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Did you replace the DMF when you installed the clutch or just the clutch?

Looking good mate, I love the colour of the special editions, what did you use to get the fli eye on your headlights?

When I had mine going into a catch tank and vented out through a breather it smoked like a kettle and spat oil out everywhere

I do approximately 500 miles a week sometimes more sometimes a little less and last year I bought an Audi a4 avant with the same trusty pd130 engine in and let the wife drive the polo. Now don't get me wrong the Audi is a great refined comfy car and can swallow up the miles no problem, however the fuel economy compared to the polo was crap. Didn't seem to matter how you drove it couldn't get it past 52mpg compared to easily getting 60mpg from the polo. I also found the Audi quite boring after a wile, now it might be just me but at the end of stint on the motorway I sometimes like to blast up the slip road and fly round some round a bouts and the polo was just to much better at that. So after 9 moths I swapped with the wife and have been back in the Polo ever since and wouldn't change it for anything.

Nah I wouldn't worry about it mate, mine was running well hot last week on the way out of brum stuck in traffic but cooled down straight away as soon as the fan kicked it.

Agreed wouldn't take much of a bumpy ride to throw an unsecured one through the parcel shelf and in the cabin or out the back window. Something like this should do the trick I reckon http://www.butserrubber.com/products/straps/

Sounds like a plan to me matey, do you fancy doing a how to guide to make my life easier - cheeky I know :-D

We would need to find out how much current the starter motor would draw from the battery and then work out the best cable. If it was 700amps and you were using a 500amp cable even if it was only drawing current for a few seconds surely it would over heat and bust into flames. 200amps is a hell of a lot of current!

I have been thinking about doing this as well, I was thinking about using a thick gauge of wire that you can get in the wiring kits for amps and subs etc. As an extra fuse close to battery would be a good idea in my eyes just in case the cable was to be cut or sliced in an accident or something. Can't see the resistance of the cable run affecting anything unless you were going over 10meters which shouldn't be a problem with these cars. On paper it sounds like a simple job but from previous experience with other cars getting the cable from the boot to the bay is usually a *******!

I has this issue also, my remedy was to take it to my local exhaust centre and asked them kindly to remove the heat shielding and chop off the back box! problem solved :-)

That's a beast of an fmic you got there mate, thats my next purchase after a new clutch, you'll have to let us know how it drive with it on

Will be taking the GT to the local dealer tomorrow, when I was washing it the other day I noticed some crusty bubbling on the boot lid just above the back bumper. I'll keep you posted on what they say

Hmmmmmm I may have to look into this ready for those chilly winter mornings, are the heating elements already fitted to the GT seats?

Cheers for the reply's guy, Would you recommend, or can it be used with a Dual Mass fly-wheel or only a single?

I'm guessing its a lot more grabby (forgive the not tech expression lol) than the standard clutch? Have you had any experience with it in stop start traffic?

What stage have you guys fitted? Mine is getting ready but not sure if a stage 1 or 2 would be best. I'm running a stage one map at the moment but will be getting a hybrid turbo and fmic at some point in the future so want to future proof the clutch. Just browsing through the website and the dual friction kit has caught my attention, has anyone had any experience with one of those? Cheers

I'm a Sainsbury's diesel man myself, ran it on v power and it did seem a little smoother and pick up quicker, but for the extra price I didn't think it was worth it and it seemed to use it a bit quicker. Every so often I chuck some millers Eco boost I and that seems to keep the mpg up a little too :-)

Mine feels fine after fitting the S2K mod that's a BLT too, can you hear the turbo spooling and fluttering?

I have a mufflerectomy booked in for Friday afternoon and very much looking forward to the noise combo

I run a scan gauge ii on my BLT and one of the readings monitors intake temperatures and on a really hot day travelling at approximately 100mph the highest intake temp read 106c and that didn't throw up a error code or put it in to limp mode. I reckon if it was high intake temps throwing the limp mode you would have felt the power from the engine cutting back before it went into limp mode

Sooooooo as the weather was good last night I had a go at fitting the S2000 filter and I can honestly say it is one of the easiest modifications I have done since fitting led number plate lights As mentioned in previous posts above they look great and make a nice roar when you have the throttle wide open. Even managed to use a bit of the broken fuel T piece from the fuel filter to create a nice tight fit on the vac pipe or whatever it is.

Awesome, well it came in the post today so will be installing that bad boy over the weekend. Interestingly enough the picture on the euro car parts website showed the filter with green paper but it's actually red and it looks great, can't believe it only cost £12.90!

After reading this thread it has inspired me to do the same and today I have ordered a s2000 filter. As I do approx 550miles a week can any one tell me how their fuel consumption has been since installing this filter? Cheers

I had this problem and was due to a seized calliper, had it stripped cleaned and re-built and that cured it but then the other side started playing up! A good spray with brake cleaner and liberal copper greasing sorted it out. I'm not sure if the fabia's have them already but you can get return helper springs that fit onto the rear calipers to ensure the handbrake fully releases.