MK3 GT Vs MK3 Golf CL

Chat about your MKIII (86C) inc GT/G40 Polo
polo_GT
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Post by polo_GT »

is there any other way to derestict the air box other than drilling it and a panel filter?
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Post by Krupa »

My mildly tuned GT is slightly quicker than my mate's even more mildly tuned ZR 1.4 16v, especially off the line. Once the 16v gets further up the rev range and up to power though it starts to catch up but it's still no match for the Polo.

It'd be interesting to see how mine fares against my mate's 2.0 8v Calibra, on paper that's similar performance wise to the ZR. I'd imagine that's got more potential for high speed torque than the ZR or Polo mind.

G40 would eat both for breakfast, then lick the plate.
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Post by ereeiz »

Oh, i love my G40 :D
sorry, just had to add that 8)
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gt's are good for alot of cars off the line but when you get going they aren't too good because small engine.
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Post by Tahrey1043 »

DanW wrote: Along the *private* motorway
The M6T... or do you own an airstrip? :)
Either way that's good on the flat for a 55hp car - be expecting it to sputter out about dead-on 100, if it makes it there at all. Windy day? :D

hardhitter wrote: Dunno what you mean about a restrictor flap..
I'm not too sure either, it's just something I've heard others talk about in relation to tuning the higher powered Polo (& other VW) engines. Some thing either in the intake tube or the filter box which chokes the airflow at higher speeds. Just a little bit of plastic sticking out of the inside of the intake was how i always imagined it from the descriptions.
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Post by ereeiz »

I just read something about this on the pitstop forum, Its a plastic wedge on the butterflies on the air intake as I understood it :?
It'd be good if someone knew for definate, had pics and a little how too...then i could go do it myself :D
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Post by amstrange1 »

Guys, the restrictor was in the airbox of the G40s. NOT GTs, NZs or CLs!
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