What STEAMS me about Vortex... Sorry... Rant

[raub at kudria.com (Mauricio Tavares)]

David Utley wrote:
>>From: Mauricio Tavares <raub@kudria.com>
>>Date: 2005/05/17 Tue PM 02:57:13 EDT
>>To: Scirocco-l <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: Re: What STEAMS me about Vortex... Sorry... Rant
>>
>>Chris Bennett wrote:
>>
>>>I quite posting there after the Jetta/Golf people got mad at me and locked 
>>>the forum after I mentioned that I have had my '85 Scirocco over 143mph 
>>>after I did my 16v swap. They were posting PICTURES at 115, and 120, which 
>>>makes you wonder who is the more irresponsible one?
>>
>>	If it makes you feel better, I have a friend who built a 8v rabbit that 
>>would do close to 150. Engine HP was not really the issue (yes, he did 
>>made changes to it).  The trick, he says, was to use a diesel tranny to 
>>get the highest 5th gear possible (a FF tranny was use in this 
>>adventure).  The way they measure the speed was to know the distance 
>>btween two towns and how long it took to travel between them. Was that 
>>their brighest moment? Hardly.  Did they take pictures?  The only guy 
>>int he car -- the driver -- was too busy keeping it on the road. So, 
>>they relied ont he stopwatch.
> 
> 
> That is scary!  110 is scary enough, I don't want to think about 150...
> 
	I believe a scirocco with a decent body "kit" to keep its nose down at 
speed while the flow around tit smooth enough would be the way to go. 
But then again if I were to try somethign like that, Bonneville is the place