26-04-2015, 11:15 PM
From what I can see, the 306 would stand up to track abuse better than a 106 will in terms of braking, suspension etc... IMHO the GTi6 engine is as much of a peach as the TU16v engine, it's just that the TU16v takes so much better seemingly to modification than the GTi6 engine - obviously less fragile too. Also the 106 is much better at quick changes in direction, naturally so, it's a good bit lighter.
It totally depends what kinda track you're taking it to also, the bigger, longer tracks will suit the GTi6 more than the 106 - it's swings and roundabouts for certain, I'd prefer the better stability at high speed... From having limited experience in a 106 GTi, I felt it wasn't as friendly beyond the limit as the GTi6, the GTi6 to me is much happier with a lick of trailing throttle into a corner, allowing it to neutralise just to the point that you have to apply ever so slightly less lock and powering out vs the 106 just felt to me like it was less controllable at the point it goes neutral, the ever so slight slide would always go a bit further than you were expecting and ended in more of an "oh shit" moment than "that's what I wanted the car to do"...
All IMHO of course - it's a personal thing, depends whether you like to drive crisp packets or the slightly heavier baked bean tin - to me the baked bean tin just felt sweeter in it's responses.
It totally depends what kinda track you're taking it to also, the bigger, longer tracks will suit the GTi6 more than the 106 - it's swings and roundabouts for certain, I'd prefer the better stability at high speed... From having limited experience in a 106 GTi, I felt it wasn't as friendly beyond the limit as the GTi6, the GTi6 to me is much happier with a lick of trailing throttle into a corner, allowing it to neutralise just to the point that you have to apply ever so slightly less lock and powering out vs the 106 just felt to me like it was less controllable at the point it goes neutral, the ever so slight slide would always go a bit further than you were expecting and ended in more of an "oh shit" moment than "that's what I wanted the car to do"...
All IMHO of course - it's a personal thing, depends whether you like to drive crisp packets or the slightly heavier baked bean tin - to me the baked bean tin just felt sweeter in it's responses.
