Autocross tips and tricks...

[abatzis2 at hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

i don't think i've ever seen a dyno run (not from k&n of course) that showed 
any improvement with it.  from what i've seen, the air filter isn't much of 
a bottleneck in our cars. the venturi/air meter is much worse...anyway, i 
have one in my car and notice no difference. along with the tt powermod 
(which i also have), i think these are the 2 worst bang-for-buck 
"improvements".

-Michael Abatzis
New Orleans!
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...



>From: "Rhett Farnum" <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com>
>To: sad_rocc@yahoo.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Autocross tips and tricks...
>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:24:27 -0500
>
>Dan, that is the first time I have EVER heard of the guaze type filters 
>being worse. Everyone I have talked to has seen improvement, and I am 
>almost sure I have sean dyno prinouts proving some minor gains from the 
>filter alone.
>
>
>
>Peace Out,
>Rhett
>Rocco_crossing
>'83 Rocco (DEAD!!) :-(  Now what to do???
>Buy a GTI!! Got an '83 for that too!!
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: RE: Autocross tips and tricks...
>>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>A friend of mine flowed a paper and a gauze (K&N type) filter and the 
>>gauze actually flowed slightly WORSE than the paper. My guess is the oil 
>>provides a bit more resistance. Stick with paper. Along those lines, don't 
>>take out your air filter. The 1/1000th of a second you may possibly gain 
>>will promptly disappear as your engine fills with crap. Try practicing 
>>instead, it's free and will gain you a a ton more than those other mods. 
>>(not meant to be harsh).
>>
>>As for the TB, I would imagine they're designed that way for a reason. You 
>>may get better air flow, but you won't have additional fuel being fed in 
>>to go with that air. Try an A2 TB or if you really want, a Weber. Again, 
>>there's so much other, better stuff you can do.... Remove all seats but 
>>the drivers, a pretty quick and easy thing to do, and you'll probably get 
>>way more results than the other mods. Also, put the minimum amount of gas 
>>needed in your tank and if that's around 1/2 a tank, throw in a bottle of 
>>octane booster. Run Seafoam through your whole system and some Marvel 
>>Mystery oil to clean out debris.
>>
>>HTH,
>>Dan
>>
>>Rhett Farnum <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>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"
>> >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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