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The 1600s are just fine, plenty of new shopping hatches have a worse power to weight ratio. 80mph for a healthy one is no bother, if a bit noisy. My 1600 bus will just about get there if the wind is in its favour.
Hefty-
Yes, definitely this. Lovely in standard trim when well serviced and tuned, messing with them really doesn't gain you much unless you're going to go at it full-tilt.
I always liked this twin choke carb upgrade, I had a pair of twin 40s on a 1776 in a 62 bug and they were a twat TBH, it's balancing the banks that's a pain in my experience. The single version looks great.
Stevethecoffee
So tempting but I really need to fix the broken things before I start getting performance/bling stuff.
I can't wait to fix the speedo so I can see how fast it actually goes because I'm pretty sure I had it up into the 80s on flat road today. I did over 100 miles of freeway driving and not once did I feel I couldn't keep up with or pass modern traffic as other people seem to have been saying about these.