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mk 4 gti - 138 mph
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:06 pm
by 13twelve
pinched from that german speed site thing, think the caption was 148ps polo gti
i assume its the 1.6 16v we didnt get here
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:28 pm
by bstardchild
See I don't want to upset anyone but this smacks of a photoshop to me
18 km's on the clock
5.4 kms on the trip
Full tank of fuel
Temp at Normal
No shake on the camera at all
I don't think the gearing of a GTi equates to those revs at that speed
If it is real and I still think its a "p-shop" then just what kind of muppet would do that to an engine not even run in
JM2pW
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:38 pm
by david burton
it's not 18km - you can't read all the digits... or am i missing something?
148PS is not the standard GTI 6N....
but the gearing seems a bit odd - I think 7k in mine would be about 125 not 138, although I don't know the 6N GTI's final drive ratio - and it could well be lower than mine.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:11 pm
by bstardchild
david burton wrote:it's not 18km - you can't read all the digits... or am i missing something?
Nah probably 318 - stand "slightly" corrected - Sorry
david burton wrote:148PS is not the standard GTI 6N....
but the gearing seems a bit odd - I think 7k in mine would be about 125 not 138, although I don't know the 6N GTI's final drive ratio - and it could well be lower than mine.
It's all too neat IMHO and one further thing did they have red needles on the continent..... cos we only got white ones here

Didn't we

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:12 pm
by srbpower
Also remember Speedo’s tend to become rather inaccurate at high speeds

As we found out on a top speed run in my mates 200. The speedo was so far of the clock, yet the timing gear and GPS only showed the car doing 167mph at the 1.2 mile marker
Si

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:48 pm
by 13twelve
it might be fake
another polo gti going at over 125
the angles and what not make getting accurate readings on the rev needle difficult
theres places that do 5% longer 5th gears for polo gtis so that might explain some
dunno
be nice to have a 140+ bhp polo gti and do 140 in it
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:04 pm
by bstardchild
White needles

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:20 pm
by nuttinnew
I have factory red needles.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:40 pm
by Josh_PoloGTi
MK4 GTi, not MK5 GTI
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:02 pm
by Criz
Could be downhill too.
Ive seen an indicated 125mph on a flat so could posibly scrape 130 downhill.
If the Gti has slightly longer gearing I guess it could be possible.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:27 pm
by nuttinnew
Josh_PoloGTi wrote:MK4 GTi, not MK5 GTI
I've got a mk4. Not a GTI though.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:43 am
by 13twelve
i just like the idea od driving home at 120 all the way on the motorway one night
then i can tell people
and they'll go
"you must of been in a rush"
and i can say i was
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:16 pm
by wrighty
The car I dont think is a 6n2 GTI, because the instrument binacle are different on the 6n2, however the clocks are exactly the same as a uk mk4 Golf GTI using kmh instead of mph.
I think the polo in question may be more than capable of the speed using a tuned 1.8T engine.
The reason that the milage is low is probably because they reset the milage after the conversion was completed.
Could be wrong though!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:52 pm
by 13twelve
or it could be a mk4 golf gti with the caption wrong on the website...
Re: mk 4 gti - 138 mph
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:04 pm
by polo69
13twelve wrote:
pinched from that german speed site thing, think the caption was 148ps polo gti
i assume its the 1.6 16v we didnt get here
the shadow round the needle makes me think its fake