race with a talon

[amalventano1@home.com (Allyn)]

Trust me, it wasnt a turbo model. I had a 90 tsi (awd turbo). I regret
selling it. Damn thing was a street legal rally car. Incredibly balanced
(could do 4-wheel drifts under heavy throttle with all 4 wheels pulling).
Not to mention i had an *upgraded* turbo on it. (15 lbs boost @ 1800 rpm).
No other mods save the turbo and it hauled major but (i could do more by
simply stopping the ecu from what it thought was overboosting by the better
turbo).
Heheh.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Jung" <palace_master@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:29 AM
Subject: race with a talon


> I had a bit of stoplight racing fun with a late model
> Eagle Talon today here in Burnaby BC.  Anyhow, I see
> this guy in a red Talon that was riced out with a
> coffee can muffler, 1.5 foot high spoiler, tinted
> windows and big tires as I'm coasting up to him in the
> curb lane.  I time it so that i keep the 'rocco
> coasting a bit as the light changes to cut the tire
> spin and blast way past him and cut in front of him.
> This pisses the guy off of course, being passed by my
> old 8 valve scirocco, so of course the guy weaves in
> and out of traffic to get by me. Later on, we're lined
> up again at a red light (Kingsway is a long street.)
> It was raining today and I made the mistake of dumping
> the clutch and pouring on too much coal, so my tires
> are spinning madly and so are his.  I back off the
> throttle to gain some traction and the Talon gains a
> car length.  However, I was surprised that the guy
> never got more than a car length in front of me all
> the way.  It must not have been a turbo model, because
> I hear that those cars are fast.  My car only is a 1.8
> 8V with an Audi throttle body, sewer pipe, advanced
> timing, and a dynomax muffler.  Anyhow, it's dyno day
> for us here in the Vancouver area on Saturday, so I'll
> see how I'm doing and how I can improve things.
>
> Chris J.
> '83 Scirocco GT
> '81 Kawasaki KZ550
>
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