Re: D/SP VWs

[Mark Klaus Radelow <rpc-prod@windrunner.com>]

Got rear ended.,..Destroyed my exhaust.  That's why I need to get a new one.

Mark Radelow

Bryan Billings wrote:

> Whats wrong with your car ?
>
> Mark Klaus Radelow wrote:
> >
> > >From what I hear regarding Solo I (Aka Road Racing) VR6's pretty much kick some
> > major ass.  Extremely fast cars up high.  The reason we don't do so well on
> > autox (IMHO) is for several reasons.  Listed here:
> >
> > 1.  Too much power to front wheels.  Tires spin when you come out of most turns
> > 2.  Too much WAY too much understeer.  The car pushes like a stuffed pig.
> > 3.  Too much body roll (leads to 2)
> > 4.  ABS Sleigh Ride (ask if you don't know what it is)
> > 5.  Gearing too high
> >
> > BUT, once the car is at speed (aka Solo 1/Road Rally) they kick some major ass.
> > I have seen some Jetta's at Holtville Airfield here in So Cal kicking the shit
> > out of a few BMW 3 series (even playing with a few M3's).
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > ps.  Won't be me though..>my car is F*cked up
> >
> > Loren B. wrote:
> >
> > > Please excuse my ignorance,(having never raced and being unfamilliar
> > > with the different classses/catagories), but what makes our GTI VR6's
> > > such lousy autocrossers and would they fare any better in road racing?
> > >
> > >              Loren Bookbinder
> > >              '98 Porcelain Blue
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: D/SP VWs
> > > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 21:12:33 -0600
> > > From: "H. Jones" <hjones1@airmail.net>
> > > To: "Arthur Emerson" <emerson@eideti.com>, <Smokerbros@aol.com>
> > > CC: <jettaglx@igtc.com>, <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>
> > >
> > > >As I just found out in a clarification from the SCCA, *any* Passat
> > > >(except the new B5 chassis) is eligible for DSP.  With the Mazda RX-3's
> > > >getting the boot, the class is wide open now.  No Passat ran in DSP
> > > >at Nationals last year, so who can say how they will do. Having a VR6
> > > >in a class with 8V's seems like an advantage, but the other cars
> > > >are all lighter.
> > >
> > > Is this for real? A 2.8L V6 in DSP? Did the clarification come from SCCA
> > > "HQ"?
> > >
> > > >BTW, the jettaglx and gti-vr6 lists are probably not the best place
> > > >for answers on older VW's.  There are Scirocco and an A2-16V lists
> > > >out there which will prove much more valuable.  The GTI VR6's claim
> > > >to autocross fame was a second to last place finish in CSP at Nationals
> > > >last year.....
> > >
> > > The GTi/VR6 and the Jetta GLX make miserable autocrossers. Don't flame me, I
> > > have a GTi/VR6 and I KNOW it is a poor choice for either GS or CSP.
> > > Translated, in GS the Cameros will kill you and in CSP the RX-7's will kill
> > > you! My 1980 Scirocco is a much faster autocrosser than my GTi/VR6.
> > >
> > > A VR6 Passat in DSP? Who knows, but I would be surprised to see it "go all
> > > the way".
> > >
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