Polo G40/9N

[polo54]

I posted this in GG but I thought you guys might have a bit more detailed info about my options -

I saw a MK2 Polo last night, 1.3 with over 120bhp (loads of mods). 0-60 is just over 6s and it ran 1/4 mile at Santa Pod in around 14.6s. The owner has now added 2 NOS bottles and hopes to lower the 1/4 mile time to low 13s.

I have a 1.2 65bhp Polo 9n and was wondering if there's anything I could do to make it faster! I'm looking for any ideas (e.g. engine swap or what modifications I can do to the engine!)?

I know most of the responses I'm going to get are "buy a faster car" but I'm happy to gradually increase the power of mine. Long term budget would be about £5000!

So what would you suggest?

[va1o]

I don't think the little 3-cylinder 1.2 is a good engine to tune, so to be honest you are best of just keeping the car as it is and saving up till you can afford something better. Replacing the whole engine would be tricky and expensive I would imagine.