...to have a nose, maybe a ride out?
:rumour: You sound brave
I remember wondering why there was smoke coming off Lewey's brakes when I first met him ay Oultern Park
...to have a nose, maybe a ride out?
Hi lewey,
just popped on here to see how your conversion is going. I see your have a few teething problems with mating up the clocks etc. I guess this is just part of it all retro fitting a new engine in an old car!
it looks very factory under the bonnet though, which i always like to see. Nothing worse than an engine that has literally been "thrown" in!!
So whats actually left on your "to sort/to do" list?
Have you driven it much? I may sort out having 22nd Aug off and popping up to donnington to have a nose, maybe a ride out? Not promising anything as im pretty busy at work, but its only down the road for me
Keep up the cracking work
Dunc
Hey mate. I'm just starting the process of fitting a fiat 595 abarth engine into my mk2. Can you remember what you did writing wise? I am struggling to find a wiring diagram for the abarth loom. What exactly did you do for the gearbox mount and engine side mount. I read through the thread but it got a bit complicated at one point. Is there some way I can contact you for some questions bud? Both me and a mate is doing the same conversion and your knowledge here is vital cheersI wasn't happy with the old UT fuel tank setup, so I sold the tank and I have just made my own setup that fits into a standard SPI uno tank. I've used an old Lancia Thema fuel pump with some copper pipe from the same to provide a little swirling. It all fits into the impossibly small gap in the tank and allows fitment of the level device sensor still. It will sit in the 4 prongs that come from the bottom of the tank just like the original unit did and is elevated off the floor using some rubber pipe with two cuts in it. The SPI tank has the same little bowl baffling in the bottom as the UT tank. I don't know if it will all work or not.
Hoping for some half-decent weather so I can get this thing back on the road.