What did you do to your Polo today?

[Blitzen]

One more reason for me to get the dump pipe and intercooler done, and to move to a cooler climate...Hopefully will be in Canberra this time next year...

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Fixed my leaking sump again today... got to love previous owners who managed to damage the thread

[insanekiwi]

Impressive! do you have the dyno sheet? what was the temp like?

I've been telling everyone that 140kw is possible with simple bolt ones!!! what did I say...


do you know Lora's specs?

Dyno run the car today.
awesome day, perfect weather, nice cars.

Was hoping to get over 130kw but due to the turbo/manifold bolt problem i had i wasn't sure if it was possible.

result! 138.3 Kw ATW

Congrats to Lora for her 140Kw

[bfeboi]

[jettyhouse]

I Didn't really do this today, but when I first brought it home,The boot didn't close without a firm push with my knee,so i thought I would adjust the catch. So with a light push, with your hand(as the manaul says)it would close.First off I cracked the plastic,not having the proper tool to remove it with,but perservered on to the carch only to discover - again - I don't have the proper tool.So then I spent the next couple hours welding the plastic back so if I got the courage to bring it in for warrenty to adjust, they would't discover my folly(also my wife looked over my shoulder just as I was cracking the plastic).Upshot the boot still needs a knee or a BIG slam to close it.I pulled a big NO-NO by test driving a new Polo,then buying a second hand one still under warenty and appearing at the dealer again.

[noone]

result! 138.3 Kw ATW

Congrats to Lora for her 140Kw

Nice result mate. I managed to pull 135kw, shame to not be at the top of the pack, but I'm not complaining.

I wish I'd stayed a little longer to see the other Polo's, but had to fly... Was a long day of waiting...

Hm, my torque is 30 nm less, I've been discussing how I think my tune is dying off over time, but have not been able to show this... new tune is definitely on the cards...

[Blitzen]

To jellyhouse. Did you see the 2 Phillips head screws on the inside of the hand grips? Remove those, and a firm pull, and the plastic comes out.

[gjuu]

I Didn't really do this today, but when I first brought it home,The boot didn't close without a firm push with my knee,so i thought I would adjust the catch. So with a light push, with your hand(as the manaul says)it would close.First off I cracked the plastic,not having the proper tool to remove it with,but perservered on to the carch only to discover - again - I don't have the proper tool.So then I spent the next couple hours welding the plastic back so if I got the courage to bring it in for warrenty to adjust, they would't discover my folly(also my wife looked over my shoulder just as I was cracking the plastic).Upshot the boot still needs a knee or a BIG slam to close it.I pulled a big NO-NO by test driving a new Polo,then buying a second hand one still under warenty and appearing at the dealer again.

Mine had the same problem just after I got it...it just didn't want to shut without a bit of effort
So I went for the default fix for every thing first - a spray of wd40 in the catch
Worked a treat and I didn't need to adjust the catch - might be worth a try

[VWindahouse]

Nice result mate. I managed to pull 135kw, shame to not be at the top of the pack, but I'm not complaining.

I wish I'd stayed a little longer to see the other Polo's, but had to fly... Was a long day of waiting...

Hm, my torque is 30 nm less, I've been discussing how I think my tune is dying off over time, but have not been able to show this... new tune is definitely on the cards...

I am having a hard time understanding the huge variences in tunes. For example last weekend at the QLD dyno day i only saw 131kw atw which is average compared to the Sydney crew with weather & heat and different Dyno being mentioned as a possible reason, however I also saw a huge 362nm atw compared to the 269.9nm seen on bfeboi's dyno chart. How can there be 93nms difference??

Anyone??

[Corey_R]

You can't compare different dynos. Dyno's are inherently inaccurate. They're only useful for doing before and after (tune/mod) comparisions of the same car on the same dyno, and preferably with the same temp/humidity.