Shocky meets his first challenge!

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

Kirsten, I'm curious to find out how much Shocky weighs now.

You could always stop by a weigh station, or go to a recycle plant.

Peter
'79 16V 1945lbs



-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of marc_scirocco
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:38 PM
To: 'Dan Bubb'; 'mtnman'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Cc: 'Kirsten Jensen'
Subject: RE: Shocky meets his first challenge!

You can also imagine how much faster it will be once it won't need to haul
Dan's butt.

;-)

This MK1 should weight less than 2000 lbs with Kristen in it.

Cheers.

Marc

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] De la part de Dan Bubb
> Envoy? : 1 novembre 2004 08:00
> ? : mtnman; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Cc : Kirsten Jensen
> Objet : Re: Shocky meets his first challenge!
> 
> Yes! Yes! Of course! What was I thinking????
> No way would a Scirocco with 300+ HP that weighs 2200 lb or 
> less kick the ass of an STI with 300 HP that weighs 3200 lb!
> Especially if the race was from 60MPH so there were no 
> traction issues!
> Frankly I would suspect your butt-dyno needs a recalibration.
> But, of course, everbody is welcome to their opinions.
> Have a nice day!
> Dan
> 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Shocky meets his first challenge!
> 
> 
> > hehe, nice but since I have drive a 300+ hp Scirocco, and an STi, I 
> > suspect those guys had no clue how to drive.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Cc: "Kirsten Jensen" <kirsten.jensen@earthlink.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 1:41 PM
> > Subject: Shocky meets his first challenge!
> >
> >
> > Shocky's second day on the road, all mechanical systems 
> checked and in 
> > good order, and Kirsten and I are out fine tuning the map.
> > Just by coicidence during one of the few time I got to 
> drive Shocky we 
> > pull up to a light next to a brand new Subaru WRX STI with 
> new temp tags.
> > Well, they didn't notice us too much so I didn't really get 
> on it from 
> > the light (plus I didn't want to play to his strength of AWD!) but 
> > Shocky's bypass valve is pretty loud and I broke traction 
> in 2nd without trying.
> > Although they hadn't been trying at all to this point, they 
> now knew 
> > Shocky was up for a challenge. I could see them coming and 
> layed into 
> > Shocky's boost (still only 10 psi at this point!) and 
> zipped down to 
> > the highway entrance ramp in a big hurry.
> > Once we got on the highway we had to dedaudle at 60 to get 
> these guys 
> > to catch up (maybe there first glance scared them off ;^) 
> and Kirsten 
> > was waving at them to get next to us. Finally they moved next to us 
> > and the road was clear.
> > Downshift to third and full throttle to 6500! They were on it right 
> > next to us.
> > 6500 in 4th, 116 MPH and they are still right next to us.
> > 5th gear and still on it. Run it out to 6000 in 5th, about 
> 130MPH, and 
> > they finally get about 1/2 car length ahead of us until 
> they let off. 
> > More than fast enough on the DC beltway.
> > Unbelievable!! Shocky runs with an STI on 10 psi boost on only his 
> > second day with his AWP engine!! Poor STI guy! Brand new car and 25 
> > year old Shocky really made him work for it. 8^) What a 
> huge thrill! 
> > Faster than hell right out of the box with plenty of boost to come!
> >
> > If you want a kick checkout the video Kirsten made of 
> Shocky's first 
> > challenge. She was totally not paying attention to the 
> camera, but the 
> > audio is fun (plus she's topless and you get a quick glance of that 
> > too ;^) and you can see the Subaru just pull ahead at the 
> end of the race.
> >
> > www.funksoulkitty.org/october/wrxsti.mov
> >
> > Also, Kirsten will post some other videos where she kicks 
> some ass, so 
> > watch for those ;^)
> >
> > Shocky is awesome and what a little Trooper! (Yes, Kirsten 
> made me say
> > that!) and he got more than one thumbs up today for his awesome 
> > display of power!