vw golf 2.0l gti 8v

[vwgolf52]

got meself a 2.0L GTi 8v golf just want a few bits puttin on it ie full exhaust induction kit, basics really any1 any ideas on where to look an ideas on best stuff an power ups??? cheers

[Colonial]

Save your cash and get a real gti.

It's a gti in name only. You are not going to get much out of it.

[daemon]

vwgolf52 said:

got meself a 2.0L GTi 8v golf just want a few bits puttin on it ie full exhaust induction kit, basics really any1 any ideas on where to look an ideas on best stuff an power ups??? cheers

Accept it for what it is. If you're looking power you definitely bought the wrong car.

Either drive it as is or flog it and buy the 1.8T, otherwise you'll end up spending a fortune on it for very little gain and no extra value add.

[Seez]

did you get a MK3 or MK4?

[cpas]

Congrats on buying a Golf and I hope you enjoy it - not everyone on here's as negative!!! On a 52 plate it will be a Mk 4 !! Good car but only 115bhp - the 1.8T is 150BHP and they are probably no more expensive to buy as not everyone wants them - so if you want more power it would probably be best to aim at one of these - and the insurance would probably be less for a standard car than a heavily modified 2.0.

[va1o]

Sorry but its not a real GTI! Its a euro-spec Golf 2.0 Highline that Volkswagen-UK stuck a GTI badge on. Still, not a bad car as such.

[Seez]

va1o said:

Sorry but its not a real GTI! Its a euro-spec Golf 2.0 Highline that Volkswagen-UK stuck a GTI badge on. Still, not a bad car as such.

Of course it is a real GTi as long as VW put the badge on it it is a GTi whether anyone thinks it should have been or not is a different issue.

The 2.0 8v is a good engine and will go on forever if you make sure you have regular oil changes.

[Colonial]

Seez said:

va1o said:

Sorry but its not a real GTI! Its a euro-spec Golf 2.0 Highline that Volkswagen-UK stuck a GTI badge on. Still, not a bad car as such.

Of course it is a real GTi as long as VW put the badge on it it is a GTi whether anyone thinks it should have been or not is a different issue.

The 2.0 8v is a good engine and will go on forever if you make sure you have regular oil changes.

No it's not. It's not a GTi in any other market. It's not a GTi in spirit and that is what matters.

By your logic, fitting a GTi badge to an auto 1.6 would make it a GTi. It wouldn't. It would make it a 1.6 with a GTi badge.

An ex-colleague of mine had one of these. Had an exhaust etc etc on it. It was still gutless and had no character. A mate has a proper Mk 4 GTi 1.8t and it is a much better car, and closer in spirit to a GTi.

[Seez]

Colonial said:

Seez said:

va1o said:

Sorry but its not a real GTI! Its a euro-spec Golf 2.0 Highline that Volkswagen-UK stuck a GTI badge on. Still, not a bad car as such.

Of course it is a real GTi as long as VW put the badge on it it is a GTi whether anyone thinks it should have been or not is a different issue.

The 2.0 8v is a good engine and will go on forever if you make sure you have regular oil changes.

No it's not. It's not a GTi in any other market. It's not a GTi in spirit and that is what matters.

By your logic, fitting a GTi badge to an auto 1.6 would make it a GTi. It wouldn't. It would make it a 1.6 with a GTi badge.

An ex-colleague of mine had one of these. Had an exhaust etc etc on it. It was still gutless and had no character. A mate has a proper Mk 4 GTi 1.8t and it is a much better car, and closer in spirit to a GTi.

Nonsense, I stand by my original quote if VW put the badge on it from new it is! The spirit and other markets is irrelevant!

Edited by Seez on Thursday 3rd June 10:31

[aka_kerrly]

so long as you arent convinced its a rapid car then those 2.0 8v are pretty indistructable and aside from the odd sensor failure dam reliable. The mk4 platform is pretty good as long as long as your axle bushes arent worn!

dave

[va1o]

Seez said:

va1o said:

Sorry but its not a real GTI! Its a euro-spec Golf 2.0 Highline that Volkswagen-UK stuck a GTI badge on. Still, not a bad car as such.

Of course it is a real GTi as long as VW put the badge on it it is a GTi whether anyone thinks it should have been or not is a different issue.

Not really. Volkswagen in Germany built and sold it as a Golf 2.0 Highline. It left the factory with no GTI badging. Milton Keynes chose to market them in the UK as a GTI, and UK dealers stuck GTI badges on the rear, although some of them just got a 2.0 badge instead.

I'm sure if you asked your dealer they would put a GTI badge on any car for you, but that wouldn't make it a 'real' GTI.

The 1.8T on the other hand left the factory in Germany as a 'proper' GTI, and the data sticker would indicate as such.

Anyway this is all going a bit off-topic, apologies to the OP.

Edited by va1o on Thursday 3rd June 23:34