Re: 16V Handling -- a story of autox woes......

["Randy B" <scirokn81@email.msn.com>]

Shannon,
If you are having problems getting power out of 2nd
gear and it is happening quite often you might try
going with a transmission with different gear ratios,
or final drive, or even building your own with OEM
parts from various tranny's. I have never done this
but have thought about it from time to time. Shifting
into 1st while the car is moving, OUCH! I used the
tall box out of the stock 81 Scirocco at the last
event and didn't much like it, so when I replace my
clutch later this month I am going to switch to the
84' close ratio. I was having the same problem as
you were, lugging the motor out of the turns (didn't
help much that I had an oil soaked clutch either).
Hope this helps.

Randy B.
Cosmos 81 Scirocco S - 2.0L 16V
(under the knife OSP car)
Mars 81 Scirocco S - t t 1847cc
(my new CSP car until the other is done)

-----Original Message-----
From: Testastrega@aol.com <Testastrega@aol.com>
To: skerocdriver@juno.com <skerocdriver@juno.com>; sfenton@amazon.com
<sfenton@amazon.com>
Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: 16V Handling -- a story of autox woes......


>Going slower to go faster has been the only thing I have done on the track
>which has actually lowered my times. I guess I just have a tendency to
fight
>the car too much.
>When I try using second around the turns it seems like I loose to many
revs,
>as when I exit the turn by the time  the 16V starts to hit its stride (3K
>rpm) I have to back out and get on the brakes for the next turn. This has
>alot to do with course setup since when I was racing Iowa the tracks were
all
>two lap since they are VERY small....when I met Mannix at my first autox in
>CO the track was huge! I was hitting 5K in 4th on some of the straights. Oh
>well...well see what this season brings with a better cam, tires, and
>suspension. Its funny when I met list member EricP and his 16V in Iowa we
>raced on the track and he smoked every time, he did have modified
suspension
>and I was stock. But straight line I could pull on him hehe.
>
>
>
>Shannon
>"Better to burn out than to fade away"
>87 16V w/210,000 mi.
>
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