1.1 performance advice !!!

Hi

i'm seriously tempted by a nice 1.1 series 1 i've seen.

Not into speed that much as I have a few other toys for that part of my life

However I do want a golf that is useable so i'm wondering the following

a) Whats the top speed I can expect?

b) At 60 - 70mph how will it rev, i.e will it be screaming

c) Whats the fuel consumption like

Any help appreciated

cheers

Jonesey

Assuming its a 1100 C and not a Formel-E top speed will be about 85-90mph. Not really a long distance motorway car compared to modern vehicles. On a gentle cross country run would expect 40+mpg and an average of @35 overall.

If a Formel-E add a little to top speed and MPG.

If original getting quite rare and worth saving.

i have a golf C 1.1. not sure on mpg as the fuel guage doesnt work and not had it too long but i think its about 35mpg.
speed wise, at 65mph its around 3700rpm so i havent tryed to get much higher than that.

yeah the C 1.1 iv had about 80 out of it for 30 seconds, screamed like a mad man so didnt wanna stay up there for too long

I've got a formal e and it happliy sat doing 80-85 on the motorway from notts to bournemouth and back at the weekend probly got about 80 miles to a tenners fuel, i dono what that is in mpg tho

I never take my 1.1 above 60. If I'd wanted something to fly down the Motorway I wouldn't have gone for a 1.1.

Slow and steady wins the race. Look after it and it should look after you!

yeah i did a round trip from bristol to reading in it on sat and i stayed at 60 all the way there and back, no problem.
was quite nice at that speed… got to see everything

and the fuel wasn't bad which is a bonus. as my last car was a 2.0l mile muncher auto so im used to sitting in the fast lane at 110 lol.

so i would follow cleef's advice and stay for about 60, the engines not screaming and your still gonna get to where you wanna go.

Ive got an '83 1.1, standard engine with a K&N filter element. Will cruise at 60mph all day long sipping away - besides the gti is for thrashging not the humble 'c'.

Ive got an '83 1.1, standard engine with a K&N filter element. Will cruise at 60mph all day long sipping away - besides the gti is for thrashging not the humble 'c'.

Ok so after reading you guys comments on motorway journeys maybe i should be kinder to my poor golf in future  :redfaced:

haha yeah i bet it screams at 80…

well if it blows just chuck another on in.. ohh the joys of an old motor hehe

Haha yeah there are some serious plus sides to having an old car, ok so might have repairs to make every now and then but a Haynes manual and a set of spanners and your sorted It never seems to be screaming that much to me :s or i could just be oblivious to it haha

just turn the retro stereo up… its all good

i only got 41,000 on my 1.1 an i wanna look after it…
its almost new, especially afer i changed all electrics and most fuel systems lol….

but yeah in reply to the first post…

top speeds about 80
drive it nicely 60-65
and i got from bristol to reading an back on 25 quid… i think its 150 miles round trip…
you can do the maths


cheeers

80?

I can't imagine how my 1.1 would react if I got it up to 80.

Something somewhere would explode.

yeah i know... not fun, like i said, 80, top speed. not recommended

i hit 80 for a breif moment th other day going down a hill lol. it was at 5000rpm so i slowed down pretty sharpish incase something went wrong haha

I can get 90 from mine, i wont take it further, but it also doesnt seem to be screaming?
But fuel economy at the minute is dreadfull its running far to rich

what you can get and what you are willing to go too are two different things..

not many people will leave there foot on the floor for half hour on a motor way and thos that do end up paying for it.

top speed and recommended speed are a couple of different things lol.

my formel e  is quite comfy at indicated 80?

god knows the revs as i haven't got a counter lol  but it doesn't overheat, rattle etc.  Then again it's done 130k now and the engine has never been apart so it was obviously well run in by the first owner!!

i get between 30-50ish mpg depending on time of day, weather and my mood.

with a full load at 50-60mph it'll be about 34ish.

just me, myself and the goof at 70 she'll average about 40ish

tbf the small block was well over-engineered in it's early guise, so assuming you keep it serviced and topped up then it should see 80 all day without a problem.

Jon.

i hit 80 today took it for a spin around bristols shitty ring road. got bored after three roundabouts but yeah, didnt wanna go much further...