20V Turbo

[SW VR6 0]

Hi,

I'm thinking of getting a Passat 1.8 20V Turbo Sport as a second car / daily driver. Saw a nice clean example in a garage today - 68k, full VW history, 2 previous owners, recent cam belt etc., so I it took it for a test drive.

Has anyone driven one? I thought it felt slow, but I couldn't work out if it was just the fact that I have been used to the power of my VR.

Should the turbo give a pronounced surge at the top end? If so, what rev range? I wasn't expecting earth-shattering performance, but I did think I would feel a bit more from 150bhp and 0-60 in 8.6s.

I supose I really need to test drive another one and see what that's like. The 0-60 times are only approx 1.6s apart, but it felt very different.

Any words of wisdom?

PS: Is there an easy way to test wehther or not the turbo is working properly? I guess diagnostics tests would be in order?

[Eat this 2]

i would expect a turbo to kick at mid revs then tail off a bit at higher revs although iv never had a turbo so may be talkin from my arse hehe

[MrBen 0]

A stock 1.8T doesn't have a major kick, though it does gather pace as you go up the revs. But they do feel gutless really compared to a VR!

[VRmonster 1]

its in a passat tho. so you wont feel the 1.8 20vT power. the cars just too heavy. if you were sat in a golf you would see the difference in weight. if anyone has driven a golf vr and a vento vr they will understand what i mean.

still a nice car but not good if your after a nippy runaround.

[mark@vagworx 0]

As Monster says, the passat is just too heavy to feel the 20vt. The 1.8T is a great engine, loads of mid range punch, but with most turbocharged engines, power tails of towards the top of the rev range.

A chip would sort the power out, and at least get the pasat of par with your VR.