Help me get more power from mk4 golf 1.8

[revolve]

okay guys, i am faily new to vw's and my mate just bought a completely stock 1.8 non turbo mk4 golf, we are about to upgrade the suspension and exhaust system on it but what other ways can we squeeze more power out of it with out spending too much money on it a turbo is out of the picture at this stage as he doesn't have that much money

[h100vw]

okay guys, i am faily new to vw's and my mate just bought a completely stock 1.8 non turbo mk4 golf, we are about to upgrade the suspension and exhaust system on it but what other ways can we squeeze more power out of it with out spending too much money on it a turbo is out of the picture at this stage as he doesn't have that much money

Outside of a good service, there's little point sinking money into it. Make sure it is running as VW intended first.

Always better to buy a faster car to start with.

And welcome to the forum

Gavin

[Sirocco20348]

RE: Help me get more power from mk4 golf 1.8

Do you mean 1.6 non turbo?
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[revolve]

nope its a 1.8 non turbo

[Bug_racer]

Do you mean 1.6 non turbo?
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The early mk4 golfs came with a 1.8 twin cam n/a that made 92kw .
What does "dont have much money" mean ? There are some things you can do but power increases are minimal
Manual or auto ?

[revolve]

its manual, well at the moment we have orded coil-overs and a bigger exhaust for it, he doesn't want to run a turbo on it yet but we were wondering if there is much else we can do to get more power, well he has money but doesn't want to fork out big dollars like 3 grand on it yet,
but as i said before this is the first vw i have ever worked on so i am band new to them and have no knowledge about them what so ever

[kapowww]

Help me get more power from mk4 golf 1.8

Well as it's naturally aspirated the amount of money you spend will be disproportionate to the amount of power you'll gain. Honestly if he wanted a performance he should've bought a fast car to start with, otherwise be prepared to spend big bucks.
(Edit: Oops others have already mentioned this)

I'd recommend upgrading all the suspension and having fun with a good handling car.

[BTJ]

clean it up, get it running nicely. Work the suspension and brakes so whatever you've got power and speed wise can stay with you for longer.

Also, if you or your mate are a bit porky, go on a diet. You'd be surprised what losing 10-15kgs each would do to the performance. Put the car on a diet too and all that weight equals extra speed, which is just as good as extra power.

[Brisben]

clean it up, get it running nicely. Work the suspension and brakes so whatever you've got power and speed wise can stay with you for longer.

Also, if you or your mate are a bit porky, go on a diet. You'd be surprised what losing 10-15kgs each would do to the performance. Put the car on a diet too and all that weight equals extra speed, which is just as good as extra power.

High flow air filter like a K&N, decent set of high quality HT leads, some iridium spark plus, they seem to help when the cars hot. All relatively inexpensive and will help a little.