What did you do to your Polo today?

[hazrd]

your PB wasnt too bad considering though Greg


Well for my pog... ive been busy:
Ordered/Ordering:
- Forge FMIC
- TOW sticker
- Battery Sticker
- Fire extinguisher

* and now im overwhelmed because i dont know which exhaust place to contact to have a custom 2.5" downpipe and 200cell cat supplied and fitted through

[WEDEL.1]

That's a fair amount of damage Greg, you must have been driving enthusiastically

Maris

[Tarq57]

If I was driving on that tyre I'd expect more than a 10% hit on the fuel economy.

[noone]

Maybe butcher the flange that mounts to the stock exhaust manifold and go from there. Need to mount the sensors back in unless you have them mapped out

[kaanage]

Noone, are you referring to the joint in hazrd's post? I think he is referring to exhaust specialists - not a part.

your PB wasnt too bad considering though Greg

I'm actually quite happy doing 2:30 on the lap when it went bad but I wanted to get under 2:10 (and never got to use my motorsport map which should have given me an extra 4 kW which may have got me there)

Ordered/Ordering:
- TOW sticker
- Battery Sticker
- Fire extinguisher

I can show you how I mounted my extinguisher so that it is easily removable so it doesn't affect the underseat drawers and seat run.
Also, I'm trying to get FlyingGTI to make some of the "stickers" in plain vinyl without glue backing so they can be easily removed and reused.

That's a fair amount of damage Greg, you must have been driving enthusiastically

Here's what I wrote about the tyre the vic motorsports thread. Enthusiam or pig headedness - take your pick.

The tyre (only the driver's side front) developed a slow leak somewhere between turn 1 and GIO as I 1st noticed the front end pushing a bit through GIO, so I missed the apex by a couple of feet.
At Siberia, it pushed more (missed the apex again) and seemed to spin up a bit on exit with a bit of vibration through the steering wheel.
Up over Lukey heights, the understeer got really bad and the vibration was quite noticable as I crested the hill.
Out of MG, I deliberately pointed the car more than usual and clipped the apex fairly hard at turn 11 to try and fight the understeer - at this stage the vibration was getting pretty bad and the car still understeered on to the rumble strip on the exit.
On turn in into turn 12, the vibration was blurring my vision and at the apex, it felt like the wheel was about to fall off.
Fearing the worst, I backed right off down the straight and noticed some smoke coming from the driver front wheel arch area. The steering wheel was still vibrating badly and the car was now pulling to right so I pulled off just after the pit exit.

All in all, a destroyed tyre was a relief vs what I though it might have been. 2:30 wasn't too bad a lap time in retrospect.

If I was driving on that tyre I'd expect more than a 10% hit on the fuel economy.

I'll give ya that!

[vwthunder]

Greg, I would like to see how the extinguisher is mounted that you can still move the seat, oh and congrats for taking a step and getting to the track. I know it didnt go as planned, but you had the balls to Lap Phillip island in the little Polo

[hazrd]

Ben - updated my post from "joint" to "place"
got a few quotes today and settled on a guy who has done some work for me before - $450 to remove the std downpipe and precat, replace it with a custom 2.5" downpipe, and fit a 200cell cat.

He is going to move the sensors for me. but if it throws up a code, John has advised that he can map it out for me no probs

Greg, some magnetic TOW and battery applications would be much better! Now, where the F is the tow point at the front of the 9N?!

and yes, i would be interested in seeing how your extinguisher is fitted. currently the only idea i have is to bolt a frame behind the back seats, cover it with carpet when not in use, and attach the extinguisher to it when i go onto the track. To make it accessible, i just need to fold the seat down, and it will be directly behind me and within reach to keep the scruitineerers happy

forgot to add... i reached eighty thousand and eighty five kms... or should i say... BOOBS!

[vwthunder]

Now, where the F is the tow point at the front of the 9N?!

It is on the drivers side, behing the Fog light grill

forgot to add... i reached eighty thousand and eighty five kms... or should i say... BOOBS!

Funny

[kaanage]

Looks like it's time for another Melb Polo meet!

We can go over the subwoofer thing, too, hazrd. vwthunder can show you his sub/amp arrangement too.

It is on the drivers side, behing the Fog light grill

And there's a phillips head screw that you need to remove 1st (I didn't notice it at 1st and was wondering WTF was holding it on).

[vwthunder]

We can go over the subwoofer thing, too, hazrd. vwthunder can show you his sub/amp arrangement too.

I just got a slim line sub, very shallow mounting depth. Might make a new fiberglass enclosure of it on the right side of the boot