0-60 time, quarter mile for standard car?

[martinjc1981]

You can get to 60 on the clocks, but the tests use radar speed checking and its really only like 58 or 59 or something silly. everyones cars on here are different and will beat different things, a standard car is very nippy and will beat a few things - plough enough time, effort and money into it like Yoof off here and you can out drag Audi RS4's - you need to drive one for yourself to have any idea what they are like to live with.

Oh right, well close enough lol. they way in which it gets to 'nearly 60' is very nippy for under 120bhp...
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so what all have you raced mate?

[SamG40]

Mines 135bhp and gets 40mpg round town and 50+ on motorways

I'm sorry, but that just can't be true.  I've driven a totally stock and low miles G at basically 50-60 mph for a full tank and i got about 44mpg.

On any normal g you get 30-35mpg normal driving, with some right foot action and around town. and 40ish on a decent run.  

This is based on 10 years of owning g40s!

Ive done plenty of runs with this result, recently £20 around 15 litres i managed 173 miles at 56-60mph on the motorway. Mine has a custom ecu and when i had it emmissions tested for the Mot I had less than 1% unburned fuel in the exhaust gases.

My round town mpg is usually between 35-40 depending on how much i drive like a granny

Im not scared of running it untill the fuel pump wines though

But there will be some left in the tank etc. Plus when you put small amounts in the figures are always way out. You need to brim the tank and then look at the figures. I'm with Pete on this one, most I've ever got was about 43mpg with the car doing under 3k in top gear for pretty much the whole tank worth, thats still pretty impressive for the specs of the car.

Martin as said go and drive one and see if you like it. I'm sure we've all done the old traffic light grand prix when something tasty comes up next to us but to buy a car based purely on what it will 'waste' on the road is a bit of a weird attitude to take really. Also as said they are pretty old now and will need some heavy maintenance if you are driving round trying to race everything in sight.

[PeteG40]

g40 gauges are so unreliable, i've have it running on the red fine, plus i've ran out of fuel with it no-where near the red.

The old £20 in, is not really an accurate measure,  sam is right, full tank it then do about 300 miles, tank it again and then measure it.

and tbh, custom ecu unless its been VERY well mapped for economy not speed is more likely to use more fuel.

[martinjc1981]

Any one help point me in the direction of a g40 in the cardiff or wales area? i have abouy 3k to spend. I have 2 kids so funds are pretty tight.

[hayesey]

given that there's usually only about 4 or 5 g40s for sale in the whole uk at any one point, you will probably have to widen your search a bit and be prepared to travel

[hayesey]

best places to find them are the for sale section on here, for sale section on clubpolo.co.uk, ebay and pistonheads.com I'd say.

[martinjc1981]

seems like thats the case. glad i joined up here. Seem like a really good little car. AdzCM has confirmed this and going by his messages they are very fast.

[hayesey]

hmm.  You can talk numbers and stats till the cows come home though.  You need to actually drive one.

[Jezza-7]

I can get 60 in 2nd on my car but its got the rev limiter lifted to approx 8000 rpm. I have done 0-60 in 6.7 going by a stop watch with my mate in the car. That was with a few mods on the car.

A few years ago this fella in his integra type r tried to pull away quicker than me from some lights that were on a bend, i think he was trying to impress his g/f but he failed as i beat him on the outside. I laughed.

I had about 135-140 when i melted a piston and that was racing a supra on motorway. He pulled over to let me by.

Aside all this how fast the cars are, do you know much about the g-lader and its servicing as its not cheap.

[breadman]

Martin, without meaning to offend, I can't see why figures and stats are so important to you? Does it really matter if you can beat an Integra, Focus ST etc?
As I said before, the G40 Polo is based on an old design. Even when in production they were known to be dated. It is all part of the fun of an old car, no matter how much money you throw at one they are always gonna be a compromise in some way or another.
We all keep saying the same thing mate, THEY ARE FUN TO DRIVE. Spend enough on one and they can be very quick indeed, and because they look so understated thy make an exceptional sleeper.
TBH, from what you have said and the type of questions you've asked I'd say the G40 probably isn't a car for you.
Good luck anyway mate. 

[Justin14100]

I agree with Breadman, they feel so fast when you drive them because they are on the limit so easily, they are so so much fun - we have said that over and over that is what they are about, you shouldn't care about what you can beat in a race because there will always be a faster car, no matter what you own.

[Yoof]

Most automotive certification should/is done on mid limit components- i.e mid limit car on weight regs, power regs etc etc.

Declared figures are also only that- there's nothing to stop Bugatti declaring a Veyron hitting 0-60 in 10 seconds, providing they can certify it, why they'd want to is a different story.

Around the time the G40 was launched VW also had sales of the Golf GTi, Corrado G60 etc to consider, I'd hazard a guess these gave a better contribution the a Polo G40. Arguably not much of an inssue in the UK as sales of the G40 were limited to 500, but in mainland Europe they had unlimited sales.

Real world terms, the G40 is a quick car, its ability to have full boost instantly at any speed can catch a large amount of newer cars off guard- especially as most are turbocharged.

If you're after something which is as quick as possible for £3k, you're looking at the wrong car- get some turbo Jap scrap, or Swedish power, Saab 9000 Aeros are dirt cheap, and even with 300bhp will need a 190bhp+ G40 to see them off (my car has the battle scars to prove).

If you're looking at making a G40 as quick as possible 0-60, mine currently stands at 4.8seconds, that's neither standard, nor cheap!

Pete

[hardchargin40]

Martin, no offence but you sound like a Saxo boy racer obsessed with racing others off traffic lights! You may aswell do the Ali G 0-30mph race for all it's worth! And if traffic light dragging is your pastime then you should be looking at a Saxo or properly a rwd sports car! Do not get obsessed with just power alone and times alone they do not tell a full story! It's an unfortunate circumstance that mags and the media choose to symbolise their cars performance by non real world figures! In it's day on fact there wasn't many cars that could be quicker than a G40 in 3rd gear 50-70mph (I.e. Overtaking).


VW if im correct had a tedency to underplay their figures due to superior models, I.e. The more expensive corrado G60 should not be slower than their little supercharged shopping car but it is, give or take.

A G40 is a raw experience, fun and exthrilarating without the blow ups of the R5GTT or escort rs turbo. it's a nineties car, trying to compare it to a modern day car is useless, yes it can be made faster but so can any car. It's all about the ownership experience! A DC2 ITR is an epic car, go test drive one and see where your heart lies. 

If you live a quarter mile at a time, your a very sad individual.

[ereeiz]

My first one with an induction kit and backbox only was a smidge slower than my mates Corrado VR6 (this was RR'd at 127BHP/ 119lb/ft) to about 70/80. I regularly "do" other cars off lights, slip roads, A roads, motorways, whatever. Normally nobbers in 325s or the like. My current G is about 140ish BHP I'd guess?
You're looking at the wrong things Martin, The power delivery is instant, makes pretty much full boost and power from ~2.5k - 6.5k with a very flat curve comparing to other engines.  So although it's not 1234567bhp it is available pretty much all the time, if you want to overtake from 50mph you can do it in 3rd, 4th, or 5th and still do it quicker than most other cars. Civic Type-R's, 325's. Jag XJ or something (the big saloon) not to mention other less expensive models are all dealt with on a regular occasion

And although they do handle rubbish, the car is about a ft narrower than most so you effectively have more road to use

[DMWG40]

My g40 was running around 150 bhp beat my mates twin turbo subaru off line up to around 80-90mph.

the best thing a g40 can do is go for it at the start. just playing keep up doesnt suit them