top speed

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 4:42 pm

hey guys

whats the top speed youve had your polo at?

my clocks stop at 120mph and i go past it so dont know my top speed

just wondering what everybody else was getting out their cars.

cheers

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 4:55 pm

u got a GTi? shouldnt the speedo be higher than that?
i think on paper the Gti is 125mph!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 4:56 pm

127mph in another mag!

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 5:09 pm

my cars a mk4 polo but i put a gti engine in it ,
still got the original clocks though as it would've been to much hassle fitting gti clocks although it would've been cool

another car says i was doin about 130 so sounds bout right

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 6:50 pm

o cool, u must give ppl surprises at lights!
where bouts in Glasgow r u?
im on the north side.
do u go cruising? M & Ds?

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 6:57 pm

im on the east
mostly go up to strathclyde park on a sunday
im in the town a lot whats your car look like and ill look out for it

nothing better than beating the saxo and corsa boys its alot of fun

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:01 pm

strathclyde park is M &Ds aint it?
mines a white 1 with clear front and side lights. rear spoiler wit clear brake light and 15" fox racing alloys.
GTi transplant sounds good. how much did it cost u and where did u get it done?

Cheers
Aaron

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:07 pm

doh

my bad

engine and all parts cost me about Â£1300
fitted engine myself which saved a lot of money

r u going to the park tonight as ill be up later on and ill look out for u!!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:09 pm

not tonight, going round to my mates.
r u a mechanic?
how hard is it to do a transplant? what stuff is needed?
( im doing mechanical engineering just now, so im very interested)

Cheers
Aaron

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:14 pm

im a vw technician at the verve know it?
ask for robert longridge there if you need anything ill see what i can do for you

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:15 pm

the one near Pentagon Autotint?
i bought my new twist in Arnold Clark, Crow road.

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:30 pm

not sure

its the one at dalmarnock road at rutherglen

4paws · Post by **4paws** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:37 pm

for my conversion i needed the engine/box and ecu obviously also the drivers side engine mount , the pedal box and all pedals as the gti dosent have a throttle cable also had to make up a full wiring loom joining both the gti loom and my polo loom (hardest part) all other parts fit without any hassle at all.

p.s get the brakes as well as i crashed after about 2 weeks of the conversion

cost me a fortune getting it fixed and painted

J-O · Post by **J-O** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:22 am

i've once done 120 mph with my 1.4L 16V

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:51 am

Erm well as a passenger I've seen the thick end of 140+mph, 5-up in a BMW 535i Sport

that was pretty cool.

As a driver I've only seen 103 in the Polo, and before that my l'il old Mini's speedo stopped at 90mph!! I got 87 once, downhill...

103's a bit poor actually

but there's a lot of cameras round here...