Author Topic: a mk4 2.0 or mk4 1.8 turbo, whats best for trackdays  (Read 7021 times)

Offline andybod

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Re: a mk4 2.0 or mk4 1.8 turbo, whats best for trackdays
« Reply #10 on: 05 May 2012, 16:58 »
i track my mk 4, wouldnt say its that boring tbh. only had to give way to catehams and superpower cars on my last outing.
i have a 18t mk4 that ive done biased around track days. not fully stripped but done enough to it for a good track car. its not to bad tbh, heavy yes but its a golf. they are heavy. had problems with brakes overheating but ducting has sorted it. did 145 miles round combe on mon and it was fine. next track car wont be a 1.8t though or a golf, but spent to much for now so i'll enjoy it for a bit longer first.
next car needs to be n/a for me i think

that said you dont fancy buyin it steve?

Sorry o/t but any pics of your brake ducting I'm having similar problems, my mk4 1.8t is slowly becoming my dedicated track car I find it good fun on the track it'll be stripped out and caged later this year I wouldn't use a mk non turbo but the 20vt can be quite usable cheap to buy ,tune and maintain with no problems sourcing parts

Offline benjc

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Re: a mk4 2.0 or mk4 1.8 turbo, whats best for trackdays
« Reply #11 on: 08 May 2012, 23:56 »
Hi andy of topic but
http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/425168.aspx
The pics aren't the best of the ducts but they make a good difference.

Offline andybod

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Re: a mk4 2.0 or mk4 1.8 turbo, whats best for trackdays
« Reply #12 on: 09 May 2012, 19:14 »
Hi andy of topic but
http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/425168.aspx
The pics aren't the best of the ducts but they make a good difference.

excellent thanks shall be looking into this  :wink:

Offline golf-sib

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Re: a mk4 2.0 or mk4 1.8 turbo, whats best for trackdays
« Reply #13 on: 18 May 2012, 16:27 »
1.8t followed by:

remap
descent disk pad combo
braided brake hoses
brake ducts
better suspension, stock suspension is rubbish
strip it

its a reliable car, there's many things you can bypass on the later models that give you a headache like n249 and n112, put things back to basic like on the AGU. Easy to work on and reliable providing you don't get a complete lemon. It's easy to work on aswell, plenty of tuning options.

I will be replacing the mk4 next year for the mk1 TT and swapping heads over from the golf and doing a full engine rebuild. Stock rod last around the 300mark, valves go at around 350, pistons at 400... so not a bad engine internally for tuning the 1.8T's.


Audi TT - K04 TFSI Hybrid - 325BHP
VW Golf - k03 AGU - 200BHP

1.8T AGU..
R135
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