I started the site to write about my experiences with cars and the development of engines. I wanted to make the experience on the site a greater one so I have added some extra features lately. There is a Shop section in the menus, this is some deals I have come across on the internet. […]
The Polo build is complete, at least I think it was. The car really ran well, allot better than I expected. There were some tweaks I still wanted to do but it was good enough for now. I took the Polo to the dyno shop I usually make use off. They strapped the polo done […]
Till now most of the small issues have been sorted out and the car was running good. The car was still running on its base map. The Polo was running well, but I just expected more of the setup. It didn’t feel as aggressive as I thought it would be. The Polo has also not […]
The car starts and runs really smooth. The more the car is driven the better it runs. It learns while you drive building up a lambda compensation map from the lambda readings. The bypass valve is standing open so there is no boost generated. After a few days of driving, I plugged in the laptop […]
The engine was now in the engine bay and all the boost pipes were done. There was one thing that I forgot about. It may be that it was lucky that I forgot about it as with the engine in the car and the drive shafts fitted if I could see what to do. The […]
The engine was assembled and in the car. Now it was time to fit all the extras. The Supercharger went on and so did the intake manifold with the throttles. I left the plenum off for now as I still had to build the boost pipe between the turbo and the supercharger inlet. Next was […]
Now that I had the gearbox sorted out I was ready to start this build and see how this engine fit. I stripped off the complete nose of the car. The Polo has a subframe or stiffener that bolts to the chassis. This subframe houses the radiator and lights. By taking this section off it […]
At this stage, I had most of the crucial parts of the build. There was one thing that was bothering me though. The gearbox that I was using in the polo was still the original rod select gearbox. I have been punishing this gearbox quite a bit. I started doing some research around what the […]
At this stage, I did not know what I want to do. I was really keen on fitting a turbo on this setup as well. The only problem was the cost. This project quickly became a very expensive project. I just closed my eye and decided, I want to do this. Firstly I had to […]
Now that the head was all done, I had to decide on what intake manifold to run and what exhaust. I got a laser-cut flange with the head in case I decided to build my own headers. I got a partial intake manifold for the 20 valve head. The plenum section was machined off. So […]