ah thats sick

love to see the lupos and the arosa gettin dubbed :-D ..maybe i should have a go with my sisters arosa shes at uni so wouldnt notice if gave it a few subtle mods

..lookin forward to see the rest of the project :-)

i love this!!! cant wait to see more! :) win!

thanks chaps!

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

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 weight

also layed the new loom in place

removed the egr valve + pipe + removed the carbon cannister

fitted the 16v throttle cable

going to modify the loom a bit so pulled it back out again

Olly

what are the benefits of removing this?

i really want to lose some clutter in the not too near future ready for shows etc

no real benefits bud, it's just environmental crap, carbon cannister to absorb vapours / carbons from evaporated fuel in the tank and the egr valve (exhaust gas recirculation) jast takes some exhaust gas and puts it into the inlet to be reburn upon combustion to reduce emissions.

Olly

no detrimental factors then....right i may have to lose those!....pm comin your way with any other potential bits i can remove

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 end

oh threw some weld on the egr plate too

got lights and everything, haha!

bolted the relay plate back in and plugged the clocks in, still deciding what to do with the dash though

Olly

i blinked and missed this lol well done good effort

thanks bud, still plenty to do body wise though.

Olly

What use are you planning for this? track toy or general pocket rocket?

Great progress, you sure as hell don't hang about!

thanks bud, just a daily beater to preserve my bora.

i also want to do experimental (for me at least) body mods to it without worrying about ruining a good car.

Olly

Bloody hell, you don't half crack on, been checking back afew times, and there is more updates everytime.

so then how did you get you head around the wiering then?

did you match the old style wires to the new style plugs

strong work! fast too!

nice engine.but what about the caroche?will u spend some tlc or should it become a sleeper?

Aha budget box! I like this, it'll be a little nipper. I bet it weighs naff all now lol

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 about

sits alot better now

gave them a wipe over

and the chunkier g40 wheel - needs a good clean though

Olly

Wow great job! You make it look really easy haha. Had a look at your other threads on clublupo and thought they were ace too.

Keep up the good work, as i cant wait to see this finished :)

woooow, you really dont 'fuck about' do you!

lookin ace!

Wow youre doing so well with this, love it!

Just randomly browsing ebay after reading this and looking at Arosas and Lupos and found this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VOLKSWAGEN-LUPO...=item45f0eb1b2f

hmmm!

oh dear!

Whats Next?

If you are going to try your hand at bodywork mods make sure you fill those recess on the front and rear bumpers as it makes the car look sooo much better :-)

Good work. Was the engine just a straight bolt in job? What about the wiring side of things?

Edited 8 February, 201016 yr by demolover

That looks freaking sweet on them wheels.