What can I do to my mk2 1.8GL Auto?

[OmeN]

For more acceleration?

Currently the car is standard, except its lowered a bit heh.
Im not a millionare, so might have to be reasonable comments.

 


 


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[golfvr6]

I wouldn't spend a lot of money as its not really a performance car. One cheap mod you can do is go to a scrapyard and get a gti 8v cam.

[OmeN]

Seriously ?

What sort of money and work would be involved? [I'll do a search on that]
I dont know what the cam does...so i'll read up on that as well

I take it i'd need to inform my insurance company ?

[OmeN]

Not finding much info, so if you have any - please can you dumb it down for me hehe

[golfvr6]

The gti cam opens the valves for longer, so effectively lets a little extra mixture in and out. Some geezer i knew did the same mod on his scirocco, got it for under ?50.

[OmeN]

Yup, just spoken to a guy who knows, and I should be able to pick one up for ?25, and get it fitted within an hour right?

[golfvr6]

Sounds about right, you might as well get a new cam belt and tensioner done at the same time (unless you've done it recently).

[OmeN]

ok...any particular make?

Would someone be able to give me info on what sort of webber carb I could fit to my model?
And roughly what price I should pay new or second hand?
Lastly [for the moment heh] how long would it take to fit?

Im a TOTAL newb at this stuff...my friends work in a garage and can fit it all for me ?20perhour, I trust them, good lads.

[golfvr6]

A webber carb is about 200 bar. A little trick to try with your existing carb, drill out stage 2 jet slightly, you will then get a slightly richer mixture when you boot it. This works a treat! don't do it on stage 1 jet as you will flood the engine!

[OmeN]

Thank you for the help, appreciate it.

I take it I should probably buy a brand new one if im going to do this?
And you will probably say dont buy it from GSF wont you?