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(Toni!) or V6 (Paul!) or V8 (dude in the states). 
,Pete! i'm sure it will be worth it in the end.
£5k on the engine alone? for 240bhp? for heavens sake why? if you drop a rev 3 3s-gte straight into the back of that mk1 it will make 245bhp in totally standard form...that will cost around £2k maximum,now throw your spare 3 grand at it and 400bhp is well within reach and to top it off reliably too......im not wishing to sound negative but if you tune a 4a-gze to 240bhp it will no longer maintain reliability over the years...no highly tuned engine ever does. good luck though mate,looking forward to seeing this one!
Jon Bradley wrote:hold on, the last i heard was that you were thinking of getting rid of the SC because the insurance was so much.
Or is this a big plan to keep the car off the road until you are a year older so more companies will insure you!??
,managed to get him a good qoute!Paul Woods wrote:Hi pete its always good to see big power mk1's being built but i really cant understand why this route? you are spending
Dont get me wrong i love the sound of what you are doing,i think its absolutely great! but i cant for the life of me understand why throw so much money at the 4a when theres a much cheaper alternative that will produce buckets more power twice as reliably?
,Thats what i think anyway!!This will be a great car and will still be run by an sc
£5k on 4a for it to be obliterated by a 3s powered car at half the cost,Thats what i think anyway!!- no offence- i just wanna be a bit different gt4 box except ewhere the transfer box would be there is a blanking plate so if ya were askef to do a 2 wheel drive gt4 it is possible to get the blaking plate from the sc boxPaul Woods wrote:Hi pete its always good to see big power mk1's being built but i really cant understand why this route? you are spending
Dont get me wrong i love the sound of what you are doing,i think its absolutely great! but i cant for the life of me understand why throw so much money at the 4a when theres a much cheaper alternative that will produce buckets more power twice as reliably?
to mk1's is great! but!It might be expensive but will be worth it!..He will be one of the first,if not the first!...hats off to you sir,cant wait to see it,didnt wish to sound like i was condemning it or anything,just as you know you can tune the 3s further and more reliably...but thats the least of the problems building a 4wd mk1....fuel tank would need relocating,front shockers would need altering to allow a driveshaft to locate,loads of chassis mods to allow a front diff to be mounted,just a non starter really.....no idea on 1/4 mile as i never got the chance to throw it up the strip....id estimate low 12's.
thats cool
There is an issue with the SC though, you can't just keep upping the boost so to speak because the roots type blower turns into a hairdryer at anything over 10psi, so you find you get to a certain point (mine was 182bhp) and you just can't generate much more without ditching the stock SC for something different which is a lot of work, or throwing the SC all together and putting a turbo on. Seriously i'd love to see you with 240bhp, but you will never do it with the roots type supercharger, you will need a twin screw or maybe a vortech type one which is like a belt driven turbo. 