Little Red Devil

[VWindahouse]

Nice, thanks Gav looks like the way to go!

[noone]

Nice work!

Good to see some more work going into the devil.

So that intake adaptor works to allow the big port intake mani to fit to the small port engine, I've not seen much on that one... Will the stepdown over a short distance cause a restriction or turbulance? I guess the lesser of the 2 evils...

It will be interesting to see how much better it breathes with the best Polo 9N3 Polo CAI system I've seen developed and the greater intake mani flow.

When I get a jobby, I'll have to chase you on the intake initiatives...

[VWindahouse]

Cheers mate! I've spoken to a couple of different vendors that sell the product and they say it will help greatly with reducing turbulance but yes it will always be more restritictive than if you went big port mani on a big port head, which Jimmy and I hope to make it happen in the future

Here are some closer snaps of the post transition section




Smooth!

Hope you get a job soon mate, but bet you're loving some time off!

[PeanutButterWolf]

Hey mate,
I saw you on Logan Rd today around 15:30. I was the one with the stupid grin giving you a thumbs up from a silver mk4 golf.
It wasn't hard to find you here, I just hit the search bar for "s*** hot polo" and yours was first on the list

I don't know how you've managed to keep it so clean with all this rain! I must say she's looking very very nice, with some impressive mods to boot. Well played sir!

Cheers, Don.

[Jmac]

Oh yeah! That 10W resistor can handle some heat mate, be good it you could get a different one that has a heatsink built in, which you could bolt down. Buy High Power Resistor,wirewound,aluminium housed,15W,5%,330R Arcol HS15 330R J online from RS for next day delivery. Just see how hot it gets.

Gavin

Looking forward to seeing that, hope it looks like its meant to be there!!! itll be coming iun for surgery early if not
Also looking forward to seeing how the ECu copes with the resistors.
Speak to you soon mate, hopefully have a nicer surgery for the Devil next year!!!
Hmm
Jmac

[VWindahouse]

Hey Don, lol thanks man! Yeah I saw you turn off Shafston Ave and thought sweet Golf.....dropped on its balls just right Seriously got a great squat stance going on! What rims were those? Always makes Brisbane traffic a little less painful when you spot another Dub enthusiast. You coming to the Euro meet next Wednesday?

lol yes Jimmy. You don't think I'd let your standards slip on the Devil do you

Well my amazing partner Natalie got me a sweet as Christmas present. She totally gets my little addiction Can't wait to get some power figure comarisons when the new intake arrives. It can connect to up to 12 satellites at one time for super accurate logging.







Couldn't help myself, here are Nat's presents for her new 77TSI. The HR's are some serious drop 35/55mm



And introducing her new pride and joy

[Jmac]

Looking forward to dropping that sucker LOl
You know that wont be the end only the beginning mate!!
Then itll be fill out the arches etc etc etc etc etc etc if i know you!!!! and me LOL
ps that logger looks the shizzle
Jmac

[seangti]

Are you allowed to install that logger before xmas, e.g. for tomorrow at lakeside??

[VWindahouse]

You read my mind Sean

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Looking forward to dropping that sucker LOl
You know that wont be the end only the beginning mate!!
Then itll be fill out the arches etc etc etc etc etc etc if i know you!!!! and me LOL
ps that logger looks the shizzle
Jmac

Yes mate, we make a very dangerous pair when it comes to this stuff lol! Thanks for fitting her in before Christmas too, I know your strapped atm.

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Well guys had my first track experience yesterday at Lakeside for happy laps. Plenty of cars on the track of the VAG nature which was an awesome sight to see! Some really well sorted cars which made it buckets of fun. The safety instructions were pretty simple with no hero's and try to only pass on the front straight unless waived around. And if it starts raining again be bloody careful as the track is greasy. Lucky for us no rain and the track dried out almost completely from the deluge earlier on in the morning.

Observations;

1. Sean can drive! Even though he had been to LS a couple of times before it was very clear just how quick he is around a track. Was a great learning curve sitting behind him for the second half of our time out there.

2. Our polo's are quick! Someone posted a similar comment already on the happy laps thread and I was super cuffed when a Golf R driver commented after we pulled off about the Devil's speed on the straight saying they had it pinned flat and the devil was still strongly pulling away and then kept going. I'm very happy and quite surprised with the speed of the Devil and it's ability to rev super hard sometimes slightly past 7000rpm in 3rd and 4th without the power dying off.

3. Brakes and rubber held up fine as far as I could tell but once again I'm a total track novice and the adrenalin was off the chart. But I never stopped pushing as hard as I could for the whole time out there and there was no pedal fade and the tyres never let go even when I took a corner or four with way too much approach speed.

4. The suspension when cornering was fine although I still noticed a bit of body roll when really pushing but I do have my sways on soft and medium which works great on the street and up mountain runs.

But i'm not happy with the front end suspension at all. Had a couple of moments when it felt light a squirly like it never has before. Mind you it's not every day you're doing 180+ then hit a undulating defect at the end of the main straight and slightly crap yourself because you can't get the power down and it feels like you're steering a boat for a split second However even over slightly uneven parts of the track at speed it felt light.

Looking for some advice here but my take on it is all the weight saving that's gone on in the engine bay over time had really messed with the spring rating. I have worked out between the small battery swap, stock air box, the SAI pump and metal bracket, combi, bonnet insulation, engine cover and metal mounts and other bits and pieces there is 20+ kgs of weight saving. The dead giveaway is the front end has raised just under an inch in height when you look at the front wheel arches from the side yet the rear is normal. Even Nat has commented on the bouncy ride ever since the SAI pump, and combi came out.

So any suggestions? Do I need custom rated springs that will also lower the front end to the original height? Does anyone do this in Australia. (I would prefer this over have to ponny up for coilies as I'm really happy with the Koni's)

Thoughts?

[seangti]

Cheers for the kind words, I'd done Lakeside once but many at qr and a few at morgan. Lakeside felt a lot safer this time than when I did it 18months ago. Common sense driving by every one also helped.

As for your question re spring rates, I think king spring might be able to help as they manufacture locally, gold coast i think, Don't quote me though. Try city suspension at springwood, I used to get them to do my previous cars.