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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Andy P on 06 March 2011, 22:36
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Looking to get rid of one car and looking for one good all rounder. At the minute we have a mk2 and a bora tdi. The mrs does 30 miles a day so I need something with economy in mind. The bora averages 45 mpg and the mk2...nice!! But with the 5p difference in petrol-diesel we could go for a petrol that does about 37mpg and still be better off with just having the one car.
Do GOOD 8vs really do upto 40mpg or would a mk2 ABF be better? The bora is a nice car but a bit boring.
If other 8vs are anything like mine 200 miles to a tank is no good :grin:
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Digi 8v properly set up and some new injectors should give you 40 MPG +
Not to sure on the ABF in a MK2 , but it would be better than the 30 MPG the standard 1.8 16v gets.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=183931.0
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I use mine as a daily, do about 200miles a week.
Last time I worked out MPG, got about 390 miles from the tank, about 39mpg from about 130 miles of motorway and the rest from town and A roads.
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I use mine as a daily, do about 200miles a week.
Last time I worked out MPG, got about 390 miles from the tank, about 39mpg from about 130 miles of motorway and the rest from town and A roads.
thats good, our mk3 1.8 wont normally get that (maybe 36mpg average)
not saying what the VR gets :grin:
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I drive 31 miles to work each day in my mk2 1.8 16V and that does 35mpg. :smiley:
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Are these MFA readings or tank to tank calculations? Those figures are really good! Our bora is only doing 45mpg on average. But that is regardless to how it's driven :)
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My old 8V would do 40mpg all day long on normal day to day driving on normal unleaded. My 16V does about 35mpg on super unleaded.
These are properly worked out figures, so taking into account the cost of regular unleaded against diesel, and 8V should cost around the same as the Bora in fuel.
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i get 35mpg out of my k jet. adi on the forum is getting great 40 plus figures from his well driven 8v digi. all figures calculated
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Now are you all sure? :grin:
Sure enough for me to take out my gas guzzling 2.0 8v and put in a standard PB? :cool:
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well properly calculated figures on the vr results in 25mpg average :grin:
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I get 99.9... the mfa NEVER lies. :grin:
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i've been using the mk2 while the mk5 got her wings painted
been getting 30mpg with lots of heavy foot - i like the noise she makes approaching 4000revs and beyond
:grin:
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I get 35 to 40 on my digi 8v, calculated tank to tank fil ups :smiley:
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I get 99.9... the mfa NEVER lies. :grin:
same as that!!!
how do i get the MFA to actually work??
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hit it with a hammer
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Realise this is resurrecting an old post but I'm going to be starting to do a 60mile daily commute in the mk2 would I be better off.
A) Staying 1.8 16v Kjet 2Y G/box
B) 2.0 ABF (running OEM management) with 2Y G/box
C) 2.0 ABF (running OEM management) with CDA G/box
D) 2.0 ABF (running OEM management) with CDA and a longer final drive
I actually have option C sitting the garage so that's the one I'm leaning towards but will the OEM management in a lighter car make it more economical If driven sensibly? If so would it be around 35mpg
Cheers
NB
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I would think C or D would be best, as you say. Can you find a book consumption figure for a mk3 ABF? Whatever that is, the loss of weight should easily add 5-10 mpg to it. If an old tech Digi 8v can do 40+, I would like to think the ABF would be at least as good (driven in granny mode).
Hopefully someone running the conversion has some numbers....
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(driven in granny mode).
:laugh:
That'd be great if you had switchable management