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The more I drive it the more Id like to go to town on it! No sure that there's room for turboing it, could possibly squeeze a supercharger in! When the exhaust needs renewing I'll remove the centre box I think, though just having the induction sound is awesome. Had a little teething problem and its dropped a load of oil when parked on Friday when it was really hot. Found to be from a cracked oil pressure switch so I borrowed one off the Polo. Right arse of a job to do on a Sharan without taking the front off. Had to unbolt the whole filter housing and drop it out, no way of getting a 24mm sock

Inside its got plenty of space for using as a camper for a night or two when at a show or racing with the VWDRC. Nice little features like a fully working luggage cover, spinning round front seats, cubby holes for storing bits, twin 12v sockets at the rear, removable armrests and even the original VW mud flaps. Aside from the headunit and the tow bar the car is exactly as it came out of the factory, not bad for an 18 year old car that you would have expected to be abused. Looking thru the paperwork its had a fairly good life so far, 11 owners and 137k in 18 years isn’t too bad. Its

First there was Polo Loco ( http://www.vr6oc.com/forum/topic/43233-polo-loco-harlequin-vr6-polo-saloon-drag-project/ ) Now there is Crazy Sharon! Having sadly sold our beloved T5 camper as we are trying to get on the properly ladder, we found ourselves in need of a cheap car with MOT to get me to and from work, 6 miles from home, plus general usage, moving of bits and suitable for attending VW shows as we don’t want to stop doing them (I’ve been going since I was a kid so it’s a big part of my summer) The original plan was for me to use the Polo, however with no heater the second there is m

Lacking a bit in updates again, not huge amounts going on with the Loco but lots of other bits and life. I got the bonnet sorted and secure in the end, the car all rebuilt including some useable door pulls so I could get out of the bloody thing, dial in board on the rear window and cut some holes in the bumper in an effort to stop it from acting like a parachute! Made the journey to Pod from Pompey with no issues what so ever and I got straight out and got a total of 20 runs in, not bad for a Friday at Bug Jam! With all the mods I took 0.2 seconds off my previous PB at Big Bang so I’m n

Lacking a bit in updates again, not huge amounts going on with the Loco but lots of other bits and life. I got the bonnet sorted and secure in the end, the car all rebuilt including some useable door pulls so I could get out of the bloody thing, dial in board on the rear window and cut some holes in the bumper in an effort to stop it from acting like a parachute! Made the journey to Pod from Pompey with no issues what so ever and I got straight out and got a total of 20 runs in, not bad for a Friday at Bug Jam! With all the mods I took 0.2 seconds off my previous PB at Big Bang

Finally in, I also decided to make up a slide for a bit of ventilation as I still need to drive the car to and from Pod at the moment!

Finally got around to ordering up my Lexan and managed to get all the bits cut from one sheet so that kept down costs. Its not pretty but for a first try at doing it all Im quite happy with the results

Made up some templates to get the doors going, the rear window was always going to be a bit of an arse Next it was time to get the pins on so I could get full access to the engine easily and also jack up the front to warm up my gearbox and preserve the life of my slicks when parked up

Made some really good progress lately but just totally lost all enthusiasm for it at this moment. Not even sure if I care about taking it to Bug Jam. Finally got the rear quarter lights out, it was said it probably wasn’t worth the hassle for the saving and truth be told it wasn’t, look an absolute age to get out and I lost the tips of my fingers due to the schorching heat trying to make the seal easier to cut Decided to get as much of the small bits lefts on the car out at possible, this extended to all the bits of plastic and rods for the central locking. I also junked the two washer

Back in the safety of the garage I parked up the car and went on holiday for the best part of a month. On returning the car started up first time with no worries and work began on some needed weightless with Bug Jam the goal and an aim to chasing down a 13.999! First the bonnet was single skinned, then it was the doors turn. Will be fitting Lexan Polycarbonate all around (except for the windscreen) so all the runners, regulators and unneeded metal had to come out. Its little bits but it all adds up to thousands of a second and they all matter in the end! The rear window removal was a right ars

Then it was time for Big Bang, my ever supportive girlfriend followed me up earlyish in the morning, took it nice and easy and the car drove beautifully, if getting a bit too much attention. The noise was starting to get unbearable at the end of the 3hour journey but was worth it as I rolled in the gates We got the van set up quickly and I was out within the first 30minutes of the RWYB opening. First run out was one of my quickest of the day and a new PB at the time, took a whole 0.5 seconds off of my ET which was great! Managed to get in 20 runs in total so got my monies worth. Car was fau

Been ages since an update, sorta forgotten what’s gone on! I done some more work on my custom VR6 – LOCO engine cover, it’s still rough and needs a lot more time and effort put into the plastic welding, skimming and painting but it’s got potential and will give me something to do on a rainy day when I’m waiting on parts turning up Decided to junk the throttle body heater as I had already removed the heater matrix and bridged the pipes. Realised if I had done this in the first place Id have not hat to butcher and cut the pipes as the one from the water housing on the side of the block cou

So since the last update a fair bits happened, I totally cocked up with the paint mixing while doing the blue. The rear quarter keeps on reacting, discovered its full of filler and every layer seems contaminated, no matter how far back I go. Got one side coated lovely, then the other side was about 5 shades lighter, Id missed a blob of white pigment in the paint tin and not stirred it properly, live and learn! Managed to get a coat on both sides and that’s all I had left paint wise, the roof will have to wait. I also managed to get a very light coat on the bonnet, again I ran out of paint. I

Cheers mate! Its nice having people interested in it, got a nice small following with it on facebook and people seem keen on seeing it progress which is good. Ive lot a fair bit of weight out of it but still need to look at things like Lexan windows and trimming the insides out of the door. Box wise I keep looking at one of the V5 ones with a TDI final drive in it, also keep thinking about spooled diffs but know the issues Dave Lea had with his to start with! Really should renew all my linkages and sort a short shift, feels like my hand goes from the firewall to the boot as I stir the porr

Cheers mate, enjoyed writing it all and always funny reading back. So long as I get sub 15 next time out I'll be happy, with technique and different tyres I should be able to see 14.5s in theory. I'm looking at a VRT slow build now and will be looking at nitrous for August and more weight loss. FWD et gains are deffo hard and expensive! Could do with acquiring a sponsor at some point lol