The Danish mk1

[mads_christ]

The current pulley is from the mk1 1,6. But I'll try to swap the water pump as well. Even though it looks identical. Thanks for the tip!

[Peter Jones]

From memory the offset is the same but you can only fit the MK1 pulley to a MK1 pump because the hub in the centre changed sizes.

I think you might have the MK1 crank pulley but the wrong pump pulley.

You might have to change the pump to get a mk1 water pump pulley to fit.

I hope that's clear, pulleys always confuse me!

[mads_christ]

The weird thing is that mk1 pulley fits the mk2 pump perfectly. Bolt pattern and hub size. It's just the offset that seems of by 5-8 mm.

[mads_christ]

I have now tried all my options regarding the pulleys. No luck! So for now, I'll ignore the problem and start gathering parts for a serpentine conversion.

Next issue is the exhaust! The stock manifold and down pipe (16v) doesn't fit. It Interferes with the steering thingy (what is it called? I really can't remember what is called in English)

I always wanted to use a race header of some kind, but didn't want to spend money before I was sure that the engine could run properly. Now it seems I have to. Which race headers do you guys prefer? Any certain brand? 4-2-1 or 4-1?

[Notso Swift]

Generally for all motors a 4-2-1 will give a wider power band than 4-1, but I have found a smaller bore 4-1 works better than a oversized 4-2-1 where the gas speed drops

[mads_christ]

The engine is finally bolted in! Next up is wiring and plumbing. Both tasks will require a bit of mix and match of old and new.



The dizzy cap and brake reservoir almost touches each other. Any ideas how to solve this?

Edit:
I'm well aware that the engine/gearbox/entire bay looks terrible but i need to be certain that the engine functions as it should before I sink time and money into it.

[Notso Swift]

Great stuff
Moving on nicely

[Peter Jones]

I had the same problem with the gear shift linkage hitting the manifold.

I just straightened out the arm and adjust the length of one of the links.

There's some pics in this thread The Red Thread

You can also see how I made the exhaust and dizzy work in that thread.

[Mk1@4Motion]

Would you be able to fit a nuwer cars boster which is smaller, like mk3 golf?


Only The Good Die Young 45

[sports racer]

Distributor cap from a Saab fits really well.



The leads come off the side, not the top.