Bike carbs

[Novataken]

Ayup, Ive got a 1.4s ibiza on a t plate and i want to know if its possible to put bike carbs on it. yes i know i should just buy a gti but i want to be different plus i cant afford insurance on a 2.0.

Any help would be nice thanks

 

[AlpineWhite]

But can you afford insurance for a 1.4 with engine mods?

 

[Novataken]

yeah plus id like to keep the 1.4 as its mint condition and only 43k on the clock

 

[F2 Stu]

Pie in the sky........

 

[m0rk]

I can't see what it'd give you?

 

[AlpineWhite]

Sure it could be done, there must be info on carb conversions out there. But bear in mind that different isn't always good!

 

[Novataken]

Yeah been looking on club polo and there seems to be a few people on there thats done it for under £350.

Just need to find a decent set of carbs on the bay or motorcylce breakers



Pie in the sky?

 

[F2 Stu]

Pie in the sky is a phrase that means a fanciful notion or ludicrous concept.

 

[Novataken]

Well what would you propose for a 1.4 for less than £350

Which isnt a GTI

 

[AlpineWhite]

A service and a decent set of tyres.

And then save for a GTi.

 

[F2 Stu]

Nice grippy tyres.

 

[Novataken]

it has T1r's on the front and eagle f1's on the rear atm and seems to be holding out ok with the coilie's.

was thinking about struts front and rear but are the OMP ones the only ones available? there the only ones i can find but i dont think i like the way they look

 

[orangemuffin]

what would they do ?

 

[Novataken]

Stiffen the chassis up and less body roll therefore making the handling better

 

[AlpineWhite]

Strut braces won't reduce body roll. You'll be wanting anti-roll bars to do that.

 

[Novataken]

Do the GTI ones fit on a 1.4s ive been looking at them too

 

[SKOT]

Insurance ent that bad on a 16v either if you look into it there only group 10

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

well go for it i say its something new isnt it

 

[m0rk]

well go for it i say its something new isnt it

Sometimes there's a very good reason that nobody has done something in 15yrs.

 

[Greasemonkey]

I aren't being funny but going back onto the days of vauxhall nova's and early corsa's with a bit of fettling you could make a low cc engine be pretty quick for what it was. I say go for it, its different and will sound bloody fantastic with bike carbs. Theres a guy near me (east yorkshire) called Dave Bogg,he can make inlets for bike carbs and set the engines up on his rolling road. My advice is, if your serious about squeezing some more power from your lump is to not just go the carb route, get a high lift cam fitted so you'll feel more of a gain when you put your foot down. Going the two litre option is in the long run cheaper because its already producing reasonable power but if insurance is an issue then tune what you've got i say

Paul