Driver vs GTI (8v)

[sellers]

iv added a piper cam and a weber carb to my 1.6 driver and it eats my mates 1.8 driver i aint tried it against an 8v gti yet but i hope im somewhere close

[Hatchet Harry]

the 1.6 only has about 75hp doesnt it?? so with the cam and carb u should see 85-90hp so not quite gti territory yet bud! but get the gti downpipe from scrappy and good cold air feed to the carb and get the cam dialed in with a vernier and it should kick some then.... take out the interior aswell , its all about power to weight ratio.

[rubjonny]

Specs:
1.6 Carb 75BHP
1.8 Carb 90BHP
1.8 GTI 112BHP
1.8 16v 139 BHP

[Rain]

also depends on the driver slammed gave me a good run for my money in my 8v and he was in a 1.6 unmodified far as i know id need a good straight to out accelerate him in milton keynes all them roundabouts :S

[golfpro]

good knowledge everyone!

Just what i was about to say, but u beat me to it, all of u! 

LOL

[mjamoose]

My Driver 1.6 has PAS C/locking and that's about it!
Came with the crappy radio cassete unit which was immediately replaced with a 12 disc changer!
Still nippy enough but really do want a GTI- just can't insure it, too expensive.
It's bad enough on the driver  !

[dubslug]

my old driver could keep with my 8v gti untill abt 55ish, but is has a gti cam exhaust system 1.8 head and webber carb, k&n filter etc, was told by specalist he thought it would be pushing 105 to 110 bhp in hiss estimate

[sellers]

a good idea for all you driver owers. i did it and its mint

if your gonna get a performance cam for your driver don't!

get a performance cam for an 8v and stick it in your driver!

same price but the 8v one keeps going to 7k

[rubjonny]

Another bit of trivia for you, the 1.8 bottom end on a carbed motor is exactly the same as the GTI.  And the 1.6 carb bottom end is also the same, but with different pistons & crank to reduce the cc from 1.8 to 1.6.  It even has 1.8 cast on the block

Oh and the 1.6 and 1.8 carbed heads are the same too.  As pointed out by several members the 8v GTI cam will fit into the carbed heads for a nice power increase.

The 1.6 & 1.8 carbed exhaust manifolds are also the same, but the 1.8 downpipe is the same bore size as the GTI at the end, so a GTI exhaust system from the front silencer back will fit straight on.  For a 1.6, you fit the 1.8 carbed downpipe & GTI system.

The other option is to fit a full GTI system from the manifold back, which also bolts straight on

[[han]]

i driver don't have PAS... gutted....