So my girlfriend works with a kid who has a nice Jetta. Not a vr6- GLI 1.8 i think..... The kid knows nothing about his car- basically won a lawsuit and had about $30,000 to spend so he has people do hella work to it.

anyways, moral of story- this kid says in 6th gear he tops out at 230mph....

wondering if anyone has seen this car around- it's silver with decent bbs racing rims and red calipurs (spelling).... Figured someone on here has seen this car or knows the kid- I guess he's just some preppy dickhead and for having such a "KILLER" car he doesn't have it anywhere online- kids name is Kevin---

discuss

7/19/2006 9:50:41 PM

i thought one of the fundamental laws of physics
was that if a jetta trys to exceed 140mph it explodes

7/19/2006 9:55:02 PM

I seen it y0

7/19/2006 9:59:55 PM

well I wouldn't go that far- I have owned 2 jettas (both vr6) and love them. They are both very fast and I have a turbo kit on the newer of the two (it will break 140 pretty smooth)

Still....no Jetta is going over 200mph I don't care how much work is done to it.... Right?
what is the fastest speed anyone has heard of a Jetta with a ton of aftermarket topping out at?


^you've seen a jetta blow or you have seen this kids car?

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:01 PM. Reason : .]

7/19/2006 10:00:26 PM

~295

7/19/2006 10:00:59 PM

haha- i mean, a $350,000 mclaren tops out about 255.....

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:04 PM. Reason : .]

7/19/2006 10:01:30 PM

sluts jetta will do 240 easy

but that e36 must do like 265

7/19/2006 10:05:22 PM

Quote :

"^you've seen a jetta blow or you have seen this kids car?"

I seen a jetta blow bitch. It hit 140 and blew motherfucker. Instantly.

7/19/2006 10:06:17 PM

In order for that car to aerodynamically overcome the resistance caused by a boxy jetta it'd need to have a shit load of HP and Torque. Well over 500 HP

7/19/2006 10:10:42 PM

theres a video of an old awd jetta or something breaking a bit over 200 on a runway strip iirc

7/19/2006 10:11:18 PM

^^^^what Jetta is it? So that is really possible?

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:13 PM. Reason : .]

7/19/2006 10:12:39 PM

hell no it's not possible. not for anywhere even remotely close to $30,000.

it would be a huge accomplishment to make it run 200 mph for that amount of money, and air resistance increases with the square of velocity...and dollars needed increases with the square of power.

furthermore, even if he had enough money to build a 230 mph Jetta, it would be so unstreetable that you'd have to be a mechanical engineer--and a really good one at that--to keep it running, and you say this dumbass doesn't know anything about his car.



and why would you bother to modify a jetta, anyway? shitty platform to build a fast car out of.

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:24 PM. Reason : asdfasd]

7/19/2006 10:22:47 PM

reminds me of the lotus top gear modified to try and break 200 and never succeeded. this urban legend jetta is just that, a myth.

7/19/2006 10:26:12 PM

im not an aero engineer or anything, but a jetta would need a hella big wing to keep it together over probably like 150

7/19/2006 10:29:13 PM

hahaha no one knows... have to bust it up in the wind tunnel to see


you might pull 240 kilometers MAYBE
with some work

7/19/2006 10:33:55 PM

the kid probably had his car on a lift and for thirty grand someone put a super tall 5th and 6th gear and was like, watch, see the car now does 230mph

7/19/2006 10:35:15 PM

and even if the kid had about $55,000 and the know how- there isn't anyplace right near by to run it that fast is there?

7/19/2006 10:35:50 PM

Quote :

"sluts jetta will do 240 easy"

thats odd, since i run out of gears at around 150. you must have driven it down a very steep hill.

Quote :

"and why would you bother to modify a jetta, anyway? shitty platform to build a fast car out of."

i hate to ask, but does the license plate say "Stock?"

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:41 PM. Reason : *]

7/19/2006 10:40:14 PM

omg... could there be sarcasm in the garage?

7/19/2006 10:45:10 PM

lol

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 10:49 PM. Reason : .]

7/19/2006 10:47:48 PM

i wonder if his tires are rated for that speed?

7/19/2006 10:56:12 PM

i heard he has a turbo for each cylinder

7/19/2006 10:57:18 PM

haha
if this is the guy im thinking of, his car is a piece from BFI

horrible weld jobs all over the place
and yes, he knows almost nothing about it.

7/19/2006 10:57:32 PM

maybe he meant kilometers per hour?

7/19/2006 10:59:03 PM

Quote :

"I seen a jetta blow bitch. It hit 140 and blew motherfucker. Instantly."

that's pretty crappy...i did 140mph in my 94 probe gt (stock) a couple of times in i-40 back in the day...i never had a problem with the engine

call me a liar or whatever, but i did it nonetheless

[Edited on July 19, 2006 at 11:06 PM. Reason : .]

7/19/2006 11:06:05 PM

my thunderchicken which is... well a parachute aerodynamically will go 150s (garman gps)

7/19/2006 11:08:52 PM

perhaps. Even Duke got mixed up with km and miles on his s2000.

7/19/2006 11:09:28 PM

HAHAHA- I am so amused with this thread


and yes

the plate says "stock?"

7/19/2006 11:12:41 PM

230 = bull

7/19/2006 11:19:04 PM

Quote :

"horrible weld jobs all over the place"

sounds like someone else doesn't know what they're talking about

7/19/2006 11:20:15 PM

i heard the car runs on stem cells after it passes 140mph all the way up to the soul shattering 230mph

7/19/2006 11:39:16 PM

vr6 1.8?

7/20/2006 12:19:16 AM

actually i do

pop his hood open
its not clean or seamless at all... beads all over the place

7/20/2006 1:11:29 AM

^^nope- His isn't a vr6.... why would you by a Jetta with the intentions of putting work into it and not go with the 6?

7/20/2006 1:28:11 AM

rice

7/20/2006 1:29:28 AM

Quote :

"actually i do pop his hood open its not clean or seamless at all... beads all over the place"

so i guess thats the only USRT intake manifold you've ever seen? i guess that also means you don't know shit about them. http://www.usrallyteam.com, go learn a little.

7/20/2006 7:04:21 AM

so thats where he got all that money from to put into that car.

i agree he doesnt know much about it, but he isnt doing the work either


if i remember right he dyno'd at 300whp and im pretty sure he's had it up over 140, as has another jetta i know of in this thread and neither of them has blown...

7/20/2006 7:20:09 AM

^^^^because it's so much easier to extract additional power from a factory turbocharged engine

the real question is why you would buy a Jetta with the intention of doing any significant performance mods at all.

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 8:35 AM. Reason : 300 whp ain't shit. prob get that with bolt ons.]

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 8:35 AM. Reason : and 140 ain't shit, either]

7/20/2006 8:34:17 AM

Hey derek Vw's are gay

7/20/2006 9:12:14 AM

I'd bet this sounds like a v-10, too!

7/20/2006 9:15:21 AM

eh
my bad on the intake i guess.. those just look like sloppy welds to me


he still uses BFI ebay parts though

7/20/2006 9:23:51 AM

300whp jetta is retarded

7/20/2006 9:29:27 AM

Quote :

"the real question is why you would buy a Jetta with the intention of doing any significant performance mods at all."

some people play with the cars they love, not the ones they can make go the fastest. try to step off your high horse for a second.

7/20/2006 10:23:59 AM

Quote :

"if i remember right he dyno'd at 300whp and im pretty sure he's had it up over 140, as has another jetta i know of in this thread and neither of them has blown... "

yet. 300wph will pop a 1.8t with stock rods... a local guy had this happen yesterday..

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:26 AM. Reason : his car wont do 230. it'll run out of gearing way before that.]

7/20/2006 10:26:24 AM

who's motor went pop? running what software/turbo/etc.

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:32 AM. Reason : *]

7/20/2006 10:32:16 AM

kevin

gt28r
boostfactory log manifold
revo BT software
he said his motor has ~115k miles, 90k chipped, 25k with big turbo. before the new mani, dp, and front mount he was making in the 260-275 whp/wtq range.

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason : i think he had 440s too.. and a bunch of other stuff.]

he also said :

Quote :

"Two other 1.8t have thrown rods just this week, one of those on an apr s3 car with the exact same turbo. Seems like rods are like timing belts if you are running any kind of larger turbo, especially if you are tweaking the setup to it full potential. "

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM. Reason : ...]

7/20/2006 10:37:30 AM

is the motor toast? whats he going to do now?

7/20/2006 10:39:45 AM

hole in the block, from what i heard.

i dunno.. it's at absolute now...

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 10:40 AM. Reason : there's more info on ncdubs]

7/20/2006 10:40:31 AM

if he dyno'd at 300whp, he better f'n have it over 140mph!

this thread is sorta reminding me of mythbusters: after the myth is busted, seeing what it would take to make it true!

7/20/2006 10:53:01 AM

^^ was he still running rich enough to blow gas all over the back of the car?

7/20/2006 10:57:54 AM