there's a few times in your life
when you will embark on an experience
that you know
will change you forever
there's like a before the thing and
there's after the thing something you've
experienced or seen or done yep yep
and in my case
that is this Volkswagen up absolutely I
know no one else in the world thinks
that they're cool some people do but if
enough people see it and experience it
and it affects them in a way that is yep
meaningful meaningful yep
then they'll get to experience what I'm
going to experience which is
pure excitement it's pure joy you know
what my feeling is about supercars and
other things like that they're missing
some Joy can be yeah this car it's like
a mini it is the spiritual successor to
the daihatsukuro it really is it's like
the we've added German equivalent
it's just it's mad it's German very
special and fun about little cars with
big hearts yes
which is why we are celebrating
with some dessert delicious so
today we're going to begin
our conversion of this up to an oem plus
style up GTI and what is better than
working on a car by yourself it's
working on a car
with one of your mates or more mates
we'll get our teammates along to help
with this I'm sorry Martin is here to
help I am and he
he likes helping me out with stuff I do
not be out with anything dude and um
he's gonna help me with a car
he'd feed me if I wanted him to yeah I'd
feed him if he was in trouble and you
need some food I would feed you I'd feed
you too for sure
never gone to one of the
like soft-serve places when you know you
do the yogurt and you get to do the
thing and everyone just wanted to we had
one at our restaurant
the soft serve machine and what I always
want to do the theme have you ever
actually done it never done it so you've
never like just ah have you no
I can be pretty good can we try
so this is this is not actually what
this video is meant to be about but can
we can you yeah
UV the thing yeah sure and I'll go the
ah see if I can recreate the soft serve
machine all right make sure you get the
aim right I will sorry for wasting the
internet we're about to get into the
conversion and
ready yeah oh my aim is good dude
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perfectly
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dude my turn here oh I have to try it oh
that looked too fun go go go
not from not from that high oh God
open your mouth are you ready
[Laughter]
oh it's in my hair
what are we doing
bro
oh it's everywhere oh well absolutely
edit this out anyway yeah all right ah
it's a strange experience
we can't use any of this but let's just
clean up and then do our real intro yeah
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welcome to another episode of Mighty Car
Mods depending on how we edited this we
apologize for what you've just seen or
we don't or we don't uh this here is a
Volkswagen up it's non-turbo one liter I
bought a Volkswagen up from the UK I've
had it shipped over to Australia it will
be a Volkswagen up conversion as far as
I know and up GTI one liter turbo the
only one in Australia I'm very excited
about it Martin what do we do first mate
uh we basically will lift it up on the
Hoist
lifted up on the Hoist sorry where oh
lifted Volkswagen up on the Hoist
and uh and then we're going to drain
everything out of it so we don't get
splooshed on and covered in stuff so
oils out gear oil every oil everything
we can get every fluid out of it and
drain it and then uh we just work out
what we can unbolt that's right start
pulling stuff and hopefully we don't
make a mistake otherwise this car would
be called a
oh
boom Martin you're awesome man all right
uh we're gonna lift it up yeah and along
the way this build we're gonna have some
special guests a couple of familiar
faces I'm saying that hoping they'll
turn up it's also highly likely there'll
be no special guest and it's just me but
hopefully someone will turn up turn up
it's going up
we'll drain the stuff let's check we'll
pull that out let's check your VIP list
on your phone and see who's got a
Volkswagen I've been so excited to start
work on this project because I really
feel like this little car is the
spiritual successor to the little
daihatsus that launched this Channel all
those years ago
it's easy to laugh at little cars and
not take them too seriously but I think
that's actually part of the charm it's
like the point of it fast cars are
cheaper and easier than ever to make
really really quick but squeezing some
more out of something that's not meant
to be that fast is still one of the most
exhilarating Automotive experiences on
the planet and my mate Aaron has turned
up to help us out I've got some VW
friends after all even though he's a
Subaru mechanic what do you see up here
rusty corroded parts
WD-40 special is penetrant what does it
do fast release of Rusty corroded Parts
loosens these fittings fuse on metal
alloys Plastics and rubbers so I need to
get rid of the exhaust the starters are
and chop that off
it's not actually chop it off mutton
this exhaust actually looks like it's
one big bit
look at this
it's like one big
it's One Piece One Piece it's way too
small for a turbo so you're totally
gonna be I don't know it's pretty
it's so crusty this bit you got so
you'll have this bit
and then yeah I've got a new dump yeah
and then but I'll just go a whole new
exhaust anyway so all of this will just
go in the bin yeah uh and then I'll use
the WD-40 special silicon here on the
hangers like here and then use my
special hanger removal tool
um to get rid of that and it can all
just go I have a feeling as well that
the um pump that you've got you drop
this tank and then throw the pump in it
from the top yep okay yeah so that's
that's easy because with the exhaust out
of the way it's just one bolt two bolts
three bolts and then unplug stuff and
then jump drop your new pump in and plug
it back in here if you're wondering why
there's so much red Earth under here
it's because Marty and I actually took
this car to the Outback or the far west
of New South Wales this heat shield here
is being held on with cable tires
because of this incident oh God oh God
yeah way too fast through there and that
kind of ripped that off so this here has
just kind of been bent bent into place
so it doesn't make too much noise whilst
driving along but that is going to get a
whole lot of love so anyway uh exhaust
is coming off going in the bin we've got
a dog bone mount
and then we've got another Mount over
here Martin and then one over there is
that right is that yeah so you've got
engine side gearbox side and then dog
button holding that's it that's it so
the subject I mean this is the subframe
but it's really only holding steering
rack and suede bar this is very similar
so there's a high chance it's the same
as a polo yep or the same as whatever or
just slightly different size but same
pickup points yeah and you're gonna
design it once it's smart using copious
amounts of penetron all over the car and
allowing it the time to soak in our job
is now to pull everything off that's
holding the engine in place it's a real
treat to actually do this on a hoist
instead of on the floor but goggles are
necessary as there is so much Outback
dirt and dust all over this little car
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so we just got the front bar off and
that has revealed to us how potentially
simple this could be this right here is
the same
as this piece right here like this is a
whole this is a whole chunk and there's
the motor so if we're lucky there's kind
of these two main Lego e components that
just go plunk plonk and then
that goes in there that goes in there
and it's
I don't want to say it's done I'm
thoroughly impressed at how well
packaged and well thought out this is
yeah obviously it's made so that it's
it's done this way so at the factory
it's cheap and quick to assemble yeah
this makes our job so much easier it's
just enjoyable and that's the thing like
these days that a lot of time is spent
trying to get lots of power out of cars
and stuff for the internet for the for
the e-fame of it all but how much fun
are people having doing it this is just
fun oh yeah it's actually just fun which
is really cool working on little cheap
cars like this really gives you the
scope to unleash some fun without
worrying about working on Supercar parts
that can cost a fortune while this car
didn't cost a lot of cash we never got
the GTI in Australia so if we do need
any more parts throughout the build
we're going to have to try and Source
them from the UK which could be a real
challenge so at this stage I've just got
my fingers crossed that everything that
we need is already here sometimes
there's a simple small tool and you
think when would I ever need that and in
this case I usually we out of it it is
this is a little tool pro item here that
you can put little bits in like this
that there is the perfect size instead
of removing all of this to get behind
the air box here and remove the screws
that are in the back of it there is
nothing else really that you could put
in there I mean you could get an allen
key in there I guess but you'd be kind
of going on off on off on off this is
you've got to get back to him as well
and that sucks like you're giving Alan
his key back yeah yeah he doesn't
deserve it did Alan give you keys to his
post did he yeah I never got to know him
that well uh all right and so a little
twisty twisty twisty and then this is
coming out and then the air box will
come out I think I think I put a
performance a performance filter in this
at some point there we go
and look how weird it is look at the
weird little shape of it
look at that mutton I love it wacky
little thing
um take that off
we're almost there it's almost coming up
people we are close
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making some excellent progress on this
up all it's got to come off now is the
front and then a couple of engine mounts
heater hoses a couple of wiring yep and
it will just basically fall out the
front I however I'm going to go and pick
up my new car speaking of falling out
the front we had a mad little challenge
we decided of course it was buy a car
site unseen off the internet
um for three grand or less uh I found
one grabbed it already got it tow truck
um mine he is off to get here so you're
gonna you're gonna put yours on a car
trailer and bring it back so good luck
that's the story though for another time
um good luck man see you when the
engine's out thanks for your help so far
bye-bye see you mate while Marty's off
picking up his budget internet nugget
Aaron and I will undo and unplug
everything else required to get this
little one liter engine out all right
people
so I attempt to move to the car I'm just
going to pull it out
no lift it up yeah all right going up
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I was looking
yes crap Aaron Subaru mechanic
Volkswagen up skills and so now we just
do the opposite but with turbo things
more fun things yes today's a very
exciting day because our GTI engine is
hopefully going into the up I got my
mate Sam here how you doing Sam good
mate uh Sam is a proper mechanic heaps
of experience with Volkswagens and Audi
so he's coming to give me a hand what do
we do first what's the deal wiring
harness swap them out ABS pump
then push the engine in okay now being a
Volkswagen luckily all of the front has
come off is this Audi's the same as well
like the whole front comes off anything
under the whole vag group Audi skoda VW
it's same same yeah nice nice and easy
easy access in and out and done awesome
so I think what I'll do is I'll get rid
of the um the mounts as well because the
mounts on the other engine it's a 2018
engine so it's way newer than this uh
get rid of those and so
um for now just pull all the wiring out
that's it let's do it in an Ideal World
the goal would be to use all of the
existing factory wiring where we can but
supplement replace or splice in anything
that is GTI specific in the engine bay
but before we even start looking into
that we're going to look at the ABS pump
and braking system which is way easier
to upgrade while the engine is out the
Wreckers have done such an amazing job
putting everything together like down
here check this out like this here is
the key Barrel
Keys attached to it obviously the key
Barrel the key the ECU all has to be
coated together but also this ABS pump
has a lot of
electronic stuff going on as well like
what's the deal with that
module it's coded to the engine ECU so
you can run it with the old one but
you'd have all ABS warning lights and it
wouldn't work that one will work with
the new ECU going yeah it's really
interesting isn't it that a pump needs
to be coated too I mean I gather that's
to keep you within the Volkswagen family
pretty much yeah nice okay so this you
can go on then we finish the wiring the
cluster's off so run the wiring through
get this on and then we can load the
engine yeah awesome I'm so excited can
over
the next step is to get the ABS pump
from the GTI and the braking system
plumbed up while this is getting done
I'm going to move inside the car and
start to remove the dash cluster this
will be replaced with the GTI cluster
which will be coated to work with the
new key key barrel and the ECU so this
here is the new cluster and I gotta say
everything has come from the UK packed
so well like it's look at this like it's
absolutely impeccable everything labeled
everything wrapped in bubble wrap and in
this case a bit of microfiber cloth as
well and this one here should be our GTI
cluster says up GTI on it look at that
go and then
there it is looks exactly the same in
terms of its physical size but we can
see over here uh the dials are way
bigger it's in kilometers and miles no
it's just in kilometers that's
interesting don't you use miles oh no
miles and case
because over in the UK they use miles
whereas ours is only in kilometers and
you get a much bigger Taco as well so
it's kind of fancy a little Chrome ring
on it which I guess is a bit of a GTI
thing
um there it is that's cool I was hoping
it would say GTI on it but I also didn't
I was going to say kilometers on it I
thought I was going to change it now I
don't so we're just going to see if we
can use the same wiring or if that's
kind of connected to something else
that's in the loom but there it is new
cluster freaking awesome the new cluster
can't go in until the new wiring loom is
in but that can't go in until I remove
some of the interior and investigate
where all the wiring is going so
because of the cars on the Hoist I can't
I can't get the suits out
the side because I can't open the doors
but I managed to unclip the boot uh
because I've got to take both the seats
out so I'll take both the seats out we
need to change the fuel pump as well and
I got a whole new interior which is
pretty awesome but the first thing we
need to do is kind of run the harness I
don't need to actually be speaking to
you upside down do I I can speak to you
like this uh so
um
I'm going to try and get the seats out
the back then take the rear seats out
then take the interior out and then
we'll change the fuel pump and then uh I
think we should be ready to put that put
the engine in at least place it in it's
pretty exciting what I'm hoping to
investigate is if the wiring loom is
installed in stages similar to a Subaru
if it's not and the entire thing is one
piece that's going to create all sorts
of problems so I'm going to grab the GTI
wiring loom and see what I can discover
by looking over it this here is the GTI
wiring harness now we thought we might
just be able to place this in its
various different places that it needs
to go but we've come to a little bump in
the road and that is
um I think we actually need to remove
the interior entirely and by entirely I
mean like dash out as well so I just
need to do a little bit of research
about that so I'm going to call it for
now
um
until I find out exactly what to do here
but Sam we're thinking like Dash app's
the best way to go right yeah yeah 100
okay all right thanks for watching this
episode next episode we'll be back we'll
be removing the interior of the up we'll
be putting the engine in the up
um it's going to be freaking amazing it
will be the only like OEM style GTI up
in Australia which is very very exciting
I got to work this out we'll see you
next time
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