"Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>: Re: only in europe-gearing q'-CLARIFICATION-

[mark.peele@juno.com (Mark A. Peele)]

well . . . 200kph  would be about 125mph

i the man was mistaken about 150mph from a 75hp motor driving a 3000
pound car.
__________________________________________________________
 . . . Mark
Scirocco 1982, 1980S (dying), previously 1981S (RIP), 1975TS, 1975
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From: "Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>
To: scirocco-l@privateI.com
Subject: Re: only in europe-gearing q'-CLARIFICATION-
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 21:48:29 +0000
Message-ID: <199710140253.VAA28014@raid2.fddi.phoenix.net>

for all you people (and there were a LOT of you) I am positive
the guy said 150 MPH...because he rattled it off in kph, then 
stopped, and said "er around 150 miles per hour"..because he kept 
throwing out phrases like "getting up to 200 clicks in no time", 
which on our confused faces he converted the kph to mph so we could 
better relate.

someone actually did reply with some very helpful info about gearing 
and being able to reach that 150mph, which i'm going to start looking 
into.

Ryan


> must of meant 150 kilometers per hour
> __________________________________________________________
>  . . . Mark
> Scirocco 1982, 1980S (dying), previously 1981S (RIP), 1975TS, 1975
> 
> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:21:57 +0000 "Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>
> writes:
> >met a guy today from Germany, with a German '93 Passat
> >75 hp, yet he says he can do 150 all day long, it's all in the 
> >gearing. Of course it looses to everythign off the line but he went 
> >on to explain in europe they dont race light to light..but country to 
> >country on that autobahn,so performance is measured in top end.
> >
> >Now, can someone explain to me how that little 8v 75hp engine
> >can do 150 because of gearing..and why cant we get that gearing?
> >
> >Ryan
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