MK2 Performance?

[druid]

The early 16v manual states that 0-60 time is 6.9 secs.

Not sure about the 8 valve.


Im currently running about 8 secs to 60 but my manifold is split

[VeeDubGTI16v]

manual times mean sh!t, according to the manuals the 16v is between 6.9 and 8.5 and the 8v is 8.1 to 10.5 all vw quotes as they are 15 yr old cars the time has to be PROVEN

[...joe]

Whats a digifant. and how do you know if you have 1 lol?

My 1990 (H) 8v is.......

digifant is the ignition system. yours will be judging by its age, digifant came in around '88-'89?  mine's an '89 and its digifant so yours will be. have a look at a haynes manual to see the difference

[VeeDubGTI16v]

if youve got fuel lines coming out the top of your airbox then its a k-jet

[bolland]

Digifant is the fuel injection system. It has fuel injectors on a rail which are solenoid controlled.
This is the main difference between k-jet and digifant, on digifant the fuel injection is controlled by the ECU, on k-jet the fuel injection is a mechanical system.
Both digifant and later k-jet had electronic ignition.

[Rain]

digifant came in the late 89 cars few early ones will have it too but if your unsure take a look at the air filter box if there is like 4 pipes connected to the top then its K-jet if there is some tubes connected to the side its a digifant least thats what the haynes shows, there is a 3rd type in 8v's but it looks the same as the k-jet i think anyone shed some light on it abit more?

[bolland]

As far as i know there are only 2 types on UK cars.

[davidhawkins_78]

0-60 in an 8 valve does seem to vary !!

I must say i've got a mildly modded 8v and there's no way it's more than 8 secs to 60 - infact last year at Inters I was smoking 16v's for breakfast - new members probably won't know about this but my ickle baby is the reason GavG60 has a G60 .. his J plate 16v that was rolling rolled to 139bhp a few weeks prior couldn't cut the mustard !!

For 'Digi' GTi's there 2 variants as some have Cats and some don't - the Cat models have 107bhp - and the stock engine management for them is poo - you guys must have heard of 'Digi' lag before - the ECU polls it's variables at 3 second intervals - so some times it's a full 3 seconds till full throttle means full throttle! Gaybar !

Personally everyone should have DCOE 45's and a wild cam in my book 

[bolland]

Racing 8 v 16v will also depend alot on the driver. To say a good 8v is quicker than a 16v is like saying a 16v is quicker than a vr6 

[StephenEggo]

Apparantly the vr6's are slow as someone I know claimed his standard 106 gti just kept pulling away from it. I think not!