High Speeds

lorddoom · Post by **lorddoom** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:15 am

I've had my bug up to 90, stock 1600 with dual carbs and a header. I have had my non-vw vehicle up to 130-135ish but it was pretty scary, a bit of vibration and the nose was lifting somewhat

EASY RIDER · Post by **EASY RIDER** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:53 am

I've had my super at 90 going down a Raton Pass into Colorado. 85 on a flat, that was the fastest for a stock 1600. As far as other cars go, why don't you all tell what kind of cars you have gone fast in rather than saying how fast in a non VW. I have held(30 min) 125 in my '97 328is BMW and touched 133 almost 135 before in the same car. The car is stable and the engine sounds great. 125 with my wife in car and 133 with her also. She would not put up with 133+ for long.

lorddoom · Post by **lorddoom** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:56 am

My other car is a 71 ford torino gt. Big engine, lots of power, and it also weighs over 2 tons. I try not to drive it too much anymore, 9 mpg on premium isn't happy on my wallet. The fastest I have been as a passenger was in my dads 98 vette, at 150.

EASY RIDER · Post by **EASY RIDER** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:09 am

My father-in-law has set the cruise controll on his 98 vette at 147 for 85 miles before

. The stretch of road is wide open but I don't think he is all that smart. You know the curb weight on the 328 is 4200 pounds.

theo_m24 · Post by **theo_m24** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:57 pm

EASY RIDER wrote:140 in what?With what engine?

In a bug with a fast back transmission and motor from what I remember was over 2000cc...

1969bluebug · Post by **1969bluebug** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:28 pm

I have had my car pinned at well over 100. Not sure how fast I was going but I was keeping up with my friends POS ricer honda thing.

It was for well over a mile and my head temps shot well up...

There was alot of wheel vibration towards the end, but other wise it handled fine.

its a 1915 with dual 44 idfs 1 5/8ths header/phatboy

tangent-theSuper73 · Post by **tangent-theSuper73** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:42 am

my friend got up to 112 on the way to get fireworks

"they were going to close soon" we stayed around 100 for about 40 min. the scary thing was when we cought up to the next person infrount of us he would tailgate for a while at about 90

1776 kardons wild cam this guy kills motors

73notch · Post by **73notch** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 8:05 pm

hey wally, how about some specs on the 2l type 4? happy with the power?

vwpirate · Post by **vwpirate** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 6:18 am

TKisner wrote:Hello, Euro Look or at least my interpretation of it has particular emphasis on high speeds with handling to boot. I was wondering exactly what is the high speed you guys have ever driven in your volkwsagon as well as what is the highest speed you have ever maintained for a couple minutes. Thanks alot

I had a 1600cc up to about 105 in 3rd(didn't want to try 4th because the car itself wasnt very stable). I also had a 2165cc that I rolled the 100mph speedo to about 10-15mph( approx 135mph if it was accurate). I only held it there for a few minutes because I didn't trust my tires. The car felt stable but any headwind or sidewind could have been bad news.

dubwcoast · Post by **dubwcoast** » Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:06 am

in my 72 bug with 1915, scat h beam rods, dpr forged crank, 120 cam with straight cuts, 8.8-1 cr, 042 p/p heads and dual 44 ids and stock tranny i hit 85 in 3rd. fastest ive been is around 110-115 about 5000 rpms. but the engine can go up to about 6400, or thats the farthest ill take it. on the freeway, i cruise at 85-87 with oil temps not going past 205 degress. it was also built by me

jakriz · Post by **jakriz** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:42 pm

I have seen my tacho over 7200rpm on a private road..........but I regularly get it over 6000rpm in top on the track, car is very very stable.
Jak

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jasonb · Post by **jasonb** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:10 pm

...I had a 1600cc up to about 105 in 3rd(didn't want to try 4th because the car itself wasnt very stable)...

That's 7000rpm.

Very impressive for a 1600. What were the stats on that engine?

tangent-theSuper73 · Post by **tangent-theSuper73** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:18 am

jasonb wrote:
...I had a 1600cc up to about 105 in 3rd(didn't want to try 4th because the car itself wasnt very stable)...
That's 7000rpm.

Very impressive for a 1600. What were the stats on that engine?

he runs the site http://www.vwpirates.com/engine.htm

Specs.
85mm mahle pistons
69mm scat crank
40mm x 35mm valves
10lb flywheel
scat c-45 cam
1 4/8 extractor
dual weber 44idf carbs

vwpirate · Post by **vwpirate** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:45 pm

jasonb wrote:
...I had a 1600cc up to about 105 in 3rd(didn't want to try 4th because the car itself wasnt very stable)...
That's 7000rpm.

Very impressive for a 1600. What were the stats on that engine?

Very close. It was actually 7200rpm. I need to make a correction to the above engine specs. The exhaust was 1 5/8. This was an old engine of mine. My current one is about the same but running higher CR, an Engle 130 cam, and I pulled the venturi out of the carbs. This one is much, much faster as you can see from the times below.

turbo_bob · Post by **turbo_bob** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:30 pm

I have had my bug up to 120 MPH racing a Benz down the 15 freeway. It was stable going straight, but would not want to turn very much at those speeds. The bug is set up for drags. My gear ratios are 4.57 R&P, 3.33, 1.75, 1.09, 0.77 with a 25.5 tire. RPM's at that speed was 5600

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