Up! Project

[Sharkie]

As an update, I have now done a lot of reading up on Up!s .... LOL

There has been a number of TSI upgrades in the UK, and apparently not that hard to do. Will absolutely happen to this 1

I have now ordered H&R sport suspension from VWCentral .... and ... an AMR300 supercharger which is suitable for 0.6 to 1.2l engines and will only provide lowish boost. Might buy an AMR500 (for a bit more boost) too later if it looks like there is space.

I have decided on the wheels already too, just need to get it roadworthied next week 1st before I start in earnest.

At the moment, its still hidden in my shed so SWMBO doesn't see it before its properly on the road.

She wanted a new Jimny, instead she got an Up!, so I'll probably be staying with the Up! in the shed for a while ....

EDIT: I did order a new Jimny though, but its only due next June, so I have 7 months to play with this in the meantime ....

[Sharkie]

Not project related, so I'm posting here.

Did drive the Up! to work most of last week (could not be bothered to take the R out the garage with holiday visitor's cars in the way) and boy is it light on fuel !!!!

Did my normal commute @ 4.9l/100km. 40km roundtrip each day with all suburbs and inner city. Also took no longer than any of the other cars
To put that in perspective compared to the others I drive (same trip, same duration):

Up! 4.9l/100km
MK7.5 110TSI (OK 150TSI now) 6.4l/100km
MK7.5 R 9.8l/100km
Amarok TSI (with 200+kw) 11.5l/100km
Mustang GT 18.1l/100km

[sambb]

I'm so glad someone is going to mod an Up! I've always liked these little things so i'll be watching for sure.