Re: April EC-16V buyer guide

["Jeremy R. Bromley" <jbromley@mail.enterprise.net>]

> Another thing...they claim 123 top speed (or 122 depending where you
> look in the article).  Is this true or is this a conservative
> manufacturer's claim?  My 8V does 128 mph on 'die Autobahnen'.
> Maybe I have a taller fifth gear?  Has anyone had their 16V over 123?
> 

Well, no I think you have a normal gearbox (probably), but my 8v 
Storm, when it still had its old 1.8l engine would do about 125-130 
as you say, but the main reason for this is that the engines have 
"loosened up", when new and stock engines are tight and need running 
up to get their full potential. It is usually agreed in the UK tuning 
trade that a GTi or Scirocco is no good until it has reached approx 
50k miles, then it really starts to show it's potential! Run a new 
car against exactly the same one with 50k miles on it and the one 
with 50k miles will do much much better. 
Jeremy R. Bromley       --- Events Manager, Corrado Club of Great Britain
jbromley@enterprise.net     http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/3190

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