Re: MkII Wide Body Kits/8" wheels??Oversteer

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 04:03 PM 4/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
>.you certainly won't find me driving this car
>>around the autox track...it's all in the name of show.
>
>Hell, autocross it!!  Nothing to hit but cones!  I've hit TONS of cones, at
>speeds up to 80mph, and have only one ding to show for it.  The occasional
>autocross won't hurt it.


Normally, id say, "YA, go race it, you CANT hurt the car on the Autox course"! 
That was until the last time we had a saturday practice / sunday race. I cant 
recall the guys name, he has a blue Scirocco with the 16V body kit. (RD motor) 
Anyway, somehow he got sideways through a slalom section where they used these 
HUGE cones. He hit right behind the passenger side front wheel and busted the 
hell out of the side kirt. (Those of you who are looking for these 16V kits know 
how hard these are getting to be to find.)
Sunday he came back and I asked him if he was going to race? He said, "nope. Not 
gonna do it". Wouldnt be prudent kinda thing. This was his second time comming 
out to race and I believe it was his last. I'll find out next race if he's 
scared off or not. I hate to see it happen to a fellow Scirocco owner. 
(Especially since there are so few of us at the track to begin with!)  



>>eventhough its a fwd car...around turns it's always good to have the
>>most rubber down getting traction...decrease the rear from the chance of
>>slipping.
>
>It doesn't slip as it is.  It can, if you do (not you, not looking for a
>flamewar) something stupid, the rear can step out (brake in a corner), but
>as a rule, the VW does not oversteer.  Could you put 10s on the front?
>Would that ruin the look you're after?  I wonder about the VWs power
>capability to turn a 285, though.  Dunno.


I think a Scirocco (A-1, whathaveyou) can be setup to oversteer. (slip) A good 
example of this is the Pottermans Scirocco. It oversteers like a mad dog if you 
set it up to that extreme. (it can and has been done in his car.) The problem 
is, its not controlable! This is the contributing factor to having "usable 
oversteer", or Scary-as-shit-oh-my-gawd-werent-we-just-comming-from-there", 
oversteer. Thats the difference alrighty!



Shawn
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