MK1 TDI?
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MK1 TDI?
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
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1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Would be fun though. Up to 150bhp and 230 lbft of torque in 900 kgs!
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Drew.
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Local Hero
Cheers
1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)
1983 1100 C
1983 1100 C
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Local Hero
TDIs are hardwork because of all the electronic-ary and security key fobs involved but thinking about it, its probably the same technical level as 1.8T petrol?
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Old Timer
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Isn't putting a diesel engine in a Mk1 a travesty?
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Old Timer
cheers
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Local Hero
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Local Hero
Parkers says the new Golf 2.0 litre TDi has 138 bhp and a 0-60 of 9.2 sec, compared to a mk1 1800 GTI with 112bhp and 0-60 of 8.2 sec. The mkV weighs 1319kg 8O - therefore has 104 bhp to 1000kg. A 1800 mk1 GTI weighs around 840 kg which equates to 133 bhp per 1000 kg. This site has some interesting comparsions of GTI power to weight ratios.
Looking at this way a tdi is underpowered compared to the mk1 GTI. I'd imagine the mkV has highly superior aerodynamics to the mk1 which compensates somewhat. Modern cars tend to need so much more bhp to haul their fat backsides around
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1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)
1983 1100 C
1983 1100 C
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Still not got ?tinternet at new address yet, hence the Mon-Fri 9-5 postings.
On a race track a MK1 GTI would thrash a TDI but back on planet earth, daily day to day driving a TDI would cover the ground probably as quick and my current Clio dCi is doing just short of 60 MPG averaged over previous 6000 miles of mixed driving. Even the lightweight MK1 would be @35mpg. :dontknow: The Caddy (which is worth its weight in gold with all the stuff I?m taking to tip, collecting from B+Q etc) averages about 50, 55 on a run and as diesel dubber says is surprising sprightly for a 1600 non turbo 1970s technology engine.
The other thing to remember is that people buy BHP but drive torque?..
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Local Hero
Remember when the 1.8 GTI was released people raved about the power and driveability but with was only 2bhp more than the 1.6? The reason is that it had lots more torque lower down the rev range. Follow that logic and you end up with a modern direct injection turbo diesel car.
Another benefit of the economy is that you don?t need to fill it up twice a week, even up north practically every other petrol station is now a building site being turned into a block of flats. I can travel 25+ miles on rural and urban roads and not pass any filling stations.
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Local Hero
Cheers
1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)
1983 1100 C
1983 1100 C
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Local Hero
Got nothing against petrol cars but for what it is, the mk1 diesel deserves SOME praise at least! And the engines just keep on going and going and going…perhaps longer than petrols. I've yet to see one with a 2nd/3rd engine in, unlike many of the petrols :mrgreen:
P.s - you dont get good fuel economy in an auto!
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