Rover 214si

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It's been an afternoon of bodgery and ebaying.

SO I am currently awaiting the Croatian postal service for the actual carbs.

Having removed the original "coolant heated" inlet manifold it left me with two redundant water pipes that cannot be properly blanked without replacing the heater matrix pipes, which not only have the only fill point on the car, but also go round various corners, so decided to make use of the bonnet lifters and some sealant for a grade A watertight bodge to block them off.

difficult to see on the pics but there is a nylock nut on the other end so all held together pretty well even though it looks horiffic until it can be done "properly"!






Also looking into the best way to provide vacuum to the brake servo, as although I have 4 x vacuum pickups for the carb balancing and map sensor, pretty sure its not going to provide enough vacuum to drive the servo as well.

After a bit of looking into it I settled with the idea of getting an electronic vacuum pump off another car completely, there were two main options, one from a BMW M3 or one from a 1.4tsi VW.

Because the VW one was a good £100 cheaper... I bought that one, now I feel dirty. :|

Need to work out if VW run these all the time the engine is going, or if they are supposed to cut out and cut in as the vacuum changes, if its the latter then some fancy electronics may need making D: