New member needs help please, my 16 valve has no oomph!

[Hypermonkey]

What's the ron of the petrol in NZ??

Just that if you buy a Scooby from Japan and import it here it is essential to have it re-mapped for the difference or it could lead to detination...not good. Octane booster a possibility??

Not trying to scare you or anything...just a little thought, and as I don't have that many you should feel kinda elite

Also.....PICS OF THE CAR!!!!!!    purlease 

[Len]

Picking up what Dom said. Yes the immobiliser is in the ecu on 97 models.

But then we are talking about a Jap model so maybe different.

[Dom Mk3]

maybe it's time to go throttle bodies and aftermarket ecu

[speedynz]

What's the ron of the petrol in NZ??

Just that if you buy a Scooby from Japan and import it here it is essential to have it re-mapped for the difference or it could lead to detination...not good. Octane booster a possibility??

Not trying to scare you or anything...just a little thought, and as I don't have that many you should feel kinda elite

Also.....PICS OF THE CAR!!!!!!    purlease 

We have only just got 98 octane here and I use it for everything (I'd run my lawnmower on it if I had one) I've had three Scooby's and had remaps on all (even UK cars) my factory standard UK 98 Impreza turbo would show an indicated 160mph after a remap, I took photo's of the speedo as other Scooby owners didn't believe it.

I tried octane boost, worked very well in my unmodified Cooper S (147mph indicated and sharper, harder accelaration) but seemed to do nothing for my naturally aspirated cars (Golf included).

If you really want a pic of a standard 5 door 16v Golf then I'll post one, I'm having trouble uploading but I'll persevere.

[Hypermonkey]

More interested in the half nekid NZ fitties.....or at least some sheep   

[speedynz]

Have just heard back from VW Germany, VW New Zealand and Eurotechnik (VW tuning specialist). The car is quoted as 110kw (150bhp) from the factory, the engine build sheet was even e-mailed to me from Germany (how polite and efficient is that). Two main isues have been raised by all 3 parties. Firstly, 60% of power loss problems for the 16valve engines have been caused by overfilling of engine oil polluting the catalyst and resricting exhaust gas flow. The other common theme is the timing being out of calibration.
VW New Zealand suggested that the combination of 150bhp and 1475kg (5 door) means this is not a fast car, the 3 door weighs 275kg less (incredibly) and performs far better. Next stop is a dyno, cat check and possibly the classifieds!

[AudiA8Quattro]

I'm sure that weight difference is wrong, i'll check in the manual tomorrow.
Getting the timing checked sounds a good place to start.
As for the overfilling of the oil, the oil would of burnt the cat out by now, it won't just sit there and block exhaust gases.

[speedynz]

Revised weight quoted is 1200kg's.

The owners manual is in Japanese and silly me, I didn't study that at school!