st10587 Lupo Sport track project!! - Roll Cage Now In!!!

st10587

i only brake for cake!!!!
Oct 4, 2007
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apex footage would be awesome.
quite surprised you havent been dieting the lupo any further unless theres nothing left.

errr there really is not a lot left to come out of it weight wise.

Inside there is only the upper skin of the dash, heater box, 2 seats with harness and soon to be the half cage. the only thing really left to do is split down wiring looms, polly carb the windows and then cut out excess metal work which i dont think ill bother with as its only going to be minimal weight saving. The only other thing i can look into is a lighter set of wheels and GTI bonnet, wings and doors as there ally.
 

st10587

i only brake for cake!!!!
Oct 4, 2007
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Hindhead
i didnt realise it was only the gtis that come with ally doors and bonnet how annoying.
is your lupo the 100bhp one then?

Yep its only the 100bhp model! the GTi's just cost to much to tax/insure/repair/crash for a cheap track car hence went for the 100BHP model. Its a real git that only GTI had the ally panel's and people charge the earth for them. When i was last looking into it, i was almost better off buying a million mile GTI and stripping it for the bits i want and flogging the rest then it was to buy the panels off ebay:(
 

st10587

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Oct 4, 2007
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Ok so attempt 2 of fitting the roll cage happened on Saturday and good news its in!!!

Took some messing about to make it fit, but we got there in the end.




After a coat of paint




Also got board so made a camera mount out of and old tow-bar socket plate had kicking around.



This is now on the harness bar. Quicker test run with my old point and shoot, results not to bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fxMxRVPKk
 

st10587

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Oct 4, 2007
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Hindhead
ive still not got used to having 6 gears but weirdly it makes me go for a 7th.

:lol: i know that feeling. i drive so many different cars with my job i go for the clutch on an auto and 6th on 5 speeds etc etc etc. The worse one to do it on is the new UP! as reverse is where 6th is :headhurt:
 

st10587

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Oct 4, 2007
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Right been slacking with the update....... Was at Lydden last weekend for the Apex festival. Once again the Lupo held its own against much bigger and powerful cars and was great fun. 1st couple of sessions went without a hitch the 3rd session had a slight hick up as i span coming out of the dog leg! The tyres had gone off as the 2nd and 3rd session were back to back. Other then that was a great day! heres some videos of the sessions. Will upload pics when i have them from my friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0T4w2MyPg&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWKsP-YOR4&feature=youtu.be
http://youtu.be/gEIor6wHCeM
http://youtu.be/S5E0Lnl4Im0
 
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