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Offline COCKEL

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ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« on: 20 October 2003, 22:19 »
I HAVE A GTI MK2 AND I RACED A FOCUS TDCI THE OTHER NIGHT AND HE WAS PULLIN AWAY FROM ME.....ARE ALL 8 VALVE GOLFS SLOW OR ARE TURBO DIESEL FOCUS GOT MORE POWER?
I KNOW THE 8 VALVER HAS 120BHP, CAN I GET MORE GRUNT BY ADDING A CHIP? OR IS THE HOLES IN THE AIRBOX THE WAY FORWARD TO INSTANT POWER?
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Offline Slim Shady

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #1 on: 20 October 2003, 22:51 »
no -the secret is a Rolls Royce Olympus engine swap.

You can get one cheap - coz BA are selling all their Concordes now
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Offline Overseer

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #2 on: 21 October 2003, 09:46 »
lol

mk2 8v / 120 bhp / 0-60 - 9.0
ff  tdci  / 115 bhp / 0-60 - 9.8

there aint too much in it really...

u got a fat g/f? :)
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Offline Gambit

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #3 on: 21 October 2003, 10:14 »
on the move the TDI will be faster due to the higer torque
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Offline Gambit

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #4 on: 21 October 2003, 10:14 »
i thought the mk2 8v only had 112bhp??
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Offline Overseer

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #5 on: 21 October 2003, 14:13 »
* Overseer got that info from this site!

http://www.golfgti.co.uk/viewfeature.asp?featureID=11
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Offline warne16v

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #6 on: 21 October 2003, 15:40 »
I don't want to bring up 8v v's 16v but for sheer acceleration you cannot beat the valver ok it might start to run out of steam after 90mph but it gets you there with a much bigger smile on your face than what the 8v would.I can believe you got beat by the focus,It was those same experiences that made me buy my valver back after only 8 months with the 8v!
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Offline danhock

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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #7 on: 21 October 2003, 15:48 »
didint realise it was 139bhp for mine!!
Thats a lot for a mk1 cabrio.

No wonder it torque steers like a mutha.
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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #8 on: 21 October 2003, 20:34 »
too many variables. did you both leave off the same point at the same time? did you just go to overtakle and he pulled away? what are the specifics. GTI's are far from slow but admittadly there are cars on the road today with technology that wasn't around 15 years ago. I had a 220t rover pull away from me in a straight away not long ago but he didn't even come close to touching me in the twisty bits ;D
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Re:ARE ALL GTI'S SLOW?
« Reply #9 on: 21 October 2003, 20:40 »
8v's are slow, go and get a 16v  :-*
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