Re: what sooped up sciroccos are like?

["the mad bastard" <the-mad-bastard@home.com>]

    hey jorel.  last year, my 2.0 16V mk1 jetta was dynoed at about 175hp
and a torque figure that was ±5hp from that mark.

    i've since had the motor rebuilt to it's previous state, and i've
dropped the motor into a mk1 rocco.  if i run really crap tires, then i'll
get some crazy torque-steer.  if i use good tires (like my wonderful
yokohama A520s), then i generally just hook up and go.

    of course, some throttle-modulation is required, but that's generally
the case for any car that has enuff power to break the front wheels loose.

    i love the power from my motor, but i want more.  lots more.  i want a
done 1.8T.  i think that 300hp in a lightened mk1 rocco will be just the
thing i need.... :)

jason
the mad bastard

----- Original Message -----
From: Jorel <jorel140@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:08 PM
Subject: what sooped up sciroccos are like?


> I've never seriously modified a scirocco for
> performance gains. I worked on a '73 charger and a '73
> RS camaro. These were always bolt on mods for more
> horse power. I never beefed up the suspensions. I just
> wanted more power, and I got that. Sometimes the gains
> were not as dramatic as I would like. It seemed a give
> and take thing: you took somthing and lost somthing
> else. Now I wonder what it would be like to jump from
> the stock hp of my '87 16v to about 170 hp? I believe
> the stock hp is about 121. So were talking a jump of
> about 50 hp. I know others have done it, and I would
> like to know what that was like when you started it up
> and took it for a ride? Do you get any problems with
> torque steer?  I've never seen a modified scirocco,
> much less been in one. Interesting to see how they
> would react to more power. The camaro I had seemed to
> become skittish with more power. You had to watch
> where you had the wheels pointed when you gave it the
> gas. Under hard accelleration, it had a marked
> tendency to go kind of sideways down the road as the
> rear wheels tried to pass the front wheels.
>
> Jorel Jackson
>
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