900 bhp Mk2 Golf

Barry Smalley · 17 Nov 2011 at 12:50

Not sure if its been posted before, but its a fairly quick machine.

Here

Shimmy · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:01

Bit rapid that!

:cool:

crinkleshoes · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:04

What a waste of money

Firestar_3x · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:07

I refuse to read the article based on the title alone:

"900-horsepower VW Golf is quicker than Bugatti Veyron"

SO WHAT, show me the climate control or 240mph top speed in the golf please.

Sensationalist headline of the day, my car is quicker than an F-18 fighterjet.

Frozennova · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:08

Not a waste at all, building something quick in a straight line needs something light.

there was a 600bhp fwd mk2 running at Santa pod this year. shell has been sold after he couldnt get the power down.

breadturbo · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:15

you want quick in a straight line spend £3k on a cheap yank, throw £3k at it heads cams exhaust gears , run 8's all day

Steve_bullockuk · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:17

Pretty mental. Wonder how much money it cost to get it to that level.

mrk · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:19

Looks butt ugly though!

paddy · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:20

Impressive.

Why is he always so slow off the line, or doesn't it matter, does the timing only start when you start moving?

Matt82 · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:20

breadturbo said:
you want quick in a straight line spend £3k on a cheap yank, throw £3k at it heads cams exhaust gears , run 8's all day

oh really?

breadturbo · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:21

yup, you could even beat that golf using streets

mrk · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:21

paddy said:
Impressive.

Why is he always so slow off the line, or doesn't it matter, does the timing only start when you start moving?

One of a few reasons, mainly that 900BHP off the mark will result in not going forward but instead causing the tyres to melt

Princey · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:23

Matt82 said:
oh really?

No hardly, I need to spend £4k-6k to get anything meaningful from mine yank engine and even then it's only a 25% increase in power.

Engram · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:23

paddy said:
Why is he always so slow off the line, or doesn't it matter, does the timing only start when you start moving?

I was wondering that too!

danza · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:25

LOL that's mental. I liked the second vid. Almost seems as though the Golf driver is trying to give the VXR driver a sense of hope then lets rip. Awesome little thing. :cool:

Shimmy · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:26

mrk said:
Looks butt ugly though!

Gains cool points for looking relatively stock in my book.

Barry Smalley · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:28

Engram said:
I was wondering that too!

Dubsport used to run a twin engined VR6 turbo a few years ago. They'd launch it a second or two after the first car had gone, just to take the ****.

breadturbo · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:32

Princey said:
No hardly, I need to spend £4k-6k to get anything meaningful from mine yank engine and even then it's only a 25% increase in power.

your car weighs an awful awful lot though, imagine if you shed 300kg.

DreXeL · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:33

paddy said:
Impressive.

Why is he always so slow off the line, or doesn't it matter, does the timing only start when you start moving?

Correct, the actual timing only starts when he crosses the start 'line'. His reaction times would be registered as dog-slow, but I guess he was just trying to get the best possible launch and not particularly worried about getting good reaction times.

As for crinkleshoes' comment on it being a 'waste of money', what a bizarre thing to say. It's obviously been built for a purpose, it's no more a waste of money than any other car built for the drag strip.

Princey · 17 Nov 2011 at 13:34

It weighs less than a V8 M3. Regardless of the weight I was referring to you saying it was cheap to get big power from American engines. In this country that simply isn't true.

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