Make your NA diesel (non-turbo) a faster car

[8v-of-fury]

on an N/a Lucas? sweet. I can't wait to do the real gov mod, on top of the intake and exhaust

[Rabbit on Roids]

ok, so, im still sticking with the whole "n/a's are not fast" but, the n/a i just picked up will do 100 mph.. once i take it to the jetty, i will really know how fast it goes. its still a slow n/a, but its not bad off the line.. the bigger exhaust should help it greatly.

[rs899]

jeez...100mph..why do you want to torture the poor wimpy little thing?  Animal cruelty...

[Rabbit on Roids]

its really not even torturing it.. it has some tall gears. only turns 4500 in 3rd @ 75 mph. and a little over 3800 in 4th @ 100..

my other rabbit saw 140+ a few times.. its not animal cruelty unless its hurting it! and both rabbits happily go that fast and ask for more.

[8v-of-fury]

I suggest modding your intake to a 3" ABS/PVC setup for sure, It used to smoke like a bugger under full throttle, now its just a slight whisp. NExt is the exhaust, and GOVERNOR MOD! Gonna make this thing a monster!

[Rabbit on Roids]

in order of importance, in my eyes atleast..

1.) exhaust
2.) intake
3.) gov mod

in order of biggest improvement.
1.) gov mod
2.) exhaust
3.) intake

[chrisg]

jeez...100mph..why do you want to torture the poor wimpy little thing?  Animal cruelty...

i can cruise 140 all day in my NA people say they are so slow but mine seems pretty fine. pump timing is a little advanced but that shouldn'tmake a HUGE difference

[honda_is_the_best]

140, thats ,like 90 mph or something isnt it? what trans you got? 4 or 5 speed? and what model?

[malone]

I had a 1984 Rabbit 1.6 NA that can cruise 140km/h a flat highway with roughly 80% accelerator pedal input. It probably was capable of going faster but I haven't tried. 4spd transmission and 400,000km on the engine. I think it may have had a slight IQ increase.

[malone]

8v-of-fury: That intake looks good. Simple and effective.

[jseeley]

Finally did my 3" intake; Thought I would share for others->

[malone]

How do you like that intake, jseeley? Notice any difference in exhaust smoke?

[jseeley]

How do you like that intake, jseeley? Notice any difference in exhaust smoke?

Yep, cleaner exhaust (or allows me to turn up the fuel a tad more). I also put in a K&N drop in (funny they even make one for this car) at the same time. There is a bit of a louder, deeper sound from under the hood now as well... but who notices with all the clacking anyway... 

[R.O.R-2.0]

How do you like that intake, jseeley? Notice any difference in exhaust smoke?

Yep, cleaner exhaust (or allows me to turn up the fuel a tad more). I also put in a K&N drop in (funny they even make one for this car) at the same time. There is a bit of a louder, deeper sound from under the hood now as well... but who notices with all the clacking anyway... 

they dont make one FOR the diesel.

its for the mk1 and mk2 gassers..

it just happens to fit a n/a diesel as well..

same thing for the TD.. i believe you can use a digifant K&N for those..

[8v-of-fury]

Not entirely sure it isn't "for" a diesel -K&N does say it fits a lot of cars -
http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?prod=33-2001