Re: MAXPower article

["Josh[deady]Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>]

.. ever.
> the articles in the rag were all about interior mods


The interior is VERY nice.


> sure the paint looks good and those rear Merc taillights. 75hours?


That sounds about right.


> There are a hell of a lot better cars out there. ie. Bretts.

yup.



>What is with that hood. Sorry
> Josh. I think they are dumb.

your dumb. :)



> and wasnt that one of the fscked up ones.

yup, it was one of mine that I rejected.

> > and wasnt there another 16v that looked just like it at water/dustfest
> that was driven by a black gentleman

kinda...not really..
I was like saying Botchs car is just like Bretts. :)
Though if its the guy Im thinking of, it was pretty damn nice.




>
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Josh[deady]Able wrote:
>
> > it turns out MaxPower just made those numbers up, I talked to my friend
(who
> > owns that car)n and he never gave Max any speed numbers.
> >
> >
> > Josh Able
> > 87 16v Seidl
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "16V Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
> > To: <VeeWdriver@aol.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 4:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: MAXPower article
> >
> >
> > > At 11:18 PM 10/14/2001, VeeWdriver@aol.com wrote:
> > > >Just picked up a copy of MAX Power and read the article about that
> > orang-ish
> > > >Rocco...is it just me or did he make the car slower???  They qoute a
1-60
> > > >time of 8.5 seconds.  I thought that they got 7.5-8.0 depending on
the
> > > >magazine doing the test?
> > >
> > > 7.7 - 8.1 depending on the magazine.  No one I've ever talked to has
been
> > > able to better 8.3 to 60 though, which leads me to believe that the
> > > magazines got Euro-Spec cars (or 2.0 liters). :)
> > >
> > > More realistic judging by the 16V's power to weight ratio is a 0-60
time
> > of
> > > 8.5 seconds.  So the orange Roc is running about stock acceleration.
> > >
> > >
> > > >Guess those 17" wheels really slow things down!
> > > >
> > > >And they gave it a 130MPH top speed.  This is what a stock 1.8 16V
does,
> > > >right?
> > >
> > > Nope, 123 or 124 depending on what magazine you read.  Road & Track
> > > estimated 125.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
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