Re: scirocco weight thread

["John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>]

You've never met the Mad Bastard, have you?  His Sciretta was a legend...
low, loud, and crude..  it kicked my ass when I had the 16v pickup (granted,
nothing too special, but quicker than most rocs).  I know Mr MB will do
whatever is necessary to make his new Mk1 faster than the Sciretta.

And Jason, wasn't your white 16v running high 14's in the 1/4?

As for stripping weight, every little bit helps...   every pound (yeah, even
off the driver....   *shrug*)

John

lots of stuff
http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm


>No offense Mad Bastard but...
>
>------You Wrote---------------------------------------------
>hehe, anything to shave a coupla pounds.  it all adds up, you know.
actually,
>my big thing now is removable poundage.  i
>want to have some pleasures on the street (stereo, weighty
>rims), but for the track, i want everything to be a quick-disconnect kinda
thing,
>so i can maximize myefforts.
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>
>And to that I say...pshaw! You plan on drag racing this for
>big money? You plan to be under 12 seconds? Every time you
>shed 100lbs you take off 0.1 seconds, IF you can even get your
>car into the 14s while keeping it street legal 0.1 or 0.2
>seconds wont matter worth a darn anyway because you'll be
>bracket racing.
>
>There isn't much removable poundage on the mk1 unless you make
>it non steet legal. By the time you MAYBE shed 100lbs, I'll bet
>you add that back in sway and stress bars. So why bother? Like
>I said unless you plan to race it for big money and replace all
>the glass with lexan, body panels with sheet metal, lightweight
>axels (front and rear) aluminum a-arms, no dash, 1 racing seat,
>then maybe youll have shed 300lbs and be a third of a second
>faster wich would be noticable.
>
>You want fun on and off the road i personally think you should
>be thinking more of weight distribution not sheding to tune your
>car for auto-x or road racing. Unless yer putting out 200+hp
>and are getting low 13s or better whats the point of dragging,
>I see hondas all day running 14s 15s 16s and i just laugh at them. But
thrasing
>my 120hp (17s 1/4 mi) rocco around a corner faster than a new GTi VR6 is
the
>shit!!
>
>I don't mean to start a drag vs auto-x because i love both
>but man, be realistic, sacrificing a noisier/harsher/ uncomfortable ride
for
>the difference betwn 15.7 to a 15.6 drag
>time is pointless. If you want to have much faster times, add
>more power, reducing a few lbs doesnt make a difference worth
>it.
>
>I mean its going to be kinda silly if, on a daily driver you sacrifice
100lbs
>in safety material but still race with +200
>lbs in sway bars and stress bars and any interior, and anything but donut
spare
>tires on the rear
>
>I plan on dragging my roc once i get the G60 done, and MAYBE if
>I get under 14s, I'll invest in some good drag slicks and light
>alloy racing rims, and maybe some NOS to push me in the 11-12s
>range to win the big money. But you bet i'll still have a head
>unit and speakers and amps, and sway bars and stress bars so I
>can enjoy my ride to and from the race.
>
>Ryan
>


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