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Not updated this for a while Car is still running strong, at Gti Inters i managed 10.7 sec pass @ 136 Mph Next outing is Vw Action at Santa Pod late August, hoping to be running Sequential shift Dog Box and aiming for low 10s

Thought i'd update the thread ahead of new show/race season just before car was put away for the winter i managed a 10.9 sec run at santa pod on pump fuel, well pleased Car has been mapped on race fuel since so first outing next month should be interesting It was also featured in Practical Performance Magazine in this months issue

Few vids here, setting of in 2nd gear slipping the clutch and not side stepping it same run from inside https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=597489493702478&set=vb.251587184959379&type=2&theater Another run setting off in 1st gear, not the best as its very short geared vs power, diesel 02m final drive to be installed soon

Car performed faultlessly all w-end and managed 11.2sec @127 Mph without gas so looks like an easy 10.xx sec pass next time with nitrous installed

No probs any time Lots more done to the car mainly cosmetics but today also managed to squeeze in rolling road sess to make sure all is well Few pics Then i did nut and bolt check and swapped to race rubber ready for car to be loaded onto the trailer tmrw

No vids sorry not drove it much tbh due to doing bodywork trying to get it ready for Inters

Sooo been busy few days I'v managed to get wheel alignment done, running Front -0.8 deg neg camber and half a degree toe in Rear -0.5 deg neg camber and half a deg toe in Done few pulls like this and car is straight as an arrow but it may be different story on prepped track with sticky rubber and higher speeds involved! So i will consider Inters as my testing w-end After the wheel alignment i started on bodywork thu eve and spent most of the w-end on it, used 2K oem colour paint over 2K beige primer Today costa del Blackpool was blessed with sun so we decided to apply some yellow! Very happy with results considering conditions it has been prepped and painted in! Few paint runs to flat down then some 1200 wet and dry all over followed with a buffing session should have it looking quite good

Started on bodywork already smoothin arches in It will be Oem yellow LDB1

Called round my local Ats and asked my mate that works there to quickly check wheel alignment As suspected all 4 wheels were out but not by much so my eye is still a good one Never touched camber and castor angles, literally just tweaked rear tow and tracked front wheels to them, not perfect but close enough to carry out some testing Had few runs slowly upping the load on transmission components carefuuly looking for anything untoward Had one spirited set off in 1st gear and heard a metallic sounding "click" typea knock from just behind me, then when i braked it clicked again Knowing that something was moving i drove it back home and left it til today. I knew it couldnt have been much as it drove great when not been abused This morning i decided to deal with inlet manifold to bonnet clearance first so i can drive car properly looking for snags Went local Subaru breakers and aquired an impreza bonnet scoop and set about fitting it as it looked perfect for the job in hand Made a template for it and offered it where it should be Then dfid a brave thing and started drilling rare aluminium bonnet! Then cut it out leaving some tabs for scoop to be fixed to Few tweaks later scoop dropped in and now bonnet is almost fully closed with plenty room to spare around inlet manifold I decided to mount it wrong way round to vent air out instead of scooping as per impreza I will add another couple of small vents at rear edge of bonnet above exhaust manifold to vent heat out Inlet can be seen in this pic With bonnet done i went out for a test run to try and locate clicking/knocking noise and this time i had an idea that it could be from rear diff cradle area so returned home and got the car on ramps to nip up bolts a bit more, got nearly half a turn on each bolt Took car out again and replicated hard acceleration and hard breaking and knocking was no longer there, result Then i decided to try some proper launching of the lights with 4wd fully engaged! 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear on full boost and wot throughout rev range and car responded like a scalded cat !! No wheel spin at all just a heavy kick up the backside and off it went. Felt very quick indeed As i was driving past a recycling place decided to call in and get Lupo on to the weigh bridge Was surprised at weigh in result and a bit peed off if i am honest as it weighed in at 1020kg some 50-60kg then i was hoping for but it is on quite heavy 16" audi rims and about 20 litres of fuel so there is room for improvement so sub 1000kg should be easy to achieve Further testing with racelogic timing gear will take place mid week Few random pics

At mot station It is now fully mot-ed, first drive to test centre was quite good, no knocks bangs or anything untoward apart from long brake pedal travel but all discs and pads are new?machined so lots of bedding in is needed Steering was a little woolly but that is down to need for full wheel alingment Tuesday it will have 4 wheel alignment done followed by a proper test drive!

Mot tomorrow Installing polycarb windows and sorting out wide arches First drive coming up tmrw! If all is well and no major snags then wheel alignment is next followe by some fresh paint prior to Inters

It will be at Inters for sure

Tonight i have started on electrics so decided to mount race battery first It came with a cradle for vertical mounting against a flat surface but i had no space to mount it in that way so i made a backing plate to turn cradle into a box And then mounted it over the g.box mount Then added main earth and starter wire made in nice thick cable and proper crimps Tested for cranking power and all is well, engine turns over nice and fast Under rebuild........

Good news! Engine/G.box/exh manifold/Turbo fits Lupo bay just like in Audi so i cracked on by bolting the lot in Swapped gearboxes first and rerouted turbo oil drain pipe so it clears transfer box Then i prepped the engine bay and wiggled the engine/box in, it is tight in there! Quick update Engine and box fully strapped in Brakes done Clutch hydraulics plumbed in, nice and light pedal Coolant plumbed in Boost hoses done Fuel lines all done Today i'v chopped and welded propshaft, 80mm taken out from full length Audi TT shaft so its fairly long wheel base for a Lupo, same as mk1 Golf maybe a bit longer All bolted in, nice and straight and level, very happy indeed Few pics Cut Then cut 80mm of the shaft and check it's straight Nice and flat, also shamfered edges for a stronger weld(no pic) Weld all round then add 4x stitches 90* across for extra strength Job done Prop bolted on and also hoop bearing brackets are done(no pic) Lots of room for the exhaust as i am planning to run 4" downpipe once 2.0L stroker is built and fitted breathing through a GT3582R Free time permitting next w-end engine should be running and car driving for the first time Oil cooler to mount yet, electrics to sort, management to install, gauges to wire in, exhaust to make etc etc then onto bodywork, mainly arches to graft on Still on track to have it race ready at inters for its first outing, body may be in several colours and held by gaffer tape but it will be there!

Sooo, a bit more done on the Lupo Wiring rerouted in situ again inside the car and dashboard carcass offered up Gearbox washed and semi mounted so i can work out placement and fabricate mounts for gear shifter Quickshift also installed and trialed along with solid bowden cable ends, its very clickety click Bought some heat mating wich i have finished off along the edges with aluminium tape to prevent fraying Starting to look like a car again Also fuel pumps wired in, good thick main +12v feed and 60 Amp relay located adjacent to pumps for minimal losses Made a shifter mounting frame/platform Took great care into choosing best possible position that suits my self, height and slight angle. Feels very comfy and right where it should be Also started on interior, looking for best placement for gauges etc and reailised Lupo heater controls dials plastic housing looked about right as a gauge holder Offered up a gauge holder against it i had made ages ago and it lines up perfect on outer two holes Riveted on to it Middle hole needs bit of plastic cutting out And a little grind Loose fitted into dashboard, it will simply click into the place, job done A3 donated its powerplant Soon to be bolted to the 4wd 02M box and bolted under Lupo bonnet I will try if present tubular manifold/turbo combo clears Lupo brake servo, if it does i will leave it as it is for now in order to try and complete the car in time for inters

Been plodding on with Lupo slowly but surelly Dugg out a fuel set up i have had for a while now and decided to install the lot Doing it to the drag racing regs, no fuel components are allowed inside the cabin so bit of head scratching was required to decide best placement for the tank, pumps, swirl pot and lines Decided to install fuel tank in place of passenger seat. It is an old ATL Baffled fuel cell out of a forest rally car (Pug 205) It lives in a nicelly made purpose built ally enclosure that acts as a fire proof enclosure Ally box mounted and a 50mm tube installed through the back so braided lines can be routed outside the cabin Fuel cell dropped in and secured Next bit is to mount and install this lot somewhere underneath Few fresh bits to complete the set up Comprises of Holley red high flow low pressure pump, 1.5L swirl pot, 044 high pressure pump, Bosch high flow filter, Ally high flow check valve and 8mm/10mm AN6 and AN8 braided lines Decided to get some fresh PTFE lines that go the tank to eliminate possible petrol smell in the cabin. Supply and return Lines made and routed including breather I opted to make some mounting points underneath driver side rear bench so i can run lines through the shassis like oem lines Bit tight under there so i had to mock up rough install to locate tall swirl pot and pumps high enough and eliminate danger of any components getting knocked, which ment fabing up ally enclosure and cutting some more metal out Holley red mounted to the side, 044 just bellow and made a platform for the swirl pot. As 044 and Sw Pot are screwed into each other, it makes for a solid assembly Hoses made off and connected Pumps wired temporarily, some petrol poured in and tested for functionality and leaks All was well but pumps are loud, not to bothered to be honest as its not exactly an S class Merc, To begin with i used two small internal lift pumps that lift fuel from the tank into a small enlosure within tank from where Holley red is to be fed but it didnt work so well as Holley was drawing more fuel then 2 intrnal pumps could supply! So i removed tank within the tank and routed Holley pump supply hose at lowest point under the foam baffles which was much better Should work well i think

I thought about how i cant fully trust rear coilover bottom mounting points being in place designed for a damper fearing that it may fracture during hard lanches or hitting pot holes as there will be quite alot stress on there so i set upon making some spring locating platforms into rear shassis rails so springs can go in oem location Started by chopping off top spring locating cup as i want to integrate mk4 coilover adjusters on top I decided to place oem Lupo spring locators on bottom quattro arms as they fit 2.5" coilover springs nicely. That is after alot of hassle trying to remove oem quattro spring platforms made of rubber, metal and hard plastic all sandwiched together! Test fitted spring in location so i can fabricate platforms for spring height adjusters Started on bottom arm by welding chopped of cup and an addition of M10 bolt in middle so spring locating cap can be secured in place Then i turned attention to top spring platform and decided to weld M12 bolt to the mounting plate with bolt head chopped off so i can weld it to the shassis rail Installed spring in desired location and jacked up rear trailing arm into the desired height and tacked top platform in place ready for welding Once all was welded i primed and painted it then done the other side It will need experimenting quite alot with different spring lengths and firmness and i may even end up running secondary springs on dampers for drag racing Idea behind beign if i carefully arrange secondary spring height and stiffness by means of soft tender springs and stiff mains that it only comes into the play during hard launches and takes the cars weight transfer to prevent squat At all other times main spring on trailing arm will do all the work of controlling suspension movement Never ending fabricating, shopping, welding and painting soon to end so fun can begin installing fueling set up and Engine/Transmission There is light at the end of a long dark tunnel

Update time Lots have been done since i was last on here. Aiming to have it done for Gti Inters in July Engine bay cleaned and painted Brakes are done, running Mk2 golf 256mm 16v calipers with turned down Mk4 288mm discs on Vr6 hubs A3 steering rack connected and plumbed in Hydro clutch line plumbed in Pedal box installed with Mk4 Hydro clutch pedal Mk4 Handbrake installed using A3 Quattro cables and modified aly guide tubes Haldex ecu modified and electronic in car controller tested, all working fine Cage fabricated and welded in from 48mm x3.2mm wall tube (drag racing regs require 3mm wall min) Random pics

60ft is around 1.4sec if memory serves me right

Iknow both owners of those cars, used to race against them in Ecs series. Ak was owned by Andy Waite and was running 700 bhp plus Mk1 Rocco is my friend Paul Jordan, he is now in region of 800 bhp coupled to a SQS 4 speed drag dog box with sequential shifter and he is in low to mid 9s Not as easy as people think to get into 9s never mind 8s Cheers for positive comments tho, keeps me going

Should achieve low 10s down the qtr with power goal of around 600 Bhp

Few pics

Fair amount needs to be done mainly fabricating mounts for engine, g.box, subframes, choping/welding shell etc Also bits like rerouting brake lines, installing hydro clutch pedal and line, making new suspension pick up points, removing fuel tank and making a smaller one, new fuel lines, grafting big arches Electrics to sort out, roll cage, seat mounts ect ect

Off topic! Seen your doors for sale but can not msg you, still available?

Few pics in case you cant be bothered opening the link