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Offline boneybradley

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #10 on: 05 June 2009, 20:26 »
too much weight up front.... handling wise the 1.8t or a tuned abf would be better
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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #11 on: 05 June 2009, 20:28 »
i have friends with a 1.8t mk2, a vr6 mk2, and a abf mk2.......

And the VR6 is the best. By far! lol.

Sounds a beast, and is a beast.

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #12 on: 05 June 2009, 20:34 »
Just bought a Mk3 gti 16v and wanna know what i can do (within budget) to make it any quicker?

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #13 on: 05 June 2009, 20:48 »
Just bought a Mk3 gti 16v and wanna know what i can do (within budget) to make it any quicker?

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #14 on: 05 June 2009, 20:55 »
The 16v is easy to make go faster!

Induction kit or drilled air box and panel filter.
A good exhaust system and dont bother with decat as it dont give much more!
Then an RTech remap!
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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #15 on: 05 June 2009, 21:24 »
i have friends with a 1.8t mk2, a vr6 mk2, and a abf mk2.......

And the VR6 is the best. By far! lol.

Sounds a beast, and is a beast.

Im sure it is the best in a straight line! How bout the corners  :grin:

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #16 on: 05 June 2009, 21:27 »
Sounds sick mate, and spins them up all the way through the gears. lol. All that matters mate, lol!

To make your 16v faster i would think about a cam..

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #17 on: 05 June 2009, 22:51 »
Lose as much weight from the car as possible.
Get the handling and brakes sorted, sorting the handling will make you faster cheaper than engine mods.
Panel filter and drilled airbox will give you a few hp.
Aftermarket cat back exhaust might free up a couple of hp and will save you weight.
De-cat pipe may give you a couple of hp but you will need a cat to pass your mot.
Decent remap to suit your mods.
Lightened and balanced flywheel.
Polished and ported throttle body will give you a couple of extra hp, too much and it could make the car jerky.
Cams will work well but best used with a ported and polished head.
Match porting your inlet and exhaust manifolds will be next.
Throttle bodies and management.

According to some info from Ess Three on here before he did some dyno comparisons and:

Airbox mod and throttle body porting were worth a few hp each.
Exhaust and decat both made no real differance.
Lightened and balanced flywheel felt like a 30hp increase.

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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #18 on: 06 June 2009, 22:48 »
Stick a VR6 lump in  :laugh:

He wanted it faster... and as we all know in the real world the 16v is the faster model (and can easily outpace the vr6 with a few simple mods)

Oh and i prefer the vr6 as its a proper cruiser  :cool:

What?
Next thing you'll tell us the 8v is faster than the 16v  :laugh:
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Re: How Can I Make My 16v Faster?
« Reply #19 on: 06 June 2009, 22:49 »
too much weight up front.... handling wise the 1.8t or a tuned abf would be better

The 1.8T with all its extra bits is actually only slightly heavier than a vr6....
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