G40 at Harewood

Started by spike, May 23, 2009, 06:38:41 PM

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spike

May 23, 2009, 06:38:41 PM
I was at Harewood hillclimb the other week and saw a very fast G40 beating the Peugeots!! I was told it is an ex Polo Cup race car. What is/was the Polo cup? Does anyone know the spec of this car?
It was truelly awesome to watch!

Spike

scotsjohn

#1
May 23, 2009, 08:38:05 PM
See "articles" for starters Spike.

spike

#2
May 24, 2009, 09:06:43 AM
Thanks for that. I read the G40 Cup article. In there it says the cars were virtually standard apart from safety equipment, I don't think this car is standard! Maybe it competed in the Super Coupe Cup before being turned into a hillclimb car?
Can anyone shed any light on this?

Spike

samg40

#3
May 24, 2009, 09:45:08 AM
Is it white? There was one pictures on club polo ages ago that looked a right monster. Was probably that one. Is there an events list of what goes off at Harewood somewhere?

spike

#4
May 24, 2009, 10:15:00 AM
harewoodhill.co.uk  is the website you want for dates.
Any idea where on club polo the pics were?
Yes,it is a white one.

Spike

hayesey

#5
May 25, 2009, 04:01:39 PM
did it have golf g60 arches on it?

hayesey

#7
May 25, 2009, 05:52:33 PM
yeah that's the one I was thinking of, I've seen it around.  No idea of the engine spec though.

spike

#8
May 25, 2009, 09:22:40 PM
It's got plenty of power but it also goes round corners like it's on rails!! What mods do you have to do to make a G40 handle properly on 15s?
Do you have to mod the bodywork when you lower it that much and use 15 inch wheels?

Spike

hayesey

#9
May 26, 2009, 09:37:45 AM
I would say that's had some fairly extensive arch work done to make those g60 arches fit as the polo arches are normally a fair bit smaller.  As for handling, subframe, diff, decent suspension & lots of lightness.  I have 15" compos on mine too and with that spec.

G40motorsport

#10
May 26, 2009, 12:19:40 PM
That car has been around for quite some time and is well known, doubt if it's an ex Cup car as it has a registration number (unless it has been re shelled) all the original Cup cars were never registered and built from pre production cars.

spike

#11
May 26, 2009, 09:01:44 PM
Hayesey,
When you say subframe what do you mean? Do you have to fit a different one? Or mod the standard one?

Spike

NeilG40

#12
May 26, 2009, 10:28:43 PM
G40's don't have subframes as standard.

hayesey

#13
May 26, 2009, 10:46:15 PM
fit one, there isn't one as standard.  Have a look in the Polo Peformance Parts section on this forum.
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