8v vs 16v

[Mrk_Mickey]

The best one is in the lightest car

[jayjay]

so then which is the best 16v? i mean all things considered, ie. including mild headwork and a mild road cam. also, is it possible to mechanically turbocharge k-jet?

[velly_16v_cab]

A 16v has more torque than an 8v from idle (quite significantly in fact!!)...

i was saving that one for later lol

[Valver.]

Can your 16v start off in 3rd ?

A 16v has more torque than an 8v from idle (quite significantly in fact!!)...

[Valver.]

Well then you have missed a cog mate

... ?!

[Mrk_Mickey]

It was up my a.e for most of the drive to Northam... the fact that it was lighter meant he was going just that little bit faster around corners too...

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Still, nowhere near as SEXYTAIIME sound as a VR. Hehehe

[Jarred]

Bah biased anti - 8v person Is yours running yet btw?

Just slam in a 1.8t wouldn't cost alot more than a fan dangle 16v either...

wouldn't cost my more than a really really really fandangle 16V...

On a BFYB scale, 16V doesn't add up for me. a 1K premium for like 10 HP? no thanks.

In an all out tuning battle 16V wins hands down, because, it's more tuneable, because it's a 16V

[Golf Houso]

In a mk3 an 8v just isnt as fun to drive as a 16v full stop.

Bah biased anti - 8v person Is yours running yet btw?

Just slam in a 1.8t wouldn't cost alot more than a fan dangle 16v either...

[runamuk]

It was up my a.e for most of the drive to Northam... the fact that it was lighter meant he was going just that little bit faster around corners too...

*calls out to Runamuk* OI!

Somehow I don't think he'll hear me from NSW...

[peedman]

In a mk3 an 8v just isnt as fun to drive as a 16v full stop.

[Brisben]

its a cheap conversion in the uk lol

I know, I came from there a year ago...

I still buy stuff from ebay UK for my mk1....Loads of stuff.

[velly_16v_cab]

its a cheap conversion in the uk lol

[Brisben]

Cambelt change on a 16v is no different to an 8v!!

Well then you have missed a cog mate. Plus the belt is more expensive.

This is getting funny.

I prefer 16v myself but like the MK1 more and the conversion isn't worth the dollars as the difference doesn't justify the cost.

So I love 16v but happy with an 8v mk1.

[velly_16v_cab]

my last cam belt was cheap, it was the tensioner that cost the bucks!!!

[gtimk5]

Cambelt change on a 16v is no different to an 8v!!