WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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trunks_mk1
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WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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Hi,

Anyone know/have info on the following....

1. new WS rear strut, will it fit straight on without any modification to the standard engine bay cover.

2. how easy is it to fit the manual choke? anyone have a diagrams/pictures?

cheers!

T
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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trunks_mk1 wrote:Hi,

Anyone know/have info on the following....

1. new WS rear strut, will it fit straight on without any modification to the standard engine bay cover.

2. how easy is it to fit the manual choke? anyone have a diagrams/pictures?

cheers!

T


Paul's strut brace will fit with no mods to the cover. :thumleft:

The manual choke's extremely easy to fit, I think he's changed the solenoid itself since I fitted one but I wired it with a switched live from the fuse box in the footwell (there are about 3 unused fuse points), to an inline fuse, connect that to a switch on the dash then run a wire to the +ve on the solenoid and -ve to earth on the chassis. The pipe work goes from the capped pipe at the base of the throttle body to solenoid and then into the air ducting. I think all the destructions are on Paul's website www.woodsport.org or possibly on twobrutal.
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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im interested in the strut brace too!
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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Yep the brace fits without fouling anything.

The choke kit is very easy to fit, and it's actually easy to make yourself without buying one from me, Jimi stuck one of my "how to" guides up somewhere so that you can make one yourself. When i make one the customer is pretty much paying for my time.

Please note there is a 7 day lead time on the brace.
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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Whats the possibility of buying just the mounts for the brace and the stickers to go on Paul?

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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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So you'd want just the strut top brackets and no bar? I can do that for you no problem.
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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Paul, is there a Woodsport SC rear strutbrace available? The Cusco ones seem to be advertised at such high prices.
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possible group buy?
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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PW@Woodsport wrote:So you'd want just the strut top brackets and no bar? I can do that for you no problem.


how much for those items Paul?
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andyj wrote:Paul, is there a Woodsport SC rear strutbrace available? The Cusco ones seem to be advertised at such high prices.


Sorry Andy, only currently an NA version, but next SC i get in i will consider making one for it.
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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Why retro fit the manual choke?
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

Post by PW@Woodsport »

The stock auto choke is a terrible design, gives lots of idling problems, bouncing idle that pretty much everyone will experience sooner or later, and even when new the choke takes 2 or 3 miles to knock off when it only takes 200yrds of choke to maintain idle after that.

Just poor all round really.
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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PW@Woodsport wrote:
andyj wrote:Paul, is there a Woodsport SC rear strutbrace available? The Cusco ones seem to be advertised at such high prices.


Sorry Andy, only currently an NA version, but next SC i get in i will consider making one for it.


Great stuff Paul.
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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would this particular manual choke work with the (EU) AFM-ed NA?
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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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stenky wrote:would this particular manual choke work with the (EU) AFM-ed NA?


I would think so. I don't think there are any differences in the throttle body between the AFM and MAP cars. :-k

The manual choke connects to the capped pipe that comes off the front lower right of the throttle body.

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Re: WoodSport - rear strut and manual choke

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Limeymk1 wrote:
stenky wrote:would this particular manual choke work with the (EU) AFM-ed NA?


I would think so. I don't think there are any differences in the throttle body between the AFM and MAP cars. :-k

The manual choke connects to the capped pipe that comes off the front lower right of the throttle body.

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