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16v has more power when motor is cold?



I think in that Scirocco dealer video it said 0-50 in
the 5sec range.  0-50 in the 8v was 7.0sec I think
--- Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> At 03:38 PM 11/22/2002, Dan Smith wrote:
> >Oddly enough, the old manual I had for my rocc said
> that 'Letting the car 
> >warm up does nothing and is merely a waste of gas.'
> It surprised me and I 
> >usually let the car warm up about a minute or so
> anyways (until the 
> >defoggers start doing their thing and I can grasp
> the steering wheel 
> >without my hands freezing to it) so take it as you
> will.
> 
> There's a huge difference between "letting your car
> idle to warm up" and 
> "driving moderately when cold".  No one here is
> talking about letting the 
> car idle for a half hour in front of the house --
> they're talking about 
> very little throttle and very little revs until
> normal temperature.
> 
> That said, my limit is 1/3 throttle and 3000rpm on
> any of my cars until oil 
> hits 80'C.
> 
> 
> 
> >P.S.- I'm not really sure how you define
> hotrodding, but I never go 
> >hotrodding around in my car. The closest I get is
> seeing how close I can 
> >get to the estimated 4.9sec 0-60 time VW used to
> claim. I think that was 
> >their claim anyways, I can't remember.
> 
> 0-60 in 4.9?  Yeah, maybe if you dropped a turbo
> nitrous 2.2L 16V Scirocco 
> off a cliff.  :)
> Their claim to 60 was 8.0 or 8.1.  They did have an
> ad about 0-50 in 
> 5-point-something, though...
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf
> Of Brandon Smith
> > > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:54 AM
> > > To: SCIROCCO-LIST
> > > Subject: Re: 16v has more power when motor is
> cold?
> > >
> > >
> > > Or things could be a lot simpler. Colder air is
> more dense. and since only
> > > 20% of the air we breathe is actually oxygen
> (here's the advantage of NOS
> > > over super or turbo charging, NOS=33%
> Oxygen).denser air means more Oxygen
> > > per volume is being brought into the combustion
> chamber.
> > >
> > > However, I don't know about you guys, but I sure
> as hell don't hot rod
> >my
> > > 16v if it hasn't gotten up to its normal
> operating temperature.
> > >
> > > Cold Dry Winter Nights, about 17 degrees
> outside, Let the Rocco warm up
> >a
> > > bit, drive it a couple of miles, and Have some
> fun!
> > >
> > > -Brando
> > >
> >
> >
>
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=====
-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco
1987 White Quantum wagon

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