My '88 hits the rev limiter at 7300RPM(recently checked). That means it would be spinning 3650RPM at 62MPH. I could be wrong, but me thinks that's a little high. ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. Lee Hendrick" <[email protected]> To: "Andrew Traenkner" <[email protected]> Cc: "A2 16V VW mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: Re: Future GLI?
> At 4:02 PM -0500 1/28/00, Andrew Traenkner wrote: > > > Straight from the factory, both cars are rev-limited in top speed, > > > anyway. > > > >I'm not so sure of that. My '88 GTi 16v cruises at 60MPH, turning > >~2800-2900 RPM (This with stock tire sizes). This would give my car a top > >speed of ~140MPH. There aren't any hills in Florida to give me that sort of > >speed. Wind, on the other hand....... > > That number is based on your speedo and tach readings; > neither of which are very accurate or linear. According to the VW > tech data, my '87 GTI 16v (if stock) would hit the rev limiter at > 124mph. > > > W. Lee Hendrick > > [email protected] > http://soliton.ucsd.edu/~hendrick/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
