General upgrades

[jimbob4212]

Hi,

I'm new to the world of 126's and i'm wanting a quick rough guide of the performance upgrades that are on offer. Things such as carbs cams and exhausts. All help would be welcome.

[dajwid]

Look through the thousands of old posts on the subject, then any questions not already answered ask away )

[Rusty's Uncle]

  Hi Jimbob , I am guessing that you are talking about an air cooled car as otherwise you are a bit limited with a Bis  [-/

[jimbob4212]

Yer its air cooled, i was just wondering if the small upgrades such as the "sports Exhaust" on ebay and such sites are worth it in a performance aspect. Also if parts from other engines will fit I.e heads to give more performance. cheers.

[Darrell]

Hi there,

You bought the right car for upgrades! [-/

There are exhausts, cams, heads, lightened flywheels, alloy fans alloy sumps, rocket covers bigger carbs fifth gears, but you need the one thing my wife won't let me have....and that is a budget to spend on it!

Check-out e bay and axel gertl, there are quite a few german websites mentioned on the forum.

Beware of the shiney bits

Mick (Bis13) was saying how the allow rocker cover is rubbish because the breather is smaller, but think he got around it by making it bigger. The alloy fan is not as efficient as the original and lightening flywheels etc brings out a can of worms of balancing but there are people who can balance it all up again.

Do it before you get the car on the road, as like me, you'll find you won't do a thing if the car is running.

Should have just told the wife I need a  new head...crank...etc etc [-/

[jimbob4212]

Cheers for the information, the car will be off the road while the work is carried out but im sure i may need some more help on the way.