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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Re: Restricted top speed (Re: 93 Jetta GLX 6 cylinder-)
- Date: 24 Nov 1992 04:16:07 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, ereddy@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Edward Reddy MI) says:
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- >In article <1epjnsINNja9@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) writes:
- >>nope..sorry. The also do it on the 750il's, and the 850i. Not sure
- >>about the others, but i KNOW they do it on these two, and can probably
- >>find the article on the 850.
- >>DREW
- >
- >Well, in CARandDRIVER, the top speeds of the 318 is 119mph.
- >325i - 128mph.
- >525i - 128mph.
- >535i - 148mph.
- >735i - 140mph.
- >750i - 158mph.
- >850i - 156mph.
- >M5 - 156mph.
- >
- >Does a car that can go 156mph have a govener? Think about that one...
-
- if you are refferring to the 850, yes. in fact, i believe they are
- limited to 155. now, is 156 such a margin of error? many things
- could allow this extra mph, from rounding, to wind, to throttle
- position. I do know that they have one..gonna have to look for
- the article...
-
- >140mph is really fast. A Corvette ZR-1 is 171mph - also extremley fast.
- >
- >I don't know, but when I was in germany, even doing 125mph was plenty
- >speed. But 140 in a Golf? Eeeek. Do I even want to be in a Golf VR6
- >doing 140mph? Hmmmm. I doubt that the vehicle is governed. The Corrado
- >VR6 does 140mph quite well, but I would have to assume its .32 drag
- >coefficient(sp) would eventually stop it somewhere. The Golf is lighter,
- >but has more drag. 140mph would seem a logical speed for a 172(is that
- >correct?) HP engine.
- sounds like a damn silly one! esp. since the advertised top speed of the
- G60 was 40..that's 30 extra horses, and i believe a higher redline, which
- would indicate that the power comes higher in the curve(i have NO proof,
- as i haven't seen a power curve plot!, but they usually have a reason for
- raising the redline. RE: golf8v vs golf 16v)) seems to me that the
- vr6 corrado should go over 140, unless limited.
- DREW
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