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lovely motor mate, mine is EXACTLY like yours minus the chequers n stickers obviously! How much are these lowering kits? just curious as mine is currently looking more like a land rover than a polo!
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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hey adam, has the polo got a pirburg carb? if so the running problem sounds very much like the waxstat on the front of the carb. my old mk2 goof had the same sort of problem. would run great on choke(cold) when the engine warmed up it was all to hell. power dropping off, cutting out the works. not fun when your blazing down to the green day gig at the m.e.n. anyhoo a new waxstat sorted it out, but by then id got sick of the pigburg and slapped a scrappy weber on it.
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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From a quick google I don't think 1B3s have waxstats, golfs have a different type.
Thanks anyway! The original plan was to just chuck a weber on there but I dad recons its a waste of money, so i shall carry on!
Adam
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I got a webber carb on my 1.1 polo saloon!
my polo looks like a 4x4 aswell, oh well, its gonna stay like that unless she passes another mot, in which case imma make her sweeet!
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Mr K
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the direct replacement webers are generally about 1million times better than any original carb - whats the inlet like, can you not fit a weber from somthing else? cheap scrap yard jobby...
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Well, its running fine at the moment so I'll leave it as it is! Any other problems and I'll either get a weber or bung a 1.3 in there Thanks to PhilJ I may well have a new pair of seats in there next weekend Adam
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Yay - welcome to the Polo saloon/Derby club Sounds like you are having fun playing around with your new purchase - it would be great if you can get it looking like your P'shop for CARS or Retro-Rides show next year
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Yay - welcome to the Polo saloon/Derby club Sounds like you are having fun playing around with your new purchase - it would be great if you can get it looking like your P'shop for CARS or Retro-Rides show next year Oh it'll definately look like that by then ;D
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J.P
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I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
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'Chop looks good ...Id go for smoked lenses as theres other black bits on the car..What about a wider profile on the tyre next time your changing rubber if your keeping the steels...give it a little less skinny look?
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loose the bump strips mate, looks better without em. what about some J style arches too??
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'Chop looks good ...Id go for smoked lenses as theres other black bits on the car..What about a wider profile on the tyre next time your changing rubber if your keeping the steels...give it a little less skinny look? I'm thinking 175/50s next time as they aren't any more expensive than the 165/65s on there. I think the bump strips will come off when it's lowered as I've seen one or two without them at standard height and they really do look like 4x4s! Not sure why though. Adam
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Nov 11, 2006 15:51:02 GMT
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I came home from school today and started it up and first time it wouldn't start, so i gave it a 5 second break, then it started perfect, although very juddery. When I disconnected the two pipes going into the idle boost valve it ran perfect, and then it started to stutter again so i connected them again and it ran perfectly again! So i think the idle boost valve might be playing up and it might just be a dodgy connection. It's fine for now though.
Adam
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Nov 12, 2006 19:12:58 GMT
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Well, today has been great seat wise!
Went to a family gathering and met my god-mothers husband and we got talking about cars. I said I was planning on picking up a pair of seats this afternoon and he said he has a pair of black and red buckets in the loft, never used, that came from his sons mini project and that I could have them for nothing!
Went and picked up the seats from PhilJ and those will be going in there while I butcher the current (broken) ones to make some subframes for the buckets which will be coming my way next weekend.
Adam = Very happy
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Kris
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Nov 12, 2006 20:10:02 GMT
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Top blagging I love reading your updates, its great to see it's gone to a good home
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Nov 12, 2006 21:28:30 GMT
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Top blagging I love reading your updates, its great to see it's gone to a good home Thanks! Also been offered a 1.3 spi engine for nout, but the wiring is a bit beyond me, the insurance will probably go sky high and I have nowhere to store it until I can transplant it! Adam
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qwerty
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1989 VW Polo Saloon: Piccies!qwerty
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Nov 12, 2006 21:38:12 GMT
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I think you should go for a 1.4 with a 1.3 hk head on it. That way you get a decent head on a 1.4 bottom end and can run a carb on a standard 1.3 inlet manifold. Its an easy conversion (drops straight in)a nd gives you better power/tourque than a 1.3
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Nov 12, 2006 21:43:58 GMT
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I think you should go for a 1.4 with a 1.3 hk head on it. That way you get a decent head on a 1.4 bottom end and can run a carb on a standard 1.3 inlet manifold. Its an easy conversion (drops straight in)a nd gives you better power/tourque than a 1.3 I was thinking exactly that... but with bike carbs ;D!! Should get me a good 100bhp Give me a year or two
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Last Edit: Nov 12, 2006 21:44:28 GMT by Adam
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Nov 18, 2006 16:40:31 GMT
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My dad brought the bucket seats home this evening and they look perfect! They should fit in with the interior well.
They have all the bracketry for a mini on them at the moment which I will remove, and I'll make up some subframes out of the seats currently in there, as I planned.
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Adam
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Nov 18, 2006 17:37:21 GMT
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should be able to get some cash for the mini seat subframe, i presume they're cobra classic seats
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