morpheus20170 0 Posted August 6, 2003 Can anyone tell me what the top speed without mods a 1.8 16v can get, my old car being a Mk1 Golf GTI Cabriolet 8v got about 120mph and I'm hoping for more. Cheers, Morpheus Hope to see you all at Guildford next Wednesday. Oh, btw, can someone also tell me, when you lock the car with the key and the windows roll up, is the sunroof meant to as well as mine doesn't and I don't know if this means it is faulty. ***mod edit***.....moved post into common corrado questions-vr6storm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biggrim 0 Posted August 6, 2003 I think you have to fit a relay for the sunroof to close like that. Not 100% though 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andi 2,147,483,647 Posted August 6, 2003 Oh, btw, can someone also tell me, when you lock the car with the key and the windows roll up, is the sunroof meant to as well as mine doesn't and I don't know if this means it is faulty. Yes, it is meant to. And the top speed is listed as 131mph, if I remember correctly (nerd alert) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cheesy 0 Posted August 6, 2003 i've done 135 on 15's and 140 on 17's the speedos always read slightly out anyway. that was exhaust syatem and induction kit. induction kit now off was a bag of s***e. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted August 6, 2003 Should do about 136.. if the car has a few minor mods or tweaks, and a good amount of mileage on it to loosen it up a little, it should just about do that. Just make sure you aint gonna get busted trying to get there :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted August 6, 2003 right Autocar tested the 1.8 16v Corrado 31/05/89 these are the figures they obtained power..............136bhp torque..............119lb/ft top speed.........131mph 0-60................8.7 secs 30-70mph........8.3 secs.....thru the gears 30-50mph........9.0 secs.....in 4th 50-70mph........12.1 secs...in 5th 1/4 mile time...16.5 secs....no speed given overall mpg.....29.5mpg....recorded on test touring mpg.....34.6mpg....(50%urban/25% 56mph/25% 75mph) as for the total closure i think the sunroof was part of "total closure" at a later date so think your Corrado is ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVR6 0 Posted August 6, 2003 Had mine at 130... then I got scared and eased off :wink: As for the central locking business.... I think earlier C's only put the windows up when the key's turned in the lock. Later ones do the windows and also the sunroof. Interested in biggrims idea about the relay though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtysouth 0 Posted August 6, 2003 I was doing 120mph on M1 3 weeks ago (whoops i didnt say that) :shock: with 4 people and full boot, but with just a few people in the car you should get between to 125 -130 depending on the condition of the engine? as for the sunroof closing with the key? i didnt actually find out that you could close the windows buy just turning the key untill about a month ago :) and my sunroof doent close either? so it may need another relay or sumthing and might of been a standard feature on the VR6? not sure though or mine is broken too :cry: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted August 6, 2003 I think the total full closure was just a later a model / facelift feature - i.e. from 1992 models onwards. My '94 2.0 16v had it so definately not VR specific :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CazzaVR 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Heard that too. My 16v was 1992 pre-facelift, and the sunroof didn't close on it's own. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 7, 2003 vr6storm Do you have the following info for the G60... right Autocar tested the 1.8 16v Corrado 31/05/89 these are the figures they obtained power..............136bhp torque..............119lb/ft top speed.........131mph 0-60................8.7 secs 30-70mph........8.3 secs.....thru the gears 30-50mph........9.0 secs.....in 4th 50-70mph........12.1 secs...in 5th 1/4 mile time...16.5 secs....no speed given overall mpg.....29.5mpg....recorded on test touring mpg.....34.6mpg....(50%urban/25% 56mph/25% 75mph) as for the total closure i think the sunroof was part of "total closure" at a later date so think your Corrado is ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted August 7, 2003 vr6storm Do you have the following info for the G60... right Autocar tested the 1.8 16v Corrado 31/05/89 these are the figures they obtained power..............136bhp torque..............119lb/ft top speed.........131mph 0-60................8.7 secs 30-70mph........8.3 secs.....thru the gears 30-50mph........9.0 secs.....in 4th 50-70mph........12.1 secs...in 5th 1/4 mile time...16.5 secs....no speed given overall mpg.....29.5mpg....recorded on test touring mpg.....34.6mpg....(50%urban/25% 56mph/25% 75mph) as for the total closure i think the sunroof was part of "total closure" at a later date so think your Corrado is ok yes but the "test" G-60 was in fact their own long-termer which not long after them taking figures needed a new G/box(2nd gear problems)about 2k miles later so the bulk of their times are slower than the 16v here goes tho.......10/10/90 power..............160bhp torque..............165lb/ft top speed.........137mph 0-60................8.9 secs 30-70mph........8.8 secs.....thru the gears 30-50mph........7.7 secs.....in 4th 50-70mph........9.6 secs...in 5th 1/4 mile time...16.8 secs....no speed given overall mpg.....22mpg....recorded on test touring mpg.....30.3mpg....(50%urban/25% 56mph/25% 75mph) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G Unit 0 Posted September 10, 2003 My 16v did 135 with 160,00 miles on da clock. Not bad I thought. As for the full closure the sunroof won't work. You could try and wire it into the locking system but the sunroof uses quite a lot of power, so u may end up killing the battery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
