Polo on roids

[Guy_H]

Thought we would honor our poor little Polo with a fresh thread: A list of the mods our little baby has had so far:

APR K04, software flash, EMCS switching system (including race gas program)
High flow transverse manifold
Modified intake pipe (39% better flow)
Billet steel flywheel & EVO ceramic clutch setup
BMC CDA with battery modification
APR front mount intercooler
APR 2.5" stainless turbo back exhaust with metal catalyst
TT 228mm front brakes & greenstuff pads all round
Martini GS 610 brake fluid (much better brake feel)
Oettinger 17" rims & Toyo proxes 888 street rims
S3 Rims & Toyo semi slicks for weekends
V3 coilovers (work in progress)

But apart from that, its all stock

Its one of our most fun cars, accelerates like a motorcyle

[Guy_H]

[Guy_H]

[ryan_GTI]

omfg.... *droolz*

hows the torque steer guy?

[shaneth]

Mate this truely a work of art. Cant wait to get started on my polo.

[SidGTi]

Nice! How much power is it making with those mods?

[GoLfMan]

whens the massive turbo coming?!
awesome mate!

[FL00DY]

Hey Guy. You know I've been following the Polo thread on the tex, but it's good to see these pics and the mod list in one post


How much is the intercooler and piping work going to be? Is it easy to install? Also I've been looking for a Workshop manual for the Polo, from Bentley or someone else. Do you know of one?

[PoloGTi]

Hey gee that Polo is my insperation love it to bits. cant wait to get my little beast like that must be so much fun to drive. Might have to come up one day to get a ride. cheers Guy sweet car.

[Guy_H]

Thanks everyone, as soon as we drove the new Polo early this year, we knew the potential of the 1.8T in this lightweight frame.

Torque steer is not too bad, I suppose you grow accustomed to it & adapt - certainly the MKV GTI is much easier to drive fast.

The clutch is different to all other 1.8T's and it was the first victim to the 104race gas program & some silly take off action.

FMIC kit will be around the 2k mark, all bolt up with a tiny bit of dremel work to the plastic radiator panel, notching of the metal bar support but no cutting to the front bar cover so its easy to return to stock. So you should be able to do a home install with jack stands & a good tool set.

Have a 260kw kit sitting here (and a 300kw kit) but not sure whether to do it or not it would be complete overkill, but we could say - yeah - we did it!