So, what's up with Buffalo dyno days?

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Good God - Those numbers are ridiculous!  And you're after more??

Go easy, Josh - Sciroccos don't make for good coffins....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
To: "Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: So, what's up with Buffalo dyno days?


> Josh,
>          By the way, I plugged your chart into my little application to
> measure some stuff:
>
> 0-60            5.17s
> 0-100           11.19s
> 1/4             13.68 @ 111.9 mph
> Top Speed       157mph
>
> Warning:  I recommend never, EVER trying to attain that speed in a
> Scirocco.  :)
>
> Jason
>
>
>
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> At 02:23 PM 10/21/2002, Josh Able wrote:
> >:P
> >
> >the numbers were actually higher than I figured they would be. I changed
out
> >my stock 4.0bar fpr which was giving the car way to much gas down low,
for a
> >3.0bar fpr. I noticed more gains down low, but I also knew I lost a good
> >chunk near the top. I was guessing about 245 at the wheels with 17 pounds
> >boost, instead Im at 258hp with a 10lb-ft torque improvement. Of course
this
> >is with two different brands of dynos..but..
> >
> >sadly that BMW has the power a bit more evenly spread out in the power
band
> >:P
> >
> >SDS might just help me out a tad in this!
> >
> >
> >As for Jason's VR6, that car produced damn nice numbers, and then with
just
> >changing the intake to get 19 more!!
> >
> >Makes it even more impressive that Bens 16v mkI can hang with Jason with
> >ease. :D
> >
> >
> >
> >Josh Able
> >www.JsHouseOfEuro.com
> >"If you're already walking on thin ice, you might as well dance." -Gil
> >Atkinson
> >
> >*GERMANY 2003 - a dub odyssey*
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jason" <jason@scirocco.org>
> >To: <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 1:58 PM
> >Subject: Re: So, what's up with Buffalo dyno days?
> >
> >
> > > At 01:03 PM 10/21/2002, Dan Bubb wrote:
> > > >Any interesting results??
> > >
> > > Absolutely!  I'm surprised no one has posted yet, but I guess we're
all
> > > trying to get back to work etc...
> > >
> > > Two very noteworthy things happened (lesser of the two first);
> > >
> > > 1.  My VR6 gained 19hp over the baseline run with the mere addition of
a
> > > Neuspeed P-Flo intake.
> > >
> > > 2.  Josh Able's 1.8T Scirocco put (are you sitting?) 258hp and
257lb-ft of
> > > torque to the wheels.
> > >
> > > I'm going to repeat that because it sounds vaguely impressive:
> > >
> > >          2500lb car.
> > >          258 horsepower to the wheels.
> > >          257 ft-lb of torque to the wheels.
> > >
> > > Using the old 15% estimate, that would be around 300hp at the motor.
> > >
> > > That's a power to weight ratio of 8.3 lb/hp.  The 4.9-second 0-60
screamer
> > > BMW E46 M3 has a power-to-weight ratio (333hp, 3400lb) of 10.2:1.
> > >
> > > el sicko, no?
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
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