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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: samuel.cole on October 10, 2013, 06:07:50 PM

Title: g40 vs g60
Post by: samuel.cole on October 10, 2013, 06:07:50 PM
which would be quicker standard up too 120mph ish
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: Jezza-7 on October 10, 2013, 06:11:32 PM
golf, rallye, or corrado? is it a 16v g60?
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: samuel.cole on October 10, 2013, 07:05:13 PM
yeah 16v 1.8 g60
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: Jezza-7 on October 10, 2013, 08:40:24 PM
then the g60 imo. They are something like 210bhp as standard.

The limited golf was the fastest and most powerful golf from factory until the mk4 golf r32.

Some 1.8 8v g60's get to 250bhp from 160bhp so i would imagine you could get nearly 300bhp.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: gaz g40 on October 10, 2013, 09:20:16 PM
I ran my tuned g40 against a kind of tuned g60 golf an of the mark the g40 is gone but the g60 reels you in about the 100 mark. That was up a slip road though from roughly a 20mph start with me in front
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: Jezza-7 on October 10, 2013, 10:43:07 PM
I think that g40's are quick off the line but not too great at top end, dont forget the g60 golf weighs 1080kgs, thats 250kg more than a polo as well.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: gaz g40 on October 11, 2013, 07:12:21 AM
Yup thats like any heavier car the polo will beat off the line. Shame we couldnt have done it from a standing start
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: hayesey on October 11, 2013, 08:55:53 AM
are you sure you mean a 16v G60?  They're very rare to say the least.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: gaz g40 on October 11, 2013, 09:42:58 AM
If your on about me haysey nope im just on about a golf 1.8 8v g60. Never sin a genuine 16v to be honest
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: hayesey on October 11, 2013, 10:42:02 AM
I meant Samuel who said he's talking about a 16v G60.  I reckon this isn't what he really means.

A normal 8v G60 is slower than a standard g40 to 60mph but beyond that the g60 will reel it in and I'd have thought taking both up to 120mph, the g60 would be in front.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: z3i on October 11, 2013, 10:43:39 AM
Rare isn't even the word for the limited golf!
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: Jezza-7 on October 11, 2013, 11:51:38 AM
G60 is slower that a gti 16v golf as well. If you get a 16v lump and supercharge it that's pretty much what the limited is.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: z3i on October 11, 2013, 12:22:34 PM
Apart from being mechanical injection. Or 200cc bigger on later generation golf
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Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: ereeiz on October 14, 2013, 09:44:56 PM
My mate had a ~200bhp Rallye when I had my standard G40 circa 2005. never "raced" him as such but I remember being very unimpressed when I went out for a ride in it. It had Nitrous too. They sound hideous IMO, like a bagpipe that's nearly inflated......constantly. At least the G40 is a little sneeze here and there, the G60 sounded like it had something wrong with it. This was hard for me to accept too having come from Mk2 Golfs (I'd had a good few 8v GTI's by then). This was the reason my next one was a Mk2 Golf with a G40 lump in it. Loved it.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: OCDmatt on October 15, 2013, 01:34:04 PM
Rallye's are slow for sure! Even at 200bhp it's still going to feel heavy just because it is and the syncro didn't spread the power well.

As for the sound that made me giggle, I don't think I could tell the difference between a G40 & G60 just from noise.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: Jezza-7 on October 16, 2013, 05:03:06 PM
Quote from: ereeiz on October 14, 2013, 09:44:56 PM
My mate had a ~200bhp Rallye when I had my standard G40 circa 2005. never "raced" him as such but I remember being very unimpressed when I went out for a ride in it. It had Nitrous too. They sound hideous IMO, like a bagpipe that's nearly inflated......constantly. At least the G40 is a little sneeze here and there, the G60 sounded like it had something wrong with it. This was hard for me to accept too having come from Mk2 Golfs (I'd had a good few 8v GTI's by then). This was the reason my next one was a Mk2 Golf with a G40 lump in it. Loved it.

Probably with the boost return mod done then as mine is pretty silent compared to the G40
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: ereeiz on October 16, 2013, 06:48:44 PM
Yes, sorry I didn't mention that. my G40 and his G60 had the boost return pipe d/c'd (or equivalent on the G60, I know something differs in the recirculating bit/ BRV)
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: Jezza-7 on October 16, 2013, 07:58:55 PM
yeah g60 is a little different. I undid mine and put it back on as it sounded like a massive leak.
Title: Re: g40 vs g60
Post by: mk2_Eaton on October 21, 2013, 02:41:40 PM
A mate had a mk1 golf sportline g60 with about 200bhp, was very meh performance wise