Mk3 16v vrs Mk4 1.8 T

[16vmk3ash]

16V is faster!, I raced a turbo last year.
He was on my arse uptill about 60 - 70, but by the time i hit 90 i was about 6 car lengths ahead.

[Cupra Turbo]

A: was he trying
B: were both cars standard
C: Who had more fuel
D: ... should i continue?

[Glen]

E: All of the above

 

[Cupra Turbo]

aiight Glen, aint seen u in ages!

[16vmk3ash]

A: Yes
B: Mine was, dont know about his!
C: next you will be asking which driver weighed the most!
D: I think you should try!

[topher]

B: Mine was, dont know about his!

If you don't know if the car was standard, how do you know it was even the turbo model ? 6 car lengths by 90mph ? okay...

[golfvr6]

i would expect the mk3 16v to be faster than the 150 1.8t but not the 180.
the 16v is much faster than the quoted time.

[Overseer]

^ yup exactly what i said somewhere in one of these threads...

same with the 2 v5s

[Cupra Turbo]

the 16v is much faster than the quoted time.

like the 8v  

[16vmk3ash]

I raced the car in aug 2003, 1 mth after i bought my car (July stupid!) and the car was a silver 01 reg turbo. I remember this as it was the first race i had in my 16V.

The power on a 16v doesent really kick in till 4,000rpm and continues up till 7,000. Between 4 and 7 is when u start to pull away from cars, especially in 3rd (105mph at 7,000).

By the way, dont be mistaking my car for a sh*ty 8v!. I used to rape mk2 and mk3 8valvers in my XR2 all the time and my XR was slow compared to my 16V! What do you drive again?