Re: twisties

["Zach Vrooman" <zach@discover-net.net>]

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Enjoy watching your car take a leak.

It's not taking a leak, it's marking it's territory! "This is MY corner!!"

Woohoo!!

zach

86 8v
84 8v
85 GTI



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> From: Owen <rabeys@cadvision.com>
> To: Zach Vrooman <zach@discover-net.net>; scirocco mail list
<scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: twisties
> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 11:42 AM
> 
> 
> > Hi all.
> > 
> > Just a quick dumb question for you. I had the day off yesterday and got
> > bored and started driving around. I headed to my favorite twisty road
and
> > flung it around the corners. Here's my question. How exactly do you
tell
> > when you've lifted a back wheel? I think I managed it, but not really
> sure.
> > It sure felt like the side lifted. Kinda cool. 
> > 
> > zach
> > 86 8v
> > 84 8v
> > 85 GTI
> 
> Like frank said, have someone stand at the corner, get them to video tape
> or snap a pic.  When you actually see your own car doing it, you'll pee
> your pants its so damn funny.  But it also depends on your suspension
> setup.  WIth a stock suspension, it will lean and lift quite a lot in a
> hard corner, my car used to be the running joke at our sportscar club
> slaloms.  They said it looked like a dog takin a wiz at a fire hydrant
> (neeles to say, at the time i was the only VW running slaloms.  I think i
> used to be able to actually drive my rear tires over the cones, without
> knocking them over it went so high....well enough stories, but if you are
> running stiffer springs, bars... then you might not get any lift at all. 
> Mine no longer amuses anybody at the track since I have dropped the stock
> suspension.
> 
> 	It's very hard to tell when you're actually driving, sometimes i think i
> can feel a slight thud as the wheel comes back down, but it could be my
> imagination.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Owen
> 87 16v
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571
> 
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