What's different on a 16v?

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:52 pm

Just wondering what's different on a 16v car compared to, say, a 1.4 8v (Not trim wise - mechanically)...

Oh, and I expected the gearbox ratio's to be the same in the 8v and 16v - but no chance! The 8v is doing 90mph at 4000rpm, and the 16v seems to be doing about 75 or 80mph at 4000 rpm. I don't care though! The induction roar makes up for it!

p.s. am still lovin the car

jakethesnake · Post by **jakethesnake** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:32 pm

Not much really David. Other than the bumpers and interior the only mechanical differences I can think of are :

256mm discs (239mm on 8V)
gearbox
suspension is susposedly 10mm lower but it doesn't look it

exhaust system is a bigger diameter bore

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:17 pm

fair play. i was wondering if the suspension was set up any different - I thought I'd heard that the shocks are better? 10mm lower?! Next to my 40mm lowered 1.0L it looks like a 4x4, and that's only 40mm!

Silver16V · Post by **Silver16V** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:27 am

Shock absorbers on the 16V are gas-filled.

chubbster · Post by **chubbster** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:10 pm

i think it gets roll bars as well (so im told)

Silver16V · Post by **Silver16V** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:31 am

chubbster wrote:i think it gets roll bars as well (so im told)

That's right - 16V's and the 1.9 Diesels had ARB's

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:53 am

none of the other's have anti-roll bars?!

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:07 am

On continental cars, the 1.6 onwards, as well as the diesels had ARB's. The 1.6 got the thinnest @ 18mm, the diesels got the 20mm version, and the GTI got the 22mm. I'm guessing the 1.4 16V got the 20mm as well, but I'm not sure. Could be 18mm as well.

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:27 pm

can these be fitted to lesser models?

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 4:51 pm

The ARB's? I believe so.

When zee Germans implant a higher spec engine they're required to fit the ARB too and I've never heard of any problems.

I'm sure the 18mm bar can be swapped for the 22mm one, if you switch the linkages too.

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:45 pm

I think we disscussed swapping the small ARBS for biiger ones elsewhere on the forum, but yeah, i wanted to know if they could be fitted to models that came without them.