Re: CRAZY Vert... WAS: Re: A new project!! (input requested)

[VWMikeLVW@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/13/00 7:12:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
pjwst17+@pitt.edu writes:


> I know someone who put the Turbo from a Quantum TD on a 1.7 in an early 
> Rabbit Convert.  The thing was CRAZY. I got a ride in this hell machine and 
> thought I was going to die.  There was no intercooler, no wastegate, and no 
> blowoff valve, so the thing stayed pressurized all the time.  The car was 
> fast, eventually the motor did blow up because he beat the HELL out of it. 
> It was high mileage BTW.  Here is an example of how powerful it was. (with 
> 15" wheels).  During a roll back, he was able to SMOKE first, second, and I 
> think third on a stock trans.  When he shifted into 2nd, the wheel came to 
> a complete stop, then it just started spinning again.


I have an mpeg of a pickup doing this....I can't get my car to do it though. 
I think it only works with the stock diff.

Mike
http://www.geocities.com/vwmikel
'84-Arkay Turbo Rabbit GTI
'84-Rabbit GTI - uh.....
'77-Rabbit - project
'80-Scirocco S - (um... to be:1.9L crossflow, turbo, 6 speed, widebody?)