The Danish mk1

[Mk1@4Motion]

If you run carbs they are easier to repair quickly if you are standing along the road because they are giving trouble. But not sure how cluey you are when it comes to carbs?


Only The Good Die Young 45

[mads_christ]

As long as they are not overly complicated I should be able to set them up myself. My biggest concern is spark/distributor. I could keep the original from the 16v and use the spark control unit from the CIS system... Have anyone here any experience with that?

@ sports racer: what is your spark setup?

[Mk1@4Motion]

His has a distributor and a ignition coil. I assume his spark system on that 16V is as in the image below(if it might help you) But I would change the distributor to electronic rather than points. But thats just me.


As for the carbs, they are pretty easy to understand, the part that takes the longest is the jetting of the carbs and getting the butterfly set up with the choke. Are you going to run electronic choke or cable choke?


Only The Good Die Young 45

[sports racer]

sports racer: what is your spark setup?

I'm running the standard ECU to control the distributor.

[mads_christ]

Great! Was your car originally a carbed car?

[Mk1@4Motion]

Great! Was your car originally a carbed car?

No, but my dad is a mechanic and I worked with him during school holidays and he taught me a little bit of everything.


Only The Good Die Young 45

[Browneye]

Electronic distributors are piss easy to set up mate. Getting the parts is probably the hardest part (especially for a 16v). But I imagine all 16v distributors have a hall effect sensor rather than points anyway. Just need to get a ICM (ignition control module) and wire it as per the diagram below
All that being said, I have yet to test my electronic ignition because I haven't cranked the engine over yet. Pretty sure it'll work just fine as my wiring is identical to the above diagram

[mads_christ]

There should be an ignition module in my 16v wiring loom. So I think I got the parts covered. I think....

[mads_christ]

A tiny tiny tiny bit of progress has been made! Slow and steady and all that...

I've bolted the 16v and the auto gearbox together. And it seems to fully functional!!



But! The waterpump pulley doesn't seem to line up... And can't figure out why.
Furthermore it seems to be impossible to find gaskets for this engine locally. Which is a pain in the ass!

This lack of progress is starting to become a bit frustrating. Even more so because my mate (who's garage I'm using) has managed to customize 4, yes 4!!!, bikes in the same timespan that I have used to remove the old engine. And I'm still not there yet.


One of his cool creations....

[Peter Jones]

Pump pulleys vary a lot between models.

You should be able to swap everything over from the original MK1 motor but you might need to swap the water pump over too.

Another option is to convert to a serpentine belt setup there's some details in this thread. A/C & P/S delete & Serpentine Belt Thread