Re: what sooped up sciroccos are like?

[Jorel <jorel140@yahoo.com>]

I know the feeling! It usually comes with an evil grin
and maybe some mad laughter. Nothing like having your
hair on fire.

Jorel

>     i love the power from my motor, but i want more.
>  lots more.  i want a
> done 1.8T.  i think that 300hp in a lightened mk1
> rocco will be just the
> thing i need.... :)
> 
> jason
> the mad bastard
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jorel <jorel140@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:08 PM
> Subject: what sooped up sciroccos are like?
> 
> 
> > I've never seriously modified a scirocco for
> > performance gains. I worked on a '73 charger and a
> '73
> > RS camaro. These were always bolt on mods for more
> > horse power. I never beefed up the suspensions. I
> just
> > wanted more power, and I got that. Sometimes the
> gains
> > were not as dramatic as I would like. It seemed a
> give
> > and take thing: you took somthing and lost
> somthing
> > else. Now I wonder what it would be like to jump
> from
> > the stock hp of my '87 16v to about 170 hp? I
> believe
> > the stock hp is about 121. So were talking a jump
> of
> > about 50 hp. I know others have done it, and I
> would
> > like to know what that was like when you started
> it up
> > and took it for a ride? Do you get any problems
> with
> > torque steer?  I've never seen a modified
> scirocco,
> > much less been in one. Interesting to see how they
> > would react to more power. The camaro I had seemed
> to
> > become skittish with more power. You had to watch
> > where you had the wheels pointed when you gave it
> the
> > gas. Under hard accelleration, it had a marked
> > tendency to go kind of sideways down the road as
> the
> > rear wheels tried to pass the front wheels.
> >
> > Jorel Jackson
> >
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