RE: MAXPower article

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

Well if the car is correctly described in the Article of MAXPower
(details about the engine)
then I guess they were just making sure the were conservative about
the HP output and Speeds.

If the car did run anything faster than stock number. AJRusso would
surely would of been proud enough to provide them
with a Dyno test and stats about speed and Hp.

Since he did not, I guess They just posted numbers that were taken
from some source of information
and dropped them relatively to the age of the car.

What I would like to know, if HOW he got his car covered by the
magazine...any thoughts?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> Josh[deady]Able
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:26 AM
> To: VeeWdriver@aol.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org; 16V Jason
> Subject: Re: MAXPower article
>
>
> it turns out MaxPower just made those numbers up, I
> talked to my friend (who
> owns that car)n and he never gave Max any speed numbers.
>
>
> Josh Able
> 87 16v Seidl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "16V Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
> To: <VeeWdriver@aol.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: MAXPower article
>
>
> > At 11:18 PM 10/14/2001, VeeWdriver@aol.com wrote:
> > >Just picked up a copy of MAX Power and read the
> article about that
> orang-ish
> > >Rocco...is it just me or did he make the car
> slower???  They qoute a 1-60
> > >time of 8.5 seconds.  I thought that they got 7.5-8.0
> depending on the
> > >magazine doing the test?
> >
> > 7.7 - 8.1 depending on the magazine.  No one I've ever
> talked to has been
> > able to better 8.3 to 60 though, which leads me to
> believe that the
> > magazines got Euro-Spec cars (or 2.0 liters). :)
> >
> > More realistic judging by the 16V's power to weight
> ratio is a 0-60 time
> of
> > 8.5 seconds.  So the orange Roc is running about stock
> acceleration.
> >
> >
> > >Guess those 17" wheels really slow things down!
> > >
> > >And they gave it a 130MPH top speed.  This is what a
> stock 1.8 16V does,
> > >right?
> >
> > Nope, 123 or 124 depending on what magazine you read.
> Road & Track
> > estimated 125.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
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