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Autocross tips and tricks...

I used to do that on the old chevy V8 a LONG time ago. You turn the air
filter lid upside down, and the motor would suck air from all around the air
filter.

No gain, but the V8 motor was sounding mean when floored. So that was fun...

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Chris
> Envoy? : mardi 10 ao?t 2004 21:18
> ? : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : RE: Autocross tips and tricks...
>
>
> See the TT site. Dyno Tests | Open Intake v. Stock Air Box.  Shows a loss
> in both HP and torque with the open intake.  (A full race engine would
> probably benefit from the open intake.)  There was a write-up on
> this that
> gave more details. I thought they reported a very slight gain
> from a filter
> set up with greater flow capacity, but it was not the first thing to buy
> when looking for more power.  IIRC they noted that there was a lot more
> noise from the engine and as a result there were a lot of people who
> reported that they could "really feel a big increase in power" after
> removing the air cleaner.
>
> Chris
>
> At 03:24 PM 08/10/2004 -0500, Rhett Farnum wrote:
> >Dan, that is the first time I have EVER heard of the guaze type filters
> >being worse. Everyone I have talked to has seen improvement, and I am
> >almost sure I have sean dyno prinouts proving some minor gains from the
> >filter alone.
> >
> >
> >
> >Peace Out,
> >Rhett
> >Rocco_crossing
> >'83 Rocco (DEAD!!) :-(  Now what to do???
> >Buy a GTI!! Got an '83 for that too!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
> >>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >>Subject: RE: Autocross tips and tricks...
> >>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >>A friend of mine flowed a paper and a gauze (K&N type) filter and the
> >>gauze actually flowed slightly WORSE than the paper. My guess
> is the oil
> >>provides a bit more resistance. Stick with paper. Along those lines,
> >>don't take out your air filter. The 1/1000th of a second you
> may possibly
> >>gain will promptly disappear as your engine fills with crap. Try
> >>practicing instead, it's free and will gain you a a ton more than those
> >>other mods. (not meant to be harsh).
> >>
> >>As for the TB, I would imagine they're designed that way for a reason.
> >>You may get better air flow, but you won't have additional fuel
> being fed
> >>in to go with that air. Try an A2 TB or if you really want, a Weber.
> >>Again, there's so much other, better stuff you can do.... Remove all
> >>seats but the drivers, a pretty quick and easy thing to do, and you'll
> >>probably get way more results than the other mods. Also, put
> the minimum
> >>amount of gas needed in your tank and if that's around 1/2 a
> tank, throw
> >>in a bottle of octane booster. Run Seafoam through your whole
> system and
> >>some Marvel Mystery oil to clean out debris.
> >>
> >>HTH,
> >>Dan
> >>
> >>Rhett Farnum <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>I would go for the K&N or Airhog ASAP!! They do help! I have
> never heard of
> >>the screw in the TB before though it might be something to try.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Peace Out,
> >>Rhett
> >>Rocco_crossing
> >>'83 Rocco (DEAD!!) :-( Now what to do???
> >>Buy a GTI!! Got an '83 for that too!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: "Bryan Rankin"
> >> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org, vwautox@yahoogroups.com
> >> >Subject: Autocross tips and tricks...
> >> >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:18:53 -0400
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >I was at an autocross yesterday, and a guy with an Integra
> seen the brown
> >> >beast and was very excited, said he used to have an 81 like
> mine, but he
> >> >had a 1.9 Callaway Turbo swapped into it. He was telling me
> how I could be
> >> >gaining more power for autocross.
> >> >
> >> > He showed me that if i put a screw in the throttle linkage where the
> >> >small butterfly is attached to the big butterfly, you could
> open both at
> >> >once, getting more flow...this seems like a pretty good idea,
> but isn't it
> >> >the same thing as putting it full throttle, or would it be
> slightly quicker
> >> >than full throttle?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > He also told me that I should take me airfilter out for autocrossing
> >> >because I would get ALOT more air flow, and there isn't a
> huge risk running
> >> >without an airfilter for autocross because there should be very little
> >> >debris. I'm very skeptical of that, and I did not try it...
> >> >
> >> >I didn't have anything to put in the linkage of the tb, so I
> was unable to
> >> >try that as well.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >What do you guys think?
> >> >
> >> >Bryan
> >> >Fort McMurray, AB
> >> >81 Volkswagen Scirocco
> >> >
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