Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...

[Rabbit16v@attbi.com (Rabbit16v)]

The information is great, and I really mean that but the accusations can be
canned now.  I realize some people need to have science to back everything
up but sometimes it's just not as easy to prove real life happennings.  My
car had a LOT of suspension and body stiffening devices on it plus it had
parts that were more aerodynamic (I don't know how much difference it made,
never rented a wind tunnel).  I don't think the .42 (wherever that came
from) is applicable to my car plus I would trust an older Rabbit for higher
speeds and all around toughness before an MK2 Scirocco which seem to have
problems with heavy breakage under any serious power (the unibody
construction that is).  So, Mr. Spock, maybe you should go to the AOL chat
rooms then and apply your physics there.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
To: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>; "Scirocco List"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...


> Tachometers tend to be even less accurate than speedometers, since there
> are no laws governing their accuracy.
>
> Take a look at the road tests of the 16V and one of the editors
complaining
> that the rev limiter kicked in just before 6800rpm.  On my tach, the rev
> limiter kicks in at 7800.  That's 1000rpm difference between the two (or a
> staggering 14% error between the two -- or 20mph at 140mph!!!!)  In fact,
> both cars hit the limiter at 7200rpm...
>
> Actually, a Rabbit doing 140mph does scare me -- it was never designed to
> go anywhere near those speeds, and the amount of lift created would make
it
> downright dangerous.
>
> The top speed claims on this list are about as accurate as the penis size
> claims in AOL chat rooms.  140mph Rabbits, 14" Man Rods...
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> At 08:54 PM 11/5/2002, Rabbit16v wrote:
> >Did it, checked it, and it was correct.  Thanks though now I have more
> >proof!  Does it just scare you that it will do it or is there some other
> >reason why you have to prove me wrong?  Just an observation :)
> >
> > > > Sounds like there's a big flaw in this theory!  Who wrote
> > > > this anyway?  I
> > > > didn't see a signature.
> > >
> > > Ummm - physics?
> >
> >I understand physics.  If I understand it correctly then my Rabbit doing
140
> >should be able to be proven mathematically if it can be done physically
so
> >what's the problem?
> >
> > >   Seems odd that my 2.0l 16v
> > > > Rabbit hit 140mph
> > > > without too much trouble,
> >
> > > Uh, right.  Is that what the speedo read?  VW speedos tend
> > > to read higher at high speed.  What RPM were you turning,
> > > and what was your transmission gearing?  Plug that into the
> > > gear calculator on scirocco.org and you'll get a better
> > > idea of how fast you were really going.
> >
> >Yes, it is with the VW speedo that I got from Germany that reads 240kph.
I
> >have had it checked and it was right on at 60mph.  Again, man, this isn't
a
> >contest and if it were there would only be one person on this list with
the
> >coolest VW of all.  It's ok if someone else's car is faster than yours,
even
> >if it's a Rabbit!  Stop being so jealous the car was totalled about 4
months
> >ago.  BUT, all the cool go fast stuff is going into an MK1 Scirocco so I
can
> >hit 150!!!
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
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