The fact that I could not run the REVO Stage 2+ software was a bit of a disappointment. I started looking for new injectors for the Golf. Soon found out that the injectors are very expensive because they were direct injection injectors. I started thinking where am I going with this car. My friend had […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]