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

[vwnuts at yahoo.com (Anthony Pelletier)]

Also, What ignigion is Ron running?  I believe the
motronic 16v stuff doesn't like running without the
airflow meeter hooked up.  I don't know if the CIS-E
box works well without a fuel distributor, but I do
know that it's very sensitive to knock sensor
conections & timing.  You might want to give that a
quick cleaning.  You probably are way ahead of me
here, but I just figured I'd mention it.  

--- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Ron:
> First thought it that drag racing isn't as easy as
> it seems. Finding the right revs and throttle to
> launch the car takes a while to pick up. So, there's
> probably some room for improvement there.
> Second thought is how have you tuned the Megasquirt?
> If you've only used a narrow band then your
> full throttle A/F may not even be close to where you
> want it.
> As an example, my engine tuned with NB made 106 HP,
> tuned with WB made 132HP.
> 
> Course one way to approach it is to tune the engine
> for stoichiometric across the entire map then
> increase the top couple rows of the map by the
> percentage required for what A/F you want. Say
> 14.7/13.2=1.11, so roughly 11%.
> 
> If that doesn't work then you might be able to talk
> me into renting my WB-O2 ;^)
> 
> And my last input is that the Techedge WB-O2 that we
> built for Kirsten's car wasn't too difficult to
> build and w/sensor is only about $250. Instructions
> for assembly are not as good as the MS, but
> doable. Building the sensor cable is the biggest
> PITA!
> Dan
> 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Victor Jr.'s (disappointing) day at the
> races
> 
> 
> > Ron,
> >
> >  Don't be disappointed at all... this was your
> first shot at not only
> > the 1/4 mile atmosphere, but also your first shot
> at engine tuning with
> > the MS... there is surely more tweeking to be
> done.
> >
> > I'm excited for you about the sub-2k pound
> weight... sounds good!
> > (wishing my mk1 was that light)
> >
> > Keep tuning!
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > --- Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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