digifant 8v's - diffrence between engines. 120mph and 140mph

[Mr Blue]

hello all

Ive had a few mk2 gti's now and have noticed on the digi's that the ones that come with 140mph clocks (as standard) are way more pokey than the ones that come with 120mph clocks.

Does anyone know why this is. The diffrence is power is noticable. Has anyone noticed?


 

[cняis]

placebo 

[Mr Blue]

  lost you on that one

[cняis]

you believe they are quicker as the clocks are fooling you into thinking they are

[Mr Blue]

no not at all. Ive had a few now and can notice a diffrence in power from both. I picked one up the other week and only noticed that it had 140mph clocks today when I cleaned it (drove it home at night with no dash bulbs) Just wondered why they did diffrent clocks. Must be something.

Any engine, gearbox or flywheel diffrence?

[cняis]

no not at all. Ive had a few now and can notice a diffrence in power from both. I picked one up the other week and only noticed that it had 140mph clocks today when I cleaned it (drove it home at night with no dash bulbs) Just wondered why they did diffrent clocks. Must be something.

Any engine, gearbox or flywheel diffrence?

all digi mk2 gti's sold on the UK market had PB engine codes. cant be too sure on whether they had the same g/boxes, but i would have thought so.

[Diamond Hell]

I think the change in clocks was when they went to 90-spec?

Could easily be wrong.

I'd go for placebo effect, too, unless there was a shorter gearbox fitted to some cars (cue an ETKA gimp).

[sleeper16]

my 87 gti 8v on k jet came with 140mph clocks as standard


and my 89 digi 8v came with 120

if thats any help

also my 87 is faster!



but thats mainly because the 89 was stupidly low and had a blown headgasket

[danny_p]

eraly mk2's are faster than late ones  manily due to a massive weight differance.    the 1st few years they had bugger all sound deadening sinstalled just carpets,   after 86 they got heavyer    90 speck is heavyer again thanks to side inpact bars and more soundproofing again

[Ben Lessani]

90 spec has side impact bars? Doh, I'm driving round in a death trap!