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Re: suspension fun!/ crappy 6200rpm redline



well now i am really confused. even with my crappy idle situation., my roc
with scream past 7000rpm. am i missing something?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fry, Larry" <LEF@chem-tronics.com>
To: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>; "MrAudi" <mraudi25@epix.net>;
"scirocco-mail list" <Scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: suspension fun!/ crappy 6200rpm redline


> Scott-
>   Yeah, the 16V has it.  At least mine does!!  Scared the whee outta' me
the
> first time I bumped up against it...I thought I'd really broken something.
>  With the cams that come with the US 16V, it runs out of breath by 6000
> anywho....
>
> Larry  sandiego16V  old crock and his old 'Roc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott F. Williams [mailto:sfwilliams@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:03 AM
> To: Fry, Larry; MrAudi; scirocco-mail list
> Subject: RE: suspension fun!/ crappy 6200rpm redline
>
>
> The 8v motors should be limited at around that rpm, but the 16v? Really?
> That doesn't seem right at all.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fry, Larry [mailto:LEF@chem-tronics.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:50 AM
> > To: MrAudi; Scott F. Williams; scirocco-mail list
> > Subject: RE: suspension fun!/ crappy 6200rpm redline
> >
> >
> > Don't our 'rocs have a built-in fuel cut-off at that rpm?
> >
> > Larry  sandiego16V
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MrAudi [mailto:mraudi25@epix.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 10:28 AM
> > To: Scott F. Williams; scirocco-mail list
> > Subject: Re: suspension fun!/ crappy 6200rpm redline
> >
> >
> > fuel pump relay?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
> > To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 6:16 AM
> > Subject: suspension fun!/ crappy 6200rpm redline
> >
> >
> > > Dudes, I was blasting through the backroads last weekend and
> > man are these
> > > cars fun. This was the very first time that I was able to turn the Mk1
> > loose
> > > on the hardcore twisties that it was built for. The car handles
> > great and
> > I
> > > even got the car airborne a few times. The front struts don't
> > offer enough
> > > rebound dampening, but I'm switching to something new, anyway. If
anyone
> > has
> > > some used Bilsteins for sale, I'll take'm (wrecked is fine).
> > >
> > > I finally got around to bolting the rest of my roll cage in (the
bracing
> > > section between the main hoops is removable; the rest of it is
> > welded in).
> > > The increase in chassis stiffness is *incredible*. Now, keep in
> > mind that
> > I
> > > already had a 6-pointer in there to begin with. My point is that
anyone
> > with
> > > a hard-driven A1 should consider a cage. The improvement is
tremendous.
> > The
> > > suspension just... works... I'm in love. :^)
> > >
> > > Okay, so what disturbed me througout the day was that the rev
> > limiter (or
> > > something acting as one) kept pooping my party at 6200rpms. The engine
> > felt
> > > like it could scream past 7k or more without any fuss. I
> > swapped a couple
> > of
> > > different ignition control boxes to no avail. What else could do this?
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