Meet my Polo!

[Plautos]

Hello again..

Fit the 02M in the Polo... I think it will be a problem.

I will try to do a nice job on this one.
It will took at least 40 days to get something done. Let's see.

[Jmac]

Thats a let go alright!!! hope it gets well soon. Im used to seeing the diff pins cracking the bellhousing, havent seen the outer casing suffer a crunch like that. Your thinkin 6sp, see if you can get your hands on a 02M. i think one of the Uk fellas has done one with plenty mount mods.
Cheers
Jmac

[mikepologti]

wholly crap man ! bad luck . hope shes on the roads soon .

[Plautos]

Are you going to rebuild it stronger?

That's the idea.

[AusScare]

Are you going to rebuild it stronger?

[Plautos]

Certainly brutal, ouch, bet it made quite a noise too.

so is that a power/torque related failure, or from driving style/abuse? Basically, are others likely to have that happen on a track day if running conservative power?

It is a power/torque failure... the car was sitting on my garage for 3 weeks... clean and polished…
I took it for a ride Thursday morning and the gear fail in the first push…
I really didn’t expect it. I will repair the damage with stock parts… I will need time to do a primary shaft with the gears incorporated… I will try to make it 6 speed.

[seangti]

Certainly brutal, ouch, bet it made quite a noise too.

so is that a power/torque related failure, or from driving style/abuse? Basically, are others likely to have that happen on a track day if running conservative power?

[GoLfMan]

dang!!! thats horrible!

[team_v]

Holy bloody hell!
That is brutal.

Hopefully you can recover from it and get the Polo back on track.

Keep us updated.

[Plautos]

Hello gang... here I'm again... sad news today....

Total destruction last week... but like a Spartan.. never retreat, never surrender!

The third gear from the primary shaft fail, cracking the gear box case and damaging some other components.

[Plautos]

Keep the white and the spacer look it might be hard to spin but the extra speed into the corner will get u round quicker??? hahahaha. Looks the **** though, whats an extra 8 kg to a top polo like yours.

Can you send me an exhaust mani like yours to Australia?

8kg each wheel!

I can't send you a manifold... I don't have a model to follow.

[ssman]

Keep the white and the spacer look it might be hard to spin but the extra speed into the corner will get u round quicker??? hahahaha. Looks the **** though, whats an extra 8 kg to a top polo like yours.

Can you send me an exhaust mani like yours to Australia?

[Plautos]

Nice Rims!

I've always wanted white wheels, but know I wont keep them clean enough to pull it off...

Hope the extra weight does not set you back...

Thanks!!

I have the same thought about keeping them clean… but worth the try.

I'm worried about the gear box… it will feel the extra grip and weight.

[noone]

Nice Rims!

I've always wanted white wheels, but know I wont keep them clean enough to pull it off...

Hope the extra weight does not set you back...

[Plautos]

Hello people...

I was so happy because I had bought my first set of semi-slicks and I was going to try them this weekend... but the event was cancelled... making me sad because I can't do new videos to report the results of my upgrades.

So... I will post my Picasso moment....

White is the new black... so here come my idea.

I bought a set of Sparco wheels (my first regret) and paint is in white. Also I did new center caps (almost a second regret) and 10mm spacers (definitely my third regret).

These Sparco wheels are HEAVY, 12kg each wheel, with tires probably the set will arrive in 25kg, against 18kg of my current set up.

I had to remove the center caps to do the wheel balancing, braking the paint.

I did the spacers before testing the wheel. Just did it for nothing.

I'm painting the center logos in white and red. They are not in the pictures yet.