Big thanks to andsoutham for getting my brake pads the right way round tonight

Also shiny things

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Snowflakes are finally back on but not without a fight, they still don't clear the caliper but they do at least move now unlike before where they were jammed solid up against the caliper

And before you ask why I've left them on if they don't clear the caliper, I've put 15mm spacers on just to space them away which has worked, I don't want spacers so I will be regularly checking the clearance until hopefully the spacers can come off

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Daily driver mode has been reactivated

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Snowflakes are finally back on but not without a fight, they still don't clear the caliper but they do at least move now unlike before where they were jammed solid up against the caliper

And before you ask why I've left them on if they don't clear the caliper, I've put 15mm spacers on just to space them away which has worked, I don't want spacers so I will be regularly checking the clearance until hopefully the spacers can come off

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Seriously Dave, looking at that if that's all it's catching y just get a grinder and take a 1-2 mm slither off the caliper.

I've suggested it but he wasn't keen

Gave the car a service today with thanks to Updown

New oil (quantum longlife 3) and oil filter

New pollen filter

New spark plugs

Car feels a lot better to drive now and that was with the weight of a jack in the front of the car!

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Wow I look dorky haha

Plugs still look alright.

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Well the electrodes were worn on all three plus it seems to run alot smoother now, and for the cost it would have been stupid not to change them.

It's been a while.. small update

 

 

Colour coded front grille

Bad news, I did a 0 - 60 run the other day, rear seats out + the spare wheel to lose 16 kilo's (not including the seats weight) around 10 seconds to 60, so close to under the 10 second mark, but I have my goal, according Parkers, the new TSI Up! 0 - 60 figure is 9.6 seconds, so I have a plan and a goal, to get it to 9.6 seconds to 60 or one better under that, how that will happen is beyond me, I think the next plan to get the car up to speed quicker is a custom lightweight flywheel (currently weighing up if this can be done so this will be done soon hopefully) and then a custom clutch to hopefully last longer. Even though the car revs to 6200 rpm, it's slow, I'm hoping the flywheel will rectify this so I can get the car up to speed quicker, I also plan on at some point removing the AC pump to shed some more weight, plus relocate the battery and then put in place a new enclosed cone filter so that's not directly above the engine which in turn will hopefully allow for more cooler air to reach the engine, this intake will also have a cold feed coming from outside, although the washer fluid reservoir may need to be relocated to allow a pipe to come up from the passenger fog. The Up! specs are here -  http://www.parkers.co.uk/volkswagen/up/hatchback-2012/high-up-10-tsi-90ps-3d/specs/

Looks really good.

you're nuts David! Can't wait to see the results 

Try with minimal fuel in, that makes a difference when I'm drag racing, 720grams a litre, with full tank being what 35litres, you can be 20kg lighter by having less then 1/4tank

Or have a second car carry the fuel for you and have it fed to yours through a pipe.

Sounds great David.

Maybe you could boost this engine? Or put in a tai engine. Will be cheaper in the long run. Then you can truly say you have a vrs

I'll do a 1.0tsi conversion for you

Sounds great David.

Maybe you could boost this engine? Or put in a tai engine. Will be cheaper in the long run. Then you can truly say you have a vrs

I take it you meant TSI I do plan on boosting this engine at some point with a supercharger, although that would be the easier option.. really not sure if it could work, for one I'm not sure the supercharger would fit given where it'd need to be, that and replacing the spark plugs/ coil packs would be a right task as the supercharger would be in the way.. so many things to think about really, if I turbo charged the car, would the engine be put under to much stress? Would it be more cost effective for a new engine? No idea tbh

I'll do a 1.0tsi conversion for you

My hero

Just wait for a cat c/d shouldn't be long before some youth writes one off

Just wait for a cat c/d shouldn't be long before some youth writes one off

The temptation is there.. I'd like to get some miles on the car before I consider that though, I probably would scrap the current engine if a engine swap were to happen.. and even then I wouldn't just leave it there, I'd take into consideration a remap, larger turbo and whatever else can be done..

Yes tai engine. Surely there must be Fabias/ roomsters that have been written off

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Yes tai engine. Surely there must be Fabias/ roomsters that have been written off

Highly likely yes, but actually the Up! engine or the Polo engine would be a straight swap in theory, I highly doubt Volkswagen would change the whole way an engine fits in a bay when there's already an engine that's been in there for years, when the 90ps is released I'll see if I can have a good nosy at one

Would it be more cost effective for a new engine? No idea tbh

You know you can get other cars, right?

You know you can get other cars, right?

Booooooring, rather have something totally different