Loss of "fast" question

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Yeah, I know temp and density matter, my own car thought it was -40C at the
air intake, and that's why HE was parked. (I'd damaged the IAT sensor, got
a whopping 22 mpg on the way home) 140F on the track, and 100%RH, according
to the track printout. But I've been getting in the 16V and feeling that it
was way too slow the last few times.
Anyway, I'm really pissed off, I replaced the cap and rotor, and had
labelled the wire order on the dust shield, then clipped the cap in
thinking that the order was either right or off by 180*. BAD IDEA. Two
sharp cracks as I turned her over (as loud, but not quite right for a
backfire) and my new cap is toast, blasted a nice big hunk out of the
centre pin. And who knows what else. I figured the worst case scenario was
a no start. Shows what I know. We'll see where else those many electrons
went to play I guess. And of course I either wait three days for the local
place to get another cap or drive an hour to the city to get one. Again.
Like fuck. Anyway, she runs worse now.
cathy

On 8:43 pm 07/10/07 Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Cathy, what was the air temp, density, and humidity?
>
>   These things matter beliveve it or not.
>
> LEF  wrote:
>   Think of things that create more drag as speeds increase: low
> tires, dragging brakes, stuff like that.
> You don't say just how far off the car is....two seconds? Two tenths?
> Butt dynos are notoriously inaccurate.
>
>
> larry
> sandiego16v
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Boyko"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 5:07 AM
> Subject: Loss of "fast" question
>
>
> >  Yeah, so we had a fun and entertaining day at the track yesterday
> >  (okay, it
> >  sucked, my 79 stayed parked, and the other one was like a second
> >  off its best time). Anyway, the question is regarding my 16V. 60'
> >  times are fine (2.1s), 1/8th times are okay, but in that second
> >  half of the track in particular, it just doesn't cut it. So what
> >  are the possible causes for a good first few gears and then just
> >  not much forward motivation? I'll check basics and probably
> >  replace some basic tune up items, but what do you think? (And NO,
> >  the car does NOT want to go live elsewhere...). Cathy
> >
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