bought this car today and got 4 weeks to strip it and build it as a road rally car.

wish me luck.

the passat doing what she does best

watch this space. weld in cage to go in once stripped. close ratio gearbox with LSD gripper diff. 13inch wheels.

this is being built to do Rali Bro Preseli which I won back in 2004 with Blondie on her 1st rally and have been invited back as a past winner.

Edited 13 February, 201214 yr by heg123

gonna keep my eye on this :-)

and I'm on holiday next week. oops. going to be some late nights I think.

haha how long does it normally to prep a road car for a rally?

I watched the last project, I'm watching this to!

months lol. the last one took 6 months lol

but the stage mk2 polo took 2 years. the 6n took 2 weeks to prep but it was already a rally car. but in kit form.

months lol. the last one took 6 months lol

Link to last project? Will definitely be watching this one, good luck with it :-)

Edited 7 January, 201214 yr by Dialled for life

my stage car 6n

clicky

my old stage rally car build the 2 year amazing build. mk2 berg arched

clicky

not a build thread but the old road rally car. mk2 coupe s

clicky

proflex.......? :)

right then. remaps for this car whats out there a quick google search has shown a few different options. but what have people used and opinions please on which i should go for?

also these CDA induction kits. how good are they?

what kind of power gains can i expect for these two items plus a decat?

cheers

Someone on here dyno'd a standard GTi with nothing but a CDA and they gained ~1.9BHP IIRC.

nice! still wont be nothing compared to the mk2 though haha. on the subject of it, you dont still have the arb blocks do you? good luck with the build!

garage cleared and cleaned ready for the Polo

she is in the garage

started strippingthe car for seam welding and rollcage fitting. has to be stripped right back.

polo GTI seats for Sale £150

wish i had a garage, especially as big as this!!!

started strippingthe car for seam welding and rollcage fitting. has to be stripped right back.

Going to ask a very noobish question but what is seam welding, I've heard of it quite a few times but never actually known what it is?! :)

Where all the seams of the pannels are, eg where everything is spot welded together, you put more weld along these to stiffen up the entire body of the car

the stripping continues. these are hard work compared to a mk2 lol. so much electrics everywhere.

labels on the looms so i know where it all goes back.

quick question is there an off the shelf sports down pipe for the gti as I've had this off to find not one but to cats in it so it must restrict the car alot, is there an aftermarket one out there that is straight thru?

this part

This is from the Polo homologation paperwork

FINALLY AN UPDATE!!!!!!

Alot of late nights/early mornings and she is starting to take place.

Cage has been fitted, shell stitch welded. seat bars in position.

then a quick blow over with an aerosol for now on the areas that had been stripped of paint for welding.

loom,dash,pedal box and steering colum refitted. tonight I will be running new fuel lines inside the car and also brake lines inside the car with a hydraulic handbrake.

I had fitted a mk4 gearstick as i thought i had to to use my mk4 gearbox but it turns out i can put the mk5 one back in so will be doing that.

brake, fuel lines and hydraulic handbrake in.

Edited 24 January, 201214 yr by heg123

seats and Co Driver foot rest fitted.

Interior back in. Engine and box going in tonight. hopefully have her running on saturday

This looks epic! whats the plans with the engine?