Mk1 Vw Polo

[tommi]

off to Edition 38 this weekend to show and shine the car, hopefully the public will love it too

Im Just praying to the car gods right now to get me there and back and still be running for the challange. if the engine gives up before then its game over for the challange this year. will have to come up in my stupid smart car!

[Steve33]

My money is on this as a top three hope it does get to be at the challenge .
Do you have a back up if it goes tits ?

[tommi]

I will be running in the GTM coupe Kit car if that gets done in time and mine dies.

My biggest problem at the momment is the car keeps dropping onto 3 cylinders if it hasnt been used for a couple of days and the only way to get it to run right is to give it a thrashing or a long drive to clean up the plugs. issue with that is that the gear box wont take too many hard drives i dont think and the long journeys scare me. its not gonna get any thrashing this weekend, no handling course for me at all but will be heavy advertising the £999 event on my little POS talker that i have.

if it makes it the 100 mile trip to northhampton and back then i will make it to the £999

on the day its going to be handling course first for me then tackle the strip afterwards. and if we gotta que up i might need everyones patetiance if i skip the ques rag it round and clear the cylinders then dive to the front and nail it...... its all in the spirit of the event lol

[Steve33]

Ooh not good then is it maybe the bike carbs causing probs?
I will keep my fingers crossed for it then .

[tommi]

think the problem lies in a piston ring on number 4, but to clear it need to thrash and im unsure if its running weak from the carbs. dont mind if it dies after the event

[mjslonergan]

Why don't you use one set of plugs to start it, then when it has warmed up, swap to the running set, you then clean the start-up set for the next cold start, should do away with the fun, but gearbox threatening thrashings...

[Relentless Rob]

Just be careful swapping plugs while the engine's running. You can shoot them out of the head due to the compression.

[tommi]

well im pissed off as my long wheel bolts havent turned up so im off to a Vdub show with unmatching wheels. gonna win a whole load of nothing at that event. will try and wear my PPC tshirt on the sunday if its not too hot to be wearing Black lol

[tommi]

wide arch kit turned up today for the old girl. smelt like it had been packaged up while still curing, stank my whole car out. i held them up to the car and they look sweet!!!!!! offer just the right amount of arch clearance and will allow me to lower the back some more once i have cut the rear metal arch out, im getting very excitied about this now
after the weekend if she is still living will post up pics. wish me luck peeps!

[tommi]

well went to the event, thought the clutch gave way at one point but it was just me very hung over and not lifting off the clutch enough on a fast change lol.

this is a pic just before i left for the event on friday evening
new front wheels are fricking tight but they fit! might have to dig some more fibreglass of the front yet though



event was a huge sucess and with my handy £999 challange bill board got tons of interest from the vdub comunity. event got dragged on stage (again very hungover) and made sure i gave the PPC lot a good shout out.

we had a bit of a rolling burn out competition (bit of loverly grass tracking)


All thats left now is to sit back and wait. got a little bit of tinker time left to do still, gotta check levels and things but providing it makes the 1 hour journey to the Pod im all set. Still got that bloody GTM to help with though so wont be sitting about

[tommi]

got a little feature with my other polo mates on speed hunters

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/09 ... t-iii.aspx

grab a little look

[Steve33]

I went to ed38 in 07 there was a guy with some wheels with swarovski diamonds on them it looked rubbish.
Any vee dubbers coming to challenge?

[davethedog]

Your car looks ace!
I over took that home made pick up thing (the picture above yours) on the M1 on Friday the really sharp bits of metal sticking out the side are a bit scary

Remember when you cam up for the min bits I told you about my cousins Lupo, here it is 16 pics down:
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/09/07/event-gt-gt-edition38-xi-pt-i.aspx

[tommi]

that scary pick up is my mate joe, when i move back to the west country we are building an uber turbo diesel corrado rat soundoff car, its gonna be very heavy and very loud and emit a lot of black smoke.
he also has a two face sirocco, half is mint and imaculate the othe side is rusty as sin!

[tommi]

well i have finished modding the car now for the event (without tinkering)

Project cost
Parts I have bought so far

Mk1 polo £350.00
rear strut brace £20.00
fibreglass £6.50
zinc primer £3.00
filler £5.00
Solar mambas £120.00
CR500 tyres £0.99
CBR 600 bike carbs £40.00
raceland 4-2-1 manifold £50.00
stainless decat and exhaust £0.00
1.4 16v engine £250.00
welding at powerflow £15.00
Exhaust fitting £20.00
MOT £0.00
side exit exhaust £0.00
Red oxide paint £18.20
welding materials £1.00
Kirkey Seat £40.00
5" Tacho £25.50
inlet blank £14.99
front springs £20.00
front shocks £15.00
steering wheel £12.00
rear coilovers £60.00
40mm silicon joiners £5.00
50mm silicon joiners £8.50
4mm and 5mm samco tube £7.00
Mk2 distributer £5.00
Seat mounting materials £13.50
jubilee clips £3.50
harness £0.00
bike brake cable £2.99
front mk1 splitter £19.99
tyre balancing £2.00
Arche kit £60.00
consumables £18.00

Total £1,232.66











Parts im selling

AEF powersteering pump £10.00
AEF wiring loom £30.00
Inlet manifold £10.00
interior £50.00
engine £50.00
bumpers £20.00
weighed in scrap suspension £5.00
standard wheels and tyres £60.00


Total £235.00

total project cost £997.66

copy n pasted directly from Excel so hope it works

If anyone has any questions about any of the costs please state them. but to answer any early ones
- mot is free as work did it for me as they where training a new MOT tester
- harness is now free (according to the new saftey equipment rule"
- Have allowed for £18 consumables (no idea of real cost as i haev used all old shite lying around
- car comes with nitrous nearly fitted for show purposes at VW events but is and empty bottle and no injectors fitted, this can be shown before drag event. have not costed this in and if needed can remove for event just cant be arsed