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General => General discussion => Topic started by: animated_evil on 28 October 2008, 01:51
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i bought my first gti in june
i have to say here that i have never had a better ride in my live she feels so good
lowered and on matt black alloys
she is a beautifull red 1994 mk3 2 litre 16valve
but i was only going to run this till 2009 and swap for a 1.8t version
however an mot has just cost me £850 not nice i know so my thoughts are i will keep my currant car for a while but what can i do ?????
i dont think i can do an engine remap or can i ?
i do not really know about modding but we all have to start somewhere and here is where i start me and my gti i can spend on it(eventually dont forget 850 for an mot) and i will post pics very soon but what should i do and what should i buy what will give me the best benefits? i will listen to all advice you can give me boys(and girls but i doubt it)
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850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...
oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..
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ABF can be tuned up nicely at cost. And yeah what the hell was wrong with your car to cost 850 at MOT!
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i will listen to all advice you can give me boys(and girls but i doubt it)
:grin: :laugh:
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one other thing...do you know andywash by any chance??
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Come on guys, it's a Golf3 - it will have been rained on a few times and started to dissolve, thus needed a lot of welding to make it road-worthy.
A tubular exhaust manifold will unleash a few more BHP from your ABF - we ran one up on a dyno with a 4-2-1 manifold and scored 173bhp on standard management. If you really want to up the ante you'd need £5-850 of headwork, cams and some throttlebodies. This should take you pretty close to 200bhp - the magic 100bhp per litre.
Depending upon what you're using the car for, i.e. if it's not a daily driver, the biggest gains you'll see in performance will be jettisoning some of the unnecessary lard that a Golf3 carries around. Dumping 100kg out of the car will transform how it drives, but will make it less easy to live with.
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i will listen to all advice you can give me boys(and girls but i doubt it)
:grin: :laugh:
This is a big issue here... Sit in the corner and think about your actions, I'm gonna gather all the girls and see what they think about this little comment here...
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850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...
oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..
unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?
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850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...
oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..
unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?
Either you're confused or i've missed something!
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850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...
oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..
unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?
Either you're confused or i've missed something!
I was thinking that too.
The ABF is the electronically managed 16v from the Mk3. The 16v engine from the Mk2 is K-jet injection.
Hasn't Len got a chip/remap on his Mk3 16v?
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can deffo chip a abf, as you can the 8v in the mk 3's, my mate has his mk 3 abf superchipped, costs 299 quid fitted, was their when it was done..
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Tom26 certainly has missed a lot. I'm guessing he's read too many threads where people have misguidedly replaced the excellent quality electronic injection and ignition system with a K-jet mechanical system.
It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.
A standard ABF will respond to chipping, but not as dramatically as yer TDI, 1.8T etc as there are fewer variables to tweak, matron. Danny's tried various chips on his, but none felt better than the standard map, curiously.
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It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.
kinda like using a golf syncro for a track car :grin: oh well at least you feel safe when it rains
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Tom26 certainly has missed a lot. I'm guessing he's read too many threads where people have misguidedly replaced the excellent quality electronic injection and ignition system with a K-jet mechanical system.
It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.
Or getting an abf on k-jet for effectively -£100 (as in i've broken it kept the engine, sold the bits and made a profit) :wink:
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kinda like using a golf syncro for a track car :grin: oh well at least you feel safe when it rains
You're speaking using all of your experience there, aren't you.
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Tom26 certainly has missed a lot. I'm guessing he's read too many threads where people have misguidedly replaced the excellent quality electronic injection and ignition system with a K-jet mechanical system.
It's a sort of de-tuning exercise conducted by those with moronic tendencies.
A standard ABF will respond to chipping, but not as dramatically as yer TDI, 1.8T etc as there are fewer variables to tweak, matron. Danny's tried various chips on his, but none felt better than the standard map, curiously.
your mate did he try superchips re chip? pretty good, pulls a hell of alot better and better MPG too (unless ragged to death)
non turbo cars wont see a gain like you would get on any turbocharged car, you will only see around and upto 10% in power gains (bhp)
iv had a few cars chipped, mostly ones which have really needed it due to other mods.. i always run superchips., can deffo give it a thumbs up for the PD TDI engines :laugh:
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850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...
oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..
unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?
The mk2 16V was the last to use k-jet on the KR series, mk3 ABF (16v) ans AAG (8v) plus later mk2 8v's all used ECU's, to be honest chipping will not gain much.
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Out of interest, what sort of gains (on the ABF) can be had from going down the aftermarket management route like megasquirt or is it Emerald (??) that's supposed to be good?
Anyone ever gone for either?
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850 for a MOT, what the hell was wrong with it!!! blimey...
oh you can chip it but the gains wont be huge, will pull better in the gears tho, worth it..
unfortunately you can't chip the ABF engine (k jet injection)
but if you want a decent upgrade in power you could scrap the K jet system in favour of megasquirt. this would be a logical path to go down if you are thinking of throttle bodies?
K Jet battled on in the Corrado unil 1995!
Nick
The mk2 16V was the last to use k-jet on the KR series, mk3 ABF (16v) ans AAG (8v) plus later mk2 8v's all used ECU's, to be honest chipping will not gain much.