why is my newly rebuilt digi so slow???? HHEELLPPP!!!

[Brads MK2 GTI]

Nah he don't own one so I guess he's not as cool as us! Used to be good mates during music college but just sort of fell out of touch when he went to Uni and started working in the real world

Ever noticed the chicks dig a nice MK2 GTI?

[Dizzie]

was it rebuilt using all the right torque settings. I know it may sound silly, but if you did the cam up too tight it'll struggle to spin properly.

[Agreeable Slick]

and for the first 1000miles or so you are not meant to go over 4k.

[...joe]

when i re-built mine it was very tight on start up but just wanted to pull hard as soon as you pulled away! not sure why yours would be so sluggish

[Brads MK2 GTI]

when i re-built mine it was very tight on start up but just wanted to pull hard as soon as you pulled away!

Have you listened to your self speak? You dirty old trollope you! 

[elnigel]

Yes ive definitely torqued it up right, im beginning to wonder if its the mechanical timing at the cam, what it said in haynes didnt match with what i found in the engine. I matched the marks up with the arrows on the plastic cam cover case, not the head as it said in haynes, that didnt look right. I just thought it wouldnt run if the timing was out ?

Oh yeah, i know i shouldnt go over 4000 revs, but its a bit tempting sometimes, only done it a couple of times. The car runs so slow i can hardly keep up with normal traffic around town below 4000rpm, it just doesnt pick up!

[Agreeable Slick]

it will run, just be lumpy as fook on idle and damn slow to pick up, and also you might be able to hear it pinking. Best option if you can afford it is to get it to stealth (or another equally good company) and get it RR set up. Stealth is £58 for roughly an hour on the rollers. Mine went there when it had a little problem (16v) and came back with a 50bhp increase cos it was running that pap.

[bustersballs]

as i said previously, it sounds like cam timig might be out, its not hard to get wrong. get the same symptoms with land rover diesels (slow enough to start with) in that if cam timig is out the throttle response is very sluggish and max revs are lowered.

[rubjonny]

Definitly the timing, mine was exactly the same mate!  Check my digifant tuning guide in the maintenance + info section, pay close attention to the correct procedure for setting the dizzy timing correctly.

[rud]

take it to jbs autodesigns at bottom of new whittington hill, really do know there stuff and good to talk to, is your golf black by any chance, am from clay cross, will keep an eye out for you, iv currently got a helios blue valver so if get someone waving it will be me, oh and jbs website is www.jbsautodesigns.co.uk , theres a good monthly meet at chatsworth if anyones intrested, will find a flyer out and post it in events section asap