Unfortunatley, much as I'd like to time, money & SWMBO will prevent that!
Can very much appreciate Mark's hard work one on this one, loved mine when it was in better fettle and it used to upset quite a few people in it's time!
Mine started as a 1.6 that had a fettled 1.9 mated to the original gearbox, which makes them out accelerate a standard 1.9! Better breathing helped too, both on the intake side with a cone filter, straighter run in and fine tuning of the air meter and on the outlet with a full stainless steel Magnex exhaust system. Mine was set-up using prototype Jamex suspension kit, strut brace and a thicker rear torsion bar. Brakes were beefed up using Wilwood discs, bit rusty now though!
I also went for the stealth look with 1.9 wheels that I had colour coded to the Graphite Grey non-sunroof (marginally stiffer!) bodyshell and a very clean half leather interior and 1.9 steering wheel.
She's still only got 63k on the clock and the engines done less than that, not bad for a 1986 version
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All my work was done by a long term entusiast and founding member of a couple of the owners clubs and I'm sure there's other stuff that I've forgotten about!
And if all of this sounds like an advert then you can take it as such, I'm afraid she's got to go, so I'd be willing to talk to anybody that may be interested in this project as a whole or any of the parts that are on the car, yes, painful as it maybe I would break her
. I've also got a brand new set of 18" wheels and tyres that I never got around to fitting availble as part of the package or separately.
She needs some tender loving care by an enthusiast that's got more time than I have presently to get her back to her former self but it wouldn't take much and when you do well just so much fun and she would make an awesome track day car too or even a hot hatch racer!
PM me an email address if your interested in pictures or if you'd like a viewing.