All the fuss about the 8V...

[Ninja]

Right, I listened to everyone saying "don't buy a MK3 8v - they're slow as sh*t" but based on the car as a whole; bodywork, wheels etc I bought it. I can say I'm very surprised. It's just as nippy as my MK2 8V was, and a lot of fun to drive. Obviously it's not stupidly fast, but that's not what I needed. It's nippy, pulls all through the gears and his a nice roar... (possibly due to the full staineless steel exhaust  )

Anyway, no doubt I'm going to get a load of abuse - no doubt from DH, 

I'm happy with it, and although it doesn't have that Go Kart MK2 feel, it's still a lot of fun to drive, and an added bonus is that I actually feel safe in a MK3, what with ABS and airbags 

[Diamond Hell]

For some people, eight valves are enough.

Just look at Kells - give him any more and he'd get WAAAY confused and wouldn't know what to do with them all, so would end up crashing, like his mate's brother who was obviously utterly bewildered by 24 valves.....

[Ninja]

hah! 8V is enough for me at the moment - more than enough infact. But when I start my new jobm and when my no claims get to a nice 4 years - I'm looking at the pro's/con's of a VR conversion. I want it done properly though.

How much of a feat is this on a MK3 8V GTI? How much dollar would I be looking at laying down?

[Wayne]

Nothing wrong with an 8v.

[Rhyso]

Nothing wrong with an 8v.

8V FTMFW 

[JC]

i got 16Vs - just spread across 2 cars 

[Ninja]

i got 16Vs - just spread across 2 cars 

Ooh Chuff.. Just the man!

Now, I was looking at getting my MK3 chipped/mapped. How much of an increase in performance would I see? I know it's minimal. But my main question was, if I get it mapped/chipped - will I lose tourqe in the lower revs? Has anyone got a chart showing the remap, vs the standard map?

[JC]

aint got a clue mate - no point in getting the old barges done 

Throw a PM in tophers direction  but to be honest i dont think its worth it 

[Ninja]

Ah OK. I was just told that it'd give a sharper throttle response, and increase BHP slightly etc. Don't mind paying  for that if it's fairly cheap.

[Horney]

i got 16Vs - just spread across 2 cars 

I've got 14 spread across 2 cars

nick