Most HP!?

Later spec mk2s are much more lardy than the earlier ones, or so I've been told. Can anyone confirm/deny?

 

They are all around 1050 with tank of fuel.

 

Jesus, that doens't make for a good power/weight ratio particularly in the 8v

 

If it were true......

I don't know how well researched this article is, but it quotes 929kg for the Mk2:

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=16

 

mk2 2.0 16v, 200.2 bhp, 161.2 lb/ft.

Running on K-Jet. Approx 1100kg.

 

lol, I hope you're joking mate, I think a 1500bhp Viper or 1000bhp Corvette would slightly waste a 500bhp FWD Ibiza. Not putting it down, but yanks with 8L twin turbo engines are fairly rapido.

 

i don't think theres a 1500bhp viper buddy... the new one only has 600bhp in it.

 

Mine is well researched. Take a Mk2 Golf and put it on a local VOSA weigh-bridge.

So yeah.. it's true.

 

is 1050 what vw quote?

for the mk3 its meant to be 1180 ready for the road (wet) according to VW

 

My mk2 weighed 1040 kg with stripped interior and 16v engine, must weight about 3 ton now with a VR6 in the front and a cage

 

well they cane fuel quickly, so even at idle its getting appreciably lighter by the second

 

Yeah 929kg looked a bit low for the Mk2. Anyway, I don't have one and I have no idea how much they weigh. For info, here are the stock weights of Mk1s:

Golf 2 door 51kW - 800kg
Golf 2 door 81/82kW - 840kg
Golf 2 door auto - 830kg
Golf 4 door 51kW - 825kg
Golf 4 door auto - 855kg
Golf convertible - 940kg
Scirocco (manual) - 800kg
Scirocco (auto) - 825kg

Unsure if wet or dry, etc, these are typed in from Haynes.

 

does anybody know what happened to the R GTI... is that ever coming out?

i want one ... NOW!

 

The Mk2 appears to be a different weight on a different thread:

http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112667&page=2

Maybe its just down to different figures with/without 75kg driver, 40kg fuel, etc??? I don't know.

 

I understand there's a 230hp special edition coming out to celebrate 30 years of the GTi, not sure if you'll get it in the states though.

 

Aren't they a bit late then, given that the GTI was launched in 1976?

 

Good point... maybe UK only ? Official UK imports form 1977 I think, no doubt somebody can check, I'm off to work !

 

i'm talking about the R GTI... it's got like 400 hp

looks likeu mmm this...


http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/vortex_news/article_1857.shtml

 

Mines a 1990 Gti, with a 2.0 16V lump in, i`ve been told it produced 170 BHP & 155 ftlb last time it was on the dyno. Weight is 950kg without fuel or driver, thats stripped and with a cage.

 

Like this.











850kgs on corner weight scales but now fitted a fibreglass bonnet and removed weight from other places.
I had Ian's white MK1 on the scales the same day and the MK2 wass 10kgs lighter.