Re: DC Dyno Day Wrapup

[Zydell <jzydell@erols.com>]

The Dyno day was a lot of fun.  I had never even witnessed dyno testing
before, so this was especially exciting.  We had 8 dyno runs AFTER the
official club event.  Most were VWs, but 2 were MR2s!  How's that for
inter-list cooperation!  I was happy that I pulled 151.9 wheel hp at
5700 rpm and 154.2 lb-ft at 4200 rpm.  Since I'm not really sure how
much driveline loss these A3 cars have, I can't really tell my "at the
crank" numbers are.  But I didn't lag too far behind the more heavily
modded cars there.

I also met and hung out with many VW nuts, including a few list members
(George Achorn and Jason Whipple).  Jason even installed the Whipple
mount for me right in the parking lot!  Thanks Jason; I am probably one
of the only ones on the list to have one installed by THE MAN!  The
mount is very good from what I can tell so far.

Thanks to all that participated!  Let's do this again next Spring/Summer
(so we don't freeze). :-)
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John Zydell
'96 black Jetta GLX 5-speed
Autothority Chip, K&N drop-in, Mobil 1 motor oil, euro switch,
Turn2 motormount, Zer Cup spoiler, 35% tinted windows,
tinted side marker lights, tinted fog light covers
 
> Hi All,
>         I met up this morning with Jeff Storey(Corrado Club) and we cruised out to
> MT Enterprises in Manassas VA to meet up for the DC Dyno Day sponsored by
> the National Capital Area VW Owner's Club. There we met up with John Zydell
> (GTI List w/ '96 GLX), Jason Whipple (GTI List w/ '95 GTI VR6) and Tony
> (friend of Jason's with '95 GTI VR6).
>         John, Jason and Tony all dynoed and they can tell you more about their
> graphs. What was interesting to see was the differences in power and torque
> curves. Tony was running a Shrick variable intake with 268 cams and Fred
> Schmidt from the NCVWOC was running a VSR variable intake with the same
> cams. I think Tony was running a Neuspeed Chip and Fred an AMS chip. Tony's
> came in with higher horsepower and torque ratings that were interesting to
> see first hand. They both let me drive their cars, and to be honest, the
> Schrick felt alot stronger (seat of the pants). We think the VSR car may
> not have had proper chipping or something because it also had a totally
> custom transmission setup (handpicked gearing with low final drive) but it
> didn't feel as fast. I'm not sure what was up with that, but they were both
> beautiful cars.