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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #130 on: 02 November 2011, 18:55 »
Good reason like that's where the stock battery is?  :grin:

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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #131 on: 02 November 2011, 19:33 »
:afro: 8kg is a saving worth making.

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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #132 on: 02 November 2011, 20:39 »
looking good what else you got to fit ?

The modding market is still developing stuff and I'm jumping on the bandwagon.  :grin:

My car will be used for the development fitting of the Forge Motorsport Polo GTI intercooler. It is similar to the VRS/Cupra, but the mountings are different.
ITG intake is in development now and being test fitted on SteveP's Polo GTI.
APR have a development ATB Limited slip diff on their Polo GTI, which I'll be getting....when they eventually release it.
A couple of companies have development big turbo conversions on the go and there is also a hybrid turbo in development testing on the APR Polo GTI. I don't know which one of these will be the best, but I'm keeping an ear to the ground as to how they go and the outputs they get.
I'm also waiting on information about Carbon fibre parts for the Polo too as these should help shed a few valuable kilo's.
I should have a Devil's own water/meth kit on the car before Christmas too.  :cool:

How come you didn't just put it in the front, wouldn't it have been easier?

Makes room in the engine bay? Weight distribution? I guess there's a good reason behind it otherwise Hurdy wouldn't have done it :undecided:

Indeed, just curious what the reason is.  I'm waaaaaay too lazy for that kind of modding  :grin:

The OEM battery is already located in the boot, so it was an easy mod to go for. It also free's up space in the engine compartment for a proper sized intake as the VRS and early Cupra's have their batteries in there and there's sweet f-all space left for the intake.  :smiley:



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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #133 on: 02 November 2011, 21:12 »
Ah makes sense then. I thought you had moved it to the boot too, and was thinking that surely the weight you would have been saving was banged back up by the cable run from front to back.  :rolleyes:, you know what they say about assumption!  :wink:
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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #134 on: 02 November 2011, 22:11 »
Hurdy gets a new car and mods the life out of it within a few weeks. :cool: John, you're a legend. I shall watch this with interest. :afro: As for black and gold, if you can do it tastefully go for it and do something different, you never gave a t0ss what others thought anyway. :grin:
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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #135 on: 03 November 2011, 09:01 »
weight saving at its best. very good build, look forward to more updates

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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #136 on: 04 November 2011, 01:49 »
was big fan of your mk5 and bet this will will be equally appreciated. very well done so far

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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #137 on: 07 November 2011, 19:22 »
Okay, well I bought some of the new gloss carbon fibre 3M wrap and thought I'd try it out on the front badge of the Polo.

Whaddya think?

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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #138 on: 07 November 2011, 19:24 »
Carbon fibre is always a winner.

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Re: Hurdy's new Polo GTI..project time!
« Reply #139 on: 07 November 2011, 19:50 »
Not a fan sorry, but the rest is awesome!