Arvid

@Tigz you mean a 3L bonnet for instance? I am kinda thinking about the carbon as it has a vent and the 300bhp engine will be producing a lot of heat that can escape through the vent

Oke I'm working out the last details on the exteriour mods for this winter as the engine conversion is almost complete. Does anyone here have good pictures from a vented carbon bonnet on a lupo? And how are the reviews on fitment and reliability?

to check how much cash you would need for a complete company kit check Rothe: Rothe Lupo GTI Turbo If you can build it yourself you save a lot off cash but most of us don't have the time, tools and/or knowledge to do it. Arvid

it can't......on a Lupo, but I deal in jap performance parts and when the base car is say a RX-7 of a Skyline 14bhp isn't that bid a jump. It's like nitrous, the performance inprovement depends on the base engine performance.

the ratteling tailgate has been a frequent problem here in holland. The locking mechanism isn't that good quality. You can start by fastening the torax screws but this will only help for so long, it will return. If it keeps comming back you might need a new locking mechanism style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

my dads Golf Mk4 also runs longlife oil. However this is much more expensive and I kinda question the function. I mean you can better run a good performance 10W40 or 5W40 and change the oil once a year than use the longlife oil and have larger service gaps. As long as you use a fully synth oil there is no problem. In my own car, not a comparison to the normal engines in a lupo but for example, I run a good performance oil for turbocharges engines and also use Lucas Engine Oil Stabilizer for better protection on this high power engine.

there is a 75bhp 1.4 16V and a 100 bhp 1.4 16V. The difference is mainly the management and the 100 bhp version has had some headwork and better flow.

the golden money monkey's style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Swapping for a 1.8T or R32 (which is a 6cyl) is way more expensive and definately not easy. The 6cyl swap makes the car very heavy. The 16V conversion doenst attract attention to it when you open the hood as it also is a standard engine. The 16V also has a auto gearbox option here in holland so shouldn't be to difficult.

2 B honest, never heard of anyone doing this conversion. Not even german tuners have done one. I think swapping heads on newer cars isn't as easy as it used to be in the Golf Mk 2 days. I think it will take more monkey to adapt making it easier maybe to swap in a full 16V engine.

you can fit bi-xenons H4, this would not need the extra high-beam units to be fitted. However this is more expensive than a regular H4-xenon set.

No sorry it's in the shop again. Technically it is finished but i'm still thinking about what to do with the interiour and a part of the exteriour as on one hand i want to sell it, but on the other hand i would like to take it up another step technically. It has become my winter project so no rushing hahaha style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":coffee:" border="0" alt="coffee.gif" /> All Smiles, couln't find to much info about it, is it this one: Give richard @ all smiles a call... 07970422554???????

Ah used google and found some in the UK, they are all priced about the same, shame shipping is murder. However they all have the cut-out for the VW logo in the grill and I have a Kamei badgeless grill. Are there carbon bonnets without the cut-out available????

max advised lowering is -40mm, however when you don't upgrade the shocks they will wear faster when you have lowering springs fitted. You can fit the springs now and when the shocks wear out upgrade them with sports version, however a sport lowering kit complete with shocks and springs will be cheaper than buying the seperately.

we here in Holland have the same problem. A lot of cheap HID kits are sold and placed in older model cars like Golf 1,2 and corrado which don't have clear headlight and cause a lot of blinding. The government has declared that by 2006 every car that has an aftermarket xenon kit should also have a high pressure washer kit and automatic high adjustability like cars that have xenon fitted as standard.

the tailgate on the 3L was a combo of aluminium and magnesium. Magnesium was also used in the steering wheel! by the way does anyone here have a link to sites in the UK for a carbon bonnet for the Lupo, as we don't have them here in Holland style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />

I woudn't go for a G40 or G60, the concept is outdated and G-laders will become more and more hard to find as cars get older. And repairing a unit over and over again won't do it much good. Maybe go for a custom setup with a new Eaton or Rotrex compressor om your own engine style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shades:" border="0" alt="shades.gif" />

for big BHP levels you should go with the 1.8T because this powerplant has more potential for mega-horsepower. On the other hand i strongly prefer the Rothe GTI turbokit for 220bhp+. This keeps the light engine in place, saves a lot of headaches and money. Still the turbo-gti ( there is one in holland with turbo and nos) makes for a very fast little car.

I run a canadian build SDS stand alone EMS. I don't know about the quality of the componants used in the megasquirt system, but 130-150 quid really doesn't sound like high build quality. Is it also with a complete loom, all sensors, startup map etc. There is a reason why other systems are more expensive. And also mapping is everything!

I had schrick 256 cams in my car. These are more torque cams and not high horsepower output cams. They still give a noticable difference from about 3000rpm.

Okay will see about the 6th. There are more and more shows in Holland and Belgium, almost every weekend.

Oke i'll see what we can arrange on one of the weekenddays between the 1st and 7th.

but would you be interested if we could plan this in the periode that the trip will be in holland that weekend?

Do you guys know when you will be in Holland. The german lupoclub contacted us from the dutch lupo club to have a joined meeting. We thought it might be coll to have you guys there as well!

i did turbocharge my 1.4 16V but it didnt last longer than 14 months. Now the 1.8T project is almost finished. Turbocharging a GTi: Rothe Motorsport 220bhp from the GTI

took a few seconds to sink in but it's definately not bad, especially with the black paint!