Mk2 vs Mk4 gti your thoughts??

[richw911]

mk4 golf all day, cruise control, air con and a host of other creature comforts, you can sort out the handling with some coilovers
for about 200 quid and a remap would take a 1.8T around 200bhp which a mk2 valver will never see without a couple of grand!!
As for problems, i think you'll find a quick google question will find someone who has already had the problem before!!

Power to weight though.............

[AudiA8Quattro]

The mk2 16v isn't that fast, can't speak for the G60...

[sparks03]

The mk2 16v isn't that fast, can't speak for the G60...

 Depends if its chucking out 180 odd bhp or not.... 

 I reckon that much power in a Mk2 would wallop 200brake in the bloater any day 

[Wayne]

The mk2 16v isn't that fast, can't speak for the G60...

 Depends if its chucking out 180 odd bhp or not.... 

 I reckon that much power in a Mk2 would wallop 200brake in the bloater any day 

1.8t will have more torque so whilst the valver might get of the line quicker, the 1.8t I am sure would soon catch it.

[Cunning stunT]

The mk2 16v isn't that fast, can't speak for the G60...

 Depends if its chucking out 180 odd bhp or not.... 

 I reckon that much power in a Mk2 would wallop 200brake in the bloater any day 

As would an R32 smoke a G60......   

[monkeyalan]

The mk2 16v isn't that fast, can't speak for the G60...

 Depends if its chucking out 180 odd bhp or not.... 

 I reckon that much power in a Mk2 would wallop 200brake in the bloater any day 

1.8t will have more torque so whilst the valver might get of the line quicker, the 1.8t I am sure would soon catch it.......

...and sail off into the nearest field as it tried to keep up on the first bend
 

[Diamond Hell]

you can sort out the handling with some coilovers for about 200 quid and a remap would take a 1.8T around 200bhp which a mk2 valver will never see without a couple of grand!!

I often wonder why these motorsport outfits spend thousands on developing handling when a £200 set of coilovers will sort it out.

The point of a Golf2 is that it doesn't need 200bhp - a Golf2 170bhp valver will show a Golf4 1.8T with 200bhp its arse in pretty short shrift.

As would an R32 smoke a G60......

Might struggle when wrestling with the comparable Golf2 though - a Limited - 4WD and 215bhp.  Yes I appreciate that there weren't many of them made, but they are out there and it's a reasonable comparison.

[Cunning stunT]

A set of coilovers do wonders for the mk 4 battle barges "made to be more executive" handling.. not saying its better than
a well sorted mk2 mind....

As for the r32, pretty sure they had 241 bhp?!!

What we need is a top gear feature where they are given £1500 quid for a car and an extra £500 to modify it then do the old
quarter mile, lap of the track then the comedy random tasks!!! I reckon that'd be worth a watch!!

[tony_ack]

What we need is a top gear feature where they are given £1500 quid for a car and an extra £500 to modify it then do the old
quarter mile, lap of the track then the comedy random tasks!!! I reckon that'd be worth a watch!!

Didn't they do that a while back with an Espace or something?

[lemski]

That was to prove doing up cars is a waste of money as it can't beat an evo. But I think they went arround it the wrong way