The 75 track car - it's home...

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

As someone who went from a kompressor to N/A in two weeks time, I'd highly
recommend a supercharger. There is nothing better then a lots of linear
power! Just ask Brett, coming back from H20 in OC MD back in 2002 while
driving his white 16v he actually had to put effort into keeping up with the
kompressor while I just kept it in 4th on the highway the entire time. Now
that I'm back to having a 16v I have to pay attention if I want to go fast!
:-(

-Marc


-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 1:08 AM
To: Ben Harder
Cc: Sciroccolist
Subject: Re: The 75 track car - it's home...

Ben Harder wrote:

> Mark,
> 
>  Congrats!!  Can't wait to see the car!
> Maybe I'll even see ya at the track next year... dueling Mk1's is 
> always great, eh?  ;)
> 
> So... get to work!  I want to see that 75 with a nice powerplant, k?



I don't know what to put in there...  I'd like to stay n/a, but I may go the
supercharger route (Rotrex makes a killer centrifugal supercharger that's
about as close to a turbo's efficiency as I've seen - but it's uber pricey).
I just don't like the characteristics of a turbo for a track car.  Even
though superchargers aren't as efficient at producing big horsepower
numbers, I think the linear power delivery, and minimal lag, is more suited
for autocross where you're on and off the throttle alot...

We'll see, I haven't really thought about it much yet.  It might end up
being whatever I end up getting a good deal on.  I'm going to resist the 16v
route though - I dunno, I've never owned one in all my years of owning these
cars...  I am just a 8v caveman, your extra 8 valves scare me...  :)

Either way, I'm sure my choice will put me in a class that I won't be
competitive in.  For this upcoming year I don't really care though - I just
want to have fun and learn what I can car control-wise...  The next season I
can take what I've learned and concentrate on building a car to a particular
class and concentrate on doing well.

Later,

Mark.
75 x2
80 S
81 S x3
81 Caddy


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