Waterwagens Adventure

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I was talking with Lance LaPrarie the other day and he said he took 1st
place with his Scirocco at Waterwagens.  Way to go Lance.  I don't know if
he has any pictures.

On 8/1/06, Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Finally got some free time so I thought I would share my experience up in
> Washington.  After putting Rot, my 79, back together from a frantic rattle
> can paint job on Saturday, since the roller paint job came out like crap,
> we
> took off Sunday morning.  Not enough time to get my copper 79 going due to
> rusty fuel tank.  Was running a little late but easily made up some time
> at
> 4000 rpms in 5th gear.  I entered to show and race so I got judged and
> went
> to the staging lanes.  This being my second show and first 1/4 mile race I
> was kind of nervous.  Prior to coming we rigged up a puke bottle for the
> radiator using a radiator cap from a Vanagon that has the nipple on the
> top
> and some extra hose and ran it into the washer bottle.  So waiting to hit
> the tree she started getting a little warm so I turned the heater on high
> to
> try and lower the engine temp.  No way in hell was I going to shut it off
> and push it up the entire line or fan the engine bay using my hood.  Turns
> out some fluid puked out on the way up and the cap only works one way
> unless
> it was because the line to the overflow bottle was lower that the cap.
> Anyways got some trials in and dialed in a 16.29.  Kind of slow I thought
> for a 3A - 8V with cam, exhaust, ported intake, etc.  But I also had
> everything in the car that I normally would including tools, spare tire
> and
> jack and did not remove the heavy stuff like seats and bumpers.  Was
> really
> only trying to see how fast my car is on an every day basis.  Made it to
> the
> semi finals and eliminated myself with a 16.22 run.  I really enjoyed
> dragging and recommend it to anyone who has ever wanted to try it.
> Saw a few Sciroccos in the show portion and liked all that were
> there.  Also
> loved to see the 2-door A1 Jettas that were on show.  There was a
> beautiful
> beige one that had gorgeous tan leather interior that I could not stop
> looking at.
> Worst part of the show, other than the sprinkles, was at the end when they
> let people do free runs on the drag strip.  I met a cool guy, want to say
> his name was Chris but know I forgot what it was, who had a black 16V
> Scirocco with a 1.8T in it.  Car was phenomenal looking and FAST, low 13s
> might have gotten in the 12s but was not watching the entire time.  When
> he
> was doing some of his last runs there was this loud backfire when he
> shifted
> from 1st to 2nd but it did not seem to be too bad since he kept
> going.  His
> last run there was the back fire and then nothing.  He coasted down the
> track and exited.  Something went way wrong which sucks because that car
> rocked.  Hope the bust was not too bad and he can be back and running
> soon.
> I did not meet anyone from the list but was running around a lot.  Like I
> say I am bad with names and I met the owner of the green tricked out 77
> last
> year.  Nice to see that car again.  I already can't wait for next year.
> --
> Gordy
> MK1 x 4
> MK2 x 1
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)