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Easily tuneable

Standard 75bhp and with the lightness of the it doesn't pull too bad

Seen people push 90bhp out of theres from very simple mods

Such as

Filter
Exhaust
Decat
Chip
G40 Inlet Manifold
Golf air flow meter

If you want to take it to other levels theres various bits of porting and ...

Never heard of what he said above but

Polo engines tend to make alot of noise generally anyway

Also sounds like there running out of oil but after owning about 10 I have come to love the noise

Best thing buy a G40 so you can't here it over the charger lol

Depending if you want wanting GT/G40 or just wanting a 1.0-1.3

The lower end engines such as 1.0-1.3 go for very cheap on ebay and you can gets some very tidy ones and there is a lot of low mileaged one at the monent

GT - Seem to be a lot going for sale at the minute some really nice ones but ...

Best bet is to purchase the whole conversion

A lot of ppl are selling engine, box, loom and charger etc all as one instead of splitting so best to get all of that

Other bits depending how detailed you want to be but he is a list of certain G40 specific bits off top of my head

G40 Suspension 20 ...

Well don't think its a wise move

Apart from needing new driveshafts there will be just too much weight to make the transplant worth while

Reason why the G40 is so responsive because the polo body weighs next to nothing.

Putting that tiny engine into a caddy will not get as much benefit

I would ...

All VW's welcome

Date: Friday 18th August


Time: 7.00pm


Location: Hartshead Moor Services (Welcome Break)


Venue: M62 Service Station - Between Junction 25 and 26 nr Huddersfield


We will be gathering on the side going Northbound towards Leeds


So if you are on the wrong side driving ...

How much for springs?