Buy a 1.0 k11 (love the basic look) & get as much n/a power out of it but keep it under 1.4 for cheap tax.
I get what you mean. I used to own a mk1 golf I put a Polo GT 1.3 with 1.4 bottom end with 268 cam. People dissed it because I dint put a big engine in, 62bhp & 720 kg was fun, especially...