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I'm ditching the 2L



:-0

-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Bruchmann [mailto:pilotlars@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:36 PM
To: Tonee Northam; David Utley; Mike Smith; Eric S
Cc: Rocco list
Subject: RE: Re: I'm ditching the 2L

yeah, that's how he drives on his way home from work
each day!! 
--- Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:

> That was actually David's GTI !
> 
>
>
> David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
> Highly modified 1.8T... Bigger injectors, I assume a
> larger turbo, and
> aftermarket EFI... I believe it said somewhere in
> the thread on Vortex, in
> the A1 forum...
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> Mike Smith
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 12:40 AM
> To: Eric S
> Cc: Rocco list
> Subject: Re: Re: I'm ditching the 2L
>
> Anyone know what was under the hood in that video
> that started this thread?
>
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:03:36 -0700 (MST), Eric S
> wrote:
> >
> > I learned that a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 has the
> ability to do 157 mph or
> so.
> >
> > Yes, I was driving (with the owner encouraging
> me).
> >
> > I still love those cars to this day...big heavy
> pig, but god it has some
> > LEGS.
> >
> > --
> > Eric
> > www.vintagewatercooleds.com
> >
> > 1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
> > 1988 Audi 90 Quattro
> > 1990 Corrado TDI
> > 1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)
> >
> >
> >
> > Patrick Bureau said:
> > > fastest I have done in a scirocco has been
> seriously dumped on when I
> > > mentioned the tach reading ( and I could say the
> same about the
> > > video's tach, RPM vs Speed reading seems iffy if
> you ask me) so I will
> > > not want to re-open that can of worms..
> > >
> > > But the fastest I ever have done is 9,2 seconds
> on a quarter Mile
> > > track in a Ford Maverick with a 400 Chrysler
> drivetrain, big daddy
> > > slip and street 60's 2ply as wheels in the rear.
> > >
> > > the only other other time I really have gone
> fast was in a apple green
> > > 911 porshe on the nevada desert flat hwy, clock
> on police radar (I was
> > > not driving - but was a passenger in someone's
> car I know well), at
> > > 190 MPH,btw the police interceptor we passed on
> the hwy was at a full
> > > stop, and caught up to us in less that 2 miles,
> I never got permission
> > > to get a picture, but I tell you it was a full
> blow mad max trans-am
> > > with slick-type tires in the back, and a blower
> sticking out of the
> > > hood that would make mad max proud.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:16:07 -0800 (PST), Lars
> Bruchmann
> > >
> wrote:
> > >> fastest i've gone: 122 mph in my golf gti, 153
> mph in
> > >> a porsche turbo (as a passenger in the back
> seat), 175
> > >> mph in a B747 at take-off.
> > >> --- David Utley wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > There is quite a bit on conjecture over how
> fast he
> > >> > is -actually- going... However, anyway you
> slice
> > >> > it, he has to be going at least 160 mph, and
> that is
> > >> > indeed impressive... I personally plan to
> never go
> > >> > over 150... :-)
> > >
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>
> --
> Mike
> '86 red 16v (Red 5)
>
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