sharlie1982 0 Posted December 8, 2005 Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knew how much BHP the G Lader actually produced for the engine. I know it takes about 15BHP to drive it, but how much power would the G60 engine make if it were bypassed. Just bored and thought I'd ask. :roll: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veeDuB_Rado 0 Posted December 8, 2005 Its about 80BHP I think... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
selbekk 0 Posted December 10, 2005 isn't the g60 engine, without the blower, pretty much the one that sits in the mk2 golf gti 8v? I know they did something subtle with it to make it hold together with the blowers extra punch, but I don't think it was that radical. So I guess w/o the charger, perhaps 115-120 bhp? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trig 0 Posted December 10, 2005 Sounds more like it. 80bhp sounds very low that means the charger is almost doubling is power output. :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil VR6 0 Posted December 10, 2005 The compression ratio is lower on the G60 lump meaning that unboosted, it makes much less power than the Gti 8v lump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted December 10, 2005 The charger zaps around 25-30 bhp as far as I can remember, though if you take it out of the equation on a g60 it will be alot slower than a standard 1.8 8v gti . I think the standard g60 engine is around 80bhp, I think it's some thing to do with compression or something but don't ask me, i'm just speaking from memory! and the lader takes 30bhp from that, which makes it a bloody effient piece of kit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted December 10, 2005 Yes, you're all right. The 1.8 8v engine can be made to produce 110-115 bhp without too much struggle from what I understand, but that's not going to work well with a G60 bolted to it (too much compression, as stated above), so the G60 engine requires the charger. From stories on here, it seems about 80 bhp is about right for an uncharged G60. So there you go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flusted 0 Posted December 10, 2005 Yes, you're all right. The 1.8 8v engine can be made to produce 110-115 bhp without too much struggle from what I understand, . The 1.8 8v makes 112bhp as standard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tristan 0 Posted December 11, 2005 My PG does not have the G-Ladder and i think it's about 80-90 HP engine.... The compression ratio of the PG is lower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kongo127 0 Posted December 11, 2005 The G60 supercharger improves the engine power by 50%! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rallyejimbo 0 Posted December 11, 2005 Slow is the new fast eh? Go on do it!! I dare u! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
