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Valkster
01-14-2023, 06:52 PM
Hello everyone. I've been watching the forums for about a year and a half. I read a lot of kit car magazines in my teens and early 20's, but never built one. Now my teenage son, Lucas, and I have started our own MK4 build! We ordered it last February, and received it the weekend after Thanksgiving, 2022. A used IRS arrived a few weeks ago. My father donated the powerplant...a 1967 428FE engine from an old T-bird he has had since I was a kid, but was rarely driven while I was growing up. Lucas and I plan to add an Edelbrock Proflo4 port injection kit to it, among other things during a rebuild. Tranny will be a TKX, but we haven't gotten it yet.

I hope to start posting progress and asking for insight on build issues soon. We are excited!

bil1024
01-14-2023, 07:01 PM
Sounds great

Jrmotorsports55
01-15-2023, 06:34 AM
Welcome. Sounds like a great build.

CaptB
01-15-2023, 08:29 AM
I'm in West TN, just started my carting stage. But as you know from West to East TN, it's a heck of a distance.

Congrats on the build and I really like the engine you're putting in. Fuel inj. is the way to go IMHO.