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is it something that kinda fits behind the dashboard? like at the ends below the door mirrors...
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ah, in that case, judging by the colour of the foam, it must be interior padding.... from around the edge of a seat or below a seat frame? Maybe some sort of seat/side airbag cover?
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have you peered underneath the car? could be gearbox gone bang.
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is it on all models? is the foam part of it or is that the remains of a bodgy fix... Looks a bit like the flap to access the air filter box under the front bumper (without the foam)...
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with that stuck on the back, we all get special treatment at saturday night maccy d burnout meets.
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if you can get it out in one piece, take it to your nearest pirtek or hydraulic hose service place. they'll fix it for maybe a tenner and a six pack of cold ale.
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is that the bit that goes in the footwell, behind the pedals? Curious choice of a very obscure part. I like it! i'm not going to cheat and read the part number off etka... Lower balljoint is correct of course for that pic I posted... ?? I'll have to find something much more tricky. something tiny me thinks... hmmmm.
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i do.
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ok, so i'll start... here's something easy. post your replies if you dare. can you id this object?! if it's blindingly obvious to you hold back as there might be an entertaining guess!
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i want a club lupo sticker.
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nearly everyone on here is up north...!
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Generally, the rule I follow is that you can multiply by 4 if you can get enough fuel in. So a 50hp lump could do 200. ok, we're not talking sustained all day power, but for quick blasts. the limiting thing I find is fuel injector size. at high revs, you run out of squirt time. and if you squirt when inlet closed (on petrol lumps), you get puddling and then detonation after unburnt fuel. and then the damn thing wont idle right because a big injector wont meter accurately at really short pulses.... oh, what fun. just thinking... what's the max power a 1.9 diesel block puts out in TDI mode? it's not the ALH... maybe ARL, BPX with a different head? they're 160.
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there's a nurburgring thread? oooh er. where? where? the answer to 4. is herbie (not rides again...). let me get my glasses. Argh, my knees.
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So who's gonna write some questions? Between everyone, we probably know everything about Lupos and Arosas. But individually, who'd get most right? Rich, Silver, Pete and MattyB not allowed to enter :) Unless blindfolded. Hands only. just some ideas??? -------------- ID this part... What is the most common cause of .... What is this common part number for .... Where was this part made .... Which models have this .... What's the difference between.... Who designed .... What is this made of.... What fits into this.... What other car makes/models use this... What are the origins of this part...
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It is the same block I think? Without looking into too much detail. So technically could be bumped up to maybe 150 with lots of smoke. But.... the gearbox wouldn't cope. Bad enough with just 20hp (or what a lot of people think the SDI has.............) There's easily enough space in the engine bay behind the lump for all the extras.
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Who was this then?
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Anyone on here go to GTI?
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didn't know about that one, but looks great! shame it's a six hour round trip from my place. the sandown park kit car show is the best car show i've been to. you can get some really good ideas. stuff that's really out there.
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Well, if you didn't go, you didn't miss much! Not that big a turnout this year.Only about 400 cars/campers in total. The interesting cars were in the car park! I only spotted one other lupo present and an Arosa as I was on the way out. There were a few mk2s, a corrado or 2 and a few mk1s. Some Jettas. 90% air cooled 'stuff'. Here's a pic :)
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step one. are you up to getting the AWU engine running outside the car? you don't need to of course, but if you can do that the rest should be easy... make a dummy test stand, see if you can get the engine running on that. when you can (properly), then you can start to strip the lupo out. easiest/quickest way I've always found. wiring diagrams all over the interweb...
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sdi isn't that slow once it's been gas flowed. At around 2200 it launches. in stock with standard egr, it really isn't that good. you can see how the engineers had to modify the inlet path just to introduce the egr. completely messed it up. i posted on here somewhere how to put it back to original, the way the designers originally intended it to be.... totally agree on the ALH. derv perfection.
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yeah, i've tried the non-sdi thing, but just can't get over the sound of a 3 pot. i keep thinking that there's something wrong with the engine, as all the familiar sounds are not there. you know, main bearings sound like they're on their way out. cam sounds like it's jumped a tooth, ignition sounds like it's completely retarded, valve train noise is just wrong.... i just canna take it. now when it comes to a nice straight six, v8 or even a v12, i'm a very happy chappy. i do like the old 1.9 tdi too- best engine ever made by vdub IMO. i'm changing all the hydraulic tappets on the black sdi this afternoon. something to do on the car as everything else is perfect.
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i dunno, if i could find another decent arosa or lupo sdi, with no rust on rear arches or front sills, reasonable bodywork, perfect interior, good engine and box, i'd be happy to pay over a grand for it. but then you guys know how picky i am... before buying i start calculating how much it would cost to get the car back to concours condition again. if you have a car, you may as well keep it running the way nature intended (or the way it left the factory).
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Yeah, without more info, it's tricky to know what's going on. if you've bought the same sensor, and it works, you should get the same readings. take them both out, leave them to settle to the same temp on the table then measure the resistance of both the thermistors in each. you should get the same resistance. then try again with boiling water. at least that'd be something you could eliminate. by the sounds of it, it's most likely a fuelling issue, caused by the ecu being given the wrong info- so it's not putting out the right injection pulses: under or over fuelling.
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i'm going, but nothing to enter this year
