come uve got a ohc rocker cover?

[Adam]

I thought it was ur 1.2 at 1st with carbs on :oops: how come uve got a ohc rocker cover?
He has used a 1.2carb cam carrier and rocker cover, as it has the cutout for the mechanical fuel pump :wink:

[Jack]

Stealth! 8) :lol:

[burgo]

turd brown is a very kool colour you know you want to

[Snowface]

done it the same way as me, the best way imo.
Nice.

before you get it r/r get a fpr on there, its a complete waste of a r/r if you havn't got one on as it'll overfuel like hell!

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/2696big3.jpg

Did you have to mess around with the egr hole in exhaust port 2 in the head?

[Nick]

Sorry, just got the free ethernet at uni..

Yes, as i said it's not a 1.2 ...

I used the 1.2 cam housing to enable me to run the original ignition e.t.c and use a mech fuel pump !

snowface, it goes bloody well as it is, but yes i'l probably get a FPR !

If you look i havn't even got any filters on it - just did it for as cheap as i could afford and to get it finished

[Nick]

oh and for the EGR valve problem...

I completly forgot and put the carbs on, set them up and fired it up

Then it sounded like a bag of nails and i realised we'd forgotten to sort the EGR valve hole out - Was firing flames out when you gave it a bit of throttle

I then left, and i think dave tapped a bolt into it - it's all airtight e.t.c but i'm not 100% sure that it's solveable sooo easily ?