Posts Tagged 'motorsports'

How about a Mk2 Golf that can outrun a Bugatti Veyron?

Posted by: nick on: November 14 2011 • Categorized in: Cars

I love lunatic sleeper tuning jobs, this Mk2 Golf may just be the best yet.

Boba Motoring starts with a 1989 Mk2 Volkswagen Golf and a 1.8L 1Z diesel engine running on E85 fuel. With reenforced internals they spin it up to 9500rpm, force fed with a Garrett GTX4202R turbo charger good for 900 horsepower. Thats all fed to the unexpecting road through a 4Motion four-wheel-drive system and stock 6-speed manual. This lunacy equates to 2.7 seconds to 62 miles/hour (100km/hr) and 9.3 second quarter mile sprint.

Yep, faster than a Veyron. Here’s a video of yet more runs, and a video from inside the car. This was way too good for a little link.

Until you win a race on fire, you aren’t trying hard enough.

Posted by: nick on: November 7 2011 • Categorized in: Cars

Figurative inspiring words? Naw.

Behold: the definition of giving 110 percent in competition. Jason and John White recently took to the Targa High Country in Victoria, Australia in their Lamborghini Gallardo. The duo spent the final day of the event battling for the top spot with a menacing Nissan GT-R. The final stage of the day saw the Whites four seconds behind their rival when the green light lit, and the team proceeded to do their best to close the gap.

via autoblog