Reply With QuoteHi Matthew.Originally Posted by Caddyman
Yes it was
Cheers, Rob
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Yes Rob's car was stock when it did 13.66.
Dubber
Hi Matthew.
Yes it was
Cheers, Rob
Robert Bentley
Passat R36 Saloon
Volkswagen Fan
Rob
Were they imperial or metric seconds?
You know you are getting old when you cancel your order for a 3.6 CC and buy an Icelandic Gray TDI CC instead.
Dubber
Sorry - what?
Whatever SantaPod run at.
Robert Bentley
Passat R36 Saloon
Volkswagen Fan
Perhaps you could ask them and let us know. Might explain how Aussie R36s can only manage low 14s at this stage.
You know you are getting old when you cancel your order for a 3.6 CC and buy an Icelandic Gray TDI CC instead.
Dubber
Having done some reading - I doubt its metric. Apparently the UK trailed it for 7 weeks in 1976 and gave up on it as a bad idea.
Robert Bentley
Passat R36 Saloon
Dubber
bit of math...
If it where Metric, in imperial I ran a 11.75 < Yeah, I wish.
If it where Imperial, in metric I ran a 15.81 < This makes it slower than my W8.
Neither of these are feasible.
I'm educated guessing 13.66 in Imperial is the correct one.
Last edited by RobBentley; 19-11-2009 at 08:27 PM.
Robert Bentley
Passat R36 Saloon
Dubber
The times are pretty feasible really if you think about it:
The Wagon/Estate is heavier...
The Wagon/Estate suffers aerodynamically...
My engine had done ~ 3x the distance so was looser...
It was only 15deg-c here when I did my run...
I only carried 1/3 of a tank of fuel...
I made sure the climate control was off (compressor saps engine power)...
My engine was given the 'go for a blast' run in treatment...
... and, All cars are different. I've seen stock R32's roller between 240-265BHP.
Last edited by RobBentley; 19-11-2009 at 08:33 PM.
Robert Bentley
Passat R36 Saloon
Volkswagen Fanatic
LOL...
It's a reasonable time. hypo's wagon ran 14.25 - the wagon is slower as Rob has said, and it had only done 1500km.
Mid to late 13s should be achievable in a run-in sedan.
Volkswagenist
Lots of things can effect ET (eg traction, driver skill, wind, weather conditions), which is why if you want to compare different cars (or power mods to the same car) the terminal speed is a much better measurement to use. For a given power to weight ratio of similar cars it is a surprisingly consistent measurment. If one car has even 5% more power than another it will show up in the speed at the end.
The other trick is to watch out for 1/4 miles figures being directly compared with 400M figures.
2017 MY18 Golf R 7.5 Wolfsburg wagon (boring white) delivered 21 Sep 2017, 2008 Octavia vRS wagon 2.0 TFSI 6M (bright yellow), 2006 T5 Transporter van 2.5 TDI 6M (gone but not forgotten).
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