Victor Jr.'s (disappointing) day at the races

[pats16v at columbus.rr.com (Erik)]

.619 R/T.  Not bad at all.  Most Christmas tree's are what they call a .500 
tree.  Meaning .5 sec between the last yellow and green.  With a little 
monkeying I'm sure it could hit 14's easily.  given the weather factor I'm 
sure the track wasn't as sticky as it could have been.  The last time at the 
track  (sept) my GTI was hitting high 80's-90 mph with a bad clutch in 
fourth gear.  the clutch was slipping so bad I did'nt even use it when I was 
shifting.  16.3 was my best run.

Erik



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco.org list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 4:59 PM
Subject: Victor Jr.'s (disappointing) day at the races


> First of all, believe it or not, I had never officially drag raced before 
> today.
>
> Vic Jr.'s best was 15.292@89.95.  R/T was .619 (how good/bad is that?  It 
> was pretty consistent
> after my first few runs).
>
> Had the autox rubber on (way out of balance).  Engine is stock 2.0L 16V, 
> Megasquirt FI.  Ignition
> is stock VW 16V knock box.  Tranny is the widest ratio 4-speed with a 
> Quaife.  I burned rubber
> through first gear ridiculously the first few runs.
>
> I never got out of 3rd.  Trap speed was ~90 mph all day, seems to be 3rd 
> gear's termnial velocity.
>
> Sooo...good?  bad?  so-so?  I'm mildly disappointed, I wanted 14's.
>
> LMK your thoughts...
>
> =====
> Cheapass Ron
> "Victor Jr." - '81 Scirocco S 7SM
> 2.0L 16V w/ Megasquirt, Quaifed GL 4-speed
> It's Alive!!!
>
>
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