Breaking parts is fun

[pats16v at columbus.rr.com (Erik)]

Any one ever try one of these BSI 4 puck kits?  That looks pretty Macho. 
And it's cheap.  I likey.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik" <pats16v@columbus.rr.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:27 AM
Subject: Breaking parts is fun


> Well my company had our yearly outing at the drag strip this weekend, and 
> over all it was a good time.  Monika had never been to the strip before 
> and certainly never raced.  Cutting sub .6 lights all day and scorching to 
> a blistering best of 24.6 @ 52 mph in her Bug.  I'm amazed it went that 
> fast. I on the other hand provided the Patterson garage with enough 
> carnage to keep Daddy busy for a while.  Knowing full well  need to 
> replace the Motor Mounts in the GTI ran it any way.  That's not the best 
> part though after making 3 practice passes ranging from 16.7 @90 mph to a 
> worst of 17.5 missing gears and fragging my clutch in the first round of 
> elims.  I thought for sure that the Golf would go faster.  hell it ran 
> 14.00 to the 1000 ft mark on the first run but neglecting to shift to 5th 
> put it flat on it's face and bumping the limiter through the lights.  Now 
> it makes me want to get Heinrich finished even more.  At least it looked 
> Pimpy tucking the 205's and the Carbon fiber hood.  Needless to say the 
> ride home was smelly and slow.  Heiney will run at least in the 13's next 
> summer.  Oh Baby.
>
>
> Erik
>
> 1991 GTI 16V
> 1978 Scirocco
> 1969 Beetle
>
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