Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeMK1 View Post
Gav, couldnt he just get a mk3 dizzy and run that, as well as possibly just wiring it without the ecu? (if thats how it runs im no expert)

Also, he could get a passat manifold and 32/36 which are reasonable to find and wont cost an arm and a leg, that would accomodate for the size of the inlet manifold i'd imagine? Also if he managed to find a 5 speed gearbox, which also isnt very hard to find, that should answer for the cluth/flywheel problem as well (assuming he buys them together)

Im going to do the same thing to mine, however already have all the above mentioned things, and i dont see why it shouldnt work, apart frm blocking off the head where the injectors were.
George, A number of things come to mind with your question. The MK3 dissy is electronic, not sure how many MK1 Golfs are that way equipped over here, being pommie and all that. Also, I was brought up on a healthy diet of K-jet and haven't had a carb since my XR3 Escort...

If the Golf is electronic, there's no advance on the MK3 dissy, a static 8 degrees of advance would be a boring engine, it's more of a crank angle and spark distributing device. The plugs will be different.

5 speed box is the go and the clutch and flywheel combo to match. The plate has to match the gearbox splines. MK3 boxes have larger input shafts than MK2 8V and MK1 boxes.

No idea on the Passat manifold but if pushed I'd say no. The head on the engine he has has big tall ports not round ones.

Seriously, for me it would be easier to inject the engine, than mess with all the other stuff.

You can make a spacer to fill the gap between the small dissy and the big hole. Not hard to do and I had a drawing with dimensions on years ago. No idea where it is now though. Moved house 7 times and countries once since them.

Also, you can drift out the pins that hold the cogs on the dissy shafts and swap them over.

Keep 'em coming.