Model:

X Reg 1981 Mk1 Polo LS

Engine:

90k 1398cc 1.4 16v Head

Schrick Fast Road Cams

42k 1598cc 1.6 16V Bottom End

Lupo GTI 5-Speed Box with Cable Clutch Conversion

Suspension:

Fully Adjustable Front Wishbones

Rose jointed Camber adjusting top mounts

Strengthened strut tops

Lupo Gti Front Shocks and Springs

Mk1 Polo Steering Arms

Lupo Stub Axles

Powdercoated Rear Axle

Mk1 Polo Rear Suspension - to be upgraded at some point

Shell Modifications:

Bulkhead removed

Seam welded

Modified Gearbox Mount for Lupo Gearbox & Retained Original Mount

Blanked Rear Wiper Hole

Spare holes welded up in firewall

Heater matrix welded up

Box Section Mounting Plates for Bucket Seats

Interior:

Koenig Fixed Back Reclining Bucket Seats

Schroth 3 Point Harnesses with Safety Devices Pre-Tensioners

Motorsport Fire Extinguisher

Exterior:

Pre 78 Spec Polo Flat Grille & Headlights

Brakes:

NOS Mk1 Master Cylinder

Lupo GTI 256mm Brakes

New Brake Lines

200mm VW Rear Shoes

Wheels and Tyres:

OZ Routes 14" x 7J

195/45/14 Hankook Ventus K102

Parts to get :-

Rear Axle Bushes

Larger Master Cylinder

200mm Rear Drums

Handbrake Cable

Braided Hoses

All my welding was carried out by Gray & Dave from Retro Rides 07815 750 531 Based in Leigh. (Full resto, custom welding and mot work, basically anything) Really good prices

Here's the car back in the day, 2 formor owners ago, and the man who comissioned the conversion into lupo gti spec by AWTracksport, they are based up in lincoln way, which is where the car was born, it still has the original dealer stickers, and keyfob in good condition, since then its been to preston and manchester

I spotted it up for sale at &1500 quid on ebay with no bidders, full on sleeper spec as pics above with a full sd cage, emerald ecu and other goodies, however i bought this instead

a year or two passed and i was finishing my last ever uni exams, and my side project (read: REAL disseratation =P ) was ready to go for its mot, maiden voyage was fine but the mot'rs were too busy to fit me in that day, so call back on monday.

unfortunatly this happened on the way there =[

devvoed at the loss of my baby, i was after another project and i saw the polo come up again for sale, this time as a rolling shell, most of the parts had been sold off.

at 400 quid i wasnt going to let the little car get away again, and popped up to see Trooper25 off Clubpolo in Preston who had bought it privately from ebay.

After chatting to him, he had wanted to use the car for rallycross, but the low lying sump meant the engine would need to be raised dramatically to be even viable, so he had stripped the motor completely and started seam welding the shell & removed the firewall as well as drilling out the spot welds on the seat runners and removing them but hadnt welded in seat rails with box section yet.

anyway he took a ride in a 205 gti mi16 and decided to sack off the poor little polo for something with real rallycross potential.

so i got the shell for 400 notes with the subframe and custom modifications

i then thought i should ask about the engine, is it still about, and his reply was you can have the engine and all the spares for 100 quid.

SCORE!

So I was a happy bunny, another project to sink my teeth into.

I've done various bits on the car, wirebrushed and por-15d the interior, front and rear panels and engine bay on the hunt for rust and por-15d all the good metal after a dousing with metal ready, started building it the new rear axle to find some small holes under cracked underseal in the rear arches so I put a wanted up on RetroRides for some local welders

these guys sorted me out a treat

Gray & Dave from Retro Rides 07815 750 531 Based in Leigh. (Full resto, custom welding and mot work, basically anything) Really good prices

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?...mp;thread=73142

anyway they carried out loads of bits for me

box section for bucket seats

rebuilding leading front edge of wing

couple of peppered small holes in inner rear aches - which was going to be the mot fail that set me off on wanting to get welding done on her

re-welding in of a mk1 gb mount as it was cut out when the lupo box was used

some various other holes around the body

blanking off heater matrix

welded up the exhaust on my mk2 afh conversion

made a few other custom bits for the engine conversions

, I would fully recommend the guys

so while the mk1 was away i was free to think about the powerplant, i always wanted the Polo GTI full lump and was going to wire it up oem but needed to many parts and i didnt want to overcomplicate things for a little lightweight blat about car. so then i got hold of some R1 ITBs with an inlet manifold for the engine, but that warranted for aftermarket management and mapping = mega money!

I have another car, a yellow mk2 and i converted that to a 1.4 16v AFH and was running it on bike carbs,

full thread here

Conversion FAQI wrote up to help collate all the knowledge i'd gained through reading on the net, friends and some experimentation

but i blew up the engine, bottom end was kaput, but the head and more importantly my shexy schrick cams were OK, so after reading about Jez's, Mitchells and others hybrid creations, i thought i want to retain the lupo block so i can call the car the lupolo, and by using an AFH head, i can use a set of bike carbs and a mk2 ignition setup which i have spare to get the engine up and running cheap and quickly in comparison to the steep start up costs of throttle bodies.

anyway details of the new engine

Mk4 1.4 16v AFH Head

Lupo 1.6 16v GTI Bottom End

CBR600 Carbs

Schrick Fast Road Cams

It will be running the lupo 5 speed gearbox, running a cable clutch conversion with the cable operated 5 speed shifted in the car

I used an afh headgasket, polo aex headbolts, afh relay roller(modified)

Note, 6n 1.0 AER & Non AVY GTI lumps have the correct length headbolts

6n Polo 1 Litre

036103384B

bolt, with multi-spilne socket head

M9X1,25X138 / AER,ALL

Lupo GTI

036103384B

bolt, with multi-spilne socket head

M9X1,25X138 / AHW,AKQ,APE, AUA,BBY,AFK, ANM,AQQ,AUB

Polo GTI

036103384E

bolt, with multi-spilne socket head

M9X1,25X97 / AVY

The correct part from GSF is

01163

CYLINDER HEAD BOLT

PO 1.4 AFK/AHW/APE/AUA/AUB Engines 99> & PO 1.0 AER Engine 96>99

£2.00 each and you need 10.

the relay roller

part number 036109244

the guys made me a bar threaded to 10mm at one end to fit into the block and 8mm to fit through the sleeve of the roller, it was impossible to drill through for guys with thousands of pounds worth of machinery so don't bother trying it at home, I'm glad I didnt bother!

cambelt fitted and everything timed up, engine plate and alternator fitted

mated to the 5 speed lupo gearbox

disclaimer :- I've not ran the engine yet, so it may all end in disaster but no harm if it does, as if it doesnt, its going to be a little screamer

will add some pics in a bit of the current state after welding when I've got the bloody bluetooth working on my laptop

Edited 15 January, 201313 yr by grungeisdead

mental!!! i love it!!!

bet this dont half shift!!

:)

Sexual.

fully cool saf!

btw u sure u want to go back down the carb route??

along with you are small back, in our convoy to inters we lost a mk1 that went up in flames, it had been off the road for 3 years, came out in full glory looking stunning and then going down motorway in convoy thing set a blaze!!

b careful with carbs and unburnt fuel mate i dont want to see you or this car hurt!!

isnt it quick enought as it is!!!

looks like such a sleeper aswell, bet it shocks afew people

Well you told me about this on sunday, I was like Dude, that's awesome!

Should be well reet when its fully saf-inated :-D

cheers for teh comments lads old skool cool ftw

btw u sure u want to go back down the carb route??

along with you are small back, in our convoy to inters we lost a mk1 that went up in flames, it had been off the road for 3 years, came out in full glory looking stunning and then going down motorway in convoy thing set a blaze!!

b careful with carbs and unburnt fuel mate i dont want to see you or this car hurt!!

isnt it quick enought as it is!!!

looks like such a sleeper aswell, bet it shocks afew people

fuckin hell, any pics or more details? thats gutting like, yeh I'm a little bit para bout carbs but the noise is immense. ill be gettin it running on standard injection for the time being with the help of megasquirt but the carb option may crop up along the line when i get used to the power and handling of the olop, then i can start pushing for more.

apparently someone on the lupo forum stuck an eaton on the gti and got 180 bhp plus, seen some on ITBS but none on webers, missed out of a set for 79 quid the other day was hella pissed but s'all good. should just invest in the megasquirt for the now as ill need it regardless of what option i take

:( jelus !!!!

This is gonna be ace Saf, can't wait to see it in the metal at a meet some time! :-D

cheers for teh comments lads old skool cool ftw

btw u sure u want to go back down the carb route??

along with you are small back, in our convoy to inters we lost a mk1 that went up in flames, it had been off the road for 3 years, came out in full glory looking stunning and then going down motorway in convoy thing set a blaze!!

b careful with carbs and unburnt fuel mate i dont want to see you or this car hurt!!

isnt it quick enought as it is!!!

looks like such a sleeper aswell, bet it shocks afew people

fuckin hell, any pics or more details? thats gutting like, yeh I'm a little bit para bout carbs but the noise is immense. ill be gettin it running on standard injection for the time being with the help of megasquirt but the carb option may crop up along the line when i get used to the power and handling of the olop, then i can start pushing for more.

apparently someone on the lupo forum stuck an eaton on the gti and got 180 bhp plus, seen some on ITBS but none on webers, missed out of a set for 79 quid the other day was hella pissed but s'all good. should just invest in the megasquirt for the now as ill need it regardless of what option i take

i shall see if i can get my hands on afew pics, but his phone was in car when it went up and he kept most of his pics on tht :(

i mean 125 muct shift in tht but 180 would b track monster!! mental, i had some R6 bike carbs but sold them unfortunatley matey, you are story scared me off and then when tht small light went up in the convoy tht was it i sold them!!!

so what sort of paint job you going for? or is tht a secret until it happens ??

:)

hmm few colours in my head

this

or this

or possibly a green, muppets green or the green of charlies loop

well, thats gota shift surely

love it, well cool

i approve

my gosh all three of the polos in this thread are sexual!!!

I'm luvin the second blue one!!!

mmmm mmmmm :)

well, thats gota shift surely

love it, well cool

i approve

quiet onewheelnielyam

my gosh all three of the polos in this thread are sexual!!!

I'm luvin the second blue one!!!

mmmm mmmmm :)

the light blue one with the afh? I've always loved deep blues and its alot less common on mk1s olops, think breadmakers std colour on his mk1 is gorgeous too but not bluey enough for me

That thing is gonna shift!!

I think the First colour blue, the darker colour looks amazing. get it done!! lol

need to find el colour code first then i can get ordering some paint

Awesham-yam

Deffo go with the first blue

I love this!

now thats a great little toy... nice find.

is that jazz blue the first one?

i love the first colour !!!

Awesham-yam

Deffo go with the first blue

fo sho walshinder

I love this!

danke w00t

now thats a great little toy... nice find.

it wont be a toy, itll be my daily drive when its finished

is that jazz blue the first one?

jazz blue is a paler blue i think

i love the first colour !!!

word

Hella cool car.

Its all about the baby blue me thinks!

Wow, awesome car.

Anothe vote for baby blue from me.

Saf if it has Megasquirt just get some ITB's sorted for it, going to sound as good as carbs and you'll get more go + better economy....and less chance of the whole lot exploding in a ball of flames it seems.

Baby Blue is played out foo' go for a crazy shade of green!