Breaking parts is fun

[rocco.crossing at gmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

Well, you can let her know that she has me beat for a personal
best/worst. I ran a 22.9@ ?? Last year when my Scirocco was on its
last leg.

Hoping to do better in the GTI (if I ever make it to the track this year)
Rhett


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:38:13 -0400, Erik <pats16v@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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