Bit of progress has happened on this...
I originally bought an Oil Cooler to start with, but after booking a Nurburgring trip it was time for the snowball effect to occur, so I set about focusing on reliability mods for the car.
Its temperature has always fluctuated in traffic from 90*- a nail biting 110* so I set about finiding solutions...
I first started with an APS Oil Cooler, Mocal Thermostatic Sandwhich Plate and braided lines, but then I couldnt resist a set of SFS Coolant hoses to neaten up the bay, then I found it really hard to resist an aluminium race rad.
During this time the clutch decided to start slipping like a b*stard so that was abit of unplanned splashing out but whilst it was in the pipeline its worth doing right I suppose.
Ill start with the radiator:
Here is the sexy rad...
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Made some braces for the slimline cooling fan:
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Then I went to the easy task of fitting this brass fan switch...
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Turns out the Einstein who made the Radiator put a M20 X1.5 thread in, when the polo's is M22X1.5. As this radiator is used in the kit car world I thought I would nip to the motorfactors and se what they had, turns out no manufacturer makes an M20 X1.5 switch... so why the hell they did that I dont know. Anywho I called in a favour at Billingham Machines company which machined my fan switch to fit perfectly.
This was also wired up onto a manual override switch.
all fitted
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Next up is the oil cooler, mounted in the passenge side of the bumper it fits so neatly and compact, plus the ducting that I fitted to the bumper months ago now aims straight at it and with a purpose!
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Next was I may aswell get the flywheel lightened! so I searched all over the internet with no luck, I ended up asking Carl (S1MK179) if he had any bits... in which he totally had one!
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And after a week at AMAC engineering...
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Its now 4.1kg's! he managed to skim 1kg off the fly.
The standard clutch isn't much kop for the power the polo is running so a helix was the only option, I opted for the fast road as paddles are that hard to press they actually break the pedal box! plus it can handle about the same power anyways so win.
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Andy at Northeast Auto Tech fitted this for one hell of an epic price!!
So the list of things done are:
Aluminium Rad
Slimline fan with manual overide
SFS Coolant hoses
Brand new Coolant Bottle
Thermostat
Blue Temp Sender
APS Oil Cooler
Mocal Thermostatic Sandwhich plate
Braided Lines
1/2" BSP Fittings
Lightened Flywheel
Helix Fast road clutch
Pressure Plate
Release bearing
Oil Change
Spark Plug change
Coolant Change
Filter clean
Back on the BBS RA's
Had a few teething problems too like a disturbed Oring caused th heater matrix to leak, and the fact I forgot to put the CO Pot in properly which resulted in it firing it out under boost along with its orings and clips!
But apart from that, I have spent a **** load of money and effort of me, craig, Josh Chris and Higgins for something no one will see in essence.
However it does run 7 degrees less on a run and doesn't over heat either! wooooo so looking forward to the Nurburgring on Thursday!
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Polo G40 14" BBS RS by
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Lets hope the 'ring is successful, if so, alot of mod's are coming this cars way!
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Well the Nurburgring was a success for all of us! Apart from Bens V12 BMW coming back a straight 6 but we will brush over that...
Car was flawless through its 1070mile eurotrip including several tunnel runs, some epic mountain road bashing, 4 laps of the Nurburgring and a 20 minute soaking wet session on the GP Circuit.
So pleased with how the car performed, and in the end with some instructing from Craig the little polo was setting some good strong pace round the Green hell, even surprising a few people
Heres some pictures anywho:
G40 Nurburgring by
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G40 Nurburgring by
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G40 Nurburgring by
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G40 Nurburgring by
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G40 Nurburgring by
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Generic Ring Photo by
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Cocem by
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Nurburgring 2014 by
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Now I am in debate whether to Bucket and Cage it or let it sit pretty as is and work towards getting a devoted track car of the BMW variety.