Pretty good vid, worth a look....

http://www.ckb.me.uk/movies/top_speed_r32.wmv



Chris

 

That is mad!!! He had the ESP off what is the significance of that?

 

no traction control

 

MPH or KPH?

Ah forget that, if it was kph it wouldn't be much over a 100mph

 

that is the ESP on actually.

 

The dash symbol only lights up with the system disabled....

 

The mans got bottle hitting 175mph is one thing holding it is another. Nutter.

 

175 MPH, with what 240 bhp, fairly heavy ( inkow weight isnt such an issue for max speed but it all counts) and 4wd, I reckon its either been played with or the speedo isnt that accurate, 2wd 320 bhp 911's only just get to that speed.

 

Did wonder that myself, 175 mph-240 bhp-4wd, it doesn't seem to add up, unless its got some bolt on goodies.

 

Very doubtfull that its 240bhp, plus a std golf is electronically limited to 155...

 

Its LHD so could be readin KPH

 

It was flat out on full revs if it was in doin 175KPH he would be hitting that in 4th, imo it was doing about 155 - 165mph on the limiter.

 

Christ - funny. In my new beetle when the light is on the ESP is on. Must be different now. 99 beetle LHD

 

is it just me but i thought it seemed to takes ages getting up to that speed, most performance cars these days will hit 150mph or more loads quicker than the car on this vid

 

Well- the book top speed on my V6 4Motion is 147mph and that has 204 bhp. My old Cally Turbo had the same power, but more torque and topped out at 154... so the 250bhp R32 could get to 160+ I reckon. That and the inaccuracy of the speedo would show that kind of speed....

 

Agree, looks gen to me speedo is reading mph as backup up by 52.f temp and large 18 MPG showing... Durrrrr!

Took about the right time to hit vmax too... just watched a replay of my sti doing 0-to 7k rpm in top around 175mph down a long hill and it does take forever for the last few mph... the sti does 24.5mph per 1000rpm, and my car was clocked at 140mph at elvington speed trap, and was reading 143 on the speedo and Rvit data readout so would have been fairly near...

Gen vid

 

Quote from the guys original post on vwvortex.com


"First off, since this is the internet, I take no official responsibility for the video just posted... nor do I admit it was me, in this public setting but I will use the terms 'me' and 'I' in a hypothetical manner, theoretically speaking , naturally .
First off, I dont believe this is and/or should be locked, as it is merely a thread for discussion on the maximum performance one may achieve out of their 2004 VW R32 without Forced Induction, nothing more.

anywho, 'I' know the dangers of driving 170 mph, in any location at night. 'I' have been on that section of pavement 1000 times, and know every crack and bump.. But 'I' dont want to make it sound like it was safe idea, as those are the only variables which 'I' know wont come into effect. Deer is the main issue, 5-0 being another, along with blown tires, etc. This was done with no other cars around, and when they were caught up to, normal speed was resumed, as to keep the dangers as close to minimal as possible. Also this is not done often, or ever since, or ever before. 'I' happened to have a camera man randomly in the car at 2 am on a long drive home that night.. Driving 110 on a Sunday afternoon is most likely just as dangerous.

Performance mods of the car in question, at the time of the event are as follows:

AEM intake
REVO software
H&R sport springs
Custom exhaust with X pipe and DMH Performance electric cut-out (between Cats and Resonator)
Eurosport rear strut tower bar
18x8 OZ SL's with Kumho Ecsta MX rubber"

 

It doesn't take that much bottle, I've been at similar speeds in my Evo, no probs and the car handled like a dream.

(Apart from running out of juice)

 

[QUOTE=Christ]Custom exhaust with X pipe and DMH Performance electric cut-out (between Cats and Resonator)
QUOTE]
would cats work ok at that speed ? wouldnt they overheat ?

 

52.f=11.c 175@18mpg is still better than my car on a normal run. Also, just because the display is showing MPG doesn't mean it's doing 175mph. You can change the display from mpg to kph as well as temperature read out from .f to .c

Just my 2p's worth

 

Why should he need traction control at that speed anyway? The external shot did not look that fast though!

Les

 

As mentioned earlier - normally TC light on the dashboard normally means it's switched off. The speed is fairly accurate - if you watch the trip meter - he doing a 1/10th of a mile roughly every 2 secs, which equals a mile every 20 secs or 3 miles a min or roughly 180 mph - give or take, allowing for inaccuracies of the speedo. It could also be affected by having a larger wheels that could change the rolling radius, making the speedo less accurate. There must have been a few more mods to that car though - my RX8 with a few exhaust mods is pushing around 235bhp - it is lighter and more aerodynamic than the R32 and will do 150mph, so I'm not sure where he finds the extra 25 mph.

 

ESP works by reducing power to a wheel that is skidding, and also by lightly braking as well, so I reckon he turned it off to a) reduce any potential power loss due to it running, b) stop it potentially applying the brakes at a really inopportune moment.

 

Are you sure?

Every other VAG car I know of puts the ASR or ESP light on when you press the button to turn the system off.

Even when you turn it off and get the light on the system re-arms itself when you switch the ignition off and back on.

Cheers
Lee

 

The 18" wheels have maybe put the speedo out slightly so it is reading faster than it is actually going

 

That's not the case on my Mum's MY00 Beetle or one of my friends MY99.

It's default setting is on. If the button is pressed you disable it and illuminate the light on the dash.

 

18s are standard on the R32

Mark

 

I think the way it works is a bit back to front anyway.

normally with ESP on, the light is not lit, but if ESP activates the light will illuminate for the period ESP is doing its stuff, so in this case light showing, ESP is 'on' doing its stuff

when you press the ESP button you turn ESP off and the light on the dash permenantly illuminates.

So on the video he has ESP off.

Mark

 

Im certain that the car is actually showing Average MPG and not current MPG, so 18mpg would seem about right and would explain why it hardly changes all the way through the video.

As it only updates every 10 seconds and if he hasnt reset for a while would take a loing duration of different driving style to change it significantly.

Mark

 

Doesnt seem quite right to me. The moment he starts slowing down and the speedo indicates 140mph it pans up to the road and the traffic coming the other way. hes going 130-140 they must be going at least 30 mph, closing speed 160+. Does not look anything like that. He should fly past traffic coming the other way.