Ideas on my first golf

[Guy]

just get a 16v next year... you're causing yourself far more work than you need!

[Mikester]

Indeed, keep the 8v, then on renewal, upgrade. 19 years old isnt bad with an insurace group 14, 16v is group 16, so thats just pushin it!

[Guy]

i meant buy a 16v car instead of putting a new engine into your current 8v

you could be paying more with mods this year than you would be for a normal 16v with no mods - although that is debatable - and you'd get more power with a 16v with little or no work this year and then you can mod away next year (save you having to do it twice)

8v + mods + increased insurance ≥ 16v + insurance  ??

[bored_Welsh_lad]

ok... start by memorising the location of this thread

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=62370.0

theres loads of guides and ideas in there for you

then from there i suggest if you want to mod your 8v you look into the following

get a cam from an early mk2 8v gti, its like running a 260 degree cam and with a standard head a lot of aftermarket cams above 260 degrees dont give you their full potentional as the head chokes at high rev

Look at a decat, if you want to do this cheap then get a cat from the scrappy and hone it out with a crowbar to remove all the cat insides... cheap and effective

a chip can be sourced from ebay from a seller called powerchips, they are 30 quid and well worth the money (fitting guides in the above thread)

Deramp your throttle body and port match it to your inlet, making the air flow better

Drill your airbox as per the guide in the above thread

BRAKES!!! the better brakes you have the longer you can stay on the accelarator.

thats about all id suggest you bother doing with your 8v unless you start looking at porting a head yourself... get a spare head and see what you can do.