Newbie: Buying a GTI next year woundered what engine to get 1.8/2.0

[DonniD1991]

Howdo am new to this site. and i am seriously considering buying a GTI next year.
only problem is i dont know wheaver to buy a 1.8 non turbo or a 2.0litre i herd the 1.8 have more BHP than the 2.0l. and just wondered which one is tune to tune or modify for POWER!!!

Cheers any help
would be great
cheers 

[luke]

Howdo am new to this site. and i am seriously considering buying a GTI next year.
only problem is i dont know wheaver to buy a 1.8 non turbo or a 2.0litre i herd the 1.8 have more BHP than the 2.0l. and just wondered which one is tune to tune or modify for POWER!!!

Cheers any help
would be great
cheers 

if your 1991 in your name suggests your birth year, i suggest not getting a gti first, insurance will be sky high, get a 1.6 or something along those lines, a gti is probably better after 3 years no claims, also what mk (mk1-6) golf do you want?

[T_J_G]

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[GOLF_STU]

if you want power then you need to go down the forced induction route otherwise your gonna be wasting your money.

[AlanD]

if you want power then you need to go down the forced induction route otherwise your gonna be wasting your money.

Yep, you cant really tune the N/A engines. You can get about 20bhp or so with some filters, a Milltek and a remap (your looking at around 1k for all that) but for the cost of doing all that you might aswell get 1.8T, its just simply not logical.

If indeed your birth year is 1991 then your insurance on a GTI will be off the chart ! Good luck getting cover for anything less than 2k (and the rest).

There is nothing wrong with the N/A engined models, you get all the GTI looks and interior spec, but without the power.

[kells]

would rather have the 2.0 over the 1.8

[Wayne]

would rather have the 2.0 over the 1.8

  I always thought the 1.8 is / was a better engine

[kells]

dunno, just i had a 2.0 mk 4 in 1999 on a W reg, i wasnt fast but was ok to drive, cant complian

[AlanD]

would rather have the 2.0 over the 1.8

  I always thought the 1.8 is / was a better engine

It is, more power, better economy and it doesnt have an addiction to oil.

[kells]

would rather have the 2.0 over the 1.8

  I always thought the 1.8 is / was a better engine

It is, more power, better economy and it doesnt have an addiction to oil.

didt feel more powerfull at all to me, i remember trying both, we then had a turbo and that was slower than my mk 3 8v.. they need to be chipped so badly.


and the reason the 2.0 was adicted to oil was down to a fault by VW which they didnt wanna admit to as recall would have cost far too much, it was something to do with a fault on the piston rings which eventually led to premature engine wear so i believe, although this was only on the early units