Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Funny how you seem to be familiar with those manrod size discussions in
"select" AOL chat rooms.

Wait...I don't want to know!  :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
To: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>; "Scirocco List"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Insane speed in german cars... slightly OT, had to share...


> Tachometers tend to be even less accurate than speedometers, since there
> are no laws governing their accuracy.
>
> Take a look at the road tests of the 16V and one of the editors
complaining
> that the rev limiter kicked in just before 6800rpm.  On my tach, the rev
> limiter kicks in at 7800.  That's 1000rpm difference between the two (or a
> staggering 14% error between the two -- or 20mph at 140mph!!!!)  In fact,
> both cars hit the limiter at 7200rpm...
>
> Actually, a Rabbit doing 140mph does scare me -- it was never designed to
> go anywhere near those speeds, and the amount of lift created would make
it
> downright dangerous.
>
> The top speed claims on this list are about as accurate as the penis size
> claims in AOL chat rooms.  140mph Rabbits, 14" Man Rods...
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> At 08:54 PM 11/5/2002, Rabbit16v wrote:
> >Did it, checked it, and it was correct.  Thanks though now I have more
> >proof!  Does it just scare you that it will do it or is there some other
> >reason why you have to prove me wrong?  Just an observation :)
> >
> > > > Sounds like there's a big flaw in this theory!  Who wrote
> > > > this anyway?  I
> > > > didn't see a signature.
> > >
> > > Ummm - physics?
> >
> >I understand physics.  If I understand it correctly then my Rabbit doing
140
> >should be able to be proven mathematically if it can be done physically
so
> >what's the problem?
> >
> > >   Seems odd that my 2.0l 16v
> > > > Rabbit hit 140mph
> > > > without too much trouble,
> >
> > > Uh, right.  Is that what the speedo read?  VW speedos tend
> > > to read higher at high speed.  What RPM were you turning,
> > > and what was your transmission gearing?  Plug that into the
> > > gear calculator on scirocco.org and you'll get a better
> > > idea of how fast you were really going.
> >
> >Yes, it is with the VW speedo that I got from Germany that reads 240kph.
I
> >have had it checked and it was right on at 60mph.  Again, man, this isn't
a
> >contest and if it were there would only be one person on this list with
the
> >coolest VW of all.  It's ok if someone else's car is faster than yours,
even
> >if it's a Rabbit!  Stop being so jealous the car was totalled about 4
months
> >ago.  BUT, all the cool go fast stuff is going into an MK1 Scirocco so I
can
> >hit 150!!!
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
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