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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Godzilla on 20 February 2014, 20:21

Title: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Godzilla on 20 February 2014, 20:21
1999 AGU 150BHP.

Since I got her last week I thought she was lacking power so have done the following.....

New spark plus
New airfilter
New oil
New oil filter
Throttle bodie cleaned
MAF cleaned
New rocker cover gasket

A let a friend of mine drive her today, he has an Evo 8 running 402.4BHP and has all the timing stuff, like a little radar thing that records 0-60 times, gives true top speeds etc. His Evo is doing 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, my Saph Cossie is 5.6....So you kind of get how this thing works!!

Well we used it on my AGU earlier....Best we got was 13.2 and worst at 13.6......Why is she so slow? I know they are a heavy car but I would have thought the 0-60 would have been around the 9.5-10 mark?

I am feeling no Turbo push at all yet the Turbo is getting hot?

Test was done with 2 up front and 1/4 of a tank of Shell V-Power. Also test was carried out on a disused air strip.
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: barrym381 on 20 February 2014, 20:23
1.8ts are slow till you map them and even then they are not fast  :smiley:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Godzilla on 20 February 2014, 20:54
1.8ts are slow till you map them and even then they are not fast  :smiley:

I would have though 9.5-10 seconds though bud......13.2 is the same as a 1985 Escort 1.3!

The standard ones on Youtube I have seen are soooo much faster than my standard one  :cry:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: james2 on 20 February 2014, 20:56
1.8ts are slow till you map them and even then they are not fast  :smiley:
True ,i have a agu mapped and it can keep up with a mini copper the new super charged ones.  :whistle: i think its a bit down on power  :undecided:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: barrym381 on 20 February 2014, 20:57
1.8ts are slow till you map them and even then they are not fast  :smiley:

I would have though 9.5-10 seconds though bud......13.2 is the same as a 1985 Escort 1.3!

The standard ones on Youtube I have seen are soooo much faster than my standard one  :cry:
have it checked then but they are quite slow as standard  :smiley:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Godzilla on 20 February 2014, 22:31
So will a diagnostic machine show up anything like faulty MAF, boost leaks etc?  Excuse my knowledge here.....I mean I have been on this forum for 8 or 9 years but mostly had MK2 Golfs, nice and easy to work on so all this diagnostic stuff to me is alien!
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: barrym381 on 20 February 2014, 22:47
So will a diagnostic machine show up anything like faulty MAF, boost leaks etc?  Excuse my knowledge here.....I mean I have been on this forum for 8 or 9 years but mostly had MK2 Golfs, nice and easy to work on so all this diagnostic stuff to me is alien!
it will read any fault codes if there is any this will give ppl an idea of were to start  :smiley:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Godzilla on 20 February 2014, 23:39
So will a diagnostic machine show up anything like faulty MAF, boost leaks etc?  Excuse my knowledge here.....I mean I have been on this forum for 8 or 9 years but mostly had MK2 Golfs, nice and easy to work on so all this diagnostic stuff to me is alien!
it will read any fault codes if there is any this will give ppl an idea of were to start  :smiley:

Thank you mate  :smiley:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 21 February 2014, 06:53
Should be sub ten sec.

Scanning may bring up a code but not always.
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Carl! on 21 February 2014, 08:45
What's the pcv system pipe work looking like? the network of pipes behind the oil dipstick? mine had holes galore when I first got it and its very common for them to perish which then loses boost, id check there. 
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Carl! on 21 February 2014, 08:49
also parkers book figure is 8.2 for 0-60 so id definitely say something isnt right , although they are definitely worth mapping, im running 209bhp on stock engine just with silicone pipes and a forge dv, feels like a different car.
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: dom on 21 February 2014, 09:16
Ignore Barry, 13 seconds is way too slow for even a standard 1.8t.

Check for boost leakes as a first step.
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Nino on 21 February 2014, 15:29
Should be around 8.8 - 10sec totally stock
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: barrym381 on 21 February 2014, 18:24
Ignore Barry, 13 seconds is way too slow for even a standard 1.8t.

Check for boost leakes as a first step.
its leaks dom get it right  :grin: :grin: an we both know a standard 1.8t is slow ok not 13s slow but they still feel slow
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Wazzzer on 21 February 2014, 19:24
After driving a Matiz for 2 weeks mine feels like a rocket ship :laugh:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: james2 on 21 February 2014, 20:14
After driving a Matiz for 2 weeks mine feels like a rocket ship :laugh:

Lol what the hell is a Matiz   :evil:
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: Godzilla on 22 February 2014, 19:56
What's the pcv system pipe work looking like? the network of pipes behind the oil dipstick? mine had holes galore when I first got it and its very common for them to perish which then loses boost, id check there.

I think my PCV if I am correct in saying this is an oil breather thing? If it is then mine is leaking badly.......The smell of oil that comes in to the cabin is terrible if I have the heaters going.
Title: Re: 0-60 times on a 1.8 Turbo....13.2 seconds....Help!
Post by: dom on 23 February 2014, 09:26
Ignore Barry, 13 seconds is way too slow for even a standard 1.8t.

Check for boost leakes as a first step.
its leaks dom get it right  :grin: :grin: an we both know a standard 1.8t is slow ok not 13s slow but they still feel slow

 :rolleyes: