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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #10 on: 07 August 2006, 00:19 »
No offense ment here.

It always makes me smile when 8v owners big up their engines with the 'low down torque' line. Honestly now when you're really giving it all it's got do you spend most of the time in the lower rev range? I know I for one always have it 4k+ so really the multi-valve engines have the advantage?
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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #11 on: 07 August 2006, 10:35 »
No offense ment here.

It always makes me smile when 8v owners big up their engines with the 'low down torque' line. Honestly now when you're really giving it all it's got do you spend most of the time in the lower rev range? I know I for one always have it 4k+ so really the multi-valve engines have the advantage?

I think they mean low in the gears....as in the first 3 gears. Not down in the rev range.  :wink:

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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #12 on: 07 August 2006, 16:51 »
No offense ment here.

It always makes me smile when 8v owners big up their engines with the 'low down torque' line. Honestly now when you're really giving it all it's got do you spend most of the time in the lower rev range? I know I for one always have it 4k+ so really the multi-valve engines have the advantage?

i get visions of all the 8v's having races round town like in the ali g film  :laugh:

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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #13 on: 07 August 2006, 18:31 »
No offense ment here.

It always makes me smile when 8v owners big up their engines with the 'low down torque' line. Honestly now when you're really giving it all it's got do you spend most of the time in the lower rev range? I know I for one always have it 4k+ so really the multi-valve engines have the advantage?
You didn't read the response now did you. "When you're really giving it all its got," as you put it, low down torque doesn't come into it. Were not talking about giving it all its got, we're talking about torque at low to mid revs. You are confusing power with torque. I'm not saying my 8v is super quick, I'm saying it pulls very well at low revs and doesn't require three gear changes/redlining the engine in every gear to make decent progress. Overtaking seems very easy and that puts a smile on my face for one. My 8v is by far the least powerful car I've owned in the last 10 years yet it is not easily embarassed at all.

Audi100Quattro. Yes it honestly does feel more torquey than my Corrado VR6 low down, have you ever driven a VR6? I've had three of them in different guises and can asure you nothing much happens below 4k revs in a standard one....then all hell breaks loose!  :wink: The VR6 may have much more torque but if you then bolt it to a car with 2 or 3 hundred kilos more of metal and give it cruising gear ratios......see what I mean.

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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #14 on: 08 August 2006, 00:30 »
Andy, i owned a golf vr6 for 4 years mate  :grin:
And i can't agree really, but i will say that vr6 is much better with a k&n and a drilled box, makes a big difference to low down torque.
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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #15 on: 08 August 2006, 20:29 »
Andy, i owned a golf vr6 for 4 years mate  :grin:
And i can't agree really, but i will say that vr6 is much better with a k&n and a drilled box, makes a big difference to low down torque.

Aha I see :-) The VR6 low down torque can be much improved with induction mods......The only reason you'd do that is because out of the box they're a bit disappointing in that department. Adequate but not overwhelming or what you'd expect from a 2.8/9 V6 perhaps. Then you go past 4k revs big smile  :smug:  Anyway sorry if I wandered off topic a bit . They're all VWs and all good.  :wink:

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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #16 on: 10 August 2006, 02:55 »
I've had my mk2 8v for about 7 months and every single time I finish a drive I feel better than when I started. Driving to work through london means you get lots of chances to overtake wazzocks in new beemers and its true, its not easily embarrassed  :rolleyes:

Its not the fastest car in the world I know that, and from a standing start or in lower revs its not amazing, but get to 4k rpm and... there's that smile again.   :cool: They really are amazing cars. Mine's 15 years old with 140k on the clock... but its still feisty. I love the bassy exhaust noise you get when you've picked up speed, then take your foot off the gas  :smiley: Also I always try to get a peak of the car's reflection in shop windows cos it looks so damn sexy... does anyone else do this? Its become a habit!

I've just upgraded the ice by installing an ipod adapter to my kenwood head unit. Was a hell of a job as i ended up removing half the dash to make it neat, but all back together and working a treat. Tunes make so much difference!!!

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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #17 on: 10 August 2006, 09:20 »
Also I always try to get a peak of the car's reflection in shop windows cos it looks so damn sexy... does anyone else do this? Its become a habit!

Theres an office accross the car park from my work. I used to regularly drive past it on the way out to see the reflection. Ive had to put an end to it now however after i almost drove into the side of another car  :huh:

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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #18 on: 10 August 2006, 18:43 »
I cant believe all this sh!t about 8 or 16 valves, I've had both and if speed was my only concern I never would of bought either  :rolleyes:, I'd have bought something like this  :grin:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/91973.htm

or better still this  :laugh:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/85342.htm

Now thats what you want if you love bottom end bollox  :wink:
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Re: Remembering how quick a mk2 gti really is
« Reply #19 on: 11 August 2006, 01:51 »
nah, not my scene. I'll stick with mine cheers  :wink: