Gti mk2 v's mk4

[Joe12]

I,ve got an 8v mk2 golf gti with full service history. Why then was I totally out accelarated by a standard mk4 golf gti when my acceleration is supposed to be faster on paper? The car has not been serviced for 2 years but is in excellent conditon otherwise.

[golfvr6]

Probably because the mk4 wasn't a standard one, it was probably just badged that way !

[Gambit]

was it a NA Gti or a turbo version??

not all Mk4 GTi's have the red I to signify its a turbo, u can now choose whether to have it, or just the plain silver GTI on the back, or none at all!!

[Joe12]

Probably because the mk4 wasn't a standard one, it was probably just badged that way !

I was wondering if my GTi has maybe lost power over the years (it's done 134,000 + miles) cause it's still supposed to hit 60 mph in 8.3 seconds. Even the mk4 GTi turbo only manages it in 8.5 secs.

[Gambit]

mk4 turbo does it in 7.4 or something like that

[quentin]

VW turbos (petrol) come with both 150 BHP and 180 BHP engines these days. The 150's figure is 8.5 and the 180 is 7.9.

Whatever the figures my 150 feels a lot faster than my old mk3 8v. Still that's not the comparison you are making.... Optimax makes it even faster.

[golfvr6]

The mk2 8v should be a tiny bit quicker 0-60 than the standard 150bhp 1.8T. The car that raced you was probably a 180bhp 1.8T which someone has also chipped