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

[ansonivan at yahoo.com (Anson Clement)]

I think thats pretty damn respectable, especialy for a car thats set up to be anything but a 1/4 mile stooge.
 
With a better box and a driver with a tad more self control little Victor should realy lay down some tiny numbers. hehe.
 
Anson
 


Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
FWIW, my tranny has a 1.75 2nd (compare to 1.94 for wide ratio 5-speeds, and 2.12 for close ratio
boxes) and a 1.06 3rd. 

I have to learn to keep my foot out of it on launch! Yes it was coldish, 45-50ish. 


--- Erik 
wrote:

> .619 R/T. Not bad at all. Most Christmas tree's are what they call a .500 
> tree. Meaning .5 sec between the last yellow and green. With a little 
> monkeying I'm sure it could hit 14's easily. given the weather factor I'm 
> sure the track wasn't as sticky as it could have been. The last time at the 
> track (sept) my GTI was hitting high 80's-90 mph with a bad clutch in 
> fourth gear. the clutch was slipping so bad I did'nt even use it when I was 
> shifting. 16.3 was my best run.
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Pieper" 
> To: "Scirocco.org list" 
> 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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Cheapass Ron
"Victor Jr." - '81 Scirocco S 7SM
2.0L 16V w/ Megasquirt, Quaifed GL 4-speed
It's Alive!!!



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