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basically car started as a 1.4 8v SE, then to 1.6 8v with head work, cam, exhaust etc etc, but now its going to be 1.6 16v GTI!!!
list of mods so far,
Porsche teledials, Coilovers, Badgless Grill, Custom exhaust (hidden), Lupo GTI aero wipers, Hella L.E.D. rear lights, 6n2 doorpins, 6n2 seats, MOMO team 280mm,
Mods ongoing!
6n2 GTI engine, loom, E.C.U, complete 6n2 dash, with GTI dark lower trims and GTI gearknob+handbrake, 6n2 interior loom,Heaterbox everything basicaly (£45!!!! BARGAIN!!!) fly by wire throttle pedal and box, 4 branch manifold, air filter smoothed front bumper and bonnet
so some pics

the polo




GTi engine and loom going in



Dash out



new heater box, interior and engine loom fitted and dash roughly put in place




new wheels, 7j teledials with ET 52.3 at front and ET23.3 at rear also got camber shims on order for rear 3degrees lol and also a photshop of the
possible new wheel colour





powerflex front bushes (old standard bushes had tried to pull themselves apart)



dash in (excuse my finger lol)




dash board chassis sticker i had made looks origional



GTi clocks



GTi engine



shortened bike can silencer



let me know your thoughts!

Lovely car, more details on the dash conversion though!!

im in the middle of doing the dash conversion and any help would be good as to wat and where the loom plugs into etc... just took my old dash out and it started raining so had to close everything up
as said help would be appreciated, but yea
cars looking top notch mate.. bet it gives a good sound with the bike back box(legal?)
and is it worth the swap for the gti engine?
ive got a 16v and thinking of swappin...

again love your car man, keep up the good work, any major mods still to do on your list? or tht you for a while?

so im just wundering does the 1.6 gti engine fit straight in ? and what diference is the loom from a normal 1.6 8v ?

good job on the dash. any one thinking of doing this swap i i have one for sale with every thing to fit it in to a 6n

litle update

BMC fitted, and 10ROW oil cooler fitted


and exterior, wheels till to be refurbed not sure what colour centres though :s

is the oil cooler plumbed into a sandwich plate?

where abouts did you get it from and mount it? This is interesting

Got it from http://www.rallydesign.co.uk, its a golf kit, but is pretty much perfect for a polo, can have it basic with rubber pipe and no thermostat or stainless pipes and so on, you need a standard polo oil filter threaded bit (cant remember the proper term as the GTi one is too long (accomodates the standard GTi oil cooler) then the sandich plate goes over the threaded tube then the sandwich plate has a adapter which screws over the original thread and clamps down the sandwich plate then just run your oil lines and mount the cooler, screw on the filter job done, holds probably a quarter litre extra oil and as i had to remove the stock oil to water cooler as it split internaly and not run one (just for winter BTW) i have noticed approx 10-15psi more oil pressure, my kit was £101 posted iirc, stainless lines but no thermostat
oil cooler
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=2257
and installation kit
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=2239

cheers mate.

Ill certainly look into this

Very Nice Indeed

Really do love the Oil Cooler too, that looks mint under the bonnet.

What Gasket did you use for your raceland manifold? standard 6N2 GTI or different?

Ben

cheers its just a stock GTi gasket, i removed the EGR take off and welded it up and also removed the hot air take off ass you cant get a GTi specific mani only a 14.16v one

BIG4244 wrote:cheers its just a stock GTi gasket, i removed the EGR take off and welded it up and also removed the hot air take off ass you cant get a GTi specific mani only a 14.16v one

Cheers mate,
I bought my Raceland last year and have prepared it with Heatwrap and coated it but still havent fitted it.

What BHP is your car roughly running then? bet it goes really well

Love the work you have done on this mate, i am wanting to do this to my own valver, the dash and lump swap, how long did it take you roughly to do as in old lump out, old loom out, old dash out then puttin new lump in new dash and looms?, also a guide would be handy for me haha seening as its space and time restrictions atm for me and also money atm, so id need to be fully sorted to do it as my valver is my daily driver.

Well Wow looks good. I got the same car as that well 1.4 8v 5 door and have got some good future plans for it. does anybody no any good vw parts places like modding places. also were ya get steering wheel from?

thanks

tom