third gear speed

[fourtwofive]

hi everyone today i was having a play on a closed road. and was seeing what speed each gear reaches and thought i would test third i got to just over a 100 in third is my speedo broke this cant be right. also when i reached that speed my car went into limp mode lol

 

[tommy2008cupra]

on a private road i get to just under 100 i f i pushed a bit more prob could get over a ton, not sure where rev limiter is though never hit it?

 

[fourtwofive]

i think i hit the limiter at about 6 - 6.5 ish i was so shocked with over 100 my car hated it though.

 

[tommy2008cupra]

what turbo u running mate, ye i think it is 6.5k

 

[fourtwofive]

running just a k03 std with 220bhp. whats the top end i havent even tested what it does.

 

[tommy2008cupra]

140+ ish ive heard wouldnt really wana do that though lol

 

[fourtwofive]

really thats nuts i dont want to go thier on uk roads.

 

[emlyn11]

140 in 3rd...lol, I take it you mean 5th.

I think the gearbox tops out about 155-160 I heard somewhere so just depends if you
have enough power. (In 5th that is)

To be honest I dont think I have ever hit the limiter in my cupra, bit strange what sort of limiter is it?

Does it just hold at max revs or bounce?

Emlyn

 

[tommy2008cupra]

ye doesnt yours hit 140 in 3rd lol, i dunno about the rev limiter maybe someone else could confirm?

 

[fourtwofive]

140 in third would be insane. im pretty sure it bounced on the limiter. cant confirm that becuase my car went into limp mode when i hit it.

 

[cupra_jobe]

mine does around 103 in 3rd. but the turbo drops of at 6k so really u wanna change just before that. Doesnt bounce of the limiter just sort of bogs or stops the power just because its outta revs.
i have had 145 mph out of mine at 4k. Dyno says 150 at 5k i think dont have it to hand atm.

 

[fourtwofive]

crazy you have a hybrid though. i cant wait to get my hybrid done just got a few more bits on my shopping list. what manifold did you go for mate?

 

[DaNnY_LaD]

Going off an old video of mine when it was a gt2x hybrid....100 in 3rd is about right..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t52gHXrmXAM

Havent done one in my Ihi yet though...

And this was my old 2.0 16v corsa b lol
http://www.youtube.com/user/dannylad2k#p/u/20/8HywgVDZA3k

http://www.youtube.com/user/dannylad2k#p/u/21/QAej7F4f-W4

 

[fourtwofive]

nice vids danny gt2 sounds loverly you gota get some clips of your ihi up mate

 

[Dan1.6]

i can do about 80 so 100 sounds about rite to me

 

[Alps Pacino]

Just on a more comical note my old r1 used to do 106 in 1st lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7mkDrRF0iY

ps not me but you get the idea lol

 

[cupra_jobe]

crazy you have a hybrid though. i cant wait to get my hybrid done just got a few more bits on my shopping list. what manifold did you go for mate?

yeh there great fun when u can put the tracktion down. dont many things keep up tbh haha

went for the INA one from america very fast delivary and resonably priced i think it was about 205 ish with the exchange rate at the time

 

[ian_cupra]

just over 100mph in 3rd, and at the ring i saw it go off the clock and the gps was reading 161

 

[Davem]

just over 100mph in 3rd, and at the ring i saw it go off the clock and the gps was reading 161

How it feel at them speeds? As the car doesnt seem that stable at liek 130 lol.

 

[ian_cupra]

was felt really stable to be honest, was suprised