mk1 Polo 1.6 16v + s1 1.6 gti

The thing circled Red goes through ya bulkhead

The yellow circled, the green bit slides into the gearbox then bolts on

yesterday we went down t hoppys go to pick up the wee polo, armed with some spare leads, a new fuel filter and some odd tools we were all set.

got there and the old fuel filter was pure jank man so whipped that off and the rubber gasket that sits inbetween the airbox and the carb was slightly perished so we just bodged it back in place as best as we could.


the wee beasty fired up after that, took it for a wee spin adn bar a knocking from a cv joint all was absolutely sweet. couldnt help but do my first bit of modding and ripped all the badges off the front.





so off we went daaan to la pub, got there 5 mins before the uber food deal was  ending, score XD





got back to manchester safe and sound, so today i swapped over the wheels for the lorbers and changed teh driveshaft while i was at it for a spare i had, the outer cv boot on the passenger side has split which caused the knocking




pikey'd earth strap, on the job list to sort out, the jump lead is connected to the battery earth



couple of engine bay shots

woke up well late today and couldnt really be arsed but after tommy made me a killer steak sammich i was ready to roll

painted the hood satin black, and underside with por15




painted the front panel in por15 and decided to poke at some holes… bad idea!



holy moly



gearbox mount



or this way



and there are two types of clutch operations for the lupo engines i assume, cable and hydraulic.

is this setup the cable



and this the hydraulic?


(which connects to another cylinder operated by the clutch pedal
if so ill stick with the cable as it minimises the amount of plumbing, pedal box and bulkhead modifications, it just means i cant use the regular lupo gearbox mount in conjunction with this one unless i get one off a 1.4s that fits differently to the gti one it seems (after examining the one on charlies to the mounts i got with this engine)

Well today i managed to angle grind away alot of rust and a stupid amount of filler on the rear bootlid, etch primed it then just slapped on 2 cans of satin black after keying it all.

Could do with another couple of cans, so i will finish that at some point this week.

The 4x4 look is comical but bar the tracking being out it still handles sweet as fook, however

when the left front wheel hits a bump, rut or pothole the steering goes all over the shop so i suspect a worn balljoint, and i think the arb rubbers could do with replacing, ive not checked it but there is no doubt some excess play in it. If i can get some g-ladersiete bushes cheap ill do it. The steering rack on the other hand is tighter than a [ insert gary glitter joke here ] so thats schawibbady, just need to get rid of the wafer thin steering wheel.





and a couple of shots of lupolo in the light

wooo, well not much has happened on lupolo in the time being, we painted up the rear panel in silver, and the front wings, going to paint the rear number plate surround in satin black ala derby cls style and i need to top coat the por 15'd front panel with primer and some satin black or diamond silver as the por15 is UV reactive so wont be too good for a long period of time!

got all the engine mounts i need now so happy days, just need to get up to the unit and get it stuck in there

As for the crashbot thats changed a fair bit since the last time it was pictured.

had Charlie on the go working her magic doing some graffiti on the sides of his daily  ..  8-)
Took a good shot of mine and his and got a few of Charlies superb artwork ..

The car went form this …




To this in two and a half hours  




Courtsy of



some piccies from edition 38









anyway we had some carb troubles and in the process of trying to fix it i got bored and stuck from 40mm springs on the front and bodged a GTI front splitter on to it and took a wet flat to the bonnet and left it to rust.




and then i spotted a lonely looking GT lying in the corner of the unit so off out with the engine which is now sitting in the crashbots engine bay.

got a few jobs left to do on it, well a few more than i expected anyway

put running gear back on
jubilee clip the new fuel lines
fit new camshaft pulley and woodruff key
set static timing
recheck and tighten head bolts
bolt up water pump
bolt up thermo housing
connect lower rad hose
finish connecting up and splicing gts engine wiring and fusebox loom to the cars interior loom

muchos appriciation to giorgio and char for thier help getting it in, fingers crossed we may have it running for the end of the weekend

also managed to swap the early rear bumper for a brand new chrome late bumper and i know a friend who has a nos rear trim and end caps which i shall be having woop

Amazing artwork man.  Those robots are seriously cool.

cheers dude
Few pictures of the work in progress, didnt bother taking any pics of the events of cubing a mk3 polo gt, or any of the stripping or engine swaps mainly because we were earlier using the phone as a light, covered in muck or battery was dead!

the carb of doom



Gt lump fitted




Beached Whale




Anyway heres my to do list and the things i need to get list, luckily uncle steve has a search in his alladins cave and found most of the bits i need woop woop!

OS Driveshaft Hub Needs Washer
Driveshafts need torquing up
Fit two new bleed nipples on front calipers and bleed brakes
Refit Dizzy
Clamp for lower rad hose
Extend Rad fan switch wires
Spade Terminal connectors on fan plug (due to clearance issues with top rad hose)
Fit Top Rad Hose
Fit Black Temp Sender
Bolt up thermo housing
Bolt up water pump
Fit Throttle Cable
Find Vaccuum Hoses
Make Hole in Firewall for ECU Loom
Fill with sundries - oil & coolant
Refit 5 Speed Gear Linkage
Clamp up remaining fuel lines
Wire Up Lambda Probe
Wire up Fuel Pump & Splice dash loom into GT fusebox
Set Static Timing - After Fitting new Camshaft pulley & Woodruff Key


Things to Buy

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Coolant
New Steering Arms
Water Pump Bolts x 3
Thermo Housing Bolts M8 x 32
Few m's or wire
Camshaft Pulley & Woodruff key - 030 109 111
Heavy Duty Exhaust Rubber x 1
Spade Terminals (Front Indics/Rad Fan)
Bullect Connectors (Lamnda/Rad Fan Switch)
Jubilees (Y Piece for Header Tank Plumbing,Fuel Lines)

well progress has been slow recently, hampered by the lack of a runnign motor to get me back and forth to the units.

bought this lil beasty the other day tho






just a lil runaround but going to stick the OZ routes on there and a brand new remus exhaust thats for the lupolo but itll go back on when its ready

fitted the lupo engine today, was on my own but still managed it mainly thanks for a trusty 3 tonne low loader jack that managed to beast the car into the air. probably slightly unsafe with the lack of axle stands but job was a good un





Still need to bolt the rear gearbox mount, just needs jacking up from the back now the car is back on all wheels.

Next job is to assess if i can use a mk3 alternator with the gti alternator pulley.

w00t

Got all the mounts bolted up today w00t





ive got a captive nut for the left bolt just couldnt find it but itll be going on

and some piccies of the wings and rear panel in paint thanks to karl





holy moly



jobs for the next couple of weeks

rebuild inner cvs, clean out and regrease
fit driveshafts
swap tyres onto oz routes
fit new master cylinder & brake pedal
fit new brake lines throughout
refit calipers and discs
check clearance for mk1 golf rad
fit oil catch tank
fit lights, bumpers and grill

thatll keep me busy while i start to dechipher the lupo loom and make my new megasquirt loom up and find someone who can weld me some box section to my recaro mounts and harness mounting point.

also on the agenda for the crashbot

fit 256mm conversion
refit mk1 polo engine loom and use part of the GT engine loom (weve already wired up the fuel pump)
source and fit a new/good used drivers side tie rod arm
drop engine, drill out rounded intermediary pulley bolt and fit new bolts, cambelt and waterpump

Lupolo looks great, you need to check the for sale sect though mate!

i need an engine crane, its decided. this fliping agro bottom pulley bolt is fliping me off and I'm going to have to lift the engine out the bay to attack it with a drill! or just drop it out the bottom but after the pia we had getting the rear gearbox mount lined up i cba arggggggh

anyway stuck the chrome bumpers on the lupolo just to please me after a day of agro!

rear panel and the sides of the rear 1/4 and front wings have been sprayed, I've also noticed a spot of por15 i forgot to get on the front panel, its well annoying me and my por15 has set harder than a mofo

Well this has been taking up most of my time lately

Model:

1989 Coupe S

Engine:

1272cc 8v - MH

Suspension:

Standard Shocks \ Springs
Wiechers TCA Brace

Brakes:

239mm Discs w/ VW1 Calipers + Std Rear Drums

Wheels and Tyres:

14 x  7 OZ Routes + 195/45/14 Pirelli's

Exterior Styling:

Homebrew Rear Light Tints similar to Late Mk3 Spec
Removed Rub Strips
Remus Exhaust

Interior Styling:

Schroth Harnesses with Safety Devices Pre-Tensioners
Black Seats with Yellow Checkers

ICE and Security:

Cat 2 Alarm / Immobiiser, ICE used to be my ipod now I've upgraded to a donated mp3 from a mate and two poop std rear speakers =D

Comments:

Bought this car off Lucy as a daily runaboutu while i finished the engine conversion on my previous daily which failed on me =[ . The car was previously owned by Manked Out now Blug on the forums, a good friend of mine and he was pleased to see the car coming back to manchester. Previous owner to that was a gentleman named Ade, who now has a scooby powered T4 bus =D

Anyway the little Coupe S is on 115k,   The Car runs sweet as a nut, as was absolutely faultless bar misfiring and loss of power on sporadic random occasions. I decided the best course of action was a mini service, new Spark Plugs / Leads / Oil Change / Oil & Air Filter, still didnt solve it. So next step was to rule out the Hall Sender. Got a known working MH dizzy off Manked Out and still the misfire would rear its head. I could always get to my destination as 2 minutes idle time and we were good to go again.

After taking the airbox off, we cleaned out the oil breather pod, replaced a few vacuums and reinstalled the previously missing exhaust heatsheild, as the current ducting just wasnt feeding enough warm air into the carb. After getting the heatsheield on thanks to Karl all is good, its a mk1 polo one at the moment, will stick a mk2 one soon as the outlet hole is the same diamter as m y current tubing but it seems like the problems resolved.

I've done about 2k miles in it since I've owned it and loving every minute

Fitting very soon.

256mm Discs G60 Front Calipers
G40 Steering Damper
G40 Tie Rods
G40 TCAs
PPS Subframe

Future Plans

TCA->ARB Polybushes
Rear GT Axle (Paint up & Rebuild with 200mm Passat Drums)
Refit Rear Axle with New Axle Bushes
Fit Tartan Recaros
GT Engine possibly or Twin Choke Weber

Your Input is appreiciated =D

As she stood as i bought her




Rocking Tear drops and mk1 polo chrome bumpers




On OZ routes but std bumpers back on



As she stands, rub strips now off





Probably shouldn't have bought these but whatdyaknow

Had a productive xmas/new years spell

- Tidied up Stereo Wiring and got the power ariel working on a switch
- Tidied up harness pre tensionier wiring
- Ordered HnR Cup Kit 70/60 and G-Ladersiete Outer TCA Polybushes
- Got a new glovebox as my ones fubarred
- Got 2 bare mk3 struts which im going to wire-brush, paint and get new vag bearings pressed in
- Went on a 300 mile round trip for pick up a full custom exhaust that was fitted on a mk2 loon for 60 miles and fitted that with the help of friends, chopped down the tailpipe as it stuck out miles. not decided on where i want the final chop to be and if im going for an upswept. But its a straight-through mid section with single silencer and sounds amazing =]



we picked up the banded steelies too, they are proper nice and were welded by a qualified engineer and welder, happy days.

they will be coming to a very special vw, not one of mine however but on loan to a very good friend




smart right angled valves

all looks very nice,but since when have you spelt golf with a p?or has my maths let me down again? :dontknow:

did i say that out loud?nice polo coupe :dontknow:

theres always one… tool

Well I've had a little coupe s as a daily runner for the last few months, its done me nearly 6k faultless miles and gone through many changes

from this



to this



with this rather nice list of goodies

HnR Cup Kit - 60/60
PPS Subframe & Wishbone Conversion
10mm Lowering Top Caps
G40 Steering Damper
G40 Tie Rods
G40 TCAs
G-Laderseite TCA Polybushes
14 x 7 OZ Routes + 195/45/14 Pirelli's
Homebrew Rear Light Tints similar to Late Mk3 Spec
Removed Rub Strips
Custom S/S Exhaust - Single silencer system with straight through centre section, built by Custom Exhausts in Cymbran.
Cat 2 Alarm / Immobiliser

But then someone decided to put a mk1 golf gti small light up for swaps, so hes having the coupe s with std interior so i get to keep my bucket seats, harnesses and pretensioners and the subframe/wishbone conversion, straight swap but I'm putting 6 months tax on it

its a bit rotten in places but I've got all the neccessary repair panels and its taxed and tested for a year nearly so ill be able to drive it to me welder woop woop
















itll be my first golf again since this happened

well this weekend was a bit of an epic one.

down to d-town after work friday for a chiller sesh with chazbots, karl and steve.

Saturday was fuelled by the best chilli bean, cheese and beans jacket potato, me and karl stripped the wee coupe of the subframe, stuck the old anti roll bar on and put the std interior back in, was a very chilled out affair and despite  it being freezing after 5 minutes of working we were well toasty

so all was good and we set off home for a beast of a lasagne and some motherfuckin 51st state =D

soo sunday morning and the mission commenced

part1 was the trip down to wiltshire, 140 miles, epic amounts of snow, some huge hills, ice made driving on non main roads interesting to say the least and karl had to push us as we got beached at one point.

reverse rake merc, fuxxored


the petrol station car park, the dealer forecourt and car park was amusing


look at the snow on the roof


some nice scenery


we hit 120k =D


good bye old friend


old n new


hello new friend


the monkey finds a new home


wooop we made it to gios in cov




and i made it home in one piece back to manc

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things that need looking at

fuel guage not working
headlight bubls need changing and uprated headlight loom
exhaust manifold gaskets need replacing
tracking needs doing
rust treatment and welding
fuel pump relay wiring needs a switch putting in adn the wiring looking at runs fine but needs the wire bridging
earth wiring for fuel beams and sometimes the brake with causes the radio to flick on and off, steering column earth possibly

bar that the car is fantastic, rapid and its good to be back in a mk1 goof again

Good luck with this project, hope it all goes well.

good find with the S1 saf, not many RHD S1 GTIs left now!

i saw it for sale a while back, can't remember who was selling it though!

cheers john boy =]

it was dizzydubber off edition38, swapped it for the coupe s, the coupe owed me 950 so thats cheap for a tnt mk1 golf, and a series 1 to boot.

it does need tlc but nothing im terribly worried about