Re: back tyre/diff kit

[Darrell Adams <adamsdr@us.ibm.com>]

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*From: edix@eve.assumption.edu (Ed Dix)
*Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:40:05 -0500
*Subject: very little technical content, some discussion
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*Since I don't race my Scirocco, I'm not sure my inside rear wheel has ever
*been off the ground while cornering.  But I'm not sure.  When it comes
*down, is it a thunk, or (as I imagine it) does it just settle in?  I've had
*Rabbits before, I can't imagine that I've never done this.  You folks who
*race, could you fill this neophyte in?
*
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I've had the back inside wheel off in a Jetta, Rabbit, and Scirocco.    the
softer the car, the more you feel it.   The Jetta and the Rabbit (pre
aftermarket
sway bar)  it felt like I'd run over a sidewalk.  I was told in the rabbit I
was nearly clearing the cones in a slolom when I autocrossed.  Now the Rabbit
has big-ass swaybar in front, bigger ass sway bar in rear, and a second mongo
custom bar in the rear, very smooth transistion on the corners now.
I still feel it though.  If  you don't feel it, it's probably not happening.
Keep your corners smooth so you don't break the front end loose.
HOWEVER, coming off TWO wheels is a real thunk!!!!!!!!!!!

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*From: skerocdriver@juno.com (SHAWN C MEZE)
*Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 23:58:39 EDT
*Subject: One more arguments for getting the Velocity diff kit!
*
*My delima:
*While im pulling over, Julie says, (Nagging tone) Don't get stuck in the
*sand. (Why I aughta...)
*My problem:
*Just as im making my turn in the soft, damp sand, I feel the whole car
*bog down and the front end sinks into the sand. I tried to keep the
*momentum going so we Don't sink in too deep and get stuck, but it was too
*late, the car stopped on its own and after I spouted my rage about how
*she jinxed me, I think back on the days of driving a 4X4 and remembering
*how to get out of the sand. Being the awesome driver (cough-choke!) that
*I am, I got us out of the sand.
*
*
*P.S. Yes, Julie is STILL mad at me.  OH WELL, looks like i will be in
*this room for a while tonight. :)
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been there, done that.   Sandy beach in WA with my first scirocco.  I thought "
duh, It would be
cool if I spun out in all this sand!"  I feel the front end drop.  I just
slipped the clutch and eased
out very slowly, it worked for me.

that wasn't nearly as bad as when I was driving 4WD S-10 up the 4WD-only rd
that led to my house (had
to park me two scirocco's at the bottom, that sucked)  heavy rain.  wife and
mother-in-law in the cab.
wife says " don't get too close to the edge"  I'm trying to avoid HUGE rocks in
center, and think no problem.
 needles to say I should have listened to wife, she had a lot more 4 by
experiance than I. I slid the
truck down an imbankment in four foot grass/heavy rain.  I did get out
eventualy but made a real mess
trying.

o.k.  one more, as I'm on a roll:

took my Rabbit GTI (autocross car) headed for work one morning and passed a
subaru  (they're slow, don'tcha
know)  so I'm pretty hot through this shicane with a bump in the middle. I
wasn't paying enough attention
and was too wide for the transition and hit some gravel.  with only three
wheels on the grownd the back
end let loose pretty nice.  I did a slow 180 at about 60MPH and launched
backwards off the edge of the road.
I slid far enough to slow down quite a bit so when I landed at the bottom of
the four foot embankment,
I just stopped.  very immbarassing when the subaru came around the corner,
looked down, and saw me in the
ditch.  embankment on one side, irrigation ditch on the other, with a 30 foot
drop into someones front yard
right past the ditch.  I tried to get a run at the hill in front of me but
would only make it half way
then slide back down. I was desperate to get out before someone called the
cops.  I finaly did get out by
backing down the ditch a little and made a run backwards at a shallower spot.
spun around on the road and took off.
On closer inspection, the only damage I found was a bent sway-bar clamp. And I
think I did that on a pile
of rocks in the bottom.  Been racing the car since, and have found no further
problems from the jump.
wow, I LOVE Volkswagens.  they may suck with their quality control at the
factory, but they're tough
as nails!!!


-fish

fish@privatei.com
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