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Old 04-22-2002, 12:52 PM
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I was racing my brother last night at the strip and I had him by the like 3 cars until I hit third gear, then he took off and had my by five cars. I hit speeds of 135mph and couldnt catch up. We went for about 4 miles down the road. The shitty thing about it is he didnt even push his car, he only went up to like 5 grand while I was shifting at redline everytime and power shifting. But I dont feel all that bad cause my TII is stock w/ just a HKS air filter. And ,y brother has the racing chip, free flowing exhaust and downpipe and many others. About $3000 of upgrades. Once I do my downpipe and exhaust we'll see if im able to keep up with him a little better.



P.S My other freind who has a 85 bridgeport rx7 took him about 20 car lengths. So that made me feel a little better. And this time my brother was shifting at redline.



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Old 04-22-2002, 05:08 PM
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ive always like GTi's...those 1.8t are supposed to be about as fast as the VR6, but with mor potential...
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a kid i know has a Gti Vr6, are they supposed to be fast stock? do they have a turbo?
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Old 04-23-2002, 11:54 AM
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yeah the 1.8t is the turbo and I heard that the vr6 is gonna be made anymore after this year. Their all gonna be 1.9t
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Old 04-23-2002, 02:35 PM
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The 1.8T is a good engine. Tons of power potential. I was reading an article in SSC with intake, exhaust, and a chip they were pushing almost 200 rwhp.
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they just have no low end power. 1st and 2nd gear are crappy for them
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Originally Posted by ILUVMY88CABRIO' date='April 23 2002,14:35
The 1.8T is a good engine. Tons of power potential. I was reading an article in SSC with intake, exhaust, and a chip they were pushing almost 200 rwhp.
Heh, I believe that would be 200 whp, not rwhp, unless Volkswagen went rear-drive...
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Old 04-24-2002, 12:25 PM
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my brother just had his car dyno'ed and he's pulling 285 hp. I wanna dyno mine after i do my exhaust and downpipe and see where I'm at.
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Originally Posted by ryan' date='April 24 2002,09:20
[quote name='ILUVMY88CABRIO' date='April 23 2002,14:35']The 1.8T is a good engine. Tons of power potential. I was reading an article in SSC with intake, exhaust, and a chip they were pushing almost 200 rwhp.
Heh, I believe that would be 200 whp, not rwhp, unless Volkswagen went rear-drive...[/quote]

Oops! :newlaugh: I guess it would be fwhp.
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Originally Posted by ILUVMY88CABRIO' date='April 24 2002,15:25
Oops! :newlaugh: I guess it would be fwhp.
Actually fwhp generally stands for flywheel hp as opposed to front-wheel hp. Not that it matters, I'm sure we all knew what you meant anyway.
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