RobinJI Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) Surely it can't be just the carb icing up, it's never that simple Haha, sounds about right for a carbed VW. The weber's a lot better than the Pierburgs for it, but they will still ice if things aren't connected. Luckily the standard air-box is actually really free flowing, so there's no need ever remove the warm air-intake really. Have to wait and see if that really was it but it wouldn't surprise me at all. I want to wide-arch my Scirocco to bring the track width out a bit and help with the handling. My first thoughts to slit the bodywork and make quattro style box arches. The rear edge of the front wings would be left open because it helps a lot aerodynamically but I need to work out what to do at the bottom of the wing with regards to the body-kit. What do you guys think, any chance of this actually looking good? I think it could work quite well. Edited January 4, 2013 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 What about finding one of ther reiger wide arch kits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 There hideous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Well I'm currently sat at the side of the road waiting for greenflag to tow me home, so I guess it wasn't that. On the fuel lines in the engine bay there is two filters on its route to the carb, in the first one it IMO doesn't seem to be coming through quickly enough, e.g. Just a dribble each pump? Coil doesn't feel hot? There isn't really much else I can look at with just bare hands at the moment? Typical how yesterday my car contained about 80% of the tools I own but I cleared them out last night :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) What about finding one of ther reiger wide arch kits? Not really a fan, they're a little garish! I don't mind the Zender Z400 kit, but it places the arches much to low on the shell for me, at best I'd end up with zero wheel travel to get the car at the height I want it. Plus it's still not quite as subtle as I'd like. There hideous Haha, do you mean my idea of the reiger kits? This is the zender kit, like I say, not toooo bad, but sits the car much too high for me (They look much better without the rear wing): Duncy, bad luck. Have you had a peak in the tank yet? Edited January 5, 2013 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 At 26 years old, 9 years of driving, and 8 cars, I've just picked up my first MOT pass How can you drive around without an MOT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Well I'm currently sat at the side of the road waiting for greenflag to tow me home, so I guess it wasn't that. On the fuel lines in the engine bay there is two filters on its route to the carb, in the first one it IMO doesn't seem to be coming through quickly enough, e.g. Just a dribble each pump? Coil doesn't feel hot? There isn't really much else I can look at with just bare hands at the moment? Typical how yesterday my car contained about 80% of the tools I own but I cleared them out last night :/ I had an old Scirocco 1.6 carb (before ripping it out and dropping a valver in). It used to cut out after short periods of heavy load. Turned out that the little plastic pipe on the pre carb filter had twisted and was restricing fuel supply, only spotted it when we removed the filter as the twist was pushed inside the black rubber hose and hidden from view. Might be worth chaging them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 How can you drive around without an MOT? I think he probably just switched cars around as they needed MOT or packed up... On another note, those Zender kits look a bit tacky imo - make your own I say, if you're able! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the Zender kit, but I think with the vent in front of the rear wheel filled in and the spoiler removed it could actually look pretty good. I don't really like it as it is but I think they've got potential. Still, like I say it doesn't suit my needs because the arch flare's too low down on the wings and wouldn't give me any decent suspension travel at the height I want to end up at. I think what I'd do would be a lot more subtle, it'd literally be 2 or 3 cuts for each arch with a little infill piece welded into each slit to bring things out, fairly subtle, kind of like the difference between the Audi Quattro and its Coupe GT equivilent. The only bit that could potentially look a bit garish and horrid's the open edge at the back of the front wing, but I want that because it helps a lot with aerodynamics. (allows high pressure build up of air in the wheel arch to escape, which helps front end lift, brake cooling and when I eventually fit a splitter it'll help keep the pressure under it low too.) Edited January 5, 2013 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 How can you drive around without an MOT? As Mike said, I used to just pick up a car with a years MOT on and run it into the ground. Not an ideal way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Been having a rumage, thought i had found a possible fault. The breather from the top of the rocker seemed to be putting too much oil in the airbox due to this breather being a bit buggered... So i cleaned everything up and put it back together and the car seampt to be running mint. Drove out into the countryside (like a tool) with a mate and it cur out again. Eventually it kicked into life again and somehow managed to drive it home. I thought right, I'll have the carb off and strip it down. Well taking the bolts off I thought it was moving a bit too freely, Now i am not 100% sure if it was me ragging it today on it was already bust but there was a hole in the carb to manifold gasket. By this stage I was getting mad with hunger and rage so i just yanked it off.... So that's fubared, I can't quite seem to figure out why a hole in it would cause a fairly intermittent fault? Anybody know where i can get one from quickly? Got a busy week next week and should have been driving to doncaster tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 GSF or Eurocarparts might have those bits in stock. All this trouble you're having reminds me of my mk2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Ah yeah, should have thought to tell you to check that! Yeah GSF always used to have them off the shelf. My Scirocco got through 3 of those in the 2 years it had the carbed engine in it, the reproduction ones are shite. Just make sure the carb's supported fairly well and you shouldn't have any issues though. Maybe add an extra brace or 2 to it, or just replace it with a solid metal one. They don't normally cause the intermittent issues you're having though, the worst mine got was to idle a bit crap and splutter on tight right handers when the carb flopped over to one side! Gotta say I'm pretty glad to have the EFI on the Scirocco now. That said, there's no reason yours can't be reliable with the carb on it, there's only a couple of little faults they tend to have, just seems like they've all come at once for you! Mine worked as a daily for me for ~35k so it wasn't that bad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Same happened on my Scirocco, the carb fell off one day and I cut out in the middle of the A38. Duct taped it back together and ran it like that until I sold it haha. Can't believe I didn't think to mention that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Milltek is on, sounds f**king epic and looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Can't you pull it up a bit, and cut the bumper out? I did it on mine, and it looks 100x better. Looks like it actually belongs there, rather than being stuck on as an after thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 It doesn't go any higher, as you know the mounts are solid bolted to the boot floor. If it mounts to the floor, and it goes on the rubber mount; it can't go anywhere else. Apart from being about 10mm further out than Prawns it is exactly the same place as it was for the last five years on Prawns car. The only thing it needs it 10mm taking out of the center section to pull it in further. But it cannot physically go any higher without modifying the boot floor or creating a new mount which is shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Time to create a shorter mount sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 That's exactly what I said. Although I just heated my hanger and bent it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 I have to agree, it would look much better. Though I'm a lazy git so would end up leaving it where it is haha (Same reason I've had a downpipe in my lounge for over a month - to say my car is loud is an understatement!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) Nobody said anything for the five years it was on Prawns car like that or on every single A3 with a miltek on it. Yet now I fit THE exhaust which was on Nicks car in exactly the same way everyone and their dog is feeling the need to say it looks gammy. It CANNOT go up any higher, if the box is moved up any more it WILL hit the boot floor when driving. We know this because with the rear skirt removed we pulled the back box up as high as it would physically go and went for a drive to see if it knocked.Then we bent the mount back down until it didn't knock. It isn't the fact that the bracket is hanging the box down; it is that the exhaust box will hit the mount on the boot floor which it is suspended on if it goes any higher. What Phil and I have done is a vast improvement on what Miltek themselves use to advertise the exhaust. www.millteksport.com/images/custom/561.jpg Edited January 6, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Biggest over reaction ever! Looks gash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 Boo. That's not so fun New end pipes with a curve to them so the box sits where it is but the exit is tucked up into the bumper? Far from ideal but would look nicer I prefer the look of this to how it was, don't get me wrong, it'd just be a nice detail to get right if it were an easy fix. If it's not, then no need to worry about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 It's irrelevant how Prawn had it, it still needs to go up somehow otherwise it just looks like every other A3 thats been modified with bolt on stuff. George, didn't I fit your exhaust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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