APR Polo GTI - This months Motor mag (JUN)

[pologti18t]

There is a comparo of modified cars in this month's Motor Mag (Jun)

APR supplied their Polo GTI and GOlf GTI.

Laptimes of the Polo are impressive.

Essentially you are getting a Focus RS performance car from a 1.4L engine

[Corey_R]

Yes... or looking at it another way, you're getting Ford Focus RS performance, but from a "nicer finished car" for 2/3 of the price (that's after the APR "handling" and "performance" packages).

It's an impressive article.

[Gambit]

cant wait
I am trying very hard not to mod the bejesus out the polo.
Don't think i can hold back any longer.. looking forward to the read.

[Guy_H]

Should be on the news stands around the country now.

[Gambit]

Read the article and well done, great effort.

[GTI JOE]

Yeah ditto on the article, well done Guy, very impressive and well presented. When will you be publishing ECU stage 1 pricing?

[way]

I love everything about Guy's PoGo, with the exception of the tyre scrapping.

[alias_vw]

Yeah, I'd be interested to know more about the scraping comment. Guy?

[Guy_H]

The tyre issue was we could only get 215/45 17's (instead of 40 series), so our ride height was a tad low in the front for this profile (measured about an extra 15mm in diameter), so rubbed on hard cornering.

When I say hard cornering, you can see from the photo's that one or two wheels in the air was pretty common

Anyway, we have 215/40's on & raised the front 5 mm & no rub

Mind you, that test was the first time the car had ever seen the track, normally we have a little more than 5 weeks to build & test a car!

[alias_vw]

Thanks for the clarification Guy.

I mainly asked because I'm about the drop some dollars for the same wheels and am waiting on my H&R coilovers to arrive from the UK

[Gambit]

i would be keen to see details on a kit that comprised the ECU tune, & intercooler. I will probably get a milltek exhaust , and revised airbox myself.

[Corey_R]

There's already photos on their facebook page etc.
Check out the links from the Polo 6R APR thread in the Tuning forum.

[Guy_H]

Yeah ditto on the article, well done Guy, very impressive and well presented. When will you be publishing ECU stage 1 pricing?

$1395 including GST installed: Inclusive of:

4 Engine maps

Stock
95 Ron
98 Ron
Valet mode

(Race gas upon request)

Security (stops anyone discovering you have software)
Anti Theft (Disables the vehicle)

Throttle Body alignment
Fault code erase.

On special until end of the month $1185 installed all up.

[GTI JOE]

Thanks Guy, what is the increase in power and torque from the stock 132kw/250nm? Also, my car will be arriving end of the month, however, probably won't take delivery until first week in June is it possible to buy (by end of this month) now and install later (when i take delivery)?

[Gambit]

Nice one guy seriously tempting, will that net 127kw at the wheels? Noticed that result on your Facebook site. How can it be rolled out to my car here in melb?