Handling and some other ramblings.

[vwnuts at yahoo.com (Anthony Pelletier)]

to answer someone elses question, I think my scirocco
has the better tires 205-45-16 toyo t1s and the vr6
195-50-15 pirelli P700z

I was just impressed with the way it would handle
anything that I threw at it with ease.  It seems my
rocco is far less smooth and has more trouble with
uneven surfaces (Maine roads suck).  I think I need to
bring the car up some.  The scirocco rides really
stiff.  My tires will start making noise long before
the ones on the vr6 will.  It wouldn't hurt to check
my alignment either I guess.  


Thanks for the input  
 
--- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Can you be more specific about how your car handles
> in comparison?
> For instance does your car understeer more or less?
> How does it handle bumps in comparison?
> Steering response?
> Difference in drop throttle oversteer?
> If you can pinpoint the differences maybe we can
> help a little more.
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Pelletier" <vwnuts@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:16 PM
> Subject: Handling and some other ramblings.
> 
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> > I have a 1980 scirocco that has some pretty
> extensive
> > suspension mods and have some questions about
> getting
> > MKI's to hanlde better.  
> > 
> > What started this is over the weekend my friend
> needed
> > a truck so I loaned him my 4runner and he in turn
> > loanded me his 1985 gti with a vr-6.  (what a deal
> > eh?)  Its pretty much gutted and he has bilstein w
> > ground control (eibach) springs 400# front 300#
> rears
> > with the MKIII "plus" suspension, and stock vr-6
> > 15x6.5" wheels.  I was very impressed with the
> > suspension despite what everyone says about vr6's
> > being understeering pigs, I did not find this to
> be
> > true at all.  I am actually kind of embarassed by
> how
> > badly my mki handles in comparison. 
> > 
> > I have h&r coil overs (no idea what the spring
> rate is
> > on these.) suspension techniques rear swaybar, no
> > front bar, poly bushings up front 16x7" rims with
> toyo
> > proxies t1s and find the handling just medoicre. 
> Am I
> > doing something wrong here, or is the MKII
> suspension
> > just that much better?  I found I was able to take
> > corners faster with far less drama than I do in my
> > rocco.  (I am not talking about all out
> acceleration
> > here.)  Maybe I can't drive, or I've been driving
> a
> > bloated SUV for too long, please don't flame me, I
> am
> > just looking for info/opinions about what I am
> doing
> > wrong here.  In the rocco's defense the coilovers
> are
> > probably set a little too low, but I didn't think
> it
> > would make that big of a difference. 
> > 
> > Tony
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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