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Hi, for all of you that don't know me im Paul who bought Colin's former raven gti. Now this isnt going to be your average build thread, i dont often come on here so there are lack of pictures to the various mods i have done. My apologies, but i have included the pictures of progress i have......I thought some people would like to know what happened to it and that its not vanished off the face of the earth. I first got in contact with colin in January 2011 regarding his epic lupo, as soon as i laid eyes on it that was it i had to have it.....so at the end of the month myself and my brother (Thissy) set off on the long journey up to sunny aberdeen to collect it. As many of you well know colin did a fantastic job on the car and there was alot to live upto. It came with a full vw service history, very well maintained with just over 37,000 miles on the clock. I am now the 3rd owner from new. As you can see as soon as i got it home i stared tinkering. -Sent the bathursts off to be sprayed in anthracite gray -Fitted a full custom exhaust with ashley manifold and de-cat that i had on my previous arosa sport -BMC induction kit with sanco hoses (routed fattys way) -Tinted headlights and sidlights with laminex subtle tint -Private plate L600 UPO Next on the list was wheels so i saved up and trolled the net for either bbs rs or schmidt th lines. Eventually i found a set of th lines on here. They were finished with purple centers, (15") 8J fronts 9j rears, with a ridicules stretch of 165 nankangs all round. After a trial fit on the car i decided it was to much poke for my liking (as i do like to push on) I ended up stripping the wheels down, sent the centers off to be acid dipped and finished them in anthracite grey. I sold the 3" dishes, used the 2" dishes for the rears making them 8.5J, bought 1.5" radinox dishes for the front making them 7.5J. Replaced all 80 bolts and wrapped them in toyo t1r's. At this point i also purchased a janspeed cat back system, ashley 200 cel sports cat, sprayed lcr splitter gloss black and anthracite badge. It was my daily driver at this point and i was racking up to many miles commuting to work ect. So in june 2012 i ended up biting the bullet and purchased a polo 6n2 1.4 tdi to use as my daily. This meant the lupo could be garaged over winter and brought back out to play in spring/summer. These is the only pictured i have of the polo, on the schmidts, bilsein coilovers (were shite) gti front bumper and xenon's. I usually run my bathursts on it. My brother bought a full AAS system for his gti (mattys). After he purchased a mk1 series one golf gti he had to sell his lupo to fund it. After negotiating a price i ended up with the AAS system . Absolutely brilliant system, the engineering involved is second to none. You can swap de-cat section for cat section, all bolts together, two and a quarter inch bore throughout, 3' twin tip, fits like a glove. Purchased a whiteline rear arb. I set it to medium when i first put it on, but after taking it out it seemed very twitchy so reverted back to soft. Absolutely spot on now, by far the best mod i have purchased! They wernt lying about what it says on the disclaimer after purchase, it does completely change the feel of your car, defiantly for the better. Had a lupo gti front bumper lying around so thought it would be a good idea to have a second bumper for shows. Sent it to a local body shop to have plate recess smoothed and lcr splitter sprayed in anthracite. This means im not to fussed about getting stone chips on the original bumper because i have one purely for shows. I saw john was breaking his car so began messaging him about his engine. I didnt opt for the charger as my plan all along was high revs so i purchased the following.... -Complete block with Je forged pistons/ Carillio rods -AVY cylinder head p&p -Jenvey throttle bodies -Emerald K3 ecu -Wide band lambda - Egt sensor -Helix 4 paddle cluch -Lightened flywheel -modded gti clocks I didnt have the money to do the full conversion at this time so i ended up putting the engine in as it was with forged block and P&P head. Before hand i stripped engine down to paint the block and gearbox (left head as i was planning on using an AFH head in the future) changed cam belt, head gasket, head bolts, water pump, oil change and filter ect. Also bought new water bottle and washer bottle because they were looking a bit tiered. I wanted to keep the original engine for the car with the original clocks. This means in the feature if i ever did sell it then i can put original engine back in car to sell (on 47,000 ish), and put the beast in another lupo for a track car. Well that would be the plan. I had casper's clocks re-calibrated to the correct milage for the car so all MOT's will be correct in the future. Here is a pics of the engine when i received it off casper And a few from when it was fitted on 2nd Janruary 2013 (apologies for lack of quality) My brother bought mitches old lupo. It ended up having a blown head gasket after traveling to aberdeen to collect it. This meant an eventful AA truck ride back from aberdeen to cumbria. With it not being on the road i nicked a few goodies off it for cumria vag. Here are a few pics of pre clean and cumbria vag...... I had the engine fitted roughly 7 months, and all was going well. This was until i thought it would be a good idea one night to borrow my mates go-pro hero 3 to get a video. Lest just say the outcome wasn't good at all, if you care to view it type in vw lupo go pro on youtube. The fan belt shredded, wrapped around the crank pulley causing it to skip 4 teeth= 16 bent valves People may say its not as clean as when colin had it, but at the end of the day it does get driven. I do my best to keep it in the best condition i can but it does suffer a few stone chip hear and there. Whats the point in having a car if you don't use it to its full potential? So for the second time in a year the engine came back out... This is the point where i decided i was to go ahead with the full conversion. Mike sold some parts to dogwood and after having a conversation about my plans with him he recommended a firm called JMR Developments. Since then myself and mike contacted jason and explained my build, he seemed very enthusiastic about it and reckoned 200bph revving to 9k can be achieved. Anyhow I started spending the majority of my waged to collect parts need. This is a complete list what the engine will consist of.... -AVY block with JE forged pistons/ Carillio rods -AFH cylinder head P&P -Cams (of his choice) -Solid lifters -Up-rated valve springs -Vernier pulleys -Jenvey throttle bodies, fuel rail, trumpets (of his choice) -Emerald K3 ecu -Wide band lambda -Helix 4 paddle cluch -Lightened and balanced flywheel & crank -Quaife differential -AVY head gasket, cam belt, water pump, idler pulley, stem seals, valve guides, rocker cover seals & bolts, big end bearings, main bearings -AFH fan belt, head gasket, engine mounts, plastic pulley casings -AER head bolts -Spa designs rev gauge (revs to 9k) with shift lights -Audi A1 blower unit housing rev gauge Here are a few pics of various parts i have sprayed or modified....... Lupo/A1 hybrid rev gauge mount AFH head with bodies mounted My car is currently down at JMR having work done and hopefully ready at the start of june. I cant wait! I know this isnt the usual way of doing a build thread but i have included as much information as i can. I will try and not be so useless and keep this post updated with progress from now on. Paul