I'm ditching the 2L

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

I learned that a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 has the ability to do 157 mph or so.

Yes, I was driving (with the owner encouraging me).

I still love those cars to this day...big heavy pig, but god it has some
LEGS.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1988 Audi 90 Quattro
1990 Corrado TDI
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)

Patrick Bureau said:
> fastest I have done in a scirocco has been seriously dumped on when I
> mentioned the tach reading ( and I could say the same about the
> video's tach, RPM vs Speed reading seems iffy if you ask me) so I will
> not want to re-open that can of worms..
>
> But the fastest I ever have done is 9,2 seconds on a quarter Mile
> track in a Ford Maverick with a 400 Chrysler drivetrain, big daddy
> slip and street 60's 2ply as wheels in the rear.
>
> the only other other time I really have gone fast was in a apple green
> 911 porshe on the nevada desert flat hwy, clock on police radar (I was
> not driving - but was a passenger in  someone's car I know well), at
> 190 MPH,btw the police interceptor we passed on the hwy was at a full
> stop, and caught up to us in less that 2 miles, I never got permission
> to get a picture, but I tell you it was a full blow mad max trans-am
> with slick-type tires in the back, and a blower sticking out of the
> hood that would make mad max proud.
>
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:16:07 -0800 (PST), Lars Bruchmann
> <pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> fastest i've gone:  122 mph in my golf gti, 153 mph in
>> a porsche turbo (as a passenger in the back seat), 175
>> mph in a B747 at take-off.
>> --- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> > There is quite a bit on conjecture over how fast he
>> > is -actually- going...  However, anyway you slice
>> > it, he has to be going at least 160 mph, and that is
>> > indeed impressive...  I personally plan to never go
>> > over 150...  :-)
>
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