re:drag strip times

[aventari <aventari@cts.com>]

I meant to say a 16v should run low 16's, sorry~!

A stock mk2 8v at 16.7 isn't bad at all. I'd say thats probably what it
would run from the factory

At 10:29 PM 7/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Wow,
>
>And I bitch out the ass and thru a fit due to the fact my car ran a 16.753
>1/4 mile at a whooping weight of 2200lbs. I feel this car of mine is capable
>of running low 16's but something is not right here my car is an 8v and the
>speed was 83mph
>
>Keith 84 Rocco
>----- Original Message -----
From: Riley McDowall <roog@home.com>
>To: aventari <aventari@cts.com>
>Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:19 PM
>Subject: Re: drag strip times
>
>
>> At 6:27 pm -0700 20/7/99, aventari wrote:
>> >if you have a well running 16v w/ gutted cat and ram air, low 15's should
>> >be pretty damn easy, at at least 88 mph.
>> >Your car has a mechanical problem i'd almost guaruntee. is it misfiring?
>> >how does it run when you first start it up in the morning?
>>
>> Not IME at all.  Last weekend in Seattle there was a major VW drag/show
>> event and the only cars running low 15s were VR6 Corrados.  The lowest
>> straight-up 16v time I saw this year was a 15.6, run by an A2 GTI (2L) 16v
>> with headwork, cams, and a Garrett chip.  I ran a 15.801 last year with my
>> 2L 16v (~145hp), although that was with big rims.  Judging by my dyno
>> sheet, I probably would have run at least a 15.6 this year but I got to
>the
>> track to late to get tech'ed... :P :P
>>
>> See you guys at WF!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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