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Where are your engine mounts? :)
Already seen how it's mounted. It's purely mounted to the subframe? Is this done for ease of dismantling? I'd say that the original engine and gearbox mounts would be a lot more around the center point of the engine. Now, there is a lot more weight hanging on...
One more thing to cross of the list.
Steering column bracket reinforcement.
It's one of those things that seem like a little thing to do, but when you're finished, a lot more time has passed than initially planned.
There, the cage is in. :cool:
Pretty happy with it, next up is connections to the front suspension turrets, and A and B-pillar gussets.
Total cage weight added so far, 68,3 kg's, making total weigh saving 174,8kg's.
@killianm1 Thanks, for the like. :giggle: But it doesn't really matter I suppose. I have been driving with the standard wheel for a long time, and it's been fine.
Cage update.
After I grounded all the connection welds back, it was time to start with the load spreader plates. I used 2 mm plate for this, and I made sure, that any seams in the area would be covered by the spreader plates, in order to (as the name of the plates imply :ROFLMAO:) spread the...
I know how both ends look, but I still haven't got a clue what you mean. :giggle:
My Scenic shifter arrived today.
It's 8 cm's taller, and travel from 3rd to 4th is only 1 cm longer.
Also note that the Clio has a bend in it original, and the Scenic one is straight.
I bought myself a Scenic shifter, and it is not often, that I can say, that postage was more expensive than the actual product. I paid 8 Euro's for it. :LOL::ROFLMAO:
And it's not often, that a product is this well packaged. :oops:
For those interested in which one it is, this is the label...
Yes exactly. Just to get it closer to the steering wheel. I've found one for 8 Euro's. :LOL:
And because I had some problems with getting the gearbox into 4th sometimes, I figured it would be time to refresh the linkage.
The question for me, is not the lever, but how the quickshift will affect the syncros. I have no idea.
Will it just reduce it's lifespan, or will the box break easier if I use it hard?
I've removed my original gear lever, and it looks like a stiff shift will transform the gear changes. ?
Problem for me with the quick shift, is that I don't understand how it will affect the syncros. To be honest, I don't have a clue how a gearbox works. :whistle: Will they normally do...
I've just bought a Scenic shifter, and I'm not quite sure if I should add a quickshift or not as I don't want to reduce the life on my syncros.
Please tell me what you think and/or what are your experiences.
Today there was a Golf GTI Forum meeting at JD Engineering, and because of that, JD offered a 20% discount on engine and dsg tuning amongst other good offers. Because I already wanted a stage 1 remap, I applied for this day, saving 140 Euro's.
Power went up from 220 hp to 300 hp, and torque...
Today it was time to get our Polo a bit lower to the ground. We didn't want it extremely low, as we will be driving on small country and mountain roads through the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany and Italy. But the difference is quite significant.
My friend took the ATS Classics with him...