2.016v or VR6 need opinions...

[tweed]

That's why I have a 8v gti now! 

 Don't drive fast on public roads anymore, that's for idiots. I decided to race couple times a month on a track with paramedics and a ambulance.

[Len]

2 grand aint enough to get any decent power improvement out of a 16v.
Think more like £5k.

[martin_hill_1989]

abf with full exhaust good induction kit and a chip = happy days

[hobnobbob]

Thanks for all the replys!
I live in dorset so B roads is the common one. great for backroad blasting!

why is the 16v so expensive to tune then?

[tshirt2k]

2 grand aint enough to get any decent power improvement out of a 16v.
Think more like £5k.

Eh? alot less than that. Get a standalone and you can extrtact ~25+hp from a standard engine.

Even a turbo conversion is less than 5k. and then you're looking at 275ftlbs torque not 140ftlbs.

[hobnobbob]

I'm not looking to to turbo it or anything just a simple set up.

cams, decat and stripped and i think i'd be happy with a decent set of wheels and suspension.

[tweed]

Personally I would port the throttle bodie, lighten the flywheel and chip.
Up rate the anti roll bars, polly bush kit, good coilovers, decent pads and good set of tyres.

[tshirt2k]

A decat will gain nothing unless cat is blocked and will cause you hassle come MOT time.

And for the price of a set of cams you may aswell go standalone because it will cost you even more to get ecu remapped to suit.

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

wats standalone??

[hobnobbob]

Personally I would port the throttle bodie, lighten the flywheel and chip.
Up rate the anti roll bars, polly bush kit, good coilovers, decent pads and good set of tyres.

do they respond well to chips?