Shocky meets his first challenge!

[DMaula at gordonrees.com (Denny Maula)]

Dan and Kirsten,
Great job on the project!!! The car is a beast!

Denny-slow stock and sorry



-----Original Message-----
From: marc_scirocco [mailto:marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca] 
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:38 AM
To: 'Dan Bubb'; 'mtnman'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Cc: 'Kirsten Jensen'
Subject: RE: Shocky meets his first challenge!


You can also imagine how much faster it will be once it won't need to haul Dan's butt.

;-)

This MK1 should weight less than 2000 lbs with Kristen in it.

Cheers.

Marc

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] De la part de Dan Bubb
> Envoy? : 1 novembre 2004 08:00
> ? : mtnman; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Cc : Kirsten Jensen
> Objet : Re: Shocky meets his first challenge!
> 
> Yes! Yes! Of course! What was I thinking????
> No way would a Scirocco with 300+ HP that weighs 2200 lb or
> less kick the ass of an STI with 300 HP that weighs 3200 lb!
> Especially if the race was from 60MPH so there were no 
> traction issues!
> Frankly I would suspect your butt-dyno needs a recalibration.
> But, of course, everbody is welcome to their opinions.
> Have a nice day!
> Dan
> 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Shocky meets his first challenge!
> 
> 
> > hehe, nice but since I have drive a 300+ hp Scirocco, and an STi, I
> > suspect those guys had no clue how to drive.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Cc: "Kirsten Jensen" <kirsten.jensen@earthlink.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:41 PM
> > Subject: Shocky meets his first challenge!
> >
> >
> > Shocky's second day on the road, all mechanical systems
> checked and in
> > good order, and Kirsten and I are out fine tuning the map. Just by 
> > coicidence during one of the few time I got to
> drive Shocky we
> > pull up to a light next to a brand new Subaru WRX STI with
> new temp tags.
> > Well, they didn't notice us too much so I didn't really get
> on it from
> > the light (plus I didn't want to play to his strength of AWD!) but
> > Shocky's bypass valve is pretty loud and I broke traction 
> in 2nd without trying.
> > Although they hadn't been trying at all to this point, they
> now knew
> > Shocky was up for a challenge. I could see them coming and
> layed into
> > Shocky's boost (still only 10 psi at this point!) and
> zipped down to
> > the highway entrance ramp in a big hurry.
> > Once we got on the highway we had to dedaudle at 60 to get
> these guys
> > to catch up (maybe there first glance scared them off ;^)
> and Kirsten
> > was waving at them to get next to us. Finally they moved next to us
> > and the road was clear.
> > Downshift to third and full throttle to 6500! They were on it right 
> > next to us.
> > 6500 in 4th, 116 MPH and they are still right next to us.
> > 5th gear and still on it. Run it out to 6000 in 5th, about 
> 130MPH, and
> > they finally get about 1/2 car length ahead of us until
> they let off.
> > More than fast enough on the DC beltway.
> > Unbelievable!! Shocky runs with an STI on 10 psi boost on only his
> > second day with his AWP engine!! Poor STI guy! Brand new car and 25 
> > year old Shocky really made him work for it. 8^) What a 
> huge thrill!
> > Faster than hell right out of the box with plenty of boost to come!
> >
> > If you want a kick checkout the video Kirsten made of
> Shocky's first
> > challenge. She was totally not paying attention to the
> camera, but the
> > audio is fun (plus she's topless and you get a quick glance of that
> > too ;^) and you can see the Subaru just pull ahead at the 
> end of the race.
> >
> > www.funksoulkitty.org/october/wrxsti.mov
> >
> > Also, Kirsten will post some other videos where she kicks
> some ass, so
> > watch for those ;^)
> >
> > Shocky is awesome and what a little Trooper! (Yes, Kirsten
> made me say
> > that!) and he got more than one thumbs up today for his awesome
> > display of power!
> >
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