What did you do to your Polo today?

[PeterHBne]

Dont bother trying to 'do something about it' with authorities - you will waste a large chunk of your life for no result. It's just bad luck. It is surprising the amount of stuff you see on the roads these days that has fallen off trucks/utes. Big, dangerous stuff. A few weeks ago I had the car in front of me (ute) lose its whole rear canopy just ahead of me. Scared the s**t out of me. Narrowly missed it while cringing about the almost near 5 car pile up behind me on the M1.

[hazrd]

Ouch Peter, that woulda been scary !
I wont bother with the councils, i agree with the above, they arent very helpful, i spoke with a higher up manager with roadside assist and they are going to reimburse the tow at least.

on a more positive note, the suspension on the car is fine, just needed a thrust alignment. bought some CSA Race wheels in a dark silver which blend in nicely on the car, plus we arrived in QLD safely, so it turned out well

[woosh73]

1:37???????


Pull yer finger out, and get into it!

Tip: get into the MSCASA super sprint series, MUCH safer.

it's was raining all day with crappy tyres which now have been replaced. Normally i get 1:25.

[woosh73]

Quote "still feeling good about the polo at mallala on saturday , suprised alot of drivers on how quick it was. The track was pretty damp so esp went on alot. Outdrove a subaru , integra , sprinter , down the straights there wasn't much in it with any cars including a f360 ( which took 9 laps to overtake me ) . Tyres were pretty trashed to begin with so traction was a slight problem - fuel all good just used 98 plus octane booster ( nulon ) , still pretty happy as after the day the fuel economy was 17.6l / 100 not bad when the average speed was 79km AVG. Best time posted was 1:37 , should be alot better next time with some sticky rubber and a dry track. "

I do post alot better times with my old wrx( 1:20) , the main problem i had was traction , once traction was there the speed was there too.

MSCASA Super spinte Series - definitely look into it. - the other issue was traffic , it's hard to post up a great time with a car in front almost sliding out in front of you.

Definitely in the dryer months going again so if anyone is interested please send through a pm

[Stuwey]

The MSCA Super Sprint allows you to be on the track, 20 cars at a time, in a group that does the same lap time as you. Too fast? you'll move up to the next group and vice-versa.

You usually get 5 sessions, 4 or 5 laps at a time, so its not 'too' bad on the car either.

I'll be out there next Sunday, July 4, all things going to plan...

[woosh73]

sounds great , if you could give me a heads on the next one , it's my sons bday on the 4/7 . what are the prices like ? $125 was for the open day , 5 sessions 15 minutes each session

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Cleaned up some vacuum lines and fitted my new intake (sealed pod with "4 intake) over the weekend.

As I suspected, I'm sure there are performance gains with the new intake.... but they are so minor its negligible. The huge increase in spooling and diverter valve sound is fun... but we'll see how long before it starts to annoy me

[GoLfMan]

chucked in a BMC panel filter

and got myself a rather large FMIC

[vanllinx]

hi Guys,
I found out my POLO GTI is still under warrantee. thank god =)
Taking it there next monday to get windows seals repaired, broken door hand repaired and also the gearbox replaced if that's possible. Taking it to DENLO in parramatta.

Additionally I also got a quote from Pedders Blacktown to install front and rear whiteline sway bars which would total at $520 for the parts or $840 total including install. I could do the sways myself but timewise, $320 additional for the install isnt bad. Sway Bars would really improve corning of the polo which seems really soft to me.

[noone]

The rear swaybar is a good addition.

The Polo comes with a front swaybar from factory. Very easy to install (now I know) where as the front sway requires some elements of the car to be removed to allow access (sub frame I think).

I'm not sure about upgrading the front swaybar with stock suspension, if you are looking for better handling, you may be better off looking towards coilovers or spring / shock combo.

The softness you talk of is to do with the springs / shocks, adding roll bars will help, but may not give you handling that would compare to just changing the springs.

[vanllinx]

hmmmm, yea, i;ll just get rear sways.

getting that installed wont void waranty would it? i wouldnt risk installing it before my inspection next tho. never know what these VW people might blame that voids waranty =__=.

the springs are soft, but the car is already on those 16" low profiles which cause some road noise on uneven or non smooth roads.

coilovers are the way to go i recon. i wouldnt mind a small lowering so the car looks nicer =) but that would cost like 2k which i dont want to do.

[noone]

Warranty is a funny thing. I don't see how a rear sway is going to cause problems if you have an engine issue, but if you have any suspension issues, they will try and blame anything else...

[bfeboi]

rear sway bar is a very easy install. from what i have heard the strut brace is a good investment as well.

I will be looking to getting a set of suspension do-hickies as soon as the cash start rolling in.
1. strut brace
2. front sway bar?
3. coilovers
4. 17" wheels

May not be in that order though

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Had my billet gearbox linkages arrive today (after four weeks waiting!).

Will hopefully do those + N249 bypass this weekend.

[Stuwey]

Fitted slotted rotors, Ferodo DS2500 pads and Motul RBF600 fluid in preperation for a Super Sprint at Mallala tomorrow.

Also removed the cenre caps off my wheels, before they fall off...