olethalb Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 done 150 mile round trip today to pick up a few bits for budget box - £270 later (keeping it cheapo) this is what i got...hopefully start getting the 1.0 out this week and clean the valver up.Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Cantcomplain for £270! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusgrant Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 should be a giggle - thats £505 i spent on this car now - £495 max to go!Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 got home from work at half 4 and started doing some bitsby half 6 i'd got this far and packed all the tools away then i hadf to weld some subfrmes to corsa bucket seats for a mate.Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphy Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 This is cool i like this ! I am telling u from experience those polo valver engines with come gxsr carbs, are UNBELIEVABLY quick ! My mate has one in his mk1 Golf and its crazy ! I guarantee that arosa is lighter than it aswell ! I bike carbed my Mk1 Golf with its polo coupe s conversion and it gave alot of power gain ! Aswell as crazy abouts of rev's haha ! Goodluck with project got my eye on it ! And btw BORA = BOOOMMM! Regards Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 thanks bud - been thinking about bike carbing it too!got a few bits done tonight, cleaned the bay, fitted the clutch, boltd the gearbox up, cleaned the engine and sat it in place but the dark was doing me in so i left it there for tonight.Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 crappy weather dampened my efforts today, got hardly anything done and everything was being difficult. removed the old loom, pulled the dash out and removed the sound deadening to lose some more weightalso layed the new loom in placeremoved the egr valve + pipe + removed the carbon cannisterfitted the 16v throttle cablegoing to modify the loom a bit so pulled it back out againOlly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 awesome! so how far off completion do you recon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshB&D Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 this will be sicckk, lookin forward to seeing it done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 this will be sicckk, lookin forward to seeing it done! Agreed! My plan for this year was to get a little project of this sort, might just stick to watching this one though at the minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 thanks chaps, i'm in no rush to complete. had it firing last night but need more petrol to run it, i'm still contemplating pulling it all back out flogging the lump and dropping a 20vt in there. i suppose i should finish it off engine wise then i can sell it as a lupo / arosa conversion. i modified the loom so all the lighting / indicators/ wipers etc loom is from the arosa and the management loom/ecu is from the polo 16v. the polo loom is ok but the light wiring takes a different route across the slam panel and it looks messy and clutters the bay so now it all looks arosa/ lupo oem.Once it's up and running i'll concentrate on the body while i decide to keep the valver in or 20vt it, will be doing some one off body mods but the only time i get to work on it is 4.30 - 7.30 weekdays after work and weekends i'm working on other peoples cars so get no time.Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 refitted the modified loom earlier and wound it over, chucked some fuel in it then fired it up for a couple of seconds - enough to make sure things are ok. now i knew it was all good i could refit the front endoh threw some weld on the egr plate toogot lights and everything, haha!bolted the relay plate back in and plugged the clocks in, still deciding what to do with the dash thoughOlly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 fast progress. good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 fantastic! so how much has this cost you in total then?? whats the budget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 still @ £505 - 1k is the target max for this build.Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I take my hat off to you mate that really is impressive stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 true that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little rich Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Good stuff, really like this project, looks like you know what your doing too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 thanks chaps, didn't get any work done this weekend - saturday was a golf gti box, clutch, gearlinkage replacement and fit coilovers and today was 6n polo lower arm and track rod/end and seam wels a polo g40 gearbox mount and weld in a support bar to brace the mount. good news was i noticed a couple of bits in the corner of his garage - some 14" steels with 195/45/14 uniroyal rubbers and a stock g40 wheel - £115 later they were all mine!fitted them on with some old caps i had laying aboutsits alot better nowgave them a wipe overand the chunkier g40 wheel - needs a good clean thoughOlly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 much better! the back seems quite high still though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 it's sitting level but will come down a bit more all round now i have some wheels i can work with.Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 awesome!! sounds good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olethalb Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 might have just bought a 'back box' for £20 so i can fabricate my custom exhaust, may start doing some body mods this week too.really undecided what to with the interior though, contemplating painting the dash, also what to do with the door cards.....Olly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 what are the exhaust ideas then??paint the dash for sure, im thinking cream/beige would look awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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