Quick Polo GTI

[AusScare]

I dont think numbers really matter here, the video speaks for itself. Just watching the launch its clear that instigator has skill as shown by smashing AWD cars off the line. With the 161hp no doubt its at the flywheel, maybe he just got a gem engine or ran it in a bit differently.

Great Vid.

Yea the launch is ridiculous, I want to know the secret haha.

How does he beat an awd R32 off the line, when every single other drag I've seen on youtube shows awd winning.

Weird. But yeah, where do I learn how to launch like that.

edit: How do you explain this? Driven by a professional driver, with ALOT more power, better suspension, tyres, etc.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8425/bmotorpolo.jpg

0-100 6.55s!!

[Steve88]

one of the return comment by him on youtube said he builds revs up to 3k and let it off smoothly but iv tryed it and it kinda just spins the wheels all the way to 2nd gear

[AusScare]

one of the return comment by him on youtube said he builds revs up to 3k and let it off smoothly but iv tryed it and it kinda just spins the wheels all the way to 2nd gear

Yea I noticed he starts rolling before any of the others even move in the video, is that allowed?

The launch I learnt was rev to eg 3k, then dump the clutch. If it spins too much, use less revs.

Thoughts?

[DeanB]

Tyre pressures make a difference. I haven't read through the pages of this so it may already be mentioned. Pretty sure the drag guys run a lot lower pressure then what we would drive around with normally .... they aren't worried about side wall flex in corners, etc.

Kai would be the best to comment on that as he seems to be our resident straight liner

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edit: How do you explain this? Driven by a professional driver, with ALOT more power, better suspension, tyres, etc.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8425/bmotorpolo.jpg

0-100 6.55s!!

LOL! I wouldn't call the journo's that gun the cars around for Wheels/MOTOR professional drivers by any stretch.

They've often been WELL off the pace when it comes to 0-100km/h and 1/4 mile times.

Put is this way, back in my WRX ownership days... no journo had ever got a MY05 WRX anywhere near the Subaru quoted time of 14.0 (down the 1/4), instead I saw lots of 14.5's and the like in magazines. Where as in the WRX community a number of people had gone that quick, and one guy even went 13.9 in a completely stock example.

[Kiel_GTI]

Tyre pressures make a difference. I haven't read through the pages of this so it may already be mentioned. Pretty sure the drag guys run a lot lower pressure then what we would drive around with normally

seconded. and because he is only running 150m his tyre pressures would probably be close to 25psi. a lot more grip off the line but lower top speed, which doesnt really matter as phenonemal speeds arent reached in 150m.\

also in that motor mag they get like a 14.4 or something down the 1/4 mile, whereas Kai has done a 13.9 with far less mods.

[mikepologti]

Yeah is 161hp atw or at the fly? In Aus we have 110kw stock at the fly, 161hp is 120kw...

If that was a dyno at the wheels figure, then your car is not the same we get in Aus. Did you buy it new or second hand? Maybe the guy before you chipped it.

As above, I have never seen 2seconds taken off a 0-100 time, but glad to be proven wrong.

Even on the Motor Magazine test, the 400HP Golf GTI got a 0-100 time of 6.2s... And that was specially set up in ideal conditions and all.

maybe im going senile but i thaught the golf 0-60 was 3.9 or 4.9 secs? meh ill read it again in the morning. i think youve done well mate , as kiel said its all in the launch. anyone know where i can practice without looking like a nob? ....i really hate doing that crap at the lights uless its some tool in a honda or a fagna.

[AusScare]

Guy's red golf did like 6.2 or something, then the r32 turbo did 3.9s.

In regards to practising launches, best idea is private land, people get annoyed pretty quick by this stuff unfortunately. I found a good, wide, safe area near my house which is perfect, but then I don't want to kill my tyres too quick either...

[instigator]

thanks for the comments

and no, my car was not bought second handed, i was the first owner and i bought it new. so it's not chiptuned before.
and the Horsepower was measured on a decent dyno from a respected tuner here in Belgium.
and to correct it, i had 161Hp at the flywheel and 134Hp at the wheels.

also, for doing a dragrace, you have to stand still otherwise they can't measure the time and you get a red light.
so i do stand still before every launch.
but, i had one of the best and fastest reaction times in Ciney, wich means i reacted verry fast for the green light. if you go to fast, youre diskwalified...
so the fast reaction gives me a bit of benifit also.

my backseat was taken out and i gues that thing weighs around 30Kg or so.
and my Tirepressure is normally 2.2 bar. but for a short dragrace like Ciney, you only need 1 - 2 and a bit of 3th gear.
you never get to 4 or 5.
so for such a short dragrace i put my tires on 1.8 bar for more grip,
thats why i don't spin out when i launch at 3000RPm.
when my tires are on normal pressure i launch at 2500Rpm.
hard to tell how i do it exacly, but if you guys want i try to explane it and make a video of it...

and about the 0-60 from magazine's and other stuff... never ever correct...
i have had a swift GTI MK3 who should do 0-60 in 9secondes and i did it full stock in 7.5seconds.
same story with my old sierra who did it in 8.2 and they quote it in 10seconds or so.
so never trust those figures, if VW quote that a polo GTi can reach 6.5seconds stock. and the most people don't get to reach that time, they will complain to VW or think that their car is broke or something.
they allways give a slower time, a time that even bad driver can reach
and the reason why a pro driver only get 6.55sec to 60 with a chipped polo is maybe because it has to much torque on low RPM? don't know, or the guy is a great cirquit driver and not much of a dragracer?
don't know the answer, i do know that it's possible to get under 6seconds with a chiptuned polo

[AusScare]

my backseat was taken out and i gues that thing weighs around 30Kg or so.
and my Tirepressure is normally 2.2 bar. but for a short dragrace like Ciney, you only need 1 - 2 and a bit of 3th gear.
you never get to 4 or 5.
so for such a short dragrace i put my tires on 1.8 bar for more grip,
thats why i don't spin out when i launch at 3000RPm.
when my tires are on normal pressure i launch at 2500Rpm.
hard to tell how i do it exacly, but if you guys want i try to explane it and make a video of it...

Interesting stuff, I'll have to test this one out.

And using an online calculator, 1.8 bar is like 26psi, when I'm running 40 at the fronts haha

Thanks for the info, it's on my to-do list for sure

edit: What suspension are you running? Is it just me or does the car not have any gap between wheel and arch?