so the pissberg carbs rubber gasket decided to split and cause my engine to run like poo. so i decided to wack the carbs on

bought some bike clutch cable, a guide, and a weber pedal block, a DIY manifold and some piping for the vacuum, r6 rubbers for the manifold

manifold all put on

thought the cable guide fitted well

POW!!!! right in the kisser!!!!

so after running these in for a few days they were defiantly over fueling as my eyes were burning with the fumes driving lol, also I'm getting a hissing/tapping noise coming from the carbs so i decided to learn how to strip these bad boys down

so unscrew these four screws on top of the diaphragm cap, while keeping your finger down on it as there is a spring underneath

this is the spring

unluckily for me, whomever the idiot was that put these back together had not seated this diaphragm properly and now its creased :(

now to get the diaphragm out take the spring and needle out

well typically again whomever put these back together had placed these washers on top of the needles on 3 and underneath on one so i corrected that mistake

then you need to stick your finger inside and pull it out. do not rip this out, the only trouble you should have is with this little guy, you need to get underneath it and it should pop out

and it should come out

with everything out you can blast this side with carb cleaner *REMEMBER NEVER TO GET CARB CLEANER ON THE DIAPHRAGM AS IT WILL WARP THEM AND THEY WONT PERFORM*

now flip them round and start on the float bowl side

unscrew the four screws and lift the float bowl off, dont worry there are no springs or anything to watch out on this side

now remove the floats, there is a pin at the back of them, slide it out or like on my set there is a screw, just loosen it and they pop out, be gentle tho. on the underneath there is a little thingy mabob on the floats, dont loose this!!

now with the float out you've just got the main jet and pilot jet. the main jet is a 8mm so unscrew these out and the pilot jet is a flat head

now with these out you can clean the path ways

the big jet is the main jet and the small one is the pilot jet

with the jets out you can clean them, spray carb clean down them and use a thin wire or bristle to stick down them to free any gunk

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi

how she looks today :)

Nice little write up there buddy. How are the bike carbs performing now? Notice any increase in power? Also, what throttle cable set up did you use?

Nice little write up there buddy. How are the bike carbs performing now? Notice any increase in power? Also, what throttle cable set up did you use?

cheers man, well going from a pierberg carb to bike carbs there was a massive difference in power. well worth the conversion.i used a push bike clutch cable and sleeve, an ally bend for the bike cable as a guide and a weber pedal block.i cut the bike cable down short, kinda regret it now as the throttle is stiff, so I'm gona buy another cable set and do it longer and in a loop to see if its more light on the pedal. everything came to abo £25 max

now then fella!

nice little build you have going on here :)

the wheels look good! glad they went to a good home :)

now remove the floats, there is a pin at the back of them, slide it out or like on my set there is a screw, just loosen it and they pop out, be gentle tho. on the underneath there is a little thingy mabob on the floats, dont loose this!!

The thingymabob is called a needle valve. It controls the amount of petrol in the bowl of the carb. Once the floats get to a certain height, they push on this valve which closes over the fuel inlet to the bowl. The tip is a tapered piece of rubber which must be completely clean or else it won't seal properly and the bowl will over flow.

I'm liking your work! Get these boyos set up :)

The thingymabob is called a needle valve. It controls the amount of petrol in the bowl of the carb. Once the floats get to a certain height, they push on this valve which closes over the fuel inlet to the bowl. The tip is a tapered piece of rubber which must be completely clean or else it won't seal properly and the bowl will over flow.

I'm liking your work! Get these boyos set up :)

cheers for the info dude. iv made an appointment at the end of the month :)

Edited 9 February, 201214 yr by wideboi

well my mate has put a afh in his golf so I'm gona steal his gt :) engine was out yesterday so gona clean it and spray it satin black :)

Well its been a busy weekend

gt out and ready for paint

everything painted black

gear box all painted

bonnet all clean ready for paint

black

engine bay before

engine bay after

cross member painted blue :)

engine hopefully going back in tomorrow. going to order some goodies off ebay tonight :)

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi

so engine was in friday and i started to connect everything up and i seen my thrust bearing on the side, haha

so engine is in :)

mostly everything plumbed up

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi

looks great man! bet its nippy

looks great man! bet its nippy

cheers man :) yeh its alot nippier than the mh lol hopefully when the carbs are set up next week it should be abit better

Edited 1 March, 201214 yr by wideboi

so this weeks progress :

everything plumbed in and choke cable fitted

didnt like the wheels purple and silver so they went black

these came on Tuesday

testing

a bit of cutting was in order

abit of colour

bada bing

bada boom

lol

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi

omg more pics! this is gonna look wicked!

Likin this thread!!

oooo very nice, always wanted to put arches on a coupe.

took some pics over the weekend

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi

so this weeks progress :

everything plumbed in and choke cable fitted

didnt like the wheels purple and silver so they went black

these came on Tuesday

testing

a bit of cutting was in order

abit of colour

bada bing

bada boom

lol

were did u get the arches from lad ???? email me back plz cheers tom

Are the arches from a chap on retro rides by any chance? Look good. How did they fit, lots of modification?

Are the arches from a chap on retro rides by any chance? Look good. How did they fit, lots of modification?

nah man, the arches he was selling weren't wide enough for me. i found these on ebay. widest i could find tbh. and they fitted perfect. i didnt do any mods to the cars arches, just cut them away so i could lower the car abit more. i had to bend the fibre glass arches abit to fit the cars arches but one riveted on they are sound

Bada bing Bada boom, bitches!

Nice work

i wanna see videos of your car bwaaaarping along!

i wanna see videos of your car bwaaaarping along!

haha sound, ill get some videos up soon

got my fly eyes kit on friday. cheers to dubownerbilco for letting me know abo these.

esiest stuff in the world to work with

proper choke leaver fitted for the carbs

was so parranoid about leaving the fuel pump dswitch on so i got an led rocker

Edited 6 May, 201214 yr by wideboi