UNCTYPE-S

dont know where this was at, but holy crap that takes a lot of balls to do that on a highway risking driving by cops at those speeds.
http://rdefined.com/stew/top_speed_r32.wmv

LalchandYamlajat

Its a nice car, and thats is tight, but I wouldnt risk going that fast on a public street.

FiftyFive

thats stock?

iTimmy

I don't think they go that fast stock, my GTi topped out at 155 via fuel cut off. It probably had a chip at least to remove the limiter. I thought they would hit 170 and slow down, but instead they mind of well have set the cruise control!

JWhite1301

Did you see the tripometer just ticking of the 1/10 miles?????

cusdaddy

There is no way a stock R32 can hit 170+ mph... That's the top speed of a C6. The top speed of a Z for example with more torque/HP than a R32 as well as more aerodynamic can hit about 155mph tops without a governor

iTimmy

^^^^Your right, it did seem suprisingly stable at speed.

Scott in Houston

No way stock, and I almost doubt it even w/ loads of HP. That things is a driving brick.

stangg172004

That car was going way too smooth. Iv'e been in a car going 140+ and it was way way rougher than that. Some thing smells fishy...

TinkyWinky

German Engineering?

Sclass88

That guy is an absolute idiot. I feel bad for the car... And I can't even imagine how much gas he wasted during that..

stangg172004

probably, it was in a mustang...

stangg172004

who cares? i bet he had a blast, even though ur right, it was idiotic....

Time For Sleeep

So is it for real?

samkws

looks legit, but topped out in 6th needs a lot more hp than the stock 240hp

i don't see any car with 240hp can push up to 170mph, even with limiter off, it would take forever to go up there

his car must be modded with 400hp or more


even my frd who owns a 1.8T GTi says he's probably turbocharged it, or else no way can top out that

samkws

my frd told me there's a twin turbo kit for the R32, he might have it

or else how would he do 170mph? that's the corvette stats

F23A4

Scott in Houston

What you guys need to remember is that once you get to around 150 mph, aerodymanics starts counting for more than HP. It's exponentially more difficult to get to each mark.

Getting from 140 to 150 mph is something like 5 times easier than getting to 160 from 150. And 170 from 160 is another 5 times more difficult. It just keeps going. That's why the magical 200 mph mark is so hard to reach.


The VW is a brick. The aerodymanics are horrible. There's no way that car can push to 170 mph without GOBS of HP. It would need well over 450 or maybe 500. Are there mods to get one of those to 450?
Also, I'd worry about the lift on that car. It would just pick right up off the ground at too much speed. There's nothing to put down force on it at all without major body work!

samkws

there's a twin turbo kit made for the R32

DownUnder

VW's and most German cars for that matter have very optimistic speedometers once you get into triple digit speeds. That R32 was probably realistically going 150 to 155MPH at most.

stangg172004

ya thats what i was trying to get at up there when i said something smells fishy. I say the speedometer is just off, maybe he got diffrent wheels or something...

Dan Martin

The tach should still be pretty accurate if you want to do the math.

samkws

they do not let the 6th gear running out at 155mph, that will kill the car

in the video they run out the 6th til redline, this is OMG

DownUnder

My point is that what you see in the speedo is not accurate, like I mentioned before German cars are notorious for having very optimistic speedometers when they get into the triple digits speeds.

Black CL-S 4-Life

Tyzing

Dan Martin

I can't quite make out what his tach is reading but it looks like it's somewhere around 6500rpm.

What we know:
Engine Speed: 6500rpm
Final ratio in 6th gear: 3.0528:1
Wheel Diameter: 2000.8mm

Velocity = Diameter x Engine Speed / Gear Ratio
= 2000.8mm x 6500rpm / 3.0528
= 4,260,106mm/min
= 4.26km/min
4.26km/min x 60min/h = 255.6km/h
255.6km/h = ~159.75mph

The speedo is probably off by a bit or I can't quite read the tach.

fsttyms1

my math is a little fuzzy but by doing a rough stop watch on his trip meter it took him about 22 seconds to do a mile and that equates to roughly 170mph doesnt it?

clorich

We don't really know this - he could have used smaller wheels to make the speedo read artificially high. Even so, 150mph on public roads is crazy fast in that car.

Fibonacci

Brick would be the key word here...the R32 is about 400lbs overweight.

Jaydef03

shoot, the last gen TLs (non type-S) top out at 147. i figured the Z would be more than 155.