arun popped round and we got the cable shifter and the exhaust fitted, also flatted the por15 on the rear panel ready for primer.

need to remember to take over some brushes, masking tape and newspaper tomorrow!

the exhaust fits ok and the downpipe will only need a short pipe to connect the system up so might just get another flexi section and make a bracket up for a hanger

Need to work out this clutch mechanism out so i can start getting the pedal box together,

not even sure where it attaches on the gearbox, or does it fit to a clutch reservoir or something.

need a polo drivers side engine mount too

internal shift is quality, real racey theme, and big zorst

cool, that zorst looks mean

good luck with the clutch

wooo, busy wee day.

beenas finally met its new owner, soon to be 20vt'd

housemate finally got himself a car, turns out its a sweet dub, sorted :)

another piccie of the exhaust

got the rear panel in primer

engine bays done in por15 now

yesterday we went down t hoppys go to pick up the wee polo, armed with some spare leads, a new fuel filter and some odd tools we were all set.

got there and the old fuel filter was pure jank man so whipped that off and the rubber gasket that sits inbetween the airbox and the carb was slightly perished so we just bodged it back in place as best as we could.

the wee beasty fired up after that, took it for a wee spin adn bar a knocking from a cv joint all was absolutely sweet. couldnt help but do my first bit of modding and ripped all the badges off the front.

so off we went daaan to la pub, got there 5 mins before the uber food deal was ending, score XD

got back to manchester safe and sound, so today i swapped over the wheels for the lorbers and changed teh driveshaft while i was at it for a spare i had, the outer cv boot on the passenger side has split which caused the knocking

pikey'd earth strap, on the job list to sort out, the jump lead is connected to the battery earth

couple of engine bay shots

woke up well late today and couldnt really be arsed but after tommy made me a killer steak sammich i was ready to roll

painted the hood satin black, and underside with por15

painted the front panel in por15 and decided to poke at some holes... bad idea!

holy moly

gearbox mount

or this way

and there are two types of clutch operations for the lupo engines i assume, cable and hydraulic.

is this setup the cable

and this the hydraulic?

(which connects to another cylinder operated by the clutch pedal

if so ill stick with the cable as it minimises the amount of plumbing, pedal box and bulkhead modifications, it just means i cant use the regular lupo gearbox mount in conjunction with this one unless i get one off a 1.4s that fits differently to the gti one it seems (after examining the one on charlies to the mounts i got with this engine)

Well today i managed to angle grind away alot of rust and a stupid amount of filler on the rear bootlid, etch primed it then just slapped on 2 cans of satin black after keying it all.

Could do with another couple of cans, so i will finish that at some point this week.

The 4x4 look is comical but bar the tracking being out it still handles sweet as fook, however

when the left front wheel hits a bump, rut or pothole the steering goes all over the shop so i suspect a worn balljoint, and i think the arb rubbers could do with replacing, I've not checked it but there is no doubt some excess play in it. If i can get some g-ladersiete bushes cheap ill do it. The steering rack on the other hand is tighter than a [ insert gary glitter joke here ] so thats schawibbady, just need to get rid of the wafer thin steering wheel.

and a couple of shots of lupolo in the light

SICK

couple more cans on the daily a few cut springs and you rockin

aye man got 2 more rattle cans the day like and was meant to have a 40mm kit sorted out but the spoon has lost it and skipped a 60mm kit...

s'all good tho aint too arsed, its not a clio

Rattle rides FTW

Dude i bought a 80/60 kit last week, I'm probs fitting tomoz if i can be arsed, youre welcome to that kit thats already on take 2 if you want it? not sure what its lowered by, cant remember what he said??????? Steven or Charlotte might remember????

But, yeah!! all fucking right!

legendio, teh chazbots says its 40mm so that will be schaweet as fubar, let me know how goes tomorrow, i forgot a few things in manc so will probably be coming back for them now late tomo or friday

No puppies dreadlock safta

You can get these tyres for hopskipjump too if you want while youre here? :-)

No puppies dreadlock safta

You can get these tyres for hopskipjump too if you want while youre here? :-)

Who says the scene is dead!!!! This is what makes it work.......THE PEOPLE.............THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!

Luv you :-)

What a nice morning read this was beats working i guess. Great progress dude the best thing is that you do it all yourself!

shweeet!

Wish i had the space to take on a resto like this!

Are you spraying it yourself?

best be bringing it up to NWVAG when its finished.

No puppies dreadlock safta

You can get these tyres for hopskipjump too if you want while youre here? :-)

Who says the scene is dead!!!! This is what makes it work.......THE PEOPLE.............THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!

Luv you :-)

Someone call a plumber, my emotional water works just burst

Wuv you too Hop-Stammer time :-D

I gots sacks full of alternative names for you :-) i`ll let you blame it on my school years when we had hundreds for my mate pope, I'm resurecting them all

love this project dude !!!! just awsome !

word,

yeh we will be spraying it ourselves, the lupolo will get done with a compressor

wooo, well not much has happened on lupolo in the time being, we painted up the rear panel in silver, and the front wings, going to paint the rear number plate surround in satin black ala derby cls style and i need to top coat the por 15'd front panel with primer and some satin black or diamond silver as the por15 is UV reactive so wont be too good for a long period of time!

got all the engine mounts i need now so happy days, just need to get up to the unit and get it stuck in there :)

As for the crashbot thats changed a fair bit since the last time it was pictured.

had Charlie on the go working her magic doing some graffiti on the sides of his daily ..

Took a good shot of mine and his and got a few of Charlies superb artwork ..

The car went form this ...

To this in two and a half hours

Courtsy of

some piccies from edition 38

anyway we had some carb troubles and in the process of trying to fix it i got bored and stuck from 40mm springs on the front and bodged a GTI front splitter on to it and took a wet flat to the bonnet and left it to rust.

and then i spotted a lonely looking GT lying in the corner of the unit so off out with the engine which is now sitting in the crashbots engine bay.

got a few jobs left to do on it, well a few more than i expected anyway

put running gear back on

jubilee clip the new fuel lines

fit new camshaft pulley and woodruff key

set static timing

recheck and tighten head bolts

bolt up water pump

bolt up thermo housing

connect lower rad hose

finish connecting up and splicing gts engine wiring and fusebox loom to the cars interior loom

muchos appriciation to giorgio and char for thier help getting it in, fingers crossed we may have it running for the end of the weekend :)

also managed to swap the early rear bumper for a brand new chrome late bumper and i know a friend who has a nos rear trim and end caps which i shall be having woop

Edited 2 February, 200917 yr by grungeisdead

WOOP WOOP! gt'd crashbot, poor thing wont no whats hit it

good luck!

how did i miss this thread????

Loving the lupolo, so thats having the 1.6 16v eh. Sweeet

Few pictures of the work in progress, didnt bother taking any pics of the events of cubing a mk3 polo gt, or any of the stripping or engine swaps mainly because we were earlier using the phone as a light, covered in muck or battery was dead!

the carb of doom

Gt lump fitted

Beached Whale

Anyway heres my to do list and the things i need to get list, luckily uncle steve has a search in his alladins cave and found most of the bits i need woop woop!

OS Driveshaft Hub Needs Washer

Driveshafts need torquing up

Fit two new bleed nipples on front calipers and bleed brakes

Refit Dizzy

Clamp for lower rad hose

Extend Rad fan switch wires

Spade Terminal connectors on fan plug (due to clearance issues with top rad hose)

Fit Top Rad Hose

Fit Black Temp Sender

Bolt up thermo housing

Bolt up water pump

Fit Throttle Cable

Find Vaccuum Hoses

Make Hole in Firewall for ECU Loom

Fill with sundries - oil & coolant

Refit 5 Speed Gear Linkage

Clamp up remaining fuel lines

Wire Up Lambda Probe

Wire up Fuel Pump & Splice dash loom into GT fusebox

Set Static Timing - After Fitting new Camshaft pulley & Woodruff Key

Things to Buy

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Coolant

New Steering Arms

Water Pump Bolts x 3

Thermo Housing Bolts M8 x 32

Few m's or wire

Camshaft Pulley & Woodruff key - 030 109 111

Heavy Duty Exhaust Rubber x 1

Spade Terminals (Front Indics/Rad Fan)

Bullect Connectors (Lamnda/Rad Fan Switch)

Jubilees (Y Piece for Header Tank Plumbing,Fuel Lines)

uwwww, that was a quick ass turn around dude, when its on the road pop around i wna proper look, and maybe not clean yoru bay like everyone else but we could spray it make the journey worth while

and thats a fair big to do list but I'm sure youll rattle through that in no time! good luck!!!

Nice work guys :) I'll join you in saying 'goodbye' to pierburgs!!!

nice what backbox is on that polo mate?