Re: Scirocco v. 944 (was: an intersting statement in the ClubH2O newsletter)

[16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

To settle this once and for all. :)

The 16v was *much* faster in acceleration than the 8V 944 (about 1s to 
60).  The 16V 944 was significantly quicker than the 8v, but probably would 
have had a hard time keeping up, at least to 60.  I believe both 944s had 
slightly higher top speeds than the 16V Scirocco.

Both cars had similar maximum grip (about 0.80g), but the 944 was faster in 
the slalom and more tossable.

The 944 Turbo is another story entirely in terms of speed.  No comparison.

And, by the way, the report was that the 8V Scirocco could out handle a 
Ferrari 348 in the slalom.  Pretty sad for that Ferrari, cause the 16V was 
2mph faster in the Slalom than the 8V was, and the 16V JETTA was 2mph 
faster than even the 16V Scirocco -- which means that a Jetta was (at 
least) 6mph faster in a slalom than a Ferrari.  Whoa.

Jason





At 08:40 PM 11/5/00 , Brian C Barrows wrote:
>Haven't we had this discussion before?
>
>Well, I have a modified Scirocco that I figure will handle better than a
>stock 16V, and a relatively unmodified 944.  but I"m not sure I could
>really compare the two, since I've been driving/autocrossing the Scirocco
>for almost ten years, and I bought the 944 in Feb (In other words, I know
>the 'Roc much better than the 944).  Right now, I think the Scirocco will
>probably handle better, but the mods required to do so make it much less
>pleasant for driving around town.
>
>In any event, the Scirocco seems more at home on the really tight corners
>(say in autocrossint), where the 944 seems to prefer wider, but much
>higher speed turns.
>
>Just my observations...
>
>B.
>
>'82 Scirocco (a.k.a. "Fritz")
>'85 Jetta
>'87 Porsche 944
>
>On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 15:22:00 -0800 Timothy A Reed <t.a.reed.esq@juno.com>
>writes:
> > On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:11:51 EST Captnbr@aol.com writes:
> >
> > > I remember reading in an old achive Car magazine write up that The
> > 16v
> > scirocco was actually faster and handled
> > > better than a Certain Porsche of that year (do not remember the
> > model(.
> >
> > I can easily imagine a 16v rocco being faster than a non
> > turbocharged
> > model of the 944 (IIRC, the 0-60 times were pretty close); I'd think
> > the
> > Porsche would handle better, though that's just a guess on my part.
> >
> > Someone on the list has a 944 (I think).  Care to comment?
> >
> > -Timothy A Reed, Esq.
> > t.a.reed.esq@juno.com
> > Moses approached the thick darkness where God was
> > Exodus 20:21
> >
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