RE: Re: Scirocco Top Speed?

["Neal Tovsen" <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

Actually, I've seen a Yugo that could possibly do 190 (for real).

It was a full-tub drag chassis with a 450 Chevy in it and rear tires that
were so wide they almost touched each other! With the short wheelbase, they
won't let him run full 1/4 mile drags (he claims it would do fine), so he
has to stick to 1/8 mile races. I don't remember times, but I remember them
being FAST.

His wife uses it as the summer daily-driver to/from work. He says that it's
very well mannered since the engine isn't very heavily modded. The car is so
light that more power would probably just make the car more difficult to
drive, and not really any faster. I think he was somewhere in the high 300hp
range.

Nutz, I tell ya.

Neal

-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Michael Barry
- Pooka Stew
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:40 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Fwd: Re: Scirocco Top Speed?


You can get a Yugo to go 190 mph.

Fill it with cement and push it off a 40-story building.

Use a stopwatch to time it.

Mike

>Reply-To: "Wayne Cressman" <WCressman@csi.com>
>From: "Wayne Cressman" <WCressman@csi.com>
>To: "Peter Walsh" <cerksies@hotmail.com>, <marc@getty.net>,
>        <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Scirocco Top Speed?
>Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:26:58 -0500
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>Pete,
>
>Was that an indicated 130mph on your speedo, which will tend to overread by
>5% to 10% at that speed, or was it timed with the use of a stopwatch and
>milestones?  When tested new the Scirocco had a top speed of 124mph, and
its
>unlikely that a 255,000 mile engine would generate the same power, even
with
>the mods you suggested.  Unless timed properly, people's estimates of the
>speed they were travelling at about as accurate as fisherman's
recollections
>of the fish they caught <vbg>.
>
>Regards,
>Wayne Cressman
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peter Walsh <cerksies@hotmail.com>
>To: <marc@getty.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 10:02 AM
>Subject: Re: Scirocco Top Speed?
>
>
>>
>> I think they get faster in their prime :-).
>>
>> Mine has 255,000 miles on it and I had it up to 130 MPH for a good 5-10
>> seconds b/f i thought I should slow down (if I had better tires at the
>time,
>> Id'v tried a bit further).  Mods were glaspack (good for higher top end
>b/c
>> better flow) and K&N swiss cheese.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> >Okay, just got done racing a 300 ZX on my way home today (beat him, but
>did
>> >not kick his ass unfortunately). We were way over 100 MPH, I think I
made
>a
>> >sustained 127 to 128 in my stock '87 16V for about a two mile and passed
>> >the
>> >ZX on a straight flat stretch of highway. I feel that my Scirocco's
>> >speedometer is VERY accurate and don't think I could go much faster then
>> >that.
>> >
>> >What is the top speed of your Scirocco? I have an original brochure that
>> >says
>> >the top speed is 122, but my 12 year old car pushes a whole 5% faster.
>Any
>> >interesting tid bits to add?
>> >
>> >-Marc
>> >
>> >'74 VW Thing - http://getty.net/thing/ FORSALE in Philly!
>> >'81 VW Jetta Diesel gone to the scrap heap after 178,000 miles
>> >'84 VW Jetta GLi SLC with only 164,275 miles
>> >'87 VW Scirocco 16 Valve with 165,100 Miles, just got it on 7/2/99
>> >
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