Re: 16V 1/4 mile results

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:35:51 -0700 "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>
writes:
>I was told at the track that air pressure doesn't do much unless your
are
>using slicks!  


Thats actually not true. You will have more launching traction with a low
air pressure tire than a stock or high air pressure tire. Street tires
work relatively good at 15psi and down to 5psi. There are tradeoffs to
using a really low air pressure and 15psi is a fairly safe pressure to
use until you undertand more the behavior of a car on low air pressures.
(Welcome to the world of torque steer madness!) 



>You can also make your rear suspension ROCK hard by taking
>out the spring/shock and putting some type of solid something or rather
in
>there (I have seen thick exhaust piping, 4x4s, etc) to eliminate the
front
>end rising up on take off (the pros use wheelie bars that are pushing
down
>on the ground all the way down the track).  I actually haven't tried
this
>yet, but have seen it work and heard others do it with success.  HTH!


Theres all kinds of things you can do to get a car down the quarter
faster. Making what you have fast is a pretty good start by just figuring
out what an adjustment here and there can do. Little things add up to big
time gains. 


Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi 8V                   84' Scirocco 8V <--NEW
82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 30-   81' future "Project Scirocco FSP"
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and best looking Scirocco in all of San
Diego!
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