Has anyone bike carb'd their ibiza?

[crossedmike]

made it all myself, but a break down of the cost would be to convert the ABF

Carbs: 50
180 Jets: 12
Throttle accessories: 5

Inlet flange: 40
Inlet gasket: 8
Stainless steel for runners: 15
Welding: 45
Silicone hose and clips: 15

KR ignition controller: 25
KR distributor: 25

Thats pretty much it... that should see around 170/180 horse and more if tuned

You can make most of that back by selling the inlet off the ABF... simples

also if not tuned well... youll see in the region of 20mpg

so tecnically a 20 - 30 bhp increase for such a low amount

 

[CraigW]

Im actually tempted to stick a set of bike carbs on my little 1.4 for/as abit of a project. And I know it can be done.

 

[M1KEH]

Do it....

 

[crossedmike]

Im actually tempted to stick a set of bike carbs on my little 1.4 for/as abit of a project. And I know it can be done.

i wonder wjhat increase you would get and what sort or sound if mine lives i would be tempted lol but would have no idea haha

 

[CraigW]

Do it....

I am really really tempted to do it, even if I dont get much of a power increase, I want it more for the sound.

A member on here, Novataken (Spelling?) did it to his 1.4.

 

[M1KEH]

If you got bike carbs of one of the smaller inline 4's like an r6 or gsxr600 then i reckon it might be fairly good.

 

[crossedmike]

I am really really tempted to do it, even if I dont get much of a power increase, I want it more for the sound.

A member on here, Novataken (Spelling?) did it to his 1.4.

u go first tell me how easy it is and if it blows up haha

 

[HoopDub]

havent seen any mention of an FPR here, bike carbs run at 3-5psi where as modern fuel injection pumps are many times more, you will need an FPR to knock down the pressure for the carbs to work properly, no great expense though.

to run carbs on a 1.4 you will need a distributor from a mk2 golf 1.3 and, and the ignition wiring from a 1.6 driver, amplifier etc fuel pressure regulator, custom inlet manifold, bike carbs and a fair bit of handy work

 

[CraigW]

havent seen any mention of an FPR here, bike carbs run at 3-5psi where as modern fuel injection pumps are many times more, you will need an FPR to knock down the pressure for the carbs to work properly, no great expense though.

to run carbs on a 1.4 you will need a distributor from a mk2 golf 1.3 and, and the ignition wiring, amplifier etc fuel pressure regulator, custom inlet manifold, bike carbs and a fair bit of handy work

Thanks for that list, gives me a starting point to start looking and pricing stuff. I wasnt sure what I would exactly need.

I can do the custom inlet manifold as I work in an engineering place. And I doing mind doing abit of handy work.

 

[crossedmike]

Thanks for that list, gives me a starting point to start looking and pricing stuff. I wasnt sure what I would exactly need.

I can do the custom inlet manifold as I work in an engineering place. And I doing mind doing abit of handy work.

this is why im envious i have 2 left hands and a mecanical mind of a goose lol good look if do it and get a video of the sound : )

 

[HoopDub]

theres plenty of room behind the 1.4/1.6 engine to get the carbs in, an ITG sausage filter is also advisable or similar.

 

[CraigW]

this is why im envious i have 2 left hands and a mecanical mind of a goose lol good look if do it and get a video of the sound : )

I have plenty of people I can ask at work aswell for advice on making bits etc. Ive just spent 4 years doing my apprenticeship and now I'm qualified so I am rather mechanical minded.

theres plenty of room behind the 1.4/1.6 engine to get the carbs in, an ITG sausage filter is also advisable or similar.

Thats what gave me the idea of it, the amount of room behind the 1.4 engine. I was thinking of one of those ITG filters aswell. What sort of bike carbs would you recommend using??

 

[HoopDub]

hmmm, the best you can afford, zx6 ones are ok, 36mm throttles on them nice mach for the small engine, or anything 36mm and upto 40mm. theres probably a fair bit ive forgotten about this conversion, been a while since i did it. i will try dig out my old info

 

[CraigW]

hmmm, the best you can afford, zx6 ones are ok, 36mm throttles on them nice mach for the small engine, or anything 36mm and upto 40mm. theres probably a fair bit ive forgotten about this conversion, been a while since i did it. i will try dig out my old info

Thanks mate, you have been a big help. Needed to find something to keep the Ibiza as a project and I think I have just found it!

 

[M1KEH]

Rather than running all that heavy mk2 golf stuff you could probably run megajolt instead. Or take it one step further get rid of the carbs and run bike throttle bodies and megasquirt.

 

[HoopDub]

they sound awesome, but i never got mine finished before i sold the car. heres some good info i used when i was doing it, vauxhall boys been doing it a long time hehe

http://www.totalvauxhall.co.uk/resources/totalvauxhall/TOV64.tech60697.pdf
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/engines-transmission/297105-how-2-bike-carbs.html
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=55760

 

[HoopDub]

Rather than running all that heavy mk2 golf stuff you could probably run megajolt instead. Or take it one step further get rid of the carbs and run bike throttle bodies and megasquirt.

many different ways the way i said was very low cost so thats the only reason i went down that road. also had a camshaft from a mk3 polo GT.

 

[M1KEH]

Hmm yeah, i thought megajolt was cheaper than i just looked up.

 

[Fl@pper]

havent seen any mention of an FPR here, bike carbs run at 3-5psi where as modern fuel injection pumps are many times more, you will need an FPR to knock down the pressure for the carbs to work properly, no great expense though.

EFI pumps run at 3.0 bar normally - approx 43 psi

 

[ibiza_95]

unplug the normal pump and put a bike pump in there... its not hard really

inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r1upyWF3v0