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Re: My first Autox ruled!
You should concentrate on how whe car handles more than what it looks
like through the corners. It is easily possible to be the front end too
stiff for street tires, and this amplifies driver's error. With a light
car you don't need monster bars -- don't compare size with the later
heavier cars -- the mountimg points and especially moment arms have a
large effect on the roll stiffness contribution too.
It's much more satisfying to be quicker through that portion, than it is
to worry about how you look in a photograph.
The idea of detaching the front sway bar for pictures is one of the
stupidest things I've ever heard of.
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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Shawn Meze wrote:
> At 09:38 PM 11/11/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >I took first place! yeah right =) Anyway I had a lot of fun and learned
> >a lot about what an autocross really involves. I always thought it
> >would involve a lot more shifting and heel-toeing technique but once I
> >got it in 2nd all I had to do was brake, hit the gas, and turn. I must
> >saw it was a lot easier than I thought but we only got 3 runs which
> >kinda
> sucked.........................................................................
>
> Which class are you running in? Depending on the course(and tranny) you will
> almost never get third gear. (Makes it kinda nice for novices since it
> allows you to concentrate on driving the course.) # runs do suck. Since the
> Stadium raised the lot fees for the day, we had to raise the racing fees to
> $25. We also raised the runs to 4 which helps out everybody out and makes
> you feel a little better for the money. Funruns are where you learn the most!
>
>
> >my friend had a 16v in Prepared Novice (he won his first race BTW) and
> >he has Tokico Illumina's, Neuspeed race springs, 22mm front anti-sway
> >bar and 28mm rear and a rear tie bar. His car was twisting an awful lot
> >and his rear tire lifted quite a bit. One of the guys there (Arthur
> >Emerson from r.a.m.vw.wc) told me that the front sway was doing this.
> >It kind of makes sense but wouldn't that warrant a bigger bar?
>
>
> I know that guy! I was going to print some T-shirts for him for the
> waterfest dea last spring....
>
> The hot setup as of this printing for autocrossing a Scirocco is: Neuspeed
> 22F/28R swaybars, upper/lower stressbars, Race springs on Koni adjustables.
> Other people have other items and they seem to work just fine. Before the
> Konis and Race springs, I would yank the rear tire way up in the air. (I
> never seen it, I wasdriving but I could hear/feel it!) I had spectators
> gather in faster tighter sections just to watch my inside rear wheel come
> way off the ground. I guess they were humored by it. I dunno. They would be
> sure to tell me after I was racing what the wheels did. Who-hoo. Now the
> tire still comes off the ground but not as drastic.
> What companies do sometimes for photo shoots are to disconnect the front
> swaybar and leave the rear bar on so the rear inside wheels will come way
> off the ground. Looks good in pictures I sopose.
> The problem is, you cant get a bigger front swaybar for the Scirocco than
> 22mm. That sucks! I would like to have a 25mm myself!
>
>
> Shawn
> 86' Jetta GLi
> 82' Scirocco GTi
> The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
> best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
>
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