I know the 8v vs 16v issue has been done to death but I'm buying a 16v Cupra next week, plan to use it as my daily and I'm after some prepurchase advice.
I live out in the country, 100ks from work. There's one stop sign and 14 traffic lights between me and work but for the first 75ks it's all country roads. From what I've heard about 16v's this should be the fun part of the drive but what are they really like when I get to the stop/start traffic?
Are they as bad as people make out compared to the 8v? The car comes with 4-2-1 extractors and adjustable cam wheel which the previous owner says has given it more torque down low. It also has a Garlock EPROM. I'm not too worried about having a 16v but while I still have a few $ is there anything else that I can do to smooth out the 16v?
My previous daily was a MK2 Golf with a 2.0 8v engine tuned for torque not horsepower and a lot of suspension mods to make it corner on rails. Unfortunately I hit the back of a slow moving truck which is why I'm getting the Cupra.
Any advice most appreciated.
Cheers
Paul
I live out in the country, 100ks from work. There's one stop sign and 14 traffic lights between me and work but for the first 75ks it's all country roads. From what I've heard about 16v's this should be the fun part of the drive but what are they really like when I get to the stop/start traffic?
Are they as bad as people make out compared to the 8v? The car comes with 4-2-1 extractors and adjustable cam wheel which the previous owner says has given it more torque down low. It also has a Garlock EPROM. I'm not too worried about having a 16v but while I still have a few $ is there anything else that I can do to smooth out the 16v?
My previous daily was a MK2 Golf with a 2.0 8v engine tuned for torque not horsepower and a lot of suspension mods to make it corner on rails. Unfortunately I hit the back of a slow moving truck which is why I'm getting the Cupra.
Any advice most appreciated.
Cheers
Paul