once you get into third its pretty much like a 1.4 or 1.6....
0-60 in a 16 valve is 7.9 0-60 in a 8valve is 8.3 not that much difference for the sake of 27bhp!
whatever the 'official figures' say the 16v is a good second quicker 0-60, maybe 1.5secs quicker