race with a talon

[sciroccin@softhome.net (sciroccin@softhome.net)]

I had one of those as well.  90 or 91, I don't remember.  Hauled ass until
it jumped time at about 7000rpm.  The repair bill from the dealer was not a
pretty site.  Actually there is another story in that alone.  Car never ran
the same afterward., so I traded it in on a M Miata a month later...

Anyway, back to the main theme of this.  The car hauled wicked ass, I used
to run Mustangs with it.  Biggest problem was holding traction.

-=Rick

Allyn writes:

> Trust me, it wasnt a turbo model. I had a 90 tsi (awd turbo). I regret
> selling it. Damn thing was a street legal rally car. Incredibly balanced
> (could do 4-wheel drifts under heavy throttle with all 4 wheels pulling).
> Not to mention i had an *upgraded* turbo on it. (15 lbs boost @ 1800 rpm).
> No other mods save the turbo and it hauled major but (i could do more by
> simply stopping the ecu from what it thought was overboosting by the better
> turbo).
> Heheh.
> Al
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Jung" <palace_master@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:29 AM
> Subject: race with a talon
> 
> 
> > I had a bit of stoplight racing fun with a late model
> > Eagle Talon today here in Burnaby BC.  Anyhow, I see
> > this guy in a red Talon that was riced out with a
> > coffee can muffler, 1.5 foot high spoiler, tinted
> > windows and big tires as I'm coasting up to him in the
> > curb lane.  I time it so that i keep the 'rocco
> > coasting a bit as the light changes to cut the tire
> > spin and blast way past him and cut in front of him.
> > This pisses the guy off of course, being passed by my
> > old 8 valve scirocco, so of course the guy weaves in
> > and out of traffic to get by me. Later on, we're lined
> > up again at a red light (Kingsway is a long street.)
> > It was raining today and I made the mistake of dumping
> > the clutch and pouring on too much coal, so my tires
> > are spinning madly and so are his.  I back off the
> > throttle to gain some traction and the Talon gains a
> > car length.  However, I was surprised that the guy
> > never got more than a car length in front of me all
> > the way.  It must not have been a turbo model, because
> > I hear that those cars are fast.  My car only is a 1.8
> > 8V with an Audi throttle body, sewer pipe, advanced
> > timing, and a dynomax muffler.  Anyhow, it's dyno day
> > for us here in the Vancouver area on Saturday, so I'll
> > see how I'm doing and how I can improve things.
> >
> > Chris J.
> > '83 Scirocco GT
> > '81 Kawasaki KZ550
> >
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