This is gonna be nice if you go ahead with the lupo lump. baby blue ftw.

This is gonna be nice if you go ahead with the lupo lump. baby blue ftw.

what about the rocking horse shit lupo gti grey? that would look cool and follows the lupo gti theme...in a vw pervery kind of way.

This is gonna be nice if you go ahead with the lupo lump. baby blue ftw.

what about the rocking horse shit lupo gti grey? that would look cool and follows the lupo gti theme...in a vw pervery kind of way.

find me a piccy then mr :)

Woop, the polo is here, a friend kindly lent me a space in his workshop for a few months. what a legend

anyway some piccies

The polo tucked away in la garage

the engine, and loom with plugs for the various sensors

The bell housing is leaking, i think the rubber seal needs replacing but ill drain the gearbox oil and investigate

decat downpipe

throttle body has already been replaced from a fly by wire to a cable version

Adapted lupo driveshafts

lucas 54 calipers for 256mm brakes

cable shifter loosly in place, holes have been drilled

but this needs removing to allow it to lie flat, it shall meet mr angle grinder

various pictures of the wishbone conversion, thought id just take a fair few for any one thats interested

not quite what this is? rear gearbox mount maybe? or possibly,

and some of the various bits of seam welding

some bits rob was selling which i think ill be stickin in the car

Sifted through all the other parts to find out what wasnt needed and theres a fair bit

will eventually picture it all gand get it up for sale to clear teh sapce.

got loads of jobs to do, big and small, cant even be arsed to start listing them all now, and they say a picture tells a thousand words, well I've just wrote an essay with this laptop crashing post

Finally you have it dude ! WeHey !

The shell looks almost imaculate u biatch !

Going to be shits and giggles building that up i tell the ..

hey m8 you can have the piper x kit off my lupo in the winter thats when iam gettin the cba :)

Yay

Can't wait to watch this one progress and see the outcome

This is gonna be nice if you go ahead with the lupo lump. baby blue ftw.

what about the rocking horse shit lupo gti grey? that would look cool and follows the lupo gti theme...in a vw pervery kind of way.

The colour would make it completely opposite to rocking horse shit because it would of already been a common colour on Lupo gti's?

Porsche viper green would be nuts for this polo.. have a look for the gt3-RS hammond drove with clarkson in the lambo on the recent top gear episode. such a dope colour

looks tidy Saf, how come you stripped it?

Finally you have it dude ! WeHey !

The shell looks almost imaculate u biatch !

Going to be shits and giggles building that up i tell the ..

wooooohoooo, few dents and knocks but its still in good nick, the shell is well sound which is the main thing, and its gonna be fun, :)

hey m8 you can have the piper x kit off my lupo in the winter thats when iam gettin the cba :)

no worries mate, ill either just run it on the std box or that filter in the pics, just let me know

Yay

Can't wait to watch this one progress and see the outcome

me neither bwahahaha

The colour would make it completely opposite to rocking horse shit because it would of already been a common colour on Lupo gti's?

Porsche viper green would be nuts for this polo.. have a look for the gt3-RS hammond drove with clarkson in the lambo on the recent top gear episode. such a dope colour

i know the colour, its gorgeous, would look pretty sweet with some mk1 gti style black decals running down the side too

looks tidy Saf, how come you stripped it?

was stripped for the seam welding, and a few other bits and pieces. I've got a few things i want to do before it gets built back up.

main thing i want to get done while its all apart is fit a mk1 golf servo linkage in so i can actually pass an mot with the larger pistoned calipers.

Once I've got that done, i can get the braking system fitted and out of the way, i can fit the shifter/engine/gearbox (after fixing the leak!) and make a start as to figuring out the wiring!

Edited 3 August, 200817 yr by grungeisdead

Got a few things done today,

Cut out the notchy bit on the transmission tunnel, so i can make a shifter template to make a base to attach it all up, nearly went deaf using the angle grinder in the car, ear muffs needed!

Got the Hocks off and popped the OZs on, temporarily as i want to put the hocks on my mk1 golf shell which I've sold, and put the black lorbers with near new 195/45/15 eagle f1s on the loop while i find some 14 inch tyres or sell the routes.

Also got a good gander at the hub setup, noticed there was an awful lot of play in the bearings inside the hub, it may be due to the fact theres no driveshaft in there, but I'm going to check the mk1 golf hubs tomorrow to check for thier movement inside the carrier. The mk1 Golf hubs will fit the lupo driveshafts, lupo struts and the wishbone ball joint. It will also allow me the hub carrier spacing to fit VWII Calipers, and a brand new vag mk1 polo master cylinder. Although i will only have 239mm brakes for the time being it means i can get the car running and mot'd and then find out if there is enough room to fit the mk1 golf servo and linkage with the engine installed.

If not i will have to invest in a remote servo before i can run the 256mm brakes as the larger pistoned calipers means the pedal would hit the floor long before your brakes had any real bit without the use of a servo

The balljoints look at a skewif angle which is in part due to it being jacked up at the time and i think with the engine installed more weight will be applied on them which will allow to sit true. hopefully :)

also while having a wee smoke i made a list of some things to do but theres loads I've probably missed out.

Stuff to do

Stuff to get

* Exhaust System

* Seats

* 14 inch Tyres

Stuff to do

Braking & Suspension

* Fit New Master Cylinder

* Fit Golf Mk1 Hubs

* Fit VWII Calipers & 239mm venteds

* Fit Braided Hoses

* Make new solid brake lines from mc to regulator and front caliper hoses

Body

* Rust treatment on a few areas

* Primer/Silver Paint

* Waxoyl

* Seat Runners

Engine

* Replace Bell Housing & Gasket

* Change Gearbox & Engine Oil

* Get a crane and fit

Shifter & Pedal Box

* Make Template for Shifter Base

* Mount

Fuelling

* Fit Fuel Pump & Accumulator

* Fit Fuel Lines

Megasquirt

* Read, read and read

* Set Initial ECU settings for specified settings

* Assemble Loom

Other Jobs

* Pedal Box Modifications - Cable Throttle, Push Pin Servo, Hydraulic Clutch (i think? :p)

* Relocate Battery to Boot

* Fit Harnesses & Pre-Tensioner Relays

* Fit Battery & Fuel Cut off Switches

* Uprated Headlight Loom

* Fit Ancillary Wiring Loom

Further Jobs

* Replace Bearings in Lupo Hubs

* Make Neccessary adaptations to Mk1 Golf Servo Assembly

to allow use of lupo calipers and rear disc conversion

Had a bit of a chiller day at the unit, Rob was changing the hub over on his cabby for one from my red shell, which solved his humming niose thats plagued him for the last week or two.

I stuck the lorbers on the polo and while the wheels were off sprayed the arches with metal ready.

Plan for this week is to prep the interior, wire brushing it all and then getting some metal ready on it and lashing it all with por 15.

then nnce thats done i can get the inner arches and engine bay sprayed up, Robs trying to tempt me to spray the whole car there while we have the whole car stripped so i reckon i could be tempted now to save fannying about later.

Zee polo also met its younger sister too :)

Me and walsh started on the floor today, got a fair bit done, also s iifted thru a few more of the spare parts

couple of pics after a hoover

somre more done on the floor pan and transmission tunnel, made a bit of a start on the firewall

wire brushed the seam welds to get rif of some of the surface rust

looking good mate, looks like a fun project. good luck!

Well been quiet on the car front for the past week, as I've been chilling with the family and covered most of the UK doing the rounds hahaha

Still managed to aquire some goodies in the time

Brand New Remus Exhaust with Lifetime warranty woo, ebay nos bargain

Had a trial fit of it today and it looks like itll be reet, will strap it up with the hanger tomorrow to check for certain but looks like it will sit okay in the valance

Been stripping back the underseal in the engine bay and scuttle panel and wirebrushing some rust.

my por15 and huge bottle of metal ready arrived aswell so can get cracking on that at some point in the week.

hoppy turned up as well in the cadwana. mmm

and I've bought another car :-D, getting collected tomorrow hopefully

Taxed and Tested which means i can bring this to edition 38 and give my sister her clio back. yay!

What a fookin mental project Saf... you crack on so quick with them aswell. Will have to have a catch up with you at the shows about this as the plans sound great!

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awesome.

has that chap trailered your old shell yet? haven't found any wheels going spare I'm afraid.

beenas going on friday woo and yes i got wheels for it, stuck the hocks on it :)

and jay, no worries mate, will be at e38 and olop show :)

wickkkkeed mush, love it. :)

finished the last of the wire brushing of all the surface rust, although i managed to uncover a hole in the bulkhead so thats another wee job for when i can get someone who can weld round.

holy moly

doused in metal ready

starting sifting thru the box with the mounts in, bit confused so have taken a picture of evertyhign laid out and will have to get in touch with dave (trooper25) and find out what everythings for

And hoppys mini adventure collecting my new car, danke dude

Right, the task was simple..........go to a local town 25 miles away, collect a car & drive it home................How hard could it be?????

The ride Mk1 Polo, T reg with 895cc's of fury under the bonnet, full MOT & Tax.

I was on time to collect the motor, made another Dub friend as we discussed the details of the deal, handed over some dollar for the car & drove away.

I added £10 worth of Shell's finest petroleum distilate and ..............................................

This is where it all went wrong.

Seems as though the old girl wanted to suck up it's own faecal matter through the fuel line, causing much jumpyness & lack of power.

After getting one tow from a friendly MK2 Golf Driver (with a full leather interior I add) and being towed to a garage I though every thing was fine.

But another 2 miles on & things were serious. The lack of power & sudden engine dying made it impossible to be safe on the road without some one pile driving me up the ass So i took the decision it was too dangerous to continue, so pulled on over.

So it was down to this;

(Check out the AA man's face )

Whilst broken down, a friendly group of passing aircooled people stopped to offer a hand, which was nice. The result of this little meeting has found me another 3 local friends & another local meet!!!!

THIS IS WHY I LOVE DUBS!!!!!

Anyways. Journey should have taken about 40 mins, in the end too me 2.75 hours!!!

Oh well..................still smiling

Finally at home!!!

oh god.. another mk1.. what are you doing your going backwards in the world :p

but serioulsy good luck with it, any plans or just run until it dies then scrap

lower and quick spruce up (rattle can black or summat after metal readying the rust) then run it till mot, then break it and scrap the shell

coming along good that mate.

keep up the good work!