Before I blew my stock wbx (1.9) by turboing, I was able to get to
100mph indicated with an extremely advanced ignition tune and
megasquirt on flat ground (I-70).

Sudhir

(I would definately be available to do a 2007 salt-flats get-together :D )

On 11/20/06, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> You know I rpobably didn't actually break 100 either now that I think about
> it. What I know now that I didn't know then was that the speedo reads 5 mph
> higher than it is. So I was probably doing about 95 or 96 myself. Partially
> down hill and with a strong tail wind.
>
> On 11/20/06, Dr.Chris <gronski@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've never been able to crack 100 with my stock (the engine anyway)
> > 2.1L WBX. The closest I got was 155 kmph / 96 mph downhill.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 11/19/06, Warren Lail <vw.bus@mac.com> wrote:
> > > Sooner or later it was bound to happen.  There I was on an open,
> > > straight section of I-80 in northern Nevada.  Not a car in sight
> > > coming or going and a wide view of the highway in front of me
> > > (probably could see clear for 5 to 7 miles as the Interstate crossed
> > > one of those wide desert valleys).  No wind.  Poor judgment.  Promise
> > > to never do it again.
> > >
> > > But ...
> > >
> > > The speed limit was 75.  Billy Bones has a .77 fourth gear, so I was
> > > cruising along at 80 (4,000 rpm).  Then I see the open road, no
> > > traffic, flat level ground, no wind, good tires, and before I could
> > > exercise good judgment, bad judgment took over.
> > >
> > > I pressed the pedal down and the Subie 2.2 began to hum.  Soon I was
> > > at 85.  At 88 I saw comm-trails streaming from my rear view mirrors.
> > > At 90 both mirrors gave up and flapped in.  At 93 the whole front end
> > > began to glow a bright orange - eventually becoming white hot.  At 95
> > > my face became distorted.  At 96 I almost lost consciousness and
> > > began to hallucinate.  At 97 I cried, but poor judgment caused me to
> > > press on, and on, and on.  At 99 my eyeglasses cracked.  And then it
> > > happened - the GPS displayed the magic number.  That one second at
> > > 100 seemed like an eternity.  Good judgment again took over and I
> > > backed way off.  Drove the rest of the way home at the speed limit.
> > >
> > > Dumbest thing I've ever done.  Poor judgment, to be sure.  Promise to
> > > never do that again as long as I live.  It frightens me even now just
> > > thinking about it.
> > >
> > > But I thought I would share the experience.  Maybe it will keep
> > > someone else from making the same mistake.
> > >
> > > Warren L.
> > > 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
> 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
> 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
>