GTI 6 Inlet Manifold in 1.8

[C.A.R.]

You know you don't necessarily have to drive everywhere at 9k right?

You know what the majority of cars with an 8.5-9k powerband are like to drive?

Drive it at anything less than about 6k and you're just pottering along. If you want to drive briskly it's fun, but if overtaking on the motorway it is often the case that you drop not just one cog, but two to get into the powerband. I tell you buddy, it's not fun! You also feel like you're being un-sympathetic to the engine when you do it too.

Wide powerband would be nice, and the XU never had a VVT head on it or anything like that, so it could work.