Hey people, ive got a J-reg 1991 Golf Driver, on the log book its written as a 1600cc or 1597?!? anyway, ive always thought it was too quick for a standard 1600 until one day i pulled away from a GTI 8v too easily, when started chatting to the 8v owner he was amazed and gutted as he had done loads of work to his GTI, i.e. Cams, chip, etc. (said it was pushing 130bhp)??!!!!!
Anyway im wondering if mine could possibly be a 1.8? ive looked at the engine code but looks like theres a bit missing. Any1 know the difference between the codes on a 1.6 and 1.8? Want to know what has been done to mine to make it that quick?!!! Oh yeah, the speedo says 206,000 miles!!!!
its probably a 1.6.
late drivers with the 1.6 were always fast. had more problems despatching them in my 16v than 8v GTIs. don't get me wrong, they were no way as fast as the 16v but you couldn't be too complacent when you found a well driven late plate Driver.
the modified 8v probably wasn't pushing 130bhp. many of these performance modifications are nothing of the sort. at best hes probably got the same amount of power as the original engine head when it was new. engines lose power over time, and these modifications often do more than keep them at the same amount of performance as they originally had.
btw, no two rolling roads will give the same result. some are wildly inaccurate to "flatter" the punter ;-)
