| 2.1 20v I5 dahlbackracing Golf RSI from Sweden ... GOLF RSI SPECIFICATION: From interview with HANS DAHLBACK dahlbackracing owner: Yes, the infamous Golf may be able to put out 1200 horsepower. Possibly. The story that comes from Hans Dahlback, the owner of Dahlback Racing and the mastermind behind these insane cars, is that the car, when running on a dyno that bolts to the hubs, produced well over 850 hp to the wheels at around 8000 rpm before the dyno started reading errors--and the car revs to upward of 11000 rpm. Using a 15 percent drivetrain-loss calculation, at 8000 rpm the car was over 1000 flywheel horsepower. I'm making an educated guess that the car produced another few ponies in the 3000 rpm that followed. Considering Dahlback claims the motor pulls strong until just under 11000 rpm--with the power increasing dramatically in the last couple thousand rpm--it's reasonable to assume, considering the extent the motor's power curve was climbing at the point the dyno stopped reading, that the car would have likely gained another 100 or 200 horses in the remaining available revs. You also have to keep in mind that Dahlback massively underpromises any horsepower claim. I was told by various people at Dahlback's shop that the Golf was producing significantly more than 850 wheel horsepower on the dyno, but Dahlback would only confirm 850-plus hp, and thus that is what I worked my calculations from. And yes, the car shoots flames out the side exit exhaust during ... |
