I'm ditching the 2L

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

Anyone know what was under the hood in that video that started this thread?



On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:03:36 -0700 (MST), Eric S
<scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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Mike
'86 red 16v (Red 5)