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  1. Dogbot

    Engine conversion

    Lmao a massive amount easier, if i where in your position i would throw the polo gti looms straight in an sdjust the plugs for the lights, radio should be the same too..... you can keep your original key by switching the chip from donor key to your key this saves recoding & two key scenario.... all the best!!
  2. The only thing I would say differently to dubsy is to use the bigger rad, if you've got it you may aswell, just need to cut out the closed half of the cowl. an you can tak the chip from the donor cars key an put it in your original key, no need for recoding then, it just lifts from one key to another, also I found it far less work to splice in the polo engine and ecu loom into th lupo loom, personal preference tho I believe on that front
  3. Dogbot

    Engine conversion

    Sammy-Jo's engine conversion is quite unique an was quite intensive with the wiring, a friend and I spent a day an a Half building a complete new loom using the polo GTI engine loom and ecu an splicing it into the lupo cabin loom, we felt this was the best route for the longevity of the car, I can tell you it was no easy feat but not beyond anyone's capability, the easiest way on the wiring front is buy using the polo GTI engine loom and cabin loom and transplanting the whole thing into the lupo, this does however mean every connection for windows lights an switches need looking at and modification as the 6n based lupo an 6n2 polo are a fair bit different, however it all depend where you feel more confident wiring, ecu or lights and switches, there aren't many wiring diagrams about for the polo GTI either which only makes things a bit trickier, after that everything else is just nuts an bolts, engine goes straight in on the same mounts, but you can't use the 6 speed box as it doesn't fit in th lupo, only the lupo GTI uses the 6 speed box an the engine sits at an angle to do so, Sammy an I opted to use polo GTI brakes all round too, you'll need the hubs and calipers, the rear is easy also, you will need polo GTI rear stub axles an calipers also the do bolt straight onto the lupo rear beam but sit at a different angle... You'll also want the radiator from the polo too as its a lot wider and the original lupo rad is not up to the job it gets very hot!! You'll need to chop out half the rad housing too for air flow An that's about it off the top of my head... Good luck, there's a fair few foto's on Sammy's build thread but none of the wiring, otherwise it would be too easy for you pmsl (to be fair I only did the connections figuring out what did what was my wizard of a mate) in all Sammy's conversion took me 3 days but spread over months while collecting the parts an squeezing it all into our schedules.
  4. I have a love hate relationship with your car!!! some days it makes me an other days it makes me looking at it at the show made all the stress, arguments an lost knuckles worth it...
  5. I apologise prefusely if this has been asked a million times but i am still having a few problems turning up results with the search function Basically, Sammy-Jo's lupo is in dire need of Bigger brakes before i even consider letting it near the road, the front i have sorted.. almost, The Rear I dont...... I have been offered a polo 6n2 GTi Rear beam axle & brakes, I'm not entirely sure it will fit, I have heard they are slightly longer????? does anyone know if it will, My gut instinct is to keep the 1.4s beam & swap stub axles & brakes on this will work wont it????........ Am i barking up the wrong tree..... Can anybody help my brain hurts now..... Many many thanks in advance Ray p.s i am trawling through build threads & such trying to find the answer, just wondered perhaps if you knowledegable kind chaps here can help. xxxxxxx much luff xxxx lol
  6. simplest conversion is the polo gti dude, you can do the physical swap in half a day & the wiring part in a day or so...
  7. mmaybe i was thinking of the engine mount....... its certainly a lot of work lol
  8. the lupo gti Engine & 6 speed box wont fit in a non gti, it has a different sub frame, the suspension turrets are slightly different & the lupo gti lump sits in at an angle..... I couldn't have dreamt that up, i just couldn't..... im sure it didnt fit hence why i got the polo gti lump & box.....
  9. tbh mate, wiring wise, there arent great diagrams out there,, You better off doing the job properly & binning the car side of the loom, theres only 6 or so wires that come from the cabin of the lupo & go to the engine, they are lives, switch lives & earths, trace & cut out all the ecu wiring from the lupo & solder & heatshring the polo ecu & loom into the lupo's loom, its quicker & easier,, if you keep the polo car & engine loom you'll have a headache of work with the speaker, central locking & lights, depending on the age's of the 2 cars concerned you may find as i did, most of the wires are the same or similar colours & all the clock loom should be the same colours too it was for us. wiring took a day an half on sammy-jo's lupo an we where going slow
  10. Dogbot

    Silicone hoses

    DPH appears to be a fab site mate top find!!
  11. Dogbot

    Silicone hoses

    Samco do them dude, whole kit for around £200 notes, any colour you like, If your like me & think thats a tad expensive, I've tried trawling ebay & cheaper suplliers but it all comes in around the samco price!
  12. More Dole money than sense these days!! Less is deffinatley more!!
  13. It took 9 weeks for euro performance to get a momo boss to me for an A3, good site, just lets hope your not in a rush for anything
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