Louis19's Build Thread

[HaydEn]

In for 5kg sledgie action

[louis19]

In for 5kg sledgie action

I was going to say a rubber mallet, but whatever works I guess

[louis19]

Today I bolted on the turbo with all turbo lines now completed. Moving onto tidying up a few last things in the engine bay before I get the clutch and then gearbox onto the engine and the lot can go back in.

[LZY13B]

Been seeing the photos of this on fb and I gotta say this looks nuts amazing work mate can’t wait to see some videos of this things frying tyres haha looking at it makes me think this would give my rx7 a run for its money lol

[louis19]

Been seeing the photos of this on fb and I gotta say this looks nuts amazing work mate can’t wait to see some videos of this things frying tyres haha looking at it makes me think this would give my rx7 a run for its money lol

Thanks mate, appreciate the kind words

[louis19]

Big day on the polo today. Clutch on, gearbox on, new engine mount in, then the whole thing went in. It's very snug and had to come back out twice to make some adjustments to the panel the sits in front of the firewall to clear the turbo and lines.

Now it's mostly a matter of bolting bits back together. The heavy lifting is over hopefully and now but lots of little jobs left to do before it's running but I'm excited to have the engine back in place.

[GeorgeMK1]

With the adjustments you had to make, have you also accounted for engine movement under heavy boost?

Good milestone

[HaydEn]

Going to be funny tearing away from a few cars on the street in a little polo!

[louis19]

With the adjustments you had to make, have you also accounted for engine movement under heavy boost?

Good milestone

Cheers!
Yes, those were the adjustments I made. It fitted before but there wasn't enough clearance under engine movement for my liking, so the engine came out, made some more room then went back in and now I'm happy with the clearances

[louis19]

Going to be funny tearing away from a few cars on the street in a little polo!

I'm sure the big engine boys won't see it as funny, but we sure will

[sambb]

Have you put the vibratechnics in just with this engine build or had you already been running them? They are rock solid in my car with a superpro'd dogbone so hopefully you'll be ok with your clearances.

[louis19]

Have you put the vibratechnics in just with this engine build or had you already been running them? They are rock solid in my car with a superpro'd dogbone so hopefully you'll be ok with your clearances.

I've only just put them in with this engine and turbo setup. I'll be running the black powerflex race series dogbone mount which is ridiculously stuff so I'm hoping the engine won't rock to much at all

[sambb]

no you wont be able to so much as put one little jiggle into it by hand and it'll buzz the cabin a bit. You'll definitely discover a few extra dash squeaks, but I reckon they are the best mod for making the car feel really properly tied together. You don't have to worry about extra vibes when the A/C kicks in though!

[Water Boy]

I know when I drove Gav's polo it sure felt stiff and had a few good rattles from the inside!

[louis19]

I know when I drove Gav's polo it sure felt stiff and had a few good rattles from the inside!

Yup, everything is a compromise