Victor Jr.'s (disappointing) day at the races

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

Ron
just lemme drive 'er next time. i can always drop a second off of the time 
(due to the car being 100 lbs lighter).
:)

anywho, i'd say the tranny is the current killer, and the megasquirt could 
likely use some tweaking...

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco.org list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 4:59 PM
Subject: Victor Jr.'s (disappointing) day at the races


> First of all, believe it or not, I had never officially drag raced before 
> today.
>
> Vic Jr.'s best was 15.292@89.95.  R/T was .619 (how good/bad is that?  It 
> was pretty consistent
> after my first few runs).
>
> Had the autox rubber on (way out of balance).  Engine is stock 2.0L 16V, 
> Megasquirt FI.  Ignition
> is stock VW 16V knock box.  Tranny is the widest ratio 4-speed with a 
> Quaife.  I burned rubber
> through first gear ridiculously the first few runs.
>
> I never got out of 3rd.  Trap speed was ~90 mph all day, seems to be 3rd 
> gear's termnial velocity.
>
> Sooo...good?  bad?  so-so?  I'm mildly disappointed, I wanted 14's.
>
> LMK your thoughts...
>
> =====
> Cheapass Ron
> "Victor Jr." - '81 Scirocco S 7SM
> 2.0L 16V w/ Megasquirt, Quaifed GL 4-speed
> It's Alive!!!
>
>
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