Arosa 1.4 16v Sport - My Trackday Project - '09 End of Season Report from Page 29

[F2 Stu]

Bike engine gets my vote

 

[UncleFester]

Would twin bike engines be considered overkill? Or what about a B16 VTEC in there

 

[jenk]

Strap an eaton on

 

[driveforward]

Looked really nice on sunday - also looked very cool heading up to the strip too and was getting a lot of looks too. You do realise you're going to have to either stick a VR6 in there or a 1.8T Or have you considered putting a bike engine in just for stupidity?

Cheers Pat, doing something out of the ordinary has it's merits

No heavy lumps are getting anywhere near this.. handling is what it's all about!

Bike engine gets my vote

Interesting idea, a bit too much work for me to stomach though?

Strap an eaton on

Ahem, er, quite possibly


My A2 needs love too, my A2 needs love too, my A2...

 

[jenk]

Just to tempt you more.......

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=143962&page=32

You must have seen chris's thread, ahhh the sound

 

[Boo]

Looked great at Inters Didnt get to see your go down the strip at all. What times did you get ?

 

[driveforward]

Looked great at Inters Didnt get to see your go down the strip at all. What times did you get ?

- look on the previous page of this thread

 

[Boo]

- look on the previous page of this thread

Ahhh Im such a nob

 

[F2 Stu]

Ian, read what happened on GTI, hope it gets fixed dude

 

[ArosaRacer]

the other scn arosa broken as well ? whats up?

 

[Poverty]

Given I took the Arosa along to GTI International this weekend, it would've been rude not to take it along the 1/4 mile and see what it could do.. Unfortunately, there was a) no grip and b) a colossal headwind; making the results less than stellar:

8.94 0-60 and 16.99 1/4 mile

I think I'll be heading to Santa Pod to attempt this again under better conditions!

On another note, I finally managed to get the car on a weighbridge, where it tipped the scales at 50kg more than I would've hoped.. 910Kg (pretty much back to factory weight!).. I knew the cage was heavy, it's obviously a bit heavier than I thought!

This clocks up 130bhp/ton as a power-weight ratio.

So, plastic windows and more power it is for me next year!


Next up, back to the 'ring in 3 days..!

Apparently you can get the 1.4 engine up to lupo GTI spec which is a 1.6. Not sure how the 1.4 gets turned into a 1.6 without it getting bored out but im busy trying to find out. There seems to be a guy who is getting around 140hp out of his what was originally a 75hp 1.4 with lupo gti parts.

 

[danielFR]

I love the inside of your car and i have never seen such a branke cooling system! Very interesting!
In germany you would get in trouble with this rebuilding.

 

[driveforward]

Erk - only just noticed there'd been activity in my thread - doh!

Ian, read what happened on GTI, hope it gets fixed dude

Aye, bit of a PITA.. was going to post up an update once I'd got around to finishing my trip report.. prob is, that hasn't happened yet

the other scn arosa broken as well ? whats up?

Tyres went off, I didn't cotton on soon enough, got smootchy with some armco

Some drivers-side sill damage (not structural), but the rest is all front end - bumper/rad/front panel and one headlight. Problem is, the UK company who recovered the car the last few miles to my garage used a forklift truck to smash the sump and power steering pump

Car will hopefully be on the road after tomorrow ready for a trip to the BTCC at Oulton Park (test-run out), before returning to the 'Ring a week from now. I just hope everything else is OK given as I type ithasn't yet got the sump/pump/rad/front end fitted One busy day awaits on Sat.

I love the inside of your car and i have never seen such a branke cooling system! Very interesting!
In germany you would get in trouble with this rebuilding.

Touches wood as I haven't yet.. mind you, it doesn't exist anymore thanks to the above - I'm going for a more 'direct option' instead following the 1/2 season rebuild


I'll post up full rebuild details and hopefully a very late trip report soon, but it may not be until a couple of weeks from now!

 

[F2 Stu]

Bugger

 

[driveforward]

Bugger

Indeed.. if it wasn't for the muppet in the forklift (yes, the hole in the sump is precisely the size and shape of a fork) the car would have been running again over a week ago now. Unfortunately those parts have been on back order.

The cage certainly prevented more sill damage tho mate so top work!

 

[Adam R]

Indeed.. if it wasn't for the muppet in the forklift (yes, the hole in the sump is precisely the size and shape of a fork) the car would have been running again over a week ago now. Unfortunately those parts have been on back order.

The cage certainly prevented more sill damage tho mate so top work!

shame to hear about that . really liked your arosa at inters.

do you knwo what caused the tyre to come off ?

are the forklift people paying for the new sump etc ?

Adam

 

[Fl@pper]

Bike engine gets my vote

gets mine too - but decent ones are silly money lately

 

[driveforward]

shame to hear about that . really liked your arosa at inters.

do you knwo what caused the tyre to come off ?

are the forklift people paying for the new sump etc ?

Adam

It'll get worked on during the winter so will end up looking tidy again

The tyre didn't come off.. the tyres 'went off' as in grip decreased and sliding began

Negotiations are in progress with ADAC about the sump damage, I have a feeling it may take a while..!

 

[beattie17]

Not so good news. How many times you been over to the ring this year?

 

[Tom B]

Sorry to hear about your graze Ian, I hope you can get the bits to fix it quickly. Can't you get a sump from GSF to get it back on the road? I'm sure they stock them!