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M20 flywheel and starter are the way to go. Much cheaper than having an M50 dual mass machined down. I expect you have but hopefully you've got the throttle body with your 325 inlet otherwise it's useless. You'll also want to look at your PCV pipes when you're in there as they can suck a lot of low end out of it.
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Do NOT use this company to make anything for you. My favorit suspension, custom made, was completely botched. Out several hundred pounds for suspension that does not do anything that I asked of them, and extremely hard to contact once they had my money. Absolutely avoid at all costs, one of the worst experiences I have ever had in the car world, and I'm in the trade...
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what was the bad experience? Can't have been that bad I'm sure - Jorily has always managed to resolve issues to everyones satisfaction that I'm aware of If it was postage I'd hardly think that was a bad thing. Twice recently Jorily has done next day delivery for me on urgently needed items, still stayed cheaper than anywhere else and been very good about it really. Servicing items seem to always be in good stock and I can't think of a single time I've not had a prompt delivery on them, nor any of the other Skoda people I know??
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do it now. I'll sell you a stripped down rapid shell to do it and all, and then I can buy one that already has an engine and save myself lots of hassle
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you'll get it sold alll right then! You'll take the total of on-the-road orange estelles with vinyl roofs to a total of approx... TWO
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skoda rapid embaressment to skoda owner
surprising_skod replied to mike_vrs_sk's topic in RWD Skodas and historics
I cant do nasal, I have a broad Ulster accent and y'know, the reason I'm in the SOC and get on with the other members I've met is because as long as the car is OTR and not being abused/scrapped/left for dead, it's all good. Even the ones used for trialling are cool! -
Things your car has done that have surprised you
surprising_skod replied to Tailhappy's topic in RWD Skodas and historics
did about 40 miles in 30 minutes, and I stopped for petrol and again for a phonecall. Faster than the speed of sound, mine is. -
Advice needed re Skoda Sport 130L
surprising_skod replied to Jane109's topic in RWD Skodas and historics
working on keeping it in the country too I hope? I really, really hope it gets saved. I'd suggest checking with one of three people to post in this thread, namely DaveRapid, Skofast or Skudman. between them they will know pretty much every genuine restoring-minded Skoda fan in England or CZ, where the likely potential buyers live. That way you can ensure it isn't stripped of bits and scrapped. There are just a handful of them left; adding another one is a big smile moment for a few of us ^see? -
my car eats gearboxes!
surprising_skod replied to Zeemon's topic in Skoda Favorit, Skoda Felicia, Skoda Fun and Skoda Forman
it's the same 'box :rotz: and they are very tough boxes. properly tough. no matter what anyone thinks - either they aren't treating the car right or they've only had a broken one! your engine wont be at fault. Misaligned shafts had come to my mind but to be honest that would be pretty hard to do. If you suspected that, the most likely cause would be accident damage, so I would be inspecting the inner wings looking for accident damage on a front corner. and a good mount will help no end. once fully sorted, you can expect wonderfully peaceful boxes. it is a modern car, with modern noise tolerances. i.e. quiet. Even my favorit mk1 box was pretty quiet after I snapped the selector ... -
well, i'm glad you're keeping that and putting it into good order! I'd be compulsively forced to get it if offered lol. from what you're describing it does sound just like a totally standard 136 sport. which is wonderful, as many were robbed of their tuning parts and the bodykits, and the last ten years haven't been kind to the numbers due to rust pockets and high scrap prices! Nevertheless I'd possibly be interested in the offside front type wheels - got the centre caps too?
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pic of engine as said, location, price, time frame when it has to be collected by. not a hard car to find interest for!
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Estelle door lock machanisms
surprising_skod replied to Philsom26188's topic in RWD Skodas and historics
You would need to know your mobile number before you could start texting though! -
lowering a felicia
surprising_skod replied to Squeak's topic in Skoda Favorit, Skoda Felicia, Skoda Fun and Skoda Forman
motorsport Jamex ones about £70 for a set of -35mm, and standard shocks will be fine with those -
been down once. you know its just a row of cars in a shopping centre carpark, right?
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Larne's Ultimate Car Show - Ireland Meet Sunday 29th March
surprising_skod replied to GAFF's topic in Northern Ireland
what adrian said ^^ -
it does really need lead substitute but you can get away without it. the older ones and the smaller ones Definitely do need it though. the extra porting on the 136 head means its much more keen to perform. and as you said, the 135 was the FI and the 136 carbed. the 136 rapid should be listed at 68hp, and the 130 at about 61/62 the 120 was about 58 and the 105, 54hp. they weigh a bit less than 900, more about 850 with fluids i think it was. on a standard Jikov carb, 40mpg should be the norm. If it works. On an aftermarket, expect a max of 35 and if you're really, really stupid like me, figures in the teens
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Covskoda got the answer for you although as far as i was aware it was a 1970 car but then again, nobody seems to be that sure!
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Can you modify a newer engine to fit an estelle?
surprising_skod replied to alfcapone's topic in RWD Skodas and historics
the 1.3 is an 8-port head, and the 1.2 is a 5-port head, so this is why you need ones from a 136 rapid engine so that they sit at the correct angle otherwise your fuel and exhaust will not flow right. -
The 4 10mm nuts on the top of the box are also main loom earths, and without these being totally clean and grounded, the car will not run nor even attempt to run. The brown earth wire is not a common fail point. 8mm on some models, dependant on year. Socket and extension recommended - spanner much too awkward (also: apologies to all for the furore caused by my mis-type re: firing order. I'll think of a good excuse for it later )