turbocharging polo g40

vwmk3jon · July 14, 2010, 11:03:31 PM

No denying that.

Phil · July 15, 2010, 11:47:48 AM

Err LOL! Havent yet seen any english polo come close to this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXckJaASLuY

Andy · July 15, 2010, 02:14:49 PM

That RWD 20vt effort was in the 11s if memory serves, the only reason it didn't get 10s was because the guy wouldn't run it on drag slicks - he wanted to use street rubber.

It was the same power (and lighter) than Jamie Hodgson's Mk2 Golf 20vt which got into the 10s on slicks, so no reason why that Polo couldn't match that time - in theory...

Tommyk · July 16, 2010, 01:37:58 PM

why do you need 300hp anyways..... yoofs hits mid 12 second quarters with around 200hp and i doubt the starlet would get close to that! power to weight my friend!

dinger1991 · July 16, 2010, 04:56:24 PM

a thot standard a starlet is a tad lighter with a little more power???

Etches · July 16, 2010, 05:41:58 PM

A starlet lighter than a G are you mad

cheddarcheese · July 20, 2010, 01:35:04 AM

860kg starlet turbo

dub-disaster · July 20, 2010, 09:43:27 AM

G40 is in the region of 800kg as well isn't it ?

hayesey · July 20, 2010, 10:13:33 AM

book figure for a g40 is 830kgs.

GR40 · July 20, 2010, 10:56:39 AM

How many hp is your mate's starlet!? I only recall one starlet being 830kg and it was the 1989 one!

dinger1991 · July 20, 2010, 10:06:00 PM

last i recall it was somewhere in the region of 240bhp but im goin to double check, before i set a definite target for a g...

hardchargin40 · August 12, 2010, 08:15:39 PM

If your going to build a car stupid quick enough just to beat your mate then don't do it with a polo! A mk2 golf? Sure. My mate had a 1.8T MK2 Golf, 315bhp, sublime car, another had a corrado 1.8T, 335bhp, again sublime!

TBH, you dont seem clued up enough on cars mechanically to choose a polo and put 300bhp through it. Also why 300bhp? Surely your aware anyway that the general 'road' power limit for FWD is around 220bhp. Even chassis wise your looking at spending a hell of a lot to get it rigid enough to take. And the fact that no one has taken a FWD polo using the G40 engine upto 300bhp, there's reasons for that. Stick a 1.8T in it, yeah, make it drive nice, hmm.

Do abit of research, then come back. I have a funny feeling when you do you won't choose a polo.

Sorry, just my opinion.