250bhp per ton of sleeper fun, video added

[LregG 0]

The beige best is finally up and running :-D

 

She is a 1984 Mk2 polo squareback or "breadvan" which started out as a humble little 1.05litre, 2 owners from new with a mere 52k clocked up in its life in sunny old wales. It was fairly nippy but i bought it with intentions of making it a sleeper.

 

I already had a 189bhp mk3 eaton'd G40 which was fast (click for a walkround video>

or click here to hear/see it on the rollers>

but by no means a sleeper so this fitted the bill nicely

 

Here she is

 

 

The interior is staying as it is, even the steering wheel lol

 

 

The car was in a really good condition

 

 

 

So, with a bigger things planned for the G40, the decision was made to take it off the road and take out it's original engine for use in the Mk2

 

Here's the powertrain spec

 

polo G40 1272cc bottom end (stock internals)

metal headgasket (raises compression to 8.3:1)

ported and polished head

51mm throttle body

Ported to death powder coated inlet manifold (inside and out)

b-r-motortechnik chip

G60 injectors

GT camshaft

emtec equal length turbo manifold

Water cooled saab T25 with .48 comp and .49 turbine housings

custom downpipe

supersport 2.5" exhaust system

lightweight flywheel

Helix paddle clutch

rebuilt G40 box with 100% locking LSD

uprated driveshaft

 

The engine was fitted and everything looked fine but then i fitted the turbo and realised why a mk2 turbo conversion is not seen as much as a mk3!!

 

There were some clearance issues with the turbo

 

 

 

This left my with three problems, where to put the oil cooler, the rad and the intercooler???

 

My first, quite frankly, stupid idea was to side mount the radiator

 

 

But this would not get anywhere near enough air to cool it. So i tried different ideas and decided to take the car to a radiator specialist who came up with the idea of a 4 core old school mini rad that would fit front mounted between the downpipe and n/s chassis leg. While this was being made a few things needed to be sorted.

 

Firstly, a nice phat 2.5" stainless exhaust system that i picked up fairly cheaply (probably due to the tailpipe lol)

 

 

I had to convert the car from carb the injection, a scrap Mk3 polo supplied it's fuel lines and lift pump/sender unit.

 

I had to pass the main pump loom through the boot floor

 

 

 

Next up was fitting the ecu and wiring loom, firstly i just placed it all in to get the engine running

 

 

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[G60SC_Stoney 0]

quality! this must have been the polo i saw when i went to pick up my 301s from wicked wheels in guildford! bet that thing is mental! Good job!

[boost monkey 0]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

BEST CAR EVAR!!!

 

I had sooooooooooo planned to do this to a biege mk2 polo, but with a KR!!!

 

Was told that the mk2 polos don't handle so I gave up....what's yours like?

[A-J 0]

Great stuff! How do you manage to stay in those seats when cornering though?

[g164rge 0]

Awesome!!!!

[Sonicriot13 0]

Pure quality!!! You taking it to any shows? Would love to see that! :D

[dinkus 10]

You're a mentalist! :lol:

[herisites 0]

Awesome!! 8)

 

I might be getting an old squareback but dont think i will do anything like this to it :lol:

[vwdeviant 0]

Love to see what the stopping distances are like... Polo's not exactly renowned for great brakes.. I know I drove a 1.3 Ranger... "Whoohoo! Will I ever stop for this roundabout?" :lol:

[LregG 0]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

The handling will be decent as and when PSD release their wishbone/subframe kit for the front end as the original set up is pathetic, It's basically an anti-roll bar with TCA's and that's it!! As for the brakes, they aren't that bad to be honest, yes you have to push hard due to the lack of servo but they bite well.

 

I have the following set up>

 

Front

G40 calipers

EBC green stuff pads

ATE endless groove discs

 

Rear

 

Mk3 GT rear brakes

 

The car weighs bugger all so you don't need 256 or 280mm brakes up front

 

As for the seats, they are staying, they are really comfortable and it would loose it's sleeper apeal with carbon fibre or kevlar buckets in it

[bristolbaron 10]

thats cool..

[LregG 0]

 

Taken on private land!!

[biggerbigben 0]

Absolutely quality!! But put the original wheels back on it and raise the suspension.... lol

 

You've got to try and hide that oil cooler as well.. its a total giveaway!

 

Loving it!

 

Ben

[yeti 0]

nice one! thats a hell of a lot of work to put in, but the shell looks very straight and clean, if it were mine i'd deffinitely try and hide the intercooler and fit a set of rusty steels, but you have a polo that's probably faster than alot of vr's on here so i'm sure your well chuffedn :D

[CrazyDave 0]

Excellent work! Love the colour, perfect sleeper.

 

Handling was never great on early polos, I had a GT for a while and that was pretty exciting with 75hp in the wet! Poly bushes fitted to everything in site seemed to do reasonable job, but still not as good as a MK1 Golf standard. Like you said, needs proper wishbones and AR bars.

[__Andy__ 0]

looks crazy,bet it puts a huge smile on ur face.looks like a right giggle

[AmbisoniK 0]

Those buildings in the photo's/youtube look quite familiar - your not from Newport are you ?

[VR6 South 0]

I saw this at the G-Werks open day. Sheer quality and what a sleeper.