I autocrossed yesterday

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Craig, what class?  MkI or MkII 'roc?  I've been debating whether to
put a 9A 2.0L in my MkII 16V (legal for DSP) or go with an 8V MkI and
run FSP.  Either would have a Quaifed tranny.  Any input most welcome.

Ron

--- John Ringham <jrringha@adobe.com> wrote:
> 
> Cool! Get any torque steer, or wheel spin with all that mad power? TT
> 
> exhaust on yet?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> At 01:13 PM 7/15/2002 -0700, Craig Williams wrote:
> 
> 
> >Well,
> >
> >For the first time since I built the 2.0 16V (over 2 years ago) I
> finally 
> >got the time to take the Scirocco to an autocross event. I had a
> blast. I 
> >improved with every lap. I ended up only 2 seconds behind the guy
> who 
> >designed the course (driving a Miata) and 2.5 seconds behind the
> Western 
> >Regional champion and his Acura Type R. Since I hadn't raced in over
> 2 
> >years, I felt pretty good about that.
> >
> >I was worried that the motor had too much top end power to do well
> on an 
> >autocross course, but the car perfomed really well. An all second
> gear 
> >course and I had plenty of power to pull me out of every corner and
> it 
> >never felt like it was bogging down.
> >
> >Just had to share. -- Craig
> >
> >
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=====
Cheapass Ron
"Victor" '87 16V Scirocco
"Teufelhasen" '93 Cabby <-For sale

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