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I'm sure one of these little buggers should be quicker than my car...

Anyway, a rather tidy 1.9 GTi came up against me, as we both left the island (private track) i was just infront ....

Came off the island, bout 5500 rpm (pulls hardest at this point) in second, roared down the straight, i was actually pulling away slightly, into third (SOHC box gives a slight flat spot from second to third), i wasn't pulling away anymore, he gained slightly but once the trusty 'D was past 5500 again the gap opened up, the brakes were fading as i slowed down at the next bend!!!(not too good these standard brakes)

I let him past after that, very amusing i thought, i wouldn't have expected this with the weight, power and torque of a 205 GTi !?

He was certainly trying and the car was no knacker, perhaps he just wasn't a great driver

sure i was a 1.9 gti? as my mates gti pissus over most things specially my DOHC and corners like a go cart too!

Unless he was a loser with 1.9 badges and wheels....even a 1.6 should have been neck and neck i would have thought.

My cars no slouch, but im not so sure its quicker than a 1.9.

Then again, they are old cars now and my engine is like brand new!

just dee yours was a DOHC and not a SOHC!

my mates one has had a freshen recently and is bloody rapid

The (standard) figures for a 205 GTi are as follows:

Power - 130bhp
0-60 - 7.8 seconds
Max speed - 135mph

Compare this to a D16 DOHC powered 216:

Power - 130bhp
0-60 - circa 8 seconds (from memory)
Max speed - ??

The Pug has a reputation for good handling, but this was a fairly straight run. There'd be very little in it if the Pug was standard (ish).

my old 216 gti twin cam being ragged up the german autobahn!

Excellent!

It is difficult these days to spot proper 1.6 and 1.9 GTI's, on a straight run as Craig said not a lot in it, it would be the twisties where it would show it's true colours.

I do miss mine

Si

I pissed on my mates aswell in my DOHC, particularly on the dual carriageway.

When I had the 216 gti dohc, I gave a Clio Williams a good run. Not the same car but still quick french crap anyway.

radddogg wrote:When I had the 216 gti dohc, I gave a Clio Williams a good run. Not the same car but still quick french crap anyway.

Thats bl00dy good going against a Clio Williams, I rate those very highly

Si

listie wrote:

radddogg wrote:When I had the 216 gti dohc, I gave a Clio Williams a good run. Not the same car but still quick french crap anyway.

Thats bl00dy good going against a Clio Williams, I rate those very highly

Si

Yeah, I was well impressed as the GTi was quite new to me at the time. I'm not gonna exagerate and say I panned him but he couldn't shake me off.

200SEI wrote: the brakes were fading as i slowed down at the next bend!!!(not too good these standard brakes)

You can get pagid brake pads cheaply on ebay which should help alot

Jonny 5 wrote:I pissed on my mates aswell in my DOHC, particularly on the dual carriageway.

You pissed on your mates when you were driving? And they're still your mates?

cool, sounds good. D16 DOHC is deffinately a strong competitor against a fair few of the older cars with bigger engines, pug and ford etc. They certainly make decent enough power for their size

Sheaf wrote:

Jonny 5 wrote:I pissed on my mates aswell in my DOHC, particularly on the dual carriageway.

You pissed on your mates when you were driving? And they're still your mates?

Brutal!

gta wrote:You can get pagid brake pads cheaply on ebay which should help alot

Ive got EBC GreenStuff at the mo, i would have thought they were as good?

Its not just the power output thats good from the DOHC, its the power delivery thoughout the range. I think this is due to the flat(ish) torque curve.

Has anyone got a power/torque curve for a D16 DOHC (near standard) i could see.

200SEI wrote:Ive got EBC GreenStuff at the mo, i would have thought they were as good?

My expirence of Green stuff has varied, sometimes great, sometimes (mostly) a bit poo.

The Pagid's I have now are awsome

Si