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Yeah thats exactly what I was saying to my friend, the fact the bodies will give you much more control over the fuelling. I was very suprised at the results we got from a standard 100k engine that only made 150bhp from factory, the beauty of it is we brought the donor car for 300 quid took...

Yeah I see what your saying, but I suppose it has given you more scope for more future development?

Until we decreased the mainjet size ours was good as pissing neat fuel in at lower rpm's, it was fine higher up but the curve was all over the place an it was not really what I'd have considered driveable.

Tbh I rather it be an overkill then kill it :) In my opinion I'd much rather pay out a few quid extra for bits an spend a bit more of my time to know its less likely to let me down. At the end of the day, rod bolt failure or valve failure is gonna result in more hassle an bigger expense no...

Yeah the golf was shocking on fuel too, it was a friends car he just wanted me to help him out as he wasn't confident with some stuff. I personally would have preferred bodies but he's one these old school carb freaks haha. On first run it made 207bhp but the curve was all over place an low...

So it runs nice an cool whilst driving an only raises when stationary? Sounds like the thermostat could be stuck open chap.

From reading they fitted the arp's so they could raise the rev limit an lower the chance of rod bolt failure. By raising it they have hit the 200hp figure.

Yeah with the vw's (an slot of other manufactures) you can seem to swap an change alot of stuff from other models to make it work, we saw really good results with this an it kept the costs down. Only thing that cost us was some r/r time to fine tune it in the end.

Fairplay, set a goal an achieved it! Yeah with the bay being as small as they are the under bonnet temps soon would rise. I've noticed before after being in traffic in the past. The rs2 really seems a good bit of kit tbh, shame its not in production anymore.

Pretty much what we did on the golf we converted. Due to us only needing the ignition side of things. We ran mark 2 16v ecu an distributor with vacuum advance. Fairly easy really, just had to set the ignition timing an then the carbs took care of the fueling.

awesome, finally cracked the 200bhp!

Oh right cool, I've had a bit of experience with go tech software a few years ago on a zetec turbo focus I was involved with. I found that fairly easy to work with but since then I haven't really dabbled with much. I'm really keen to learn more tbh, I've been in the trade for years now did all...

If you don't mind me asking, what software do you use to map the standard ecu? Where did you learn or find the relevant information on ecu programming?

Haha fairplay, tbh I shouldn't complain mine never asks questions she knows my addiction is a medical condition ha.

Tbh as good an excuse it may be, I couldn't see my missus falling for it haha

Only just seen this thread, glad you put one together as I was keen to see your motor after seeing your avatar picture. Looks good matey, I always had a soft spot for these minis. When I worked for stratstone I worked on plenty of these as we used to sell loads. Used to love driving them...

Gasket on its own will be fine. How much oil was in your inlet?

But having exclusive access to the encyclopedia that is chip is priceless

Fair enough, I did see a set of jenveys up for sale in the classifieds section last week. I take it you got the carbs already then?

must have been on its last of its 9 lives when it met you haha

What about itb's?

See, thanks to all those young lads that cried wolf about small animals with suicidal tendencies no one believed you when it really happened haha.

Hosepipe is the future when balancing carbs :)

Back in the summer a friend an I built a mk1 golf cabby with a 2 litre 16v ABF engine to run a twin 45 weber carbs, in standard form the abf makes 150bhp. After installing the carbs, balancing them an roughly setting the mixture with colourtune an setting the ignition timing it ran 207bhp on...

Yeah the f1's look sooooo much better then the standard exclusive wheels!

Will you still be able retain the vvt system?

Small animal ran out in front seems to have been in fashion with all my mates. I mean if its the difference between killing a fox or rolling the car..... Hmmmm hard one haha

Looks well clean does that, colour looks so deep! Good work!

An no matter what anyone tells you your still the best driver in the world, an then when the inevitable happens you've always got a lame excuse to make out it weren't your.fault lol

I think most of us thought we were invincible or the next Damon hill at some point. Then you have an accident an it costs you a few quid an then you grow up haha.