Polo 1.4 anyone?

[jjs123]

hi i've got a petrol 1.4 polo 2008 and its sloooww...! i haven't seen any threads on the standard polo's .
has anyone modded one of these or know how to get more power out of the 1.4 and where to get parts from in sydney? pictures would be good too.
i've already custom fitted a pod onto it but any other suggestions/advice would be entirely welcome..(i can't get a gti cause of p plate restrictions..)

[bfeboi]

I don't want to be mean but what did you expect out of a 1.4. didn't you realise that it would be slow when you bought the car?

[AGO41T]

my mate had a 1.4 polo..

pod filter made the car slower.. and wen he went to get his exhuast fitted.. they said 2" exhuast system would be too big and make the car slower then stock

so he put 17" a8's and it was a true nugget

[WEDEL.1]

Our "second car is a Polo 1.4 Auto. It won't pull a drunken sailor off you sister, but Julia loves "her" little Volkswagen.

Not much gains to be made by chipping, but another 10 Kw would make a great deal of difference.

Maris

[Blitzen]

The force is the only way to go in my opinion, but that ain't going to help you...

[pixl]

Did you even test drive the car before handing your money over? Sounds like you didn't do your homework before making your decision.

Are the P plate laws that different in Sydney? I've seen a red P plater in a GTI around my area. For memory, I think you're allowed to drive anything that is equal to or less than 125kw / tonne. Which means it's OK to drive a GTI. But I don't know how different the laws are in Sydney.

Still, even if you couldn't get a GTI. The TDI is certainly no slouch.

[mikepologti]

how to make it quicker? tow it with a gti lol

[Gti Dave]

Did you even test drive the car before handing your money over? Sounds like you didn't do your homework before making your decision.

Are the P plate laws that different in Sydney? I've seen a red P plater in a GTI around my area. For memory, I think you're allowed to drive anything that is equal to or less than 125kw / tonne. Which means it's OK to drive a GTI. But I don't know how different the laws are in Sydney.

Still, even if you couldn't get a GTI. The TDI is certainly no slouch.

I think that was the case until the new P plater laws were introduced sometime last year. Now, anything with forced induction is prohibited even the new 1.4 TSI Golf Mk6 or even in anything that may be say 1.3ltr turbo that produces less than 80kw. Some people just take the risk of being pulled over by the cops and the lucky ones get away with it. Got a friend who is a P plater and ordered the new mk6 Golf but had to get a refund on the basis that he could not legally drive it due to the P plate laws. Really sucks though and in my opinion its a really biased and under researched/unproven law. BS in my opinion.

[FL00DY]

I don't want to be mean but what did you expect out of a 1.4. didn't you realise that it would be slow when you bought the car?

Yeah I'm sorry but I was thinking the same thing. In fact part of me thinks this has to be a geeup. You know why you haven't seen any threads on standard polo's? Cause they are slow. What were you thinking would happen? You'd buy a 1.4, that there would be moutains of mods for it, that you'd rock up to a set of lights next a Polo GTI and smoke him?

[PoloGTi]

Come on guys we all know what its like we all start somewhere with cars.
He may not have had a choice in the car to start with.

I would recomend looking to the uk forums as i am sure some one has gone down this road before.

Your never going to get huge gains out of the 1.4 but u may get a hp or 2.
If you do just want a "fast car" i would say dont spend money on mods but start to do some reshearch into your next car and save like crazy.
Not many parts in Aus for tuning Polos so parts can get expensive.

Good luck with it, but really saving your cash to put towards the next car would be a better option.

[leasaunce]

the only suggestion i can give to you is - lightweight. take parts that you don't need off the car put, lightweight alloys, take out the backseats. Putting a pod filter would slow the car down (as the 2nd person reply back here) YES i would totally agree with him on this one.

I've driven the polo match for a day (manual), its quite zippy car (i forgot whether it was the 1.4 or 1.6).

[FL00DY]

Come on guys we all know what its like we all start somewhere with cars.
He may not have had a choice in the car to start with.

You are right, he may not have had a choice in how much to spend. However I don't understand the surprise in his post about how slow the 1.4 is. To be honest, it sounded like he bought it thinking he'd get a bargain performance car out of it, rather then thats the most he could afford. Maybe I'm wrong, it's just the way I read it.

[Bluey9N]

Buy that smashed GTi from pickles and swap the 1.8T into your Match.

Probably more money/hassle then selling the 1.4 and buying a GTi but hey, its an option.

[Grant]

These threads remind me of LS1.com.au. Whenever someone asks how to get more power out of their V6, the response is always buy a V8 regardless of the financial and legal restrictions placed upon the driver.

[Whubbsie]

like someone already said check out the uk polo site 1.4s are popular up there due to regs on pollution, I guess it will be cams and other internal works you can do but all will proably cost big bucks and none are particularly DIY friendly.
Could just get your handling tip top so you can hold whatever speed you have through corners.
Or just go the slow and low, resided yourself to having a slow car that can shave the hairs off an ants back.