Engine in

[Ashtonr]

Was having a great day yesterday fitted the wheels and dropped in the engine then I trial fitted the bonnet and found although I had allowed for the height of the engine block the carbs on my 1.8 CVH are higher and foul on the bonnet. Has anyone else had this problem ? Guess I need to reduce the height of the engine mounts to lower the whole thing down a little or I was thinking of usinng bike carbs does anyone have any pictures of them connected upto a 1.8CVH I assume they would connect up horizontally so be much lower ?

[davedew]

You'll find with the standard 1.8 CVH carb that the filter will stick up through the bonnet.

I have fitted bike carbs to mine, and with the new style Saturn bonnet everything fits under fine.

[AshG]

i want one of those engine hoists and the barn to go with it

[twinturbo]

Originally Posted by AshG

i want one of those engine hoists and the barn to go with it

"Bring it down a fraction"......."A fraction of an inch you idiot not a foot!!!!1"

TT

[Ashtonr]

What Carbs did you use Dave, did you make the Manifild up yourself ?

[davedew]

I used gsxr 600 carbs. But any carbs from a 600 up should work ok once setup correctly. I made my own manifold up so I could angle them to fit wherever I wanted.

[Ashtonr]

Thanks think I will go for the bike carbs to save cutting holes in the bonnet I have the same big bulge bonnet from Saturn so hopefully it will all fit underneath

[baz-r]

Originally Posted by davedew

I used gsxr 600 carbs. But any carbs from a 600 up should work ok once setup correctly. I made my own manifold up so I could angle them to fit wherever I wanted.

make sure you angle your bike carbs to the same angle as fitted to the bike so the floats work
if your lucky you find a line cast in the side to set float hights and thats your level line

[Ashtonr]

Ok got some bike carbs now and I have also grafted most of the Sierra wiring loom in but I have a few sensors which I'm not realy sure what to do with, I have attached a photo of my inlet manifold to detail some of the sensors below
1. TempGuage sender I need this one
2. Air temp Sensor think I need this for the Eletric ignition module to work correctly ?
3. Manifold Temp Sensor do I need it
4 I have a single black wire coming off what I think is the choke see attached picture do I need this ?
5 I have another sensor with 4 wires coming out of the housing with the thermostat in it. I think its the Fan switch but I cant positivly identify any ideas ?
6. Vacuum Vale this goes into the EFI module do I need it ?
7. Vacuum pipe from EFI Module guess I need this to be fed off my new inlet manifold for advance ?

Any suggestions most welcome