Vw Polo G40 Tornado red on starmags.

11 October, 201015 yr

I've owned the car over 3 years and spent thousands on it,

Its been my daily driver to and from work which is 200 miles a week so I've kept it maintained.

It has 164,000 on the clock but dont let that put you off as the new engine has been in it for 9000 miles and all the chassis wearing parts have been replaced.

Original G40, one of 500 which was sold in the uk between 1990-1994. Theres nowere near 500 left today...

ENGINE

Running around 160bhp, in a car that weighs less than an old mini.

Keeps up with alot of bigger engine cars, which makes it very fun to drive!

1341cc Bottom end with wossner forged pistons (Standard compression ratio)

Standard head & Cam (Skimmed with valve seats recut, also have a 1341cc cam but not fitted)

Lightened and balanced flywheel (Rev happy)

Fast road clutch

51mm Throttle Body with dewedged butterfly valve

Green injectors (250cc)

65mm supercharger pulley

Chip to suit

Full blend charger (Serviced by myself with a bit of extra porting and polishing inside)

Stand alone oil feed for charger (running cool thin machine oil at low psi)

Jabbasport air filter behind front bumper

Intercooler replaced

Jackson tuning custom manifold into 2.5inch straight through exhaust system. Built on the car.

(No cat needed as its emissions exempt)

In the 3 years I've owned the car I've replaced:

Wheel bearings all round

Front top mounts

Lamda probe

Knock sensor

Radiator

Intercooler

Front disks

Front & rear pads

Fan

Water Pump

Oil Pump

Cambelt

Clutch & release bearing

Airflow sensor

Idle control valve

Blue & black temp sensors

Distributor, cap & rotor arm

Ht Leads

Ignition coil

New earth cables

Battery

Expansion tank

INTERIOR

Stripped out rear seats with 4mm ply and carpetted (light ply and thin carpet, to save weight!)

T-Bar lock which is welded to the chassis and locks the car into reverse gear

Drivers seat is worn on one side the bolster has gone but its been like that for 3 years and doesnt affect your comfort

Steering wheel (bit worn, i still have the standard one)

Stereo with 3 inch screen

Vibe K series 5inch rear components

Sony 4inch dash speakers

EXTERIOR

The car had a full respray not long after i got it,it was very faded. Since then I've washed and waxed it every week

Colour coded front and back bumpers, wing mirrors and rear

Black trims all sprayed black as the plastic was also faded and these are lower maintenance than back to black

60mm air intake in front bumper

Silver trim on bumpers

Supercharged engraved on door handle inserts

Late spec rear lights

Clear side indicators

Bullet ariel (it works aswell)

Aero wipers

Debadged front grill

Boot has been debadged, with a plate welded in and smoothed (no filler involved)

De locked boot plinth (Needs a boot soleniod to work hands free, otherwise just flick the catch)

Number plate surrounds (I have 2 sets of plates German font and UK legal ones, had to change them 2 days after i put them on!)

Starmag 7x13 alloys proper vw fitment not the usual mini fitment

Rear axle replaced and painted with brakes stripped down and cleaned

New front disks & pads with painted calipers

Front G-Laderseite anti roll bar blocks (noticed quite an improvement with the front end with these)

Rear standard bushes replaced

The car has a suspension kit but it was already on the car, its a bit firmer ride and a bit lower but I'm unsure how low it is.

Bad points: (shown in pics)

Their are a few minor points which need sorting out as with any car, the paint on the front bumper has cracked when we put the engine in as it was an ideal knee resting place which cracked the paint and has come off in time. The front wings i dont think were prepped properly when they were sprayed as all along the groove, paint has started cracking and coming off, their must have been silicone or wax under the paint as the wings show no signs of rust, the wings are pattern parts, I will include a pair of faded red vw wings with the car which would be ideal to spray.

Theirs also a couple of dents on the rear quarter wing where some scumbag kids decided to punch my car with a wheelnut shortly after it was resprayed. I've touched it up best i can and covered it with bullethole stickers!

Apart from the ovious bodywork problems the rest of the car paintwork is good and no signs of rust which is good.

Taxed till 31/1/11

MOT till August 2011

Located in Folkestone Kent.

£2500 ono