Re: Willos Springs

["George Turner, Jr." <george@qst.dxnet.com>]

the only mods I have engine wise is the q-chip, modded air box, home made
ram air intake, and tt ss exhaust.  I have race my friend in his m3 a couple
times, and he always got me on the freeway, but on Saturday, Dec, 12th.....
the jetta ruled!!!!!  BUT a jetta w/ a chip can pull on a M3 from 80 mph
thru 135.... I know this for a fact!  if you line up with an M3 going about
80 mph... and punch it, the cars will run dead even until about 120.. then
the jetta will start pulling away.. of coarse this is with a *stock* M3..
although, you will rarely ever get to set the circumstances like this unless
you know the guy.. I know a couple list members have access to M3's, so you
all should hook up to dispel all the rumors about how fast an m3 is and how
slow the jetta is next to it.  plus.. I never said that the drivers were
equal.. I dunno what the history of this person was.. all I know is that he
got a real good look at my license plate on the straight, and I only have it
in the rear!  the closest car to the jetta that day was the turbo rocco,
until he spun out right before the second straight.  I will have pics, and a
vid file to download as soon as the Renner web site goes up.. I will most
deff keep you posted!!!
george
-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Kilpatrick <kilpatri@evangelion.mti.sgi.com>
To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Monday, December 14, 1998 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: Willos Springs


>On Dec 14,  5:21pm, George Turner, Jr. wrote:
>
>> it out handled all of those cars, pulled the M3 on the straight,
>> swallowed the civic during the turns, and put fear in the eyes of all the
>> other divers.  there was a gti vr6 there, which I felt bad for because it
>> was not doing to well on the faster turns..  the look on the guys face
>> driving the M3 was worth a million bucks as he was passed on the straight
>> away.
>
>
>What mods, if I may ask, have you done engine wise?  Because a stock M3
coupe
>has 70 more hp and isn't that much heavier - it's hp/weight ratio is better
>than the GLX as well.  With equal drivers, I don't really see a stock GLX
>passing a stock M3 on a straight....
>
>
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