Factory VR performance stats

[kerrly 0]

Whilst browsing U-tube last night i stumbled across a 'Car & driver' review of the 1995 mk3 golf GTI VR6 from the US. Apart from the fact that they praised the VR as being a great progression of the mk2 16v and having a 6cylinder engine was fantastic and seemed to contradict almost every UK review i have read which slates the handling as being to soft and understeery they also managed some rather impressive performance tests.

They managed to get 0-60 of 6.7 and a 14.3 quarter mile. These seem very good for a standard car, iirc is UK spec VR is said to have a 0-60 of 7.1 and a 1/4 of around15.4.

Now i agree that a fair number of reasonably standard except for say a K&N filter can make 180-185hp on the rollers but to shave half a second off a 0-60 would take a lot more than 10hp.

Is this a case of VW being conservative? Are standard mk3 VR that fast in which case a Corrado must surely be in the low 6s and easily into 14s as standard

Your thoughts

Dave

[rigs 0]

1/4 mile is shorter in the states... FACT.

[ghettoVR 0]

prob not a backed up time, big tailwind and very good day for dense air

[Abi 0]

Me and another guy are currently running our VR6 Golfs in the VWDRC championship...

Both cars are standard...

He runs mid 14's in his standard Early VR

This is one of his...

60ft - 2.183

330ft - 6.056

1/8th Mile - 9.310

1/8th MPH - 75.52

990ft 12.027

1/4mile 14.469

1/4MPH 95.26

and this is the car...

me... i run 15's and take it gentle in the highline.... plus leather, aircon are really heavy 8-)

60ft - 2.388

330ft - 6.522

1/8th Mile - 9.925

1/8th MPH - 72.17

990ft 12.762

1/4mile 15.286

1/4MPH 92.38

[kerrly 0]

those crazy americans.

how can 1/4mile be anything other than.

I thought the americans use miles but do 400m sprints as opposed to 1/4 which is 402m but 2m isnt going to make a huge difference is it?