the engine and engine bay

This is the engine bay as it came. Standard 2.0 reconditioned Pinto (205 block) There is no end of Heath Robinson repairs under here. All was on display when i bought it and no secrets raised their ugly head later. On initial assessment my plan is to put the battery in the boot, new set of dual carbs, new exhaust, radiator and more importantly, a remote Girling servo where the battery is currently installed. Why, because its a Left hand drive and the carbs restrict a standard servo installation. You can see bellow where the master cylinder is. 

so at this point you can see the simple stuff has started. I also bought the new rocker cover from JR  Castings Ireland. Lovely touch to beutify the engine bay. The new exhaust (ASHLEY) installed and soon to be wrapped in asbestos tape. The option i have gone with for the induction is Honda 600 CBR carbs supplied by danstengineering in England. Dan gave me good instructions and help to ensure they were installed and tuned correctly. Thanks mate. 

As i planned, the battery is now moving home to the rear of the car. I know i could have bought a fancy battery box but once its prepped and painted it will be dinky do. 

Ok, progress. New radiator installed. Had to make some mods to the body work and also make brackets and used Renault 5 rubber bushes. Good detail and work well in the Croatian summer weather. I have also installed and electric fan as the original viscus one wont fit. New set of silicone hoses, new water pump, new alternator and the exhaust wrapping in progress. 

So here is the new carbs. Dont they look nice. Full power from top to bottom, easy to tune and more economical than Webbers. I did consider throttle bodies but due to several factors i decided on this option. 

There we go. Carbs installed, radiator installed. Now one thing extra i did buy was a MagnaSpark dizzy for the car. When running multi carbs I believe the ignition system should be as good as possible. Or at least as reliable. Nothing worse than the stupid points burning out. You can now see how its impossible for a servo to be installed hence the need for a remote servo over on the other side where the battery was. 

The exhaust system when it arrived.