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Loss of "fast" question



Yeah, I know about butt dynos, but mine isn't far off in this case, it's
off by I'd say .7 seconds on average. Which is huge.  60 ft times are still
about the same though. (2.1s)

cathy

On 7:23 pm 07/10/07 "LEF" <rocco16@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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" <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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