Little Red Devil

[VWindahouse]

Hey Troy, yes that's the plan for sure. Can't wait to see what she does down the quarter. Only problem is now I'm having trouble launching. Can't seem to hit the sweet spot with the extra power The goodyears are a great all round performance tyre but are a pretty hard compound and not very sticky at all especially at 38psi. The best 0-100 time I’ve logged with a heap of wheel spin and cold tyres is 6.2s so will have to practice.

Ben, no mate no retune done yet. Gavin and I did some logging just before the intake, reg and MAF went on so we are keen to do some more this week to compare the airflow and do some math. He said the increased volume of air should be directly proportionate to the power increase or something like that.

Do I think I have 197.5kw atw....... sadly no although the car does feel really bloody quick atm. I have driven tunes polo’s with K04’s and they aren’t nearly as wild as the Devil feels at the moment. Don't forget the pulls are done in 2nd gear so ratios are way off compared to 4th which should give the closest to 1:1 ratio. Just didn’t feel like going to jail before Christmas by revving out 4th on a public road.

Also I’m yet to play with all the other correction settings the G-Tech has to offer such as drivetrain losses, differential and rolling resistance losses, aero dynamic losses such as frontal area and coefficient drag. And then of course vehicle and driver weight. I just ripped it out of the wrapping and went for it so when I have some spare time I will dial everything properly. Still glad to see an increase anyway.

[VWindahouse]

Brake lines & catch can

So after the epic failure that was the AGU manifold project which wasted a large portion of the long weekend I decided to turn my attention to something else

Finally got the braided lines i've had waiting to make a dedut for the better part of last year put in for the next happy laps track session



Happy to say they did exactly what I was hoping for and gave a much firmer pedal feel Really happy with the whole set up now.

And then went to work on a sort of custom catch can set up.





Only good spot for it was to the right of the battery so decided to bolt it to the battery mount.



So then cut and bent the piece of 32x3mm strip of aluminium I happily found at Bunnings.



Drilled some holes for the little catch can bracket and fastened it with some SS marine screws. Then drilled a hole for the mounting bolt at the bottom.





Then fitted the catch can.









Then set about getting the hoses sorted. You can see the oil and crap that's being sent back into the TIP.

[VWindahouse]

I used some 19mm heater hose for off the valve cover because of the high temps. And attached that to some 19mm vac hose via a nylon T piece.





Then had to use a couple of 19mm to 16mm nylon reduces to match the size of the catch can barb diameter. And done









Took Nat for a spin down to the Gold Goast and back through Mt Tambourine and it all held up well. And managed some pretty sweet fuel economy too (with air-con on)



Couldn't quite crack into the 5's.

[vwthunder]

Nice setup

I am in the process of changing my catch can plumbing too, I also had the problem of different size hoses not meeting up along the way, which is painfull seeing as it is all being done in -AN fittings

[VWindahouse]

An, that's next level mate any pics to share??

[vwthunder]

An, that's next level mate any pics to share??

Not yet, ordered heaps in -10 and realised it was too hard so ordered -12 too lol, oh and the INA valve cover bung
Then it is hard to find a catch can with AN fittings, so ordered stainless bungs to be added to my 42dd catch can, which is stainless. stainless bungs are 3 times more $$$. So the catch can has to be stripped, bungs soildered on and re painted

---------- Post added at 07:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

What did you try to do with the AGU manifold ??

[VWindahouse]

Lol that sucks! Still when it's all in the braided lines will look mighty sweet next to your polished engine bits

[seangti]

Howdy, where'd you get the braided lines from? Will have a look into them too.

[VWindahouse]

Here ya go mate, cheap as chips and ADR approved

Volkswagen Polo MK4 1.8 GTi (2006-) Brake Lines by HEL Performance

[VWindahouse]

So thought I'd give these bad boys a shot



Quality seems pretty good, and they even include a set of drop links all for under 500 clams landed .

[Smead]

FK AK Streetline Coilies?

I'm running them with no issues. Apart from being a tad bit bumpy when initialy fitted, they've settled in nicely now
and gives me some nice low

[VWindahouse]

That's music to my ears any pictures mate????

[Smead]

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f35/my-polo-gti-9n3-60096-4.html

the later pics in this thread (particularly the last one) is how the car currently sitting. I will post a newer pic up tonight

[clicht]

Hi,
i was very impressed whist ready your thread...you really have done a fair amount of work on your car -- looks great, and i am sure it goes just as well.
i am looking at putting in a boost gauge, but then saw your link...it looks very good and unobstrusive by putting three gauges above the raidio. can you tell me what car you got the radio cover from... and any suggestions on the gauge makes i would buy....
thanks

[VWindahouse]

Smead, thanks for the photo's. Your Polo looks immaculate and they're some amazing shots of it. What size tyres are you running with the Tocattas?

clicht, thanks a bunch. It's been a great project so far! To answer your gauge questions. I am selling my triple gauge face for $20 if you want it? I like the Prosport gauges although the fuel and oil senders were installed right next to the engine so the heat eventually got to them. They can be intalled further away or heat shielded.

As for my suspension problems from the last track day. It turns out one of the front Koni struts needed a rebuild and I had torn the thread from the shorter drive shaft. The bolt was just floating around in the hub Jimmy always said the weak point polo's with bucket loads of torque would be the dirve shafts. I think from the last dyno day I had about 365 - 375nm atw (hard to see excactly on the graph) and I definatlely have more beans since then. So got a driveshaft from an Audi A3 put in. Looks much stronger and better bolt configeration. I will post pictures tonight of it all.