MK2 GTI 16v Upgrades

[alex_stott]

Hey,

I am hoping to boost the power of my GTI in the cheapest and most effective way possible.

Can anyone suggest a few mods that help?

Car is stock, bar an exhaust system and bigger airfilter.





Alex

[Jarred]

first of all welcome.

secon of all, how much power are you after? a noticeable increase or massive power gains?

[velly_16v_cab]

ok first simple things are...


50mm inlet manifold (gas flowed)
drill airbox
K&N air fliter

[alex_stott]

Just a noticable increase...nothing to major

Ive got a K&N filter on at the moment and I have been offered a chipped computer for a couple of hundred dollars, but I wondering if there are any other alternatives that are a little cheaper.

Drilled airbox and manifold sound relatively cheap but are they easy to do myself?

[Preen59]

Drilled airbox can be done with a holesaw. Pretty damn easy. Velly or someone or similar 16v experience should be able to get you some pics.

The manifold is a straight swap as far as i know, so aslong as you put a new gasket on or don't damage the old one you should be ok.

200 bucks for a computer sounds reasonable.

Remember, dude, unless you can make everything yourself and do ALL the work, you've gotta pay to play.

[RedMk2Gti]

Car is stock, bar an exhaust system and bigger airfilter.

Alex

Do you mean your car is stock and it is a 16V

[william]

short term
fuel pump fuel filter
plugs leads

longterm
cam
adjust cam gear
lighten flywheel
aftermarket fuel comp
turbo
sky is the limit $$$$

[peedman]

ive got a spare 50mm intake and gaskets if u wanna get it.

[velly_16v_cab]

have been offered a chipped computer for a couple of hundred dollars, but I wondering if there are any other alternatives that are a little cheaper.

i thought you can not chip a k-jet?!?!?

i will get you a pic how to drill an air box, it is pretty simple

[Jarred]

Kjet is mechanical injection, i cant see how you'd chip it either?

[velly_16v_cab]

only thing i know you can do is change the chip to raise the rev limiter...but on a standard motor its not worth doing.

[h100vw]

The rev limiter is pretty high already.

The standard K-jet cannot be chipped. The KE-jetronic which is fitted to the 9A motor and some 1800 16V's that are catalysed can be chipped.

You can fit a piggy back computer to them though. I had a 16V Corrado years ago that I fitted Racelogic VSAM to. You could program it with a laptop to adjust the timing and fuelling.

The best thing to do is a good run on a rolling road to make sure it's not running weak at the top end and sort that out if it is.

Gavin

[velly_16v_cab]

standard rev limit is 7250rpm

[WABIT]

considering its age a good service inc new leads, injectors and fuel pump, a air/fuel tune and a airfilter can go a loooong way, plus a good fang around the streets for 10min can really flush out any crap that may have clogged your motor, cams are entry level performance upgrade, ranging from $200-$1,000+ for a set of cams, but once you go past $500 ones, then it would be wise to upgrade the topend internals to accomidate for the large degree cams, such as stronger valve springs, ohh and a nice flowing muffler can gain a couple hp, with k-jet performance, upgraded fuel distributor and bigger airbox works well, the 50mm intake would be a bonus! gives great topend torque compared to the standard 1.8 42mm one!

sorry if ive jumbled up the explanation but you get the idea (i hope)

dom

[Spyda]

where the hell did you get a mk2 16v in melb? Got any pics?