The top speed for a steel bodied VW was set a couple years back at the Salt Flats... 153 mph... Of course the engine wasn't stock and the tranny was built with a huge Overdrive 5th gear and the ring and pinion gear was around a 3.30... I got the Hot VW magazine with the article in it about the run...

BTW, it was a Karmann Ghia and about as ugly as my old Geeero...

B~