On the way back from Austin last night, my buddy in his VR6 wanted to play, this time I thought it was my territory, highway style. Well, we ran, and lets just say from 60mph to 120 he pulled on me every so slowly to half a car and thats it. At 120 he was not gaining. I am so ticked that he keeps beating me in such a lower hp car! My friend ran him also in his 97 SE, with a few mods, and he also lost I think by 1 car length. This GTI is bran new, 800 miles, STOCK! Ugggggg...don't make any sense!

 

damn that sucks..

 

Yeah, we were even when we started at 80 and he slowly pulled to about a full car length at 110 and then he couldn't pull on me anymore to 130 where we shut it down. Those GTIs are nice, if they weren't so small I might have got one. You got to remember they weigh a lot less than our cars, so that helps them out a lot.

 

I don't know, the weight difference doesn't appear to be very big, the GTI is listed at 3000lbs vs. 3200lbs for the 2000+ Max and your car is in between. I am suprised that the Golf can do so well given its much weaker hp/torque figures. Maybe VW underrates its engines?

 

I have a feeling it is underated..

 

VW is famous for that. Their current 1.8T is rated at 170 HP, but it's really 180.

 

i heard that VW unrates their engines. just like all the Japanese Companies w/ their 280hp gentleman agreement.

hey russ, 1/2 car length isn't very much, don't fret. But once he breaks in his car more, it might be more than 1/2 length.

like in some magazine i recently read, they said a brand new porsche 911 ran a 12.8 in the 1/4. after 40kmi, he ran a 12

 

Good job Mugen, brighten his day right up! LOL

 

 

Ya, and we have to be aware of the 1.8T cars. A chip and exhaust and look out!

Mark