Re: 16V Scirocco top speed

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Well the only problem is that I have significantly changed the tranny. It 
has a 4K r/p and a 9A 1st-4th and an FF 5th. Does this change these 
calculations?

>
>On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 05:15:24 GMT "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
>writes:
> >
> > Well I havent had much opportunity to push the rocco but my 8V
> > rabbit did  135 MPH. Although I have gotten the rocco speedo to point
>to the
> > very bottom of the speedo(100MPH MAX speedo). And that was at about
>4.6k rpm's.
>Drive it at 2300 rpm in 5th gear and take the indicated speed and
>multiply it by 2.
>For an example, if it is 55 MPH @ 2300 RPM, then your speed at 4600 RPM
>is 110 MPH.
>I'm curious to hear what that is... <g>
>
>I was allegedly clocked at 130 MPH in my R.I.P. '81 Scirocco S, JH/FF...
>When I first installed the 1.8L it just had an 85 MPH speedo, and I
>remember running it all out on 495, at the end I let off the gas and it
>took like 10 seconds for the needle to come off of the peg. :^)
>
> > >On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:43:35 -0400 Brett Van Sprewenburg
> > ><brett@netacc.net> writes:
> > > > >I was wondering what are the top speeds of you guys with
> > slightly
> > > > >modified 16V Sciroccos?
> > > > >
> > > > >Thanks,
> > > > >Dan Kraus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, if you can possibly believe it, Jason (TMB) and I were
> > going somewhere past 132 mph a couple of days ago...probably close to
> > 135 or more....oh my gawd fast in one of these cars...
> > > >
> > > > ==Brett
> > >
> > >Yes it is... <g>
> > >Is that a 2Y transaxle?
> > >
> > >When I drove my '88 16V Scirocco on I-95, I would take it to just
> > over 125MPH as often as traffic would allow...
> > >
>Peter
>'79 Scirocco 16V project car
>'83 GTI
>'84 Scirocco, '80 Scirocco, '88 Scirocco 16V
>
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Chris DeLong
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