Legendary Engines: The VAG 1.8 Turbo 20v - You Won't Believe How Many Cars Used It!

[@castin5244]

0:12 ahhhh that unmistakable 1.8t sound. I can almost smell the oil burning on the exhaust manifold from the leaking valve cover gasket.

[@TheWolf133]

Castin takes like 1 hour max to repair

[@tiko4621]

Valve cover does not leak here nothing leaks anymore actually ;) .03 GLS Jetta 1.8t AWP

[@Paynos]

The 1.8T was my first introduction to owning anything close to a "performance" car too in my Ibiza Cupra. A light remap and induction mods for just over 200 brake on a car that weighs around the 1100kg ballpark really does feel punchy. I remember picking up the car for the first time, hitting 3k RPM in second gear and really being blown away by meaty the torque felt at such a low rev range. Remarkably good engine for the era it comes from.

[@OpTiclightning]

I just bought a audi a3 1.8 20vt (150hp version) and it replaces my seat leon 1.6 16v, man what a difference, exactly like you say, sooo punchy in the low rpm, whole different world

[@noeterry6637]

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[@rafaelalbert8348]

@Noe Terry Instablaster ;)

[@noeterry6637]

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[@noeterry6637]

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[@xdboterham]

I've had my Audi TT mk1 since I was 17 and I'm planning on keeping it since it was given to me by my parents. I see it as something to always remember them by. I've probably spend to much money on keeping it going but thats fine by me :)

[@stevieg2483]

Agree! Cars are way more than just a mode of transport, they have soul and meaning. I shipped mine across the world with me.

[@manlaibaatarganzorigt9049]

Keep it for as long as possible my mate. Cheers

[@5amH45lam]

@@manlaibaatarganzorigt9049 yes, and watch it go up in value, if you can keep the miles down. That car is a future collectors item. A great future first-time collector's purchase, I predict. Not that you'd want to _sell_ it, given its sentimental value! It does give an incentive to _keep_ it, though. The Mk1 TT broke moulds (literal and figurative, you could argue!) when it was released. It is an icon of its era. This will lift it above virtually any other car of that period, with respects to future collectibility (that even a word??). Basically, it's a banker! 👍🏻😎

[@gplusgplus2286]

Same here. I have mine since 2004 and plan to keep it as long as.

[@luna454BB]

I’ve semi-recently been given mine from my grandpa, who also shows an interest in cars, he got himself a near identical one, I’m planning on trying to keep this car as long as I possibly can!

[@sully3900]

I had this motor in a 1999 Audi B5 Avant, absolutely loved it! I currently still have my 2001 S4 B5 30 valve 2.7 V6 bi-turbo...bought this car brand new:)

[@S50Sinner]

Ayy, I've got a B5 sedan with the 1.8t. It's lovely

[@ivanbeniquez3864]

Sell it to me please

[@philipanthony7531]

My first 'warm' Hatch had this engine in the Mk4 Golf GTI. Gets a bad rap now but moving from a 1.3 Fiesta it felt like a revelation and reached 180k without drama

[@bensmithkent22]

Phil A the forgotten gti.

[@Dez456]

I was wondering if JayEmm would release a video today, then BAM !!

[@depthofshine]

Good one prob lost on most.

[@yee4618]

I like what you did there !

[@CLynched]

Aha

[@Gstriker10]

I feel like the Swaffham joke is going to be thoroughly overlooked. Made me laugh more than it should have!

[@bensmithkent22]

Gstriker10 explain I was waiting for an Alan Partridge reference or am I way off. I was ushered out of the Swaffham rotary club fete over xmas by elitist old farts. I live in Dartford.

[@Gstriker10]

Lifesloser not sure if it’s an Alan Patridge reference. My interpretation was that given he’s talking about a webbed-block I believe it may have been an inference that the demographic of swaffham share similar “webbed-features”.

[@RFagricontracting]

People from the east of England will crease at that joke, others might struggle

[@zakimarzuki8227]

I have a B5.5 Passat with this engine and it was superb!

[@GadgetMart]

I had this engine in my favourite car. My first car I bought brand new A 2005 Octavia vRS Absolutely fantastic, smooth, powerful, economical and reliable. If I could go out tomorrow and buy another one new I would.

[@MeganeMondeoMX5]

I've got a Mk1 VRS and it's far from economic.

[@Carrera-gp9od]

DarkStryder360 I had one , very economical for a 180hp biggish family car , I had an Impreza before that , thT was a thirsty bastard

[@MeganeMondeoMX5]

@@Carrera-gp9od I get 30mpg or less daily driving. Motorways are much more economical though.

[@GadgetMart]

DarkStryder360 I had 42 mpg from mine on the motorway

[@Zsword92]

Smooth motors and a nice lump of torque low down

[@robsamuel5290]

Nate M mine had 260 lb-ft on a stage 1 which was loads for my 2nd ever car lol

[@TheWolf133]

Yeah yeah yeah until your vacuum hoses start tearing

[@fuch1971]

Rebuilt a mk2 golf for my son a couple of years ago and the 20vt engine box & loom now lives in the engine bay.....it’s a fun car !

[@megavidio97]

I have owned a Leon Cupra R with the BAM varient for a few months now and I'm still blown away by how good it is

[@socalguy829]

amazing isn't it. for a 20 year old car, with a remap and small mods it keeps up with modern hot hatches

[@vp5]

What until you get a mk2 Cupra R then. I've had both and the EA113 engine is immense for the money

[@bf2404]

Any input on a APX Engine?

[@andrew5200]

Had an A3, TT and lastly an S3 with those motors. Very impressive at the time.

[@jammyb2008]

Mk4 Golf 1.8T AUM 52 plate got it to 230bhp with a custom code stage 2 remap. This was 2009. Loved that car. Had the R-Line bumpers and milltek exhaust. Was a blooming go-kart. Then mortgages and life got in the way. 😅

[@DjNikGnashers]

I'm not an Audi fan at all, but I have massive respect for that engine, it is a strong and tunable unit. Personally I'm a straight 6 BMW fanatic, but these engines are definitely in my top 5.

[@vp5]

Yep bi turbo straight six. E90 either petrol or diesel. Immense engines.

[@ciprypop]

I remember driving the S3 with tuned BAM in 2007 and dreaming about owning one with not one chance due to the financial situation in Romania. Moved to the UK 5 years ago and now I have a B8 S4 😁

[@sugar4522]

pop ciprian ioan YES MATE 👍🏻

[@ciprypop]

@@sugar4522 Thank you. It is beyond my dreams 😁

[@5amH45lam]

What about the VAG 1.9 TDI block from that same era? I bet that was used in even more vehicles than the 1.8T petrol...

[@gg_vard]

A bulletproof diesel

[@Марк.Фетнов]

Yes there was even a marine version!

[@Fee.1]

The INA is my favorite VAG product

[@TomSmithsmit]

The legend of the PD130

[@bensmithkent22]

In many a passat.

[@drewwagar]

I have a 1.8T BAM 225 TT - Fabulous mini GT car, not super quick but a great long distance machine with a smudge of 'classic' about it nowadays. Still looks sharp today. Handling is a bit lifeless, but a few tweaks can sort this apparently. A good engine, though not very characterful. The 1.8T started out as 150 bhp (MK4 Golf GTI I believe) and ended up at 240 in the TT QS as you had on the video - not a bad run!

[@marioameno2220]

I bought my Jetta wagon 1.8t when I was 15 (AWP 180HP) I have it tuned and I refuse to ever get rid of the car. Keeping it forever and ur so right. The only people who hate are the ones who have never drove them

[@RekSpace]

My TT 225 is 20 urs old now still pulls strong and fun to drive , also easy to work on ; )

[@felix911turbo]

More specifically, the 1.8t engine was designed by Audi AG and it debuted with the 1994 Audi A4 B5. Later it was adopted by a big variety of VAG models as you already mentioned. Keep up the good work with the channel. You’re doing a great job!

[@mattsmoto1742]

Had a AUQ 1.8t in my mk1 skoda octavia vrs 2001 plate. Now in a mk2 skoda octavia vrs with the tfsi. Another brilliant engine from vw

[@dariuscarpenter7211]

I know im 5 months late but i can't thank you enough on the background of my engine! I have three of them. I have a silver b5 2000' and and gold slick top 2001 and a black b6 2004. All 18ts. I love every single one of them. I plan on stroking one of them to a 2.0L. ( The silver car is a rwd drift project.

[@glee7404]

I waited 20 years to get my hands on a mk1 tt 225bhp and I have had it a year now and I love it, perfect to cruise in and if you like speed they really can shift.

[@robsamuel5290]

I had the AUM engine in my Mk4 Golf GTI - R-Tech stage 1 and had it for 8-9 years, amazing engine!!!

[@MrSnowmonkey7]

A 1.8t BAM is in my mk2 Golf that I built over a decade ago and it rips. It was a great introduction to proper tuning for me and will always have a place in my heart. It is also a bit of a bugger - while the engine is strong, the ancillaries are a bit temperamental.

[@emejdoubleti]

It's like James knows what car/engines I'm researching and a day later BAM, he's on it. Like a methaphysical bond or something between viewer and presenter 😂

[@sportzntouring]

Haha great minds think alike!

[@martinbourke6157]

My brother had a 1998 Audi A4 quattro 1.8T it was amazing. It looked like the old touring cars from around then.

[@edwardkarran4963]

I passengered in a great lad who spent 4 years building his first car, a MK3 2.0 Auto, swapping to a 1.8T BAM. It was an extensive conversion, every nut and bolt brand new. He said every single wire was correct and matched all the way through, all electrics and OBD working. Have a few videos of if doing pulls but it was an engineering masterpiece.

[@stephencollins7714]

I had a '99 MK1 TT 225 coupe from new and after a couple of years had AMD work their magic on it taking output to a reliable 270BHP. I also had the exhaust and shocks/springs changed at the same time and it really transformed the car. The extra power and torque was very noticeable but it was the handling that was most transformed as it dialled out a lot of the body roll that can be seen from the car on track in your clip. That engine always felt really strong and maybe I did not really appreciate how good it was at the time. Almost bought the car back a few years and many miles later and it was still delivering the goods. I keep looking at used Mk1 TT prices and telling myself that they cannot get any lower, seems finally to be some appreciation for the car now.

[@MatsGarage]

I put the 180 hp AGU lump into my Mk1 Scirocco. Soo much fun, traction was crap off the line but once it hooked up it was quick!

[@MatsGarage]

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[@MalcolmXpat]

great upload, very informative. There seems to be plenty of online forums that believe the 1.8 Turbo engine is riddled with reliability issues. I also believe it's one of the reasons the Golf Mk4 gti lost its mojo. 8.5 seconds 0-60 due to being underpowered and overweight. Cheers for the upload!

[@woody555kl]

Ive owned MK4 1.8t's and yes there are reliability issues but there well known and forums are full of guides and helpful people all problems with them are old news now so easily sorted, my last gti wasn't standard for longer than a month it was too slow.

[@socalguy829]

0-60 for 1.8T GTi was 7.9 secs, i believe you're thinking of the 2.slow. only real issue which kills these engines is the oil sludging/coking issues, have to religiously change the oil and clean the oil pickup strainer regularly. and vacuum hoses are a pain

[@richardgraham7672]

I'm on my 2nd B5 A4 with the AJL 1.8T variant with 132kw stock. Great cars. I've always serviced mine at 10-12k km with good quality oil and OEM parts. Sold one at 370k km and now the 2nd is at 370k km. Still a solid, fun to drive car! Most of the common problems you encounter with the 1.8T are easy and cheap to fix, and since I've done half a million km on these over 13 years I reckon I've seen most of them. I've had a 2.7TT S4 in that time too and now also own an A6 3.0T supercharged, bloody great cars!

[@lja-c104]

My uncle had a tt 1.8 which he tuned to near 300hp, which was lively. He also drove the octavia vrs for the police which was tuned he loves that engine. great video keep up the good work :)

[@pb7870]

That Quattro sport is in beautiful condition and only 9k miles! I hope to get a 225 when the lockdown ends

[@haviiithelegogunner907]

I own a lot of VAG cars. Old and new ones. Best VAG drivers car? 225 hp TT Coupé. I just love it.

[@shehroz3421]

Look forward to the 1.9 TDi History Lesson.. Best Engine EVER.

[@jaapfeitsma559]

Got one myself! 225 quattro. A lot of car and fun for your money.

[@VladoT]

Great video, I've had an 180BHP Audi TT tuned to about 350BHP with FrankenTurbo and it was amazing. Sold now.

[@puhakpe]

Back in the day I bought 2003 Bora with this magnificent engine. It had 150 hp as standard but with a software tune it had 220 hp. And boy was it quick. Just loved it. And it didnt have any problems at all.

[@chrisward490]

We had a Leon Cupra 180 bhp, very linear when on throttle, one of the favourite cars we’ve owned! Seem to remember the coil packs were prone to failure, which was a common fault.

[@grantsnell6782]

I had an Audi A4 B5 Quattro with the AEB version in which I put a KO4 turbo, and a cat delete etc. A great car I remember fondly.

[@realmusicreallife]

I had a Audi A4 1.8t bex 190 sport Quattro and it was one of my favourite cars. Mine felt underpowered but that’s due to proper Torsen Quattro system and extra weight. Still loved it though and loved the tuning potential

[@mrmonday42]

That's a stunning example of a TT, maybe the best I've ever seen.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

It's immaculate

[@tgktgkify]

I had one of the very first TTs in the UK - I ordered it about 3 years previously! It was a very nice 225bhp black coupe. Ended up selling it for slightly more than I paid for it, which was nice. (That was just before they started falling off the road and the recall/spoiler thing happened).

[@rich5223]

I owned a seat Leon Cupra with that engine. It was stunning to drive lots of power. I remember when you really gave it some it would pull badly to the left. I remember Jeremy clarkson showing that on Top gear.

[@smilepermile888]

My japanese maternal uncle owned a 2004 Audi A4 Avant B6 Quattro in dark blue with this 1.8T 20v engine and he took me in that car to the japanese alps in Nagano for skiing and hiking annually for nearly 10 years. He did some really naughty speeds and it definitely was one of the catalysts that got me to becoming a petrolhead and appreciating sporty estates/wagons. I liked the moment of 'decel' - it had a beefy bassy tone for a 4 cylinder and at times it almost had a subaru EJ boxer-like rumbling sound. My paternal irish aunt had an Audi TT 1.8T 225ps in a lighter shade of blue but without this sporty package that the car in this video had. I haven't been in that car much to say what I felt about the 1.8T 20v engine in that however.

[@EinserDrive]

2 years ago I had a Seat Ibiza 6L FR 1.8T with 230hp. Unfortunatly I had to sell the car for a bigger car. But damn.. I miss it so much. The power to weight ratio was something to lookout for. And the torque, just keeps pulling. So rad

[@adrianflower3230]

Thanks, James. Very educational. I've got an '04 TT Convertible. Its the weedy one with only 150bhp. I bought it for the rag top, as I'd never owned one before. The engine is a delight even with the lowest power option. It doesnt have the 4 wheel drive, but with what I use if for, I dont need the complexity or weight that brings. I dont care that people think its the hairdresser edition because: 1) its all about open top fun 2) Putting more power in something so scuttly wobbly would be a mistake IMO. 3) I still have hair and my mates dont! Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.

[@TheUffeHammer]

I had a 1.8t 2003 passat stationcar tuned into 200hp and it was a fantastic car to drive, especially after the dampers got replaced so it didn't steer like a boat.

[@Waterlego]

Set of rods and they’ll handle up to 400hp all day every day. Brilliant things

[@rodbrown8306]

Yeah nothing wrong with that!

[@TheRichardZ99]

Currently got a 99' S3, first turbo car, love it

[@Stu047]

I owned a '99 A3 1.8T for almost 12 years. Yeah, it was only the 150 BHP "entry level" configuration of the engine but that car was an absolute pleasure to own and did much to sell me on Audi ownership for the foreseeable.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

I think the RR 6.75L engine is also worth a mention. It has been around in little changed form since the 1970's....and still out there today powering Bentley's built as lately as 2009....

[@TheEowli]

what are you on about? no modern rolls uses the 6.75 v8 you are talking about, the modern 6.75 is just a bmw n73/n74 v12, so no not the same engine at all

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

@@TheEowli Damn...I've been rumbled...

[@otherstuff9121]

I bought by chance passat b5 1.8t (made 2000) for peanuts during the first lock down just to be able to drive short distances in my country. I didn't know much about the engine, but because of the lock down I started reading about it and finally decided to tune it up from 150hp to 180hp (stage 1). Since then it's my favourite car. I drove it trough europe many times as the flights were canceled etc. I made 30000 in one year and it still runs like a clock and overtakes and competes with newer cars easily with 330000km. The consuption on highway is around 6,5l/100km. During this period I had to replace alternator, battery, spark plugs and oxigen sensor.. I did all the work myself by watching youtube, except alternator and timing belt . I also change oil and filters myself easily. I left it with my parents as I went back to uk, but can't wait to drive it again.

[@Petrolheadd-u2u]

Arrrr hood old days I had MK4 golf 150Bhp then put Ko3S turbo on it etc loved it TBF! then put that engine into a kit car... great memories!😁

[@xicofaria]

I'm keeping as best as I can my 20 year-old mk1 TT 225cv spider wich is the only 2-seat manual, convertible, quattro, turbo car in existence. It works everytime, pushes strong and delivers grin in spades.

[@anthonymurray6838]

I actually just bought an audi tt 225 amazing fun little car, the engine is great

[@BiglumpADV]

As an owner of a Skoda Octavia VRS MK1 I have too agree how good these engines are. I've owned other vag group cars with it in and overall if not abused they're really reliable.

[@brianmcmillan2272]

Have 2003 B5.5 Passat 1.8T AWT with almost 250,000 miles ,feels like it will run forever.

[@foureyes5498]

Love the 1.8t in my b6 a4. Fun peppy little motors. With a stage 2 tune it’s more than enough to put a smile on your face and still get good gas mileage.

[@ВладимирУфимцев-ч8м]

What milliage you have on your Audi, sir? I'm going to buy audi A4 b6, 1.8t 2005 with 140 miles on it. I need to know what should I look up first of all and what should I fix before it got worse. Thank you if you decide to reply me)

[@KowalDWR]

@@ВладимирУфимцев-ч8м still looking for a 1.8t? I can answer some questions related. Feel free to ask.

[@ВладимирУфимцев-ч8м]

@@KowalDWR already have this car haha

[@KowalDWR]

@@ВладимирУфимцев-ч8м 👍🏻

[@sagecouncil]

I live in the Czech Republic.. I own a Czech designed Super 7 style car called a Kaipan 57..It is fitted with a VAG 1 8 turbo AUM engine. It weighs about 800 kg and has been mapped to over 200 horsepower. As you can imagine it goes pretty quick. I have owned it for 2 years now and this engine is superb. Never ever had any problems with it.

[@troyy2307]

I own a 2002 mk4 GTI with the 1.8t since new. It is a fun car to drive and even comfortable for a taller person.

[@northscott]

I had a 2001 TT 225 around 2005/6. My commute to work at the time was mostly winding B roads so this was the perfect car for me. Loved the exterior and interior in equal measures - which rarely happens. My TT gave me 2 years of (pretty much) trouble-free motoring. However, I then went from the TT to an RX-8 which was bonkers and very very temperamental.

[@GyroPyro121212]

These 1.8Ts are fantastic engines. I’ve had my 2005 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro 6 Speed since I was 16 (7+ years ago) and beat the absolute snot out of it. Despite various issues with the car, the engine has always held strong. It now has 140,xxx miles (225,xxx km) and is holding strong after having a tune/full exhaust (and some other lesser hp upgrades) on it since around 130,000 miles (209,xxx km).

[@sinediss]

I have got 1.8t Audi tt with 325 000 km and it still rund as new, fucking great engine! Love its sound ❤️

[@Logicalx]

Was going to jump you if you didn’t mention the MK1 Octavia VRS! 🤣 Got a very subtle OEM+ Stage 2, 230ish BHP. Love them so much I bought two!

[@mikewillwerth7726]

I love it in my 01 golf gls 4 Dr. And my 04. TT 225 convertible

[@nomessininc.]

Fantastic engines, pretty much un-killable if looked after, unless you turn the torque up 300ft lbs on stock internals. Best served in something light like a polo/ibiza or swapped into an older body.

[@Trochanus]

I hahve had bought a S3 8l, when I was 20 in 2015, was an amazing fun car.

[@chriscole9621]

I own a 2002 180 quattro Audi TT currently but my introduction to the 1.8t was my friends first car a 2002 vw Passat. That was the first car I got to drive fast

[@gdfggggg]

My W reg TT was the best car I ever had. I had the 225 version. It was such a nice car to look at and drive.

[@chrisenright7003]

Hi Jay. Can you pick up where you left off with this and do the missing 2nd part? This video feels a little like the introduction to a piece aabout how to tune the motors, Apx vs bam, known faults and remedies, and maybe a buyer's checklist. Keep up the good work.

[@KeithJD]

The TT quattro Sport is a nice car. Pricey now.

[@888mattd]

£10-12k

[@KeithJD]

@@888mattd Yeah, about €8k more than a decent 225. Pricey.

[@marcnobel3938]

Cool Video! Every day you can learn something new hear. Very interesting. - Cars which also used the 1.8 T from the factory: Donkervoort and KTM in the X-Bow - Not really a lot of units I guess :-D

[@petersteiner6061]

Very nice red color with black roof 🚘👍

[@ArcofZen]

I had a MK1 225bhp TT for many years, it was Revo mapped (to 265bhp) at around 80k miles and was still going strong at 150k miles. Still on the original exhaust and clutch! Not bad for a 20 year old car. Swapped it for a MK2 3.2 v6 which was slower, and thirstier...sounded amazing though 😉

[@sportzntouring]

I had no idea it was so ubiquitous!! (I'll admit, I was slightly distracted by how cool those bucket seats were in the TT. Might wrap the backs of mine like that)

[@nickcarr5596]

I’m on my 3rd. Skoda Octavia VRS mk1, Skoda Octavia 4x4 Mk1, and now a Audi TT.

[@superfast30]

Motor was a beast when it was released. It's basically the 427 small block of the European tuning scene. Relatively inexpensive, extremely tunable and robust! Some versions like the one in the B6 A4 had a cast iron crank while the version found in the Jetta GLI etc had a forged crank etc!

[@thabakkera]

I own a Seat Leon Cupra R with 275bhp out of that great 1.8 20V and it is a great car!

[@shahab_shawn_siahpoosh]

A very happy owner of a MK1 TT 225hp. Beside the design of my car, I absolutely love the engine. The engine revs happily to the redline and has lots of low end torque above 2200 rpm. All that being said the vacuum system in these cars is a nightmare when they get old and cracked. My advice if you start getting leak on vacuum system, replace the whole system. It's pricey, but you're done for 20 more years if done correctly. Also as they get old it is common to have some old leak and coolant leak. But which sport car from early 2000 does not have its own flaws and character.

[@sotirispolitis4617]

180 versions had 19mm pins, 210&225 versions had 20mm pins. The only other version that featured the larger pins was the early 150 engines, found in cars between '94 and '99-mid2000. Those early engines also had what's now called a "bigport" head, with bigger intake and exhaust runners (the valve sizes were the same), which made them more suited for high horsepower applications when the owner couldn't afford a head porting job. Most turbo engines had a forged crank and cast pistons, however the 210 & 225 had aluminum forged Mahle pistons with lower compression (9.0 from 9.5). All version had cast I-beam rods, with differences in wrist pin sizes, as mentioned.

[@Johnnyknox1234]

I had one of these in a Mk1 Octavia VRS and with a custom remap (v-power 99 Oct fuel) and cat-back exhaust it made 239 bhp and never, ever had an issue. Great engine.

[@vagcars-kl2bg]

Still using my seat Leon top sport cupra Auq 1.8 20vt everyday and it still surprises people how quick it can go fo a almost 20 year old car

[@michaelporter4050]

I had the 150hp version in a Seat Alhambra. It got me my first ever speeding ticket at the age of 53! 96.7 mph on the M1. I had been doing over a ton, but fortunately had slowed down a bit when they caught me.

[@pedallinraw]

🤘🏻🥳

[@martinDynamique]

I've never been a VAG fan, but I ended up buying a cheap MOT failure TT 225 a few years ago to fix and sell on, and it's managed to stay ever since, everyone who drives it becomes attached to it, everyone who's never driven it, however, are filled with hate for it!

[@simonpalethorpe8350]

Seat leon cupra r is wot i have and its tuned and so much faster than u would think.i love it.

[@Todayus91]

I love my 1.8T MK4 GTi Conservatively modded reliable and looks the part.

[@honey6446464]

Have 225 APX whit a tune in a MK3 GTI! Fun combo whit all the torque. And thanks to the lighten flywheel it’s really revs

[@alandickinson9996]

My Cupra R 225 was my favourite car ever I owned two of them over the last 11 years miss them ever day 😔 only just upgraded to a M130 .

[@energymc22]

1:40 - the Cordoba was released well before the Leon (around 1994 or so) and was based on the 2nd gen Ibiza. It was popular in countries where large engined cars are heavily taxed so people prefer saloon versions of small cars (which still come with small engines). That said, I never knew the cordoba was fitted with the 1.8 20v. Probably because I grew up in one of the said countries where no one bought this variant...

[@TheTrickytrick88]

I had a mk1 seat Leon Cupra 180, loved that car apart from the faded yellow paint.

[@ischafer567]

My only experience with this 1.8T was also in a Seat Leon Mk1, but only on for a test drive. Enjoyed it quite a lot actually, should have probably bought that instead of the rusty Mazda 3 I ended up with. I think it showed a check engine light half way through the test drive, which is not nice, but I guess this could have been fixed by the dealer quite easily.

[@davekennedy6315]

The Vauxhall Red Top 2.0 16 valve was regarded as the finest 16 valve engine for a long time. The head was designed by Cosworth and put out a very impressive for the time 156 bhp and race versions (Touring cars, Rally etc) put out 300bhp naturally aspirated. It was a fantastic engine, especially in the Astra GTE 16v. I owned one back in the 90s and other hot hatches (and bigger cars) of the times weren't much competition in a straight line. It's a shame the handling wasn't of the same standard but once used to its foibles it was a fun car (very scary at over 120mph!) Mine was around 8 years old and I used to drive it flat out down our local bypass, so that was over 130mph daily for about 4-5 years! It handled that abuse perfectly, never once did I have any real problems with the car. I miss it!

[@tallerdefab]

You forget the VW Sharan 1.8T and Seat Alambra 1.8T

[@donsirsimon]

i had a B5 A4 1.8 turbo 20v quattro. it had bigger injectors, Gt28RS turbo, custom exhaust manifold, Vems ECU. Bodykit, repainted in Dodge Viper blue.... It was a quick car. around 260-270 hp. Loud blowoff noise... I read somewhere that these 20v engines were originally developed for touring car racing and then taken and made to fit into road cars. Something like that. Lot of years have passed since i owned that car.

[@donsirsimon]

From Audi A4 wikipedia page B5 section: "The Audi A4 was the first model in the Volkswagen Group to feature the new 1.8-litre 20v engine with five valves per cylinder, based on the unit Audi Sport had developed for their Supertouring race car. A turbocharged 1.8T version produced 150 PS (110 kW; 148 bhp) and 210 N⋅m (155 lb⋅ft) torque. " :)

[@itwasnteveryfloor5038]

2004 vw jetta 1.8t, 238k miles, runs like a champ. Also APR'd

[@MultiSilver3000]

Amazing reliable engine, have a 260hp leon myself.

[@oliversaunder1469]

Had this engine in a few cars, two favs would be the Seat Leon cupra r mk 1 and Seat Ibiza cupra mk3

[@gnarshread]

I played with B5 S4's- 2.7t and tdi's for ages. I am currently playing with my first 1.8t and am really enjoying it. I totally get the attraction. The plan is to slap a gtx2867 on it with supporting mods and hurt my s4 friends feelings at S4RW.

[@shoxy84]

the rods are a weak point even on standard abused 1.8T's then badly mapped cars with massive torque/boost spikes. 11 years had a tuned mk4 now with 120k miles, hybrid turbo, bigger injectors still standard internals and no issues others than general maintenance costs. Not bad for an 18 year old engine