Mk4 faster than Mk3,2 and 1 (oh and Mk3 second fastest!)

[jamie16v]

you`re right in saying it`s down to personal choice, i`ll give you that..
i can`t really comment on a mk1 or mk2 as i have never owned either. but i have owned a mk3 16v and still own a mk4 1.8t. what let`s the mk4 down is its comfort and convenience bullsh!t. take all that away and it`s a tidy motor. i`ve stripped my mk4 and the weight on the recaro interior is rediculous.
but you either have build quality or performance.. now that i have stripped the interior the difference in drive is night and day.
i loved my mk3 but if i were to choose between both i would hands down choose my mk4 every time.
it would piss over a vr6 on a stage 1 generic map..
obviously older cars have less in them so thats a little advantage for them, less parts to go wrong etc.
though, if i could have a mk1 or mk2 i would love to have one. moslty because they were the cars about when i was growing up (not so much the mk1, i was still in bhagdad).
just my 2p worth, i dont have a fouvourite as i havent tryed all the flavours. but out of the mk3 and mk4 i would choose the 4 

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

What hav u stripped out to make it lighter? 

[jamie16v]

alot 

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

Tell

[jamie16v]

about 100kg+ worth, i did a post somewhere, was about a year ago. weighed everything individually and documented it. the heaviest were the front seats and the rear back rests came in second.

[Thom89]

Without Mk1 and 2 bloodline the later cars would have paled into insignificance, if it were not for the "Golf" and "GTI" branding...
 If the starting point were the Mk3, would there really be events like GTI International, Wörthersee etc

Thom

[jamie16v]

Without Mk1 and 2 bloodline the later cars would have paled into insignificance, if it were not for the "Golf" and "GTI" branding...
 If the starting point were the Mk3, would there really be events like GTI International, Wörthersee etc

Thom

you have a valid point. but the R`s have taken the Gti place.

[Gavv8]

lets face it, you see more Mk3 and 4s being broken to keep Mk1 and 2s alive these days - shows which ones are worth saving   

Just goes to show how needy and labour intensive mk2's are...their day in the sunshine is coming to an end.

[dom]

lets face it, you see more Mk3 and 4s being broken to keep Mk1 and 2s alive these days - shows which ones are worth saving   

Just goes to show how needy and labour intensive mk2's are...their day in the sunshine is coming to and end.

 

Funniest thing I've read all day week!

[Gavv8]

Without Mk1 and 2 bloodline the later cars would have paled into insignificance, if it were not for the "Golf" and "GTI" branding...
 If the starting point were the Mk3, would there really be events like GTI International, Wörthersee etc

Thom

Yes because the 'Euro' crowd are essentially a bunch of unimaginative sheep.