1.8 Normally aspirated GTI - any good?

[rac_gti]

rickardo ..
You live local near me?
 

[rickardo]

Guisborough, mate.

what about you?

I tear-ass up the parkway into town. daily

Not many of us on this forum.  What are lookers like for servicin??

[rac_gti]

live in middlesbrough!
not sure abt looker's service .. thinking of doing myself !
i am a family man myself ..   wife use the car alot ! can't win with women eh !

[rickardo]

I know that feel, mate.

was going to chip, K&N, and exhast mine.

But the chick said two thing, insurance and fast enough!!!!

(and before anyone else says it, squeek squeek).

never know buddy, might fly past each other.

mines a S-reg, 5 door dark metallic red, totally original (whilst the wife has her way)

[kniterider]

want that for mine, k+n remap and miltek, take it to about 148bhp with out any internal work, not bad i reckon considering there aint no turbo there to speed things along lol!!!

[rac_gti]

Yeah .. second that mate my wife doe the same ..

but i am tempting go for full stystem milltek exhaust .. poss a replace element k&n filter

My car now got 17in audi tt alloys full chrome and front headlight eyebrow .. look wicked also just put in the full whole job light bulb for the headlight ..
power bulb philip light ! blue and white mix ..
Better vision now !

My is T reg indigo blue 5 door Gti
U got pic of ur golf mate ? As i have pic of my

[rac_gti]

how much for remap ? ... u know ?

[kniterider]

think about 380 nicker, revo dont do it for the non turbo but i cant remeber the naame of the firm that does! r+a design at grimsby told me will find out for ya

[richy]

Richy
www.parkers.co.uk

go to car reviews, then golf +98, then performance and consumption.

R,R,R,L,L,L,D,D,D, and hey-presto, all golf engines to compare.

hope this helps.

I checked out the site, and it quotes the 1.8 non turbo GTI as 0-60 in 9.9 secs, but strangely enough it had 3 entries for 2.0 Golfs, each with quite different performance.  They all had 115 bhp but had 0-60 times of 10.2, 11.9 and 9 seconds!  How can the same engine produce such varied performance? The website didn't quote the number of valves, but if they one of these had more then you would expect greater horse-power.  

Can anyone enlighten me, as to how this can be??!?!

Cheers
Rich  

[golfvr6]

VW didn't do a 2.0 16v for the mk4 , only 1.8 20v and 2.0 8v. 0-60 in 10.2 secs sounds about right.