6R Polo GTI hybrid WMI project

[Hurdy]

Nice John! Pretty expensive coils!

Yes, definitely not a purchase for the feint hearted. I look at this purchase primarily as a precautionary measure against misfires, but also look at it as a power modification as tests have shown both power and torque gains throughout the rev range. They are of particular interest to me as they provide a much superior spark, which will really help with the water methanol injection system. Potentially I'm looking at a 5-10bhp gain with these in combination with the hybrid and the wmi, so overall the initial expense is high but the sum of the benefits are even higher.

[Vissa]

Cool! Pretty curious what your experience will be!

Do you live close to Milltek btw? If so, say hi to my Polo next week, it will go on transport to Milltek this weekend.

[Hurdy]

I'm over a hundred miles away from Milltek. You having a full TBE fitted? Love mine. The sound it makes is much better than I got from the ED30.

[Vissa]

It already has the full TBE, but there are problems with the EU GTI's with the fitting. The muffler touches the left rear shock. So I'm letting them use mine as a demo for manufacturing / adjusting the muffler from the TBE!

[Hurdy]

Ah, I see.

[mashmarriner]

awww man wish i had a GTI pulled up next to one the other day and made me depressed haha

[jakovdub]

awww man wish i had a GTI pulled up next to one the other day and made me depressed haha

i wish i had a 3 door! get all depressed with my 5 door match! its deep black but dont get the vibe to start doing it up, i like your build thread but can't see it looking good on a 5 door.... opnions?

[mashmarriner]

awww man wish i had a GTI pulled up next to one the other day and made me depressed haha

i wish i had a 3 door! get all depressed with my 5 door match! its deep black but dont get the vibe to start doing it up, i like your build thread but can't see it looking good on a 5 door.... opnions?

Thanks bud. But 4 doors for more whores I say like

Anyone can make any car look good. Not to everyone. But to they own liking. Tbh a like the 5 door polo

[Boyracer_2011]

awww man wish i had a GTI pulled up next to one the other day and made me depressed haha

i wish i had a 3 door! get all depressed with my 5 door match! its deep black but dont get the vibe to start doing it up, i like your build thread but can't see it looking good on a 5 door.... opnions?

Thanks bud. But 4 doors for more whores I say like

Anyone can make any car look good. Not to everyone. But to they own liking. Tbh a like the 5 door polo

I like the 5 door polo aswell, my neighbor has a black 5door polo and it looks just as good as the 3door

[jakovdub]

its taking me time to fall for it, but i have seen a fare few modded 5doors and tbf i really like them!
just standard ones dont do it for me which means a mini project is on the cards for me now,

like these ones - http://www.vagscene.com/713_polo_6r_mkv.html

i really want to copy the first black one, as mine is deep black like this, looks outstanding tbf, what you guys think?

[LocoPolo70]

yes that black one is quite nice....he had to put adapters as the the wheels are 5x112 and if im not mistaken put 25mm spacers as it is et54. He has his project in the german forums.

[jakovdub]

the wheels are still kind of sucked in tbf even with those adaptors....i think i want dish on mine.... maybe get it looking all black and mean? what you guys thinking?

[Hurdy]

Went to GTI International today, very wet, very busy and as soon as it stopped raining I used my 4 run passes down the strip.

Best time of the morning was 14.02 with a 5.49 second 0-60. Not as good as I'd hoped, but the surface was very wet and add to that the DSG torque limiter cutting in, it wasn't too bad.

I must say that I enjoyed the handling course more than the sprint. Ended up with a 40.07 second run. The guy on the stand taking down the time told me beforehand that anywhere near to 40 seconds was excellent. The guys on the stand with track prepped cars and racing tyres were managing 39.6 to 39.7, so I was well impressed with the car. However, the guy from Bilstein said if I had set the car up on full hard with the damping then the car would have been just as good as the track cars!!

Thoughts go out to those injured in the sprint crash!

[Hurdy]

A few more pics.

LowdownVW meet this month


Trip to Ladybower reservoir


The Okada Plasma Coilpacks in place

[George H]

I like how you changed the red bits to black on the grille. Personally I'd try and make it look like a base model Polo. Great for surprising people at the lights