I have heard people say “Once a Petrol Head always a Petrol Head”. You always look at what can you do better and what can you make better. As my Polo was a bit faster than a standard Polo I decided it was time to look at brakes. The most common things the guys would […]
I was very excited about getting the supercharger system to work properly. The next step was to get the engine management sorted out. I have set up the car to run off the map sensor. As I was running the 272 deg cam with the throttle bodies the map signal was a bit unstable. It […]
Now that all the hardware was done in the car I had to work out a strategy. How am I going to control the clutch of the supercharger and also the electronic bypass valve? I have seen other setups with this charger that the guys just fit a switch on the dash. They can switch […]
The Polo was standing for about a week now. I was looking for ways to get to the boost levels I initially saw before the belt rip itself to pieces. 2 bar gauge boost made me very excited about the project. This meant I could get decent power if I can get it right. At […]
The Toyota SC14 Supercharger was in a box for a while. Well at least till I decided what I was going to do with it. I had all these ideas of what I am going to do how I am going to do it. My master plan was to have the Polo up and running […]
This may sound corny now. When I first heard the words supercharger and Turbo I thought it was a sales gimmick. I didn’t have a clue what it was. Weber side drafts and the throttle bodies were the only performance intakes I was exposed to till now. The VW Polo was really running well. It […]