Re: fatty rear tires

["Doug Teulie" <IDougT@email.msn.com>]

The big tires on the rear are not functional on a FWD. As you know the
kits are for people who want to stretch the imagination.
You never know when someone will make a rear wheel drive
Scirocco. It has been done. You know an all wheel drive
Scirocco has been done too. Even a 2 motor Scirocco was made.

Zender and Kamei designed kits that were used in production by VW.
In the 80's Motorsport was big. You will note that the M3 had blistered
fenders and a big wing. Porsche had major blisters and big wings too.
The "rice" stuff was copied from the Euro Motorsport movement.
In the old days the "rice" attachments were true bolt on crap that
did not integrate with the design of the car. The Zender, Rieger, ABT,
and Kamei aftermarket style kits are designed solutions. You may
not like the big kits but they are not for everyone. You gota give
the folks credit that have taken the time to do a nice job grafting
on the fenders and attaching all the plastic so it looks like the
car was made that way. You don't have to drive it if you don't like it!

This brings me to the show car topic. Would you be happy just looking at
stock cars at shows? What fun would that be? I say the more wild the better,
just put the car in a barn and don't drive it on the road. You don't see
real F1
race cars on the road and you should not see wild show cars on the road
eater.

Check out my cars and you see what I drive. Your cars may differ.

Doug
87 16v silver Scirocco "GTX"
81 8v red Scirocco "S"
90 16v 2.0 wht Passat wgn 5 speed
http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/dougmk1.htm
http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/doug16v.htm
http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/doug.htm


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Williams <sfwilliams@home.com>
To: Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>; scirocco list
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: fatty rear tires


>Shawn C Meze wrote:
>
>> How can the Reiger kit be rice and your MK-1 kit NOT be?
>
>Sigh, I thought that my scathing remarks were beyond reproach. Okay, I will
>attempt to educate the masses -especially you, *SEAN*. The Reiger kit is
rice
>because it seriously compromises the car in the interest of enhancing
>aesthetics. This is *exactly* why we give the Honda people grief!
>
>Now, the mild fender flares in "my" Mk1 kit are actually practical. The
front
>airdam doesn't have to flare out at the ends to meet the flares but that's
>minor. Honestly, though, I think I'd rather have the stock S-model airdam
up
>front for a more subtle appearance. This has little to do with style,
though.
>I'm talking tech! Don't you know that my sense and judgement are
infallible?
>Its just me and the Pope, baby!
>
>> Damn it! I KNEW when you lost the dreads your mind would return to its
>> natural state. (Mush state U!) :)
>
>Yeah, well you got me there. I have lost it completely! That's what driving
a
>Rabbit GTI for a few years instead of a Scirocco will do to a guy. :^)
>
>> Dale said he only added 8lbs total.
>
>Very impressive and entirely not typical, I'm sure!
>
>> If you have the added HP on tap the wider wheels would be a definate plus
>
>-to a point only. Besides the HP is coming out of the front -not the back.
>And with that wheel width bias, the added power in the front only makes the
>situation worse!
>
>> and I KNOW the aerodynamics have GOT to be better than the stock numbers.
>
>Yeah, RIGHT! :^) Hee hee... Waaaahhahahaha.. hoo hoo waaaaahaahaha.... Talk
>about frontal area! Waaaa- *cough/ hack/ choke* Whoa... I shouldn't laugh
>like that. Wow... (Scott wipes tears from his eyes and spittle from his
>chin.)
>
>> (Damn you, I will sit on your chest until you open your eyes!) LOL!!
>
>:^) Just don't fart on me, dude. I hate it when you do that. ;^)
>
>> Naw, thats OK. *sigh*. The mental image is painful enough....... :)
>
>Heh, my evil plans are working after all. Hoohahahaha.... *cough*
>--
>Scott F. Williams
>NJ Scirocco nut
>SCCA ProRally driver
>Hotrod Rabbit GTi
>
>
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