TeamSwift

i've sat down & read through every post in this section, but there's really no clear answer on the best/simplest/cheapest way to take care of the ignition when converting from the fuel injection to a carb setup.
i realize some of these posts are pretty old, so there may be some updates ?
adam/bigbearzuke ? did you ever come up w/ any sort of conversion kits ?
the carb side is pretty basic;
bike carbs or dual webers/mikuni's...
intake manifold (something custom, or the original one hacked up, with boots)
low pressure fuel pump
fuel pressure regulator
...
for the ignition, or to eliminate the ecu ...
keep in mind that there are no mk1 gti's in north america to scoop a distributor from.
thanks guys

hi kris

next time you are in new west talking with poruki, he will answer all your questions...
basically do what he does.
gm DIS sutff, chopper wheel, gm sensors his board... and some custom plugwires...

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89' Swift GTi Road Race car - 130hp NA - Helical Torsion Diff, 4.71 final Gti guts

i have a quad carb set-up on my mk3 swift gt. give a shout on msn messenger or pm me on here and i can give you all the details you needs to fix the harness...

i ran into the same problem when i was installing the carb set-up in my car as well..

my e-mail address is [email protected]. you can also email me and i will return your message

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Why are all the HONDA'S scared of me i'm only a 1.3L

i emailed you, however it may be good to post your findings on here as well, i'm sure there's a few other people here in NA who might be interested .. you used the kit from jardamuth correct ?
oh ya, i have a mk3 as well

Here is one way to do timing with carbs.
You need an aftermarket ignition box with a magnetic sensor hookup. This will hook up to the two wires on the distributor. This alone will make the car run. Just not well and with no timing advance. To get advance timing. You need to get an electronic timing computer from the ignition company you got your box from. Set your timing advance map. Done.

Example: Mallory Promaster coil (29440), Mallory Hyfire IV or VI (697 or 685) These boxes have rev. limiters you may want. Mallory electronic advance computer (600-04)

The car will run with the standard ecu but it won't advanced the timing.

The answer is to install and Electromotive HPX ignition.

Bolivar

Or use mk1 distributor with mechanical and vacuum advancement fired by almost any ignition module... I think it's cheapest and easiest way...

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Mk3 GTi Saudi Arabia edition.

Ok ppl,

I read through most of these subject.
What I would likt to knoe is how do you set ignition timing.
Mk2 Gti is ECU controlled engine and using mk1, you can start engine without ECU and control timing.
What I want to know is, how do you know what ingition timing you are runing at.
If it was A/A+mini engine, there is a pulley with mark on it and with that you can set timing to suite.

With this mk1 Dizzy conversion, can we do that or I need to guess?

You could use a timing light.

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

I have that and I know how to use it.
But what I'm asking is that is there any thing on fly wheel or pulley with line to say that's where TDC is all that?
Or do I need to use micro meter and use cam lift to find where TDC is and engrave line on the pully with indicator or something like that?
...... Did i just answer myself there?


What is the timing on standard cam engine anyay?

Cheers

Atchi

Try 6-8 degrees at base idle. Start with the dizzy fully retarded - clockwise as far as you can go whilst looking at the car from the gearbox side.

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

Lee, are you sure ? Ignition is fully retarded when the dizzy is turned fully counter-clockwise, looking from the gearbox side.

That's my point. If he starts from there, then detonation will not be an immediate issue.

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

Has anyone come up with a subsitute dizzy for the Mk 1?

Either a straight swap or minor / little modification to a dizzy

Swifty Trials

I have four or five vacuum advanced distributors in stock and I'm also working on a custom DIS system that dosn't need anything special. It's a very simple set-up which dosn't need any special magnetic wheels or special plugs. when it's done it can be installed in about a half hour and retains your stock plug wires. There is a working prototype in use right now. That's all I'm saying about the DIS until it's ready for sale

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Adam Willems

http://www.occracing.com

I simply have a modified advance curve in my distributor that matches the rest of my mods....it seems to work very well. Easy starts, much more mid-range and no top-end detonation.

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

Please, can you post more details and pics? Very interesting in that mod when i will install R1 carbs on my engine.

Lander

The actual curve is matched to the needs of my engine, i.e. cam timing, fuel I use and intake setup. Once the setup is finally completely dyno'd (I've had a new addition to the family in the last few months) then I will be posting full details and results. Hope to do it before the end of the year.

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

OK, great. Sure let us know. I am starting to build race engine with carbs.

Yes the distributors out of the Mk2 Single cam Swift works, and is almost identical to the Mk1 Gti dizzy.

http://mikonos.globat.com/~teamswift.ne ... hp?t=10352

wouldn't a 6A MSDbox and a vacuum advance distributor out of a 91 take care of that problem,totally eliminating the ECU when running carbs,basically going back to basic's.....would this be a correct statement or not.......

As he said...

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

you could also use a ford edis multi coil system with a megasquirt diy ecu to have 12x12 ingnition map... http://www.msefi.com

I guess it all depends on how much you really want to spend. Why not run bike TB's, MAP sensor and buy a full Link ECU for $1000Aus. Gives you everything you need then....just a thought.

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Don't ask me, I don't know anything. And just because I'm a senior member, it does not mean I have as many wrinkles as ellpee. 1500+ posts and still I haven't got a clue.

I'm told that a Geo Metro distributor will work. The unit is identical to the GTi unit but has vacuum advance and retard and only two wires. It may need to be re-curved for your engine to get maximum performance. There are some on eBay right now.

I'm going to try it with dual Webers but I'm a couple of months away from initial engine start.