Mk1 Lhasa Green Gti... Make it go faster!

Hi Ladies and Gents,

I am the proud owner of a 1983 Gti In Lhasa Green! But it has a 2.0L 16v K-jet system engine.
Car is lowered 60mm and sitting on Ronal LS Wheels..
Front and rear strut brace and Full stainless exhaust system.. but… Thats it!

The car is lovely and i am happy with how it looks, however i'd love to make it go quicker! It is currently at 155bhp rolling road and engine is completely standard.

I basically was just thinking of starting a bit of a mini debate on the quickest and Cheapest ways too increase power from this engine! (i know from what a lot of people have said to me it isn't exactly ideal for tuning.. but i cant help but think there must be a number of things i could do)

Carbs?
Cams?
etc etc. :dontknow:

Please leave feedback or let me know "what you would do".

Cheers

Nitrous.

The reason being, the alternatives are either obscured by myth, or expensive, for example:

carbs - don't increase power over a well set up K-Jet fuel injection
cams - the stock (KR or ABF) cams are in fact pretty darn good

and then….

porting and polishing - well, for optimal, you're looking at doing the inlet manifold and exhaust manifold, in addition to the head. And there's a lot of myth about where to take out the metal for best effect, so its the kinda thing best left to a specialist. And….a specialist costs a lot of money, when they do the 16V head, and both manifolds!



So for bhp per ?, nitrous is always going to be pretty attractive.




PS If you're looking for a quick way to get a little bit more performance, lighten it - interior out, and no bumpers. Gets a little bit more performance, costs ?0 and makes the car "feel" more like a race car.

paul_c said

PS If you're looking for a quick way to get a little bit more performance, lighten it - interior out, and no bumpers. Gets a little bit more performance, costs ?0 and makes the car "feel" more like a race car.

mine only runs a mild 8v engine but its nippy due to nothing on the inside  :wink: