ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
So my girlfriend works with a kid who has a nice Jetta. Not a vr6- GLI 1.8 i think..... The kid knows nothing about his car- basically won a lawsuit and had about $30,000 to spend so he has people do hella work to it.
anyways, moral of story- this kid says in 6th gear he tops out at 230mph....
wondering if anyone has seen this car around- it's silver with decent bbs racing rims and red calipurs (spelling).... Figured someone on here has seen this car or knows the kid- I guess he's just some preppy dickhead and for having such a "KILLER" car he doesn't have it anywhere online- kids name is Kevin---
discuss 7/19/2006 9:50:41 PM |
tjoshea All American 4906 Posts user info edit post |
i thought one of the fundamental laws of physics was that if a jetta trys to exceed 140mph it explodes 7/19/2006 9:55:02 PM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
I seen it y0 7/19/2006 9:59:55 PM |
ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
well I wouldn't go that far- I have owned 2 jettas (both vr6) and love them. They are both very fast and I have a turbo kit on the newer of the two (it will break 140 pretty smooth)
Still....no Jetta is going over 200mph I don't care how much work is done to it.... Right? what is the fastest speed anyone has heard of a Jetta with a ton of aftermarket topping out at?
^you've seen a jetta blow or you have seen this kids car?
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:01 PM. Reason : .] 7/19/2006 10:00:26 PM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
~295 7/19/2006 10:00:59 PM |
ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
haha- i mean, a $350,000 mclaren tops out about 255.....
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:04 PM. Reason : .]
7/19/2006 10:01:30 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
sluts jetta will do 240 easy
but that e36 must do like 265 7/19/2006 10:05:22 PM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "^you've seen a jetta blow or you have seen this kids car?" |
I seen a jetta blow bitch. It hit 140 and blew motherfucker. Instantly.7/19/2006 10:06:17 PM |
Wolfpackman All American 1882 Posts user info edit post |
In order for that car to aerodynamically overcome the resistance caused by a boxy jetta it'd need to have a shit load of HP and Torque. Well over 500 HP 7/19/2006 10:10:42 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18586 Posts user info edit post |
theres a video of an old awd jetta or something breaking a bit over 200 on a runway strip iirc 7/19/2006 10:11:18 PM |
ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^what Jetta is it? So that is really possible?
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:13 PM. Reason : .] 7/19/2006 10:12:39 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52839 Posts user info edit post |
hell no it's not possible. not for anywhere even remotely close to $30,000.
it would be a huge accomplishment to make it run 200 mph for that amount of money, and air resistance increases with the square of velocity...and dollars needed increases with the square of power.
furthermore, even if he had enough money to build a 230 mph Jetta, it would be so unstreetable that you'd have to be a mechanical engineer--and a really good one at that--to keep it running, and you say this dumbass doesn't know anything about his car.
and why would you bother to modify a jetta, anyway? shitty platform to build a fast car out of.
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:24 PM. Reason : asdfasd] 7/19/2006 10:22:47 PM |
Doc Rambo IV All American 7202 Posts user info edit post |
reminds me of the lotus top gear modified to try and break 200 and never succeeded. this urban legend jetta is just that, a myth. 7/19/2006 10:26:12 PM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
im not an aero engineer or anything, but a jetta would need a hella big wing to keep it together over probably like 150 7/19/2006 10:29:13 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
hahaha no one knows... have to bust it up in the wind tunnel to see
you might pull 240 kilometers MAYBE with some work 7/19/2006 10:33:55 PM |
Doc Rambo IV All American 7202 Posts user info edit post |
the kid probably had his car on a lift and for thirty grand someone put a super tall 5th and 6th gear and was like, watch, see the car now does 230mph 7/19/2006 10:35:15 PM |
ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
and even if the kid had about $55,000 and the know how- there isn't anyplace right near by to run it that fast is there? 7/19/2006 10:35:50 PM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "sluts jetta will do 240 easy" |
thats odd, since i run out of gears at around 150. you must have driven it down a very steep hill.
Quote : | "and why would you bother to modify a jetta, anyway? shitty platform to build a fast car out of." |
i hate to ask, but does the license plate say "Stock?"
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:41 PM. Reason : *]7/19/2006 10:40:14 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
omg... could there be sarcasm in the garage? 7/19/2006 10:45:10 PM |
tjoshea All American 4906 Posts user info edit post |
lol
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:49 PM. Reason : .] 7/19/2006 10:47:48 PM |
MattJM321 All American 4003 Posts user info edit post |
i wonder if his tires are rated for that speed? 7/19/2006 10:56:12 PM |
Doc Rambo IV All American 7202 Posts user info edit post |
i heard he has a turbo for each cylinder 7/19/2006 10:57:18 PM |
urge311 All American 3026 Posts user info edit post |
haha if this is the guy im thinking of, his car is a piece from BFI
horrible weld jobs all over the place and yes, he knows almost nothing about it. 7/19/2006 10:57:32 PM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18966 Posts user info edit post |
maybe he meant kilometers per hour? 7/19/2006 10:59:03 PM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I seen a jetta blow bitch. It hit 140 and blew motherfucker. Instantly." |
that's pretty crappy...i did 140mph in my 94 probe gt (stock) a couple of times in i-40 back in the day...i never had a problem with the engine
call me a liar or whatever, but i did it nonetheless
[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 11:06 PM. Reason : .]7/19/2006 11:06:05 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
my thunderchicken which is... well a parachute aerodynamically will go 150s (garman gps) 7/19/2006 11:08:52 PM |
JBaz All American 16764 Posts user info edit post |
perhaps. Even Duke got mixed up with km and miles on his s2000. 7/19/2006 11:09:28 PM |
ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
HAHAHA- I am so amused with this thread
and yes
the plate says "stock?" 7/19/2006 11:12:41 PM |
Fry The Stubby 7784 Posts user info edit post |
230 = bull 7/19/2006 11:19:04 PM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "horrible weld jobs all over the place" |
sounds like someone else doesn't know what they're talking about7/19/2006 11:20:15 PM |
Doc Rambo IV All American 7202 Posts user info edit post |
i heard the car runs on stem cells after it passes 140mph all the way up to the soul shattering 230mph 7/19/2006 11:39:16 PM |
porcha All American 5286 Posts user info edit post |
vr6 1.8? 7/20/2006 12:19:16 AM |
urge311 All American 3026 Posts user info edit post |
actually i do
pop his hood open its not clean or seamless at all... beads all over the place 7/20/2006 1:11:29 AM |
ncemt_03 All American 5453 Posts user info edit post |
^^nope- His isn't a vr6.... why would you by a Jetta with the intentions of putting work into it and not go with the 6? 7/20/2006 1:28:11 AM |
OmarBadu zidik 25071 Posts user info edit post |
rice 7/20/2006 1:29:28 AM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "actually i do
pop his hood open its not clean or seamless at all... beads all over the place" |
so i guess thats the only USRT intake manifold you've ever seen? i guess that also means you don't know shit about them. http://www.usrallyteam.com, go learn a little.7/20/2006 7:04:21 AM |
Speedsta800 All American 683 Posts user info edit post |
so thats where he got all that money from to put into that car.
i agree he doesnt know much about it, but he isnt doing the work either
if i remember right he dyno'd at 300whp and im pretty sure he's had it up over 140, as has another jetta i know of in this thread and neither of them has blown... 7/20/2006 7:20:09 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52839 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^because it's so much easier to extract additional power from a factory turbocharged engine
the real question is why you would buy a Jetta with the intention of doing any significant performance mods at all.
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 8:35 AM. Reason : 300 whp ain't shit. prob get that with bolt ons.]
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 8:35 AM. Reason : and 140 ain't shit, either] 7/20/2006 8:34:17 AM |
Jeepxj420 All American 6755 Posts user info edit post |
Hey derek Vw's are gay 7/20/2006 9:12:14 AM |
cdubya All American 3046 Posts user info edit post |
I'd bet this sounds like a v-10, too! 7/20/2006 9:15:21 AM |
urge311 All American 3026 Posts user info edit post |
eh my bad on the intake i guess.. those just look like sloppy welds to me
he still uses BFI ebay parts though 7/20/2006 9:23:51 AM |
dannydigtl All American 18302 Posts user info edit post |
300whp jetta is retarded 7/20/2006 9:29:27 AM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "the real question is why you would buy a Jetta with the intention of doing any significant performance mods at all." |
some people play with the cars they love, not the ones they can make go the fastest. try to step off your high horse for a second.7/20/2006 10:23:59 AM |
beethead All American 6513 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "if i remember right he dyno'd at 300whp and im pretty sure he's had it up over 140, as has another jetta i know of in this thread and neither of them has blown... " |
yet. 300wph will pop a 1.8t with stock rods... a local guy had this happen yesterday..
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:26 AM. Reason : his car wont do 230. it'll run out of gearing way before that.]7/20/2006 10:26:24 AM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
who's motor went pop? running what software/turbo/etc.
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:32 AM. Reason : *] 7/20/2006 10:32:16 AM |
beethead All American 6513 Posts user info edit post |
kevin
gt28r boostfactory log manifold revo BT software he said his motor has ~115k miles, 90k chipped, 25k with big turbo. before the new mani, dp, and front mount he was making in the 260-275 whp/wtq range.
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason : i think he had 440s too.. and a bunch of other stuff.]
he also said :
Quote : | "Two other 1.8t have thrown rods just this week, one of those on an apr s3 car with the exact same turbo. Seems like rods are like timing belts if you are running any kind of larger turbo, especially if you are tweaking the setup to it full potential. " |
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM. Reason : ...]7/20/2006 10:37:30 AM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
is the motor toast? whats he going to do now? 7/20/2006 10:39:45 AM |
beethead All American 6513 Posts user info edit post |
hole in the block, from what i heard.
i dunno.. it's at absolute now...
[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM. Reason : there's more info on ncdubs] 7/20/2006 10:40:31 AM |
Wolf2Ranger All American 2615 Posts user info edit post |
if he dyno'd at 300whp, he better f'n have it over 140mph!
this thread is sorta reminding me of mythbusters: after the myth is busted, seeing what it would take to make it true! 7/20/2006 10:53:01 AM |
slut All American 8357 Posts user info edit post |
^^ was he still running rich enough to blow gas all over the back of the car? 7/20/2006 10:57:54 AM |