the Official 16v thread

[evorobin]

Gary valver in the house. His 16v build was very sad

[velly_16v_cab]

Gary Bocking's 2.1 16v???
yes that ended pretty sad, I didnt full follow what went wrong...naff oil pump or something wrote off the engine!

[evorobin]

I only read some of the 35 pages but yeah it all ended in tears. TBH I thought the video showed it as way too cammy for road use but hey...

[Bug_racer]

Can someone tell me what all the hype is on this forum in regards to the 16V engine ?

According to these results :
http://www.carspecsdirectory.com/Volkswagen.htm
No 16V car stock managed a sub 16 sec pass

and looking at this comparison :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh8dP-gD50

the 8 V is only a tad slower than the 16v .

Those who have done a 16V conversion , why did you choose this engine over say a VR6 or a 1.8t or even modifying the 8v ?

Im not interested in what is done O/S to these engines , cause in the UK they are probably a dime a dozen . Im interested in performance figures here in Aus and costs as well . And if they really are that quick , why havent I seen any go to the drags (apart from H8SV8S , but that car was nuts ) .

Im happy to use the Seat 8v as a comparison car if anyone is interested

[velly_16v_cab]

in stock form a 1.8 16v is a touch faster than an 1.8 8v

mod it to 2.0 and the 16v is a far better engine. esp for track or 1/4miles.

throw lots of money at a 2.0 8v and you will see mid 150bhp
throw little money at a 2.0 16v and you will see 170+ bhp

so why 16v over VR6 or 20v T.

1, a 16v is a cheap upgrade to a mk1 or mk2
2, replacment engines are cheap
3, upgrades are cheap


of course all this is based from back in the uk, its abit hard sourcing 16v engines here.

[WABIT]

in stock form a 1.8 16v is a touch faster than an 1.8 8v

mod it to 2.0 and the 16v is a far better engine. esp for track or 1/4miles.

throw lots of money at a 2.0 8v and you will see mid 150bhp
throw little money at a 2.0 16v and you will see 170+ bhp

so why 16v over VR6 or 20v T.

1, a 16v is a cheap upgrade to a mk1 or mk2
2, replacment engines are cheap
3, upgrades are cheap


of course all this is based from back in the uk, its abit hard sourcing 16v engines here.

all of this was exactly why i went 16v

dom

[velly_16v_cab]

and you gone 2.0 havent you dom??? if so well done.

[Preen59]

Screw 2.0.

1.9 all the way!

[Preen59]

Now that we're over that crap..

Exhausts.. Tell me what is the best option.

I've heard that the cast mani with good secondaries works well and i've heard extractors are far better. So please, i'd like to hear some advice.

[ausgolfer]

Screw 2.0.

1.9 all the way!

I hear that and I want that

Now that we're over that crap..

Exhausts.. Tell me what is the best option.

I've heard that the cast mani with good secondaries works well and i've heard extractors are far better. So please, i'd like to hear some advice.

Only experience is that the cast manifold on a KR is pretty decent as far as standard manifolds go. Mustn't have been cheap to produce.

A good set of extractors will gain around 8-10% from just about every golf magazine I've read.

PS was yours a KR to start with Preeny?