Autocross tips and tricks...

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I think what people have tried is getting a larger A2 TB and tying the butterflies together.  I guess you sacrifice drivability for a little more power.  They open one then the other to help with tip-in, I think.

John K. Gates
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----- Original Message -----
From: Rhett Farnum <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 12:42 pm
Subject: RE: Autocross tips and tricks...

> I would go for the K&N or Airhog ASAP!! They do help! I have never 
> heard of 
> the screw in the TB before though it might be something to try.
> 
> 
> 
> Peace Out,
> Rhett
> Rocco_crossing
> '83 Rocco (DEAD!!) :-(  Now what to do???
> Buy a GTI!! Got an '83 for that too!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Bryan Rankin" <d_x20@hotmail.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org, vwautox@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Autocross tips and tricks...
> >Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:18:53 -0400
> >
> >
> >I was at an autocross yesterday, and a guy with an Integra seen 
> the brown 
> >beast and was very excited, said he used to have an 81 like mine, 
> but he 
> >had a 1.9 Callaway Turbo swapped into it.  He was telling me how 
> I could be 
> >gaining more power for autocross.
> >
> >   He showed me that if i put a screw in the throttle linkage 
> where the 
> >small butterfly is attached to the big butterfly, you could open 
> both at 
> >once, getting more flow...this seems like a pretty good idea, but 
> isn't it 
> >the same thing as putting it full throttle, or would it be 
> slightly quicker 
> >than full throttle?
> >
> >
> >   He also told me that I should take me airfilter out for 
> autocrossing 
> >because I would get ALOT more air flow, and there isn't a huge 
> risk running 
> >without an airfilter for autocross because there should be very 
> little 
> >debris.  I'm very skeptical of that, and I did not try it...
> >
> >I didn't have anything to put in the linkage of the tb, so I was 
> unable to 
> >try that as well.
> >
> >
> >What do you guys think?
> >
> >Bryan
> >Fort McMurray, AB
> >81 Volkswagen Scirocco
> >
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