900-horsepower VW Golf is quicker than Bugatti Veyron
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900-horsepower VW Golf is quicker than Bugatti Veyron
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/14/9...ugatti-veyron/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkPps9g3jXE&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCC7YthuWc&feature=player_embedded
We love the Mk2 Volkswagen Golf as much as anyone, but the vehicle has never exactly proffered up baskets of horsepower or straight-line speed. One owner has set out to change all that by building a 1.8-liter LZ diesel block to suck down E85 gasoline. Boba Motoring has thrown in a billet steel crank shaft, Pauter connecting rods, forged pistons and a 16-valve cylinder head. A Garrett GTX420R turbo shoves a stack of boost down the engine's throat and the finished product is said to be good for around 900 horsepower. The muscle gets dropped to the pavement via a six-speed manual transmission and a 4MOTION all-wheel drive system.
The monster Golf can hit 62 mph in a scant 2.7 seconds – quicker than the Bugatti Veyron – and the quarter mile dashes by in just 9.34 seconds. Those numbers sound impressive, but they fall short of actually watching the German econobox launch hard off the line. Hit the jump to check out a couple of videos of this Mk2 laying waste to the strip.
The monster Golf can hit 62 mph in a scant 2.7 seconds – quicker than the Bugatti Veyron – and the quarter mile dashes by in just 9.34 seconds. Those numbers sound impressive, but they fall short of actually watching the German econobox launch hard off the line. Hit the jump to check out a couple of videos of this Mk2 laying waste to the strip.
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Re: 900-horsepower VW Golf is quicker than Bugatti Veyron
Anything can be made faster, a corvette can crush most super cars out there. Its still a golf, they are made to be on the ground and have bbs wheels and hard park.
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Re: 900-horsepower VW Golf is quicker than Bugatti Veyron
Wait, so a ~2000lb car with awd and a ton of hp can do a 1/4mi faster than a bugatti? I am amazed, its still a Vw and won't do 250+mph
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Re: 900-horsepower VW Golf is quicker than Bugatti Veyron
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