GTI 16v Anniversary on PH/Autotrader

[Shady Pioneer]

Stop putting ideas in his head! He needs the flippin' car first. 

[Jack3559]

Haha, just got carried away...  :embarassed:

If I had a hatchback and £300 that'd be what I'd do after stripping as much out as possible.

[dom]

I may be wrong but £300 might see you a fast road cam or a new exhaust system, that should see you some gains.

Or possibly a diff if you're lucky... or some 888s?

All those things would be better money for value than a map on an NA.

You can pick up fast road cams for about £200, and a decent 2nd hand exhaust for £100, so yeah you'd be looking at much better gains in terms of value for money (it's all relative though!)

[Jack4688]

Hmmm I don't think I'd bother with any of that, I always just thought remapping is an easy way (cos someone else does it for you  ) of getting a few more bhp/torque/mpg and without putting any of the components under too much strain. I knew there wouldn't be much to gain from a non-turbo remap but apparently you can get 178 bhp and 154 lb/ft out of a remap of the abf engine... (128bhp and 129lb/ft for the 8v) Though strangely enough the 115 bhp 2.0 8v found in the cabrio started off with 125lb/ft instead of 120 and you can get more torque out of a remap  http://vwremap.co.uk/

Anyway... I'm not too concerned with spending money on whatever car I end up with before I'm back at work.... except for the right wheels.... and a golf ball gear knob....... and white dials...

[tdi_blu]

Red...common as muck by the looks of this thread!

 Clearly very jealous of our red mk3s 

[dom]

Hmmm I don't think I'd bother with any of that, I always just thought remapping is an easy way (cos someone else does it for you  ) of getting a few more bhp/torque/mpg and without putting any of the components under too much strain. I knew there wouldn't be much to gain from a non-turbo remap but apparently you can get 178 bhp and 154 lb/ft out of a remap of the abf engine... (128bhp and 129lb/ft for the 8v) Though strangely enough the 115 bhp 2.0 8v found in the cabrio started off with 125lb/ft instead of 120 and you can get more torque out of a remap  http://vwremap.co.uk/

Anyway... I'm not too concerned with spending money on whatever car I end up with before I'm back at work.... except for the right wheels.... and a golf ball gear knob....... and white dials...

Complete and utter bullsh!t! A remap on a ABF will see 155bhp on a very good day!

[Jack4688]

Really?! Five poxy little brake horsepower? It's staying completely standard then!

[dom]

Really?! Five poxy little brake horsepower? It's staying completely standard then!

Len has had his abf remapped by r-tech, and this is the result from the latest RR day:



In comparison to a standard ABF in a MK2:



Note the straighter power curve of Len's and much better torque curve, that's all the remap can do rather than release extra peak power which simply isn't there

[Jack4688]

Yeah, looks a massive waste of money to me

[Jack3559]

Which is why I suggested some useful mods for around the same price...